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NCMS, GE and MEDC Partner to Bring Advanced Modeling & Simulation to Manufacturers

• Partnership between National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, GE, and Michigan Economic Development Corporation will provide small- and mid-size manufacturers access to critical tools.
• Inaugural center promoting advanced digital manufacturing to open in Michigan in early 2013.
• Additional centers, connected by a collaborative national innovation network, to follow across the nation.

Ann Arbor, Mich. – November 13, 2012 – The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) announced today that it has partnered with the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) to establish the first innovation center in a national grid that will accelerate manufacturing in Michigan and across the country by providing easy access to digital modeling and simulation tools for businesses.

GE’s AMSTC in Van Buren Township, MI

GE’s Advanced Manufacturing and Software Technology Center, located outside of Detroit, will host the first NCMS Predictive Innovation Center (PIC). Through this effort, Michigan companies will forge a path to increased global competitiveness, by providing manufacturers with a virtualized approach to building that combines high performance modeling, simulation, and analysis (MS&A), data mining tools, and the digitization of processes to optimize speed, reliability, and efficiency.

“When you talk about creating jobs and growing the economy in Michigan, these are the kind of long-range opportunities that will really make a difference,” said Rick Jarman, president & CEO of NCMS. “With the help of this center, small- and mid-size manufacturers will be able to deliver solutions faster, and expand their supplier reach to large companies. It is incredible to imagine the hundreds of small companies in Michigan that will have the potential to grow as a result of this premier facility.”

Steve Reagan of L&L Products, Inc. (Left) with Chris Fick, NCMS (Right)

“Michigan manufacturers – and the talented workers they employ – help make our state a global center of innovation,” Michigan Economic Development Corporation President and CEO Michael A. Finney said. “We are proud to support efforts like this that cement our manufacturing dominance and help our businesses compete, grow, and create new jobs.”

MEDC has provided a grant for the creation of the center, which is matched with industry support from NCMS members. The premier center will be open to the public in the first quarter of 2013.

About NCMS:

The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, the largest cross industry collaborative Research & Development consortium in North America, is dedicated to driving innovation in commercial, defense, robotics and environmentally sustainable manufacturing. NCMS has over 25 years of experience in the formation and management of complex, multi-partner collaborative R&D programs, and is backed by corporate members representing virtually every manufacturing sector.  For more information on NCMS, visit http://www.ncms.org/

NCMS rolled out its plan to revitalize American manufacturing in 2011, forming the Digital Manufacturing Strategic Interest Group (DM SIG), a collaboration of hardware and software providers, industry, and academia, collectively advising development of a national grid for manufacturers, a physical and virtual collaborative environment to drive adoption of essential 21^st century tools. For more information on NCMS’ digital manufacturing initiative please visit http://www.ncms.org/index.php/programs/digital-manufacturing-initiative/.

About GE:
GE (NYSE: GE) works on things that matter. The best people and the best technologies taking on the toughest challenges. Finding solutions in energy, health and home, transportation and finance. Building, powering, moving and curing the world. Not just imagining. Doing. GE works. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.ge.com.

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Offered by:

Ohio State University
Ohio Manufacturing Institute
Ohio Supercomputer Center

Course Details:

This new 6-week online course will offer students a unique learning opportunity through combination of lectures, demonstrations and hands-on design assignments utilizing CATIA v6. Training modules include part design, part geometrics, drawings and drafting, generative shape design and assembly design.

Course Instructor(s):
Dr. Lisa Abrams, OSU Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Faculty
Miriam Simon, OSU PhD Student, Engineering Education

Course Dates and Registraton:
July 9, 2012—August 18, 2012
Registration online beginning May 9
To Register: http://www.regonline.com/CATIA

Course Fees:
Early Bird Registration (May 9—June 9) $1250
Registration after June 9 $1500

System Requirements:
Broadband network connection (e.g. cable modem, DSL, T-1 line)
A PC capable of running WinXP or newer, or
A MAC capable of running Mac OS X 10.5 or newer

Questions:
For more information or questions, contact Kristina Kennedy
kennedy.443@osu.edu or 614-688-4116

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Jon joined NCMS in 2009 and has been an integral key to furthering a National strategy to bring digital modeling and simulation tools to the over 300,000 small and medium sized companies in the U.S. who do not have access currently and in doing so, transforming the way America builds. He heads up NCMS’ Digital Manufacturing Strategic Interest Group (DM SIG) which includes members from Microsoft, Intel, ANSYS, ACE Clearwater Enterprises, Ohio Supercomputer Center, Clemson University and Altair – all working to address challenges and steer digital manufacturing tools towards widespread adoption for U.S. manufacturers.

