April 27-29, 2010, Rock Financial Showplace- Novi, Michigan
Day One Keynote – NCMS President Rick Jarman
Innovation in Manufacturing for Tomorrow:
Competitiveness in the 21st Century
The world is changing. We must change with it. After decades of a waning investment in U.S. manufacturing, the nation is once again looking to manufacturing and industry to revitalize the economy. Tomorrow’s manufacturing will make use of innovative new solutions – as revolutionary as the assembly line was in 1908 – to reinvent the very concept of how things are made, and how organizations compete in today’s society. For the first time, innovation and manufacturing are being uttered in the same breath. Groundbreaking tools like high-performance predictive modeling and simulation, and an investment in a shared national infrastructure, will populate a new manufacturing landscape. It’s time to move beyond outdated perceptions of manufacturing, embrace exciting new opportunities, and re-energize our nation once again. NCMS President and CEO Rick Jarman, a lifelong champion of innovative manufacturing, is your guide to a bright, competitive future.
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“Good R&D produces innovations, but that’s not the end of the line,” said NCMS President & CEO Rick Jarman. “Every flash of genius, every successful outcome, every realized solution needs to be brought to market.” Collaborative R&D enlists the needs of the end users from the very beginning, ensuring successful commercialization of the innovation.” |
In 2007 the Board of Directors named Rick Jarman President and CEO of NCMS, the largest cross-industry collaborative manufacturing research consortium in the United States devoted exclusively to manufacturing technologies, process and practices. Formed in 1986, the NCMS mission is focused on the development of strategic initiatives and programs aimed at sustaining and enhancing the global competitiveness of North American manufacturing.
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