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The Manufacturing Cost Guide: A Primer Beta Version 0.1

July 9, 2019
Author(s)
Douglas Thomas
This primer provides an overview in using the Manufacturing Cost Guide. It walks through the software tool and provides documentation on how the estimates are calculated in the tool. This tool estimates the costs in US manufacturing, which can be used to

Annual Manufacturing Review: 2018

January 28, 2019
Author(s)
Douglas Thomas
This annual report characterizes US innovation and industrial competitiveness in manufacturing. It includes tracking domestic manufacturing activity and its domestic supply chain in order to develop a quantitative depiction of US manufacturing in the

Advanced Maintenance in Manufacturing: Costs and Benefits

September 23, 2018
Author(s)
Douglas Thomas
The costs of maintenance and the potential effect on maintenance costs from adopting predictive maintenance techniques is not well documented at the national level. A number of data items need to be collected to estimate the costs and losses associated

The Costs and Benefits of Advanced Maintenance in Manufacturing

April 25, 2018
Author(s)
Douglas Thomas
The manufacturing atmosphere is continually changing with new technologies and standards being swiftly developed. Firms create competitive advantages using their knowledge, skills, supply chains, and processes to create superior products at lower prices

An Examination of National Supply-Chain Flow Time

December 4, 2017
Author(s)
Douglas Thomas, Anand M. Kandaswamy
The US and other national governments invest in research and development to spur competitiveness in their domestic manufacturing industries. However, there are limited studies on identifying the research efforts that will have the largest possible return

Annual Manufacturing Review: 2017

November 29, 2017
Author(s)
Douglas Thomas
The purpose of this report is to characterize US innovation and industrial competitiveness in manufacturing. It includes tracking domestic manufacturing activity and its supply chain in order to develop a quantitative depiction of U.S. manufacturing in the

Economics of Additive Manufacturing

April 15, 2017
Author(s)
Douglas Thomas
There are three aspects to the economics of additive manufacturing. The first involves measuring the size of additive manufacturing. This includes measuring the value of the goods produced using this technology in the context of the total economy. The

Annual Manufacturing Report

October 3, 2016
Author(s)
Douglas Thomas
The purpose of this report is to track domestic manufacturing activity and its supply chain in order to develop a quantitative depiction of U.S. manufacturing in the context of the domestic economy and global industry. This depiction provides change agents

Annual Manufacturing Review

December 14, 2015
Author(s)
Douglas Thomas, Anand M. Kandaswamy
This report provides an overview of the US manufacturing industry. There are three aspects of U.S. manufacturing that are considered: (1) how the US industry compares to other countries, (2) the trends in the domestic industry, and (3) the industry trends

Inventory and Flow Time in the US Manufacturing Industry

December 14, 2015
Author(s)
Douglas Thomas, Anand M. Kandaswamy
Advancements in the efficient use of inputs, such as land and labor, have been a key driver of per capita income growth throughout history. One method for identifying potential efficiency improvements is lean manufacturing or lean production, a set of

Costs and Cost Effectiveness of Additive Manufacturing

December 4, 2014
Author(s)
Douglas Thomas, Stanley W. Gilbert
The use of additive manufacturing has increased significantly in previous years. Additive manufacturing is used by multiple industry subsectors, including motor vehicles, aerospace, machinery, electronics, and medical products. Currently, however, additive

The U.S. Manufacturing Value Chain: An International Perspective

February 10, 2014
Author(s)
Douglas Thomas
This report uses input-output data from the World Input-Output Database along with the methods developed by Wassily Leontief to track the intermediate goods and services used in national manufacturing industries. Specifically, it examines the extent that

Economics of the U.S. Additive Manufacturing Industry

August 14, 2013
Author(s)
Douglas Thomas
There is a general concern that the US manufacturing industry has lost competitiveness with other nations. Additive manufacturing may provide an important opportunity for advancing US manufacturing while maintaining and advancing US innovation. Additive

The Current State and Recent Trends of the U.S. Manufacturing Industry

December 20, 2012
Author(s)
Douglas Thomas
This report brings together multiple sources of aggregate manufacturing industry data and industry subsector data to develop a quantitative depiction of the U.S. manufacturing industry. It compares the U.S. manufacturing industry to its international
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