“Jon has been invaluable to NCMS and our digital manufacturing initiative,” said Rick Jarman, President & CEO of NCMS, “his passion around bringing HPC tools to manufacturers of all sizes is palpable, and we are confident U.S. manufacturing will thrive and prosper while his vision continues to become reality.”

Mr. Riley joins an impressive list of luminaries in the spectrum of high performance computing and other advanced technologies on the “People to Watch 2012” list including DM SIG member Steve Reagan of L&L Products, Steve Scott, Nvidia, Mark Seager, Intel and David Ferucci of IBM.

Congratulations to all of the innovative and impressive persons named to this list. The future looks bright for U.S. competitiveness with these luminaries leading the way. To see the full list, visit http://www.hpcwire.com/specialfeatures/people_to_watch_2012

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ANN ARBOR, MI – January 4, 2012 – The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences announced today that Jon Riley has been promoted to Vice President, Digital Manufacturing. Mr. Riley joined NCMS as Executive Director of Design and Engineering Programs in March 2009 to lead NCMS’ groundbreaking Digital Manufacturing Initiative. Since then, he has been an integral key to furthering a National strategy to bring digital modeling and simulation tools to the over 300,000 small and medium sized companies in the U.S. who do not have access currently and in doing so, transforming the way America builds.

With his extensive experience in the areas of R&D, High Performance Computing, business development and design methodologies, Riley has been extremely successful in promoting NCMS’ Predictive Innovation Center (PIC) Strategy, including identifying key partnerships, serving on numerous steering committees, solidifying alliances and reaching out to manufacturers of all sizes through speaking engagements and networking.

“Jon has demonstrated an uncanny ability to engage industry at all levels around digital manufacturing,” said Rick Jarman, President & CEO “he is a great asset to not only our team, but to the digital manufacturing community as a whole, I am confident he will continue to energize U.S. Manufacturing.”

In his new role as Vice President – Digital Manufacturing, Mr. Riley will build on his nearly 25 years of experience to execute NCMS’ National PIC Strategy working with local, state and federal resources to bring accessible, affordable digital manufacturing tools to U.S. manufacturing.

About NCMS:
The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, the largest cross industry collaborative Research & Development consortium in North America, is dedicated to driving innovation in commercial, defense, robotics and environmentally sustainable manufacturing. NCMS has over 25 years of experience in the formation and management of complex, multi-partner collaborative R&D programs, and is backed by corporate members representing virtually every manufacturing sector. For more information on NCMS, visit http://www.ncms.org/

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The NCMS program to create digital manufacturing centers to provide high performance computing (HPC) tools and expertise to U.S. manufacturing companies is making waves nationally. Earlier this month, the Harvard Business Review took notice, and now Computerworld.

The latest article describes how L&L Products, in Romeo, Mich., doubled its size after adopting HPC technology.

L&L began using high performance computing about six years ago to build a new structural composite line for automotive makers. To accomplish this, it needed to design and test its products in vehicle crash simulations to see how they could be best applied in automobiles…”It doubled our business,” said Reagan, adding that the firm now makes about $220 million annually and has about 900 global employees.

NCMS is now moving ahead with a plan to make this technology available to all U.S. manufacturers. Initial estimates indicate that over 300,000 companies could benefit from digital manufacturing to create new products and grow their companies. If even a fraction of these companies have the success of L&L the impact on the national economy will be profound.

In addition to deploying digital manufacturing centers, NCMS has formed a Digital Manufacturing Strategic Interest Group to identify and break down barriers that have prevented  manufacturers from adopting HPC technology.

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In a recent blog entry, Manufacturing’s New Innovation Labs, the Harvard Business Review (HBR) cites NCMS efforts to provide advanced modeling tools to U.S. manufacturers as prime example of how companies are finding new ways to innovate in response global competition. NCMS is creating a network of regional centers to make high performance (HPC) tools available to all U.S. manufacturers and partnering with other organization with a similar vision.

