Welcome to NACFAM! We hope you take the time to learn about our exciting new initiatives in “network centric manufacturing,” STEM education, supply chain optimization, technology and innovation and sustainable manufacturing. 

These new policy initiatives seek to make realistic gains for U.S. manufacturers, while recognizing the budget realities of the federal government. We believe that our vision for the manufacturing sector -- to be sustainable and globally competitive -- can be achieved by increasing the return on U.S. public investment dollars by making manufacturