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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
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