…Smaller companies in the manufacturing sector, competing in a global environment for increasingly sophisticated products, often don’t possess the financial strength or the in-house technical expertise to take advantage of the available science and engineering resources that can help them innovate and grow. New types of local and regional consortia or clusters are popping up in response to this problem, sometimes facilitated by public-private partnerships. An interesting example, just getting under way, is the Midwest Project for SME-OEM Use of Modeling and Simulation–a consortium of large OEMs like General Electric, Proctor & Gamble, and Deere; the State of Ohio; and several projects funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), including the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, the Ohio Super-Computer Center, and the Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN).

NCMS has also formed a Digital Manufacturing Strategic Interest Group to identify and break down barriers to adoption that have prevented  manufacturers from adopting HPC technology.

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Manufacturing in America is at a crossroads. The expectation to innovate is increasingly pushed down on smaller manufacturers, who in turn desperately need access to advanced new tools in order to remain competitive. Jon Riley, Executive Director of Design & Engineering Programs at the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, provides new insight into the very lynchpin of the American economy – the “Missing Middle” of manufacturers that are responsible for more than fifty million jobs nationwide. The Missing Middle’s opportunity lies in digital manufacturing and high-performance modeling and simulation – and NCMS has a strategy to bring these tools to the manufacturers who need them most.

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Digital Manufacturing Report to address next-generation manufacturing, modeling, and simulation technologies

ANN ARBOR, MI – The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS), the largest cross industry consortium in North America and a leader in next-generation manufacturing strategies, announced the launch of Digital Manufacturing Report, a first-of-its-kind web portal and information aggregator devoted to the manufacturing applications for high performance modeling and simulation, digital manufacturing solutions, and advanced manufacturing technologies for small and medium sized organizations. In partnership with Tabor Communications Inc. (TCI), a leading international media company and publisher of HPCwire and HPC in the Cloud, Digital Manufacturing Report will provide the manufacturing industry with comprehensive news, resources, and information about developments taking place in the fast moving field of digital manufacturing, modeling and simulation.

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“The inception of Digital Manufacturing Report is the fulfillment of a key commitment we made early on as part of our joint collaborative effort working with the NCMS,” said Tom Tabor, Tabor Communications Inc. CEO “With the introduction of a communications portal dedicated to promoting the use of advanced computational technologies in manufacturing, we are filling a void that has been open for far too long. Digital Manufacturing Report will heighten awareness of the critical need for small-to-medium manufacturers (SMMs) to adopt high performance computing solutions that will enable them to compete effectively in the global marketplace, re-energizing local economies and creating new jobs.”

Digital Manufacturing Report will reach thousands of subscribers globally across the manufacturing, energy, oil and gas, government, academia, and high-tech industries. The broad readership consists users, consumers, solutions providers, decision makers, and prospective adopters who need more information on how digital manufacturing can revolutionize their businesses. “Digital manufacturing is a lot of things,” said Jon Riley, NCMS Executive Director of Design and Engineering Programs. “But you can sum it up as the use of supercomputing applications to solve problems, build solutions, and predict outcomes. The era of digital manufacturing will be as significant a game changer as the assembly line was in the 20th Century, and Digital Manufacturing Report will be a one-stop information nexus devoted to the subject.”

“Today’s announcement represents a significant achievement for the NCMS, and our partnership with Tabor Communications,” said Rick Jarman, NCMS CEO and President. “We believe the publication will have a profound and positive influence upon the manufacturing industry, in particular the hundreds of thousands of SMMs across North America. By providing a collaborative news and information resource in the form of Digital Manufacturing Report, we can help promote the adoption of advanced computing solutions to improve productivity, decrease the time to market, and increase return on investment, enabling the manufacturing industry to re-establish a competitive edge in the global economy.”

About NCMS

The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) is the largest collaborative R&D consortium in North America and is dedicated to driving innovation in commercial, defense, and robotics manufacturing. NCMS has 25 years of experience in the formation and management of complex, multi-partner collaborative R&D programs, and is backed by corporate members representing virtually every manufacturing sector.

For more information, visit http://www.ncms.org

About Tabor Communications

For over 23 years, Tabor Communications, Inc. (TCI) has been a leading international media, advertising, and communications company that provides news, analysis and information to the High Performance Computing (HPC), Cloud, and Information Technology (IT) communities. Tabor Communications companies include Tabor Advertising and Tabor Publications & Events. TCI’s publications and programs include HPCwire, HPC in the Cloud, HPC Soundbite and Digital Manufacturing Report.  More information on Tabor Communications can be found at

http://www.taborcommunications.com.

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INDUSTRY NEEDS

Manufacturing is a complex and increasingly more costly undertaking.  Reducing this complexity and cost is a central goal of the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences.  There are literally hundreds of thousands of potential factors impacting a manufactured product including the introduction of new materials, environmental concerns, and the need for timely product commercialization.   It is critical that these factors be evaluated during the design phase of product development, prior to full scale production.  Potential, costly flaws can be identified and corrected at this phase and it is also possible to identify innovative product configurations.

VISION

NCMS is developing services and collaboration on cross industry projects that will revolutionize product design for manufacturers.  The High Performance Simulation for Product Design (HPSPD) program will enable manufacturers of all sizes to use super computer processing power to evaluate their product designs during the development stage.  NCMS will bring together technology developers, providers and end users to create a set of tools that are affordable, timely, and speed the commercialization of manufactured products to the marketplace. We believe that this product development methodology will become an industry standard over the next decade.  Early adopters of HPSPD will have a distinct competitive advantage over their global competitors.

CAPABILITY

NCMS has identified Decision Incite Inc. as a leading innovator in this emerging technology.  The Decision Incite team has developed a process called Simulation Supported Decision Making (SSDM) which simulates millions of variables to pinpoint the top five to twenty most influential characteristics of a new design.  Identifying these hypercritical characteristics help companies focus on design aspects that will have the most impact on the final product.  This benefit alone would make SSDM an invaluable tool to manufacturers.

But the SSDM process also helps identify “outliers” which are potential configurations that are not normally visible to traditional experience-based product design methods.  These outliers can help identify potential problems and new innovative configurations that can greatly increase profitability and utility to the end user.

The SSDM process requires access to high performance computing power which in the past was not available to most manufacturers.   SSDM utilizes the relatively new availability of surplus high performance computing capacity to make design capability affordable. The SSDM tool is linked to supercomputing centers to quickly generate Insight Maps.  These Insight Maps are used to focus work into the areas deemed of highest importance and impact in order to understand the cause and effect of changes made during the product design phase.  The obvious benefit is that identifying potential issues early on, helps reduce costs since design improvements can be made prior to actual production.Traditionally design decisions have been made on educated guesses based on experience.  This process is no longer suitable to the manufacturing of complex goods incorporating new materials, sensors, electronics and other innovations.  As flaws between relationships are discovered, correction of otherwise expensive production changes and product liability issues follow.

The SSDM process begins with the creation of a simulation-generated Insight  Map being applied to the results of a Monte Carlo Simulation (MCS).  The data is generated by running multiple physics-based analyses of a parameterized computer model, varying parameters across their natural ranges with each run.  The process accurately models reality, incorporating variability and uncertainty.  Results are a cloud of points with each point being an accurate result of that specific combination of variables.

MCS is easy to use, with no special algorithms or methods required.  The process is independent of the number a variables found in other testing methods, which leads to a fundamental change in engineering.  That change in historic engineering is the first step of the process in which assumptions are made to be able to simplify a problem in order to solve it.  Instead of making assumptions to limit the number of variables, this process promotes including as many variables as possible, enabling engineers to use Insight Maps as tools to learn from simulation which can reveal unanticipated events and reduce product risk.

CONCLUSION

Detailing an innovative product during the design phase is a natural evolution in lean manufacturing.  It is vital that manufacturers prepare to integrate this capability into their design process.  Moreover, as the manufacturing space becomes more competitive, companies should look to this capability as a means to reduce risk and speed commercialization of their products. NCMS will be at the ground floor of this dynamic change in the engineering process. Learn more on this project from NCMS http://www.ncms.org and Decision Incite Inc http://www.decisionincite.com at the NAFEMS NA regional summit October 29^th-31^st, 2008 in Hampton, VA. Visit http://www.nafems.org for more information.

ABOUT NCMS

The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) was founded in 1986 and is the largest cross-industry collaborative R&D consortium in North America.  NCMS collaborative teams have an extensive track record of creating and commercializing innovative technologies.

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