U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) joins NCMS radio to discuss a wide range of Manufacturing issues.

Topics include robotics, innovation, alternative energy, the smart grid, jobs, and strategies to promote manufacturing growth in the new millennium.

NCMS Radio- “Manufacturing in the New Millenium ”- U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) (16:13)



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Jim Dallam from MAG Industrial Automation Systems joins NCMS radio to discuss the award winning Volumetric Accuracy for Large Machine Tools (VALMT) project.  

VALMT has pioneered an innovative process in establishing a new methodology in volumetric error compensation for large machine tools which will reduce the amount of reworking of machined parts during onsite vehicle assembly and save the Department of Defense (DOD) and the commercial aircraft industry millions of dollars. 

NCMS Radio- “Collaborate, Innovate, Commercialize- Volumetric Accuracy for Large Machine Tools (VALMT) Project Success Story”- Jim Dallam  MAG Industrial Automation System (13:39)

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Richard McCormack is the editor and publisher of Manufacturing & Technology News, a publication he created in 1994.  As a Washington, D.C. based journalist, he has covered science, technology, industry and government for 26 years, specializing in economic competitiveness and globalization.

Richard is the editor of Manufacturing a Better Future for America which argues that there has never been a more critical time to rebuild the foundation of America's economy.  But manufacturing in America is in serious decline, with over 40,000 factory closures and more than five million jobs lost over the last decade alone.  

How can the United States industrial sector be revived?

The Alliance for American Manufacturing-- an innovative partnership of the United Steelworkers union and leading U.S. manufacturers-- asked some of the brightest minds in America for their ideas. 'Manufacturing a Better Future for America' details the challenges and opportunities the country faces at this critical time: trade policy, skills and training, research and development, national security, supply chains, new technology, and globalization.

NCMS Radio: Richard McCormack "Manufacturing a Better Future for America" (24:37)

The book is also available online at the Alliance for American Manufacturing web site.

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Wired for War - What happens when science fiction becomes battlefield reality?" - Peter Warren Singer, Senior Fellow and Director, 21st Century Defense Initiative, Brookings Institution.

 The widespread military use of robots has broad implication for manufacturers.

Peter Warren Singer is Senior Fellow and Director of the 21st Century Defense Initiative at the Brookings Institution. He is the youngest scholar named Senior Fellow in Brookings' 90-year history. In 2005, CNN named him to their "New Guard" List of the Next Generation of Newsmakers. Singer has also been recognized by the Financial Times as "Guru of the Week" for the thinker that most influenced the world that week and by Slate Magazine for "Quote of the Day." In his personal capacity, Singer served as coordinator of the Obama-08 campaigns’ defense policy task force.

Dr. Singer is considered one of the world's leading experts on changes in 21st Century warfare. He has written for the full range of major media and journals, including the Boston Globe, L.A. Times, New York Times, Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, Current History, Survival, International Security, Parameters, Weltpolitik, and the World Policy Journal. He has been quoted in every major U.S. newspaper and news magazine and delivered talks at venues ranging from the U.S. Congress to over 40 universities around the world. He has provided commentary on military affairs for nearly every major TV and radio outlet, including ABC-Nightline, Al Jazeera, BBC, CBS-60 Minutes, CNN, FOX, NPR, and the NBC Today Show.

NCMS Radio: P.W. Singer "Wired for War" (35:47)

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NCMS Chairman Dick Morley, inventor of the programmable logic controller and floppy disk drive, discusses the barriers to innovation and how innovation creates problems that engineering then solves.

NCMS Radio: Dick Morley "Obstacles to Innovation" (20:04)

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Jim Richter, President of the Michigan Research Institute discusses how collaboration helps spur innovation.

NCMS Radio: Jim Richter "Partnerships for Innovation" (6:45)

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Michigan Congressman Joe Knollenberg (R-MI) discusses manufacturing in Michigan and the role government plays in fostering innovation.

Elected to Congress in 1992, Knollenberg is the ranking member on the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation and  Housing and Urban Development. Knollenberg is one of the auto industry's most effective advocates in Congress. He has fought to rescind costly steel tariffs that drive up the cost of auto manufacturing for The Big Three and their suppliers. In the 110th Congress, Knollenberg is working to promote alternative fuels as a means to reduce America's dependence on Middle East oil and to prevent job-killing increases in federal fuel economy regulations.

NCMS Radio: Joe Knollenberg "Innovation and Manufacturing in Michigan" (15:01)

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NCMS President & CEO Rick Jarman shares his views on the power of collaborative R&D.

Prior to joining NCMS, Rick was the Director of Technology Partnerships at Eastman Kodak where he was a driving force to forge alliances with industry and government in order to improve commercialization processes through innovation and new technology.

NCMS Radio: Rick Jarman "The Power of Collaborative R&D" (17:25)

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NCMS Radio: Greg Kilchenstein "Materiel Readiness" (12:30)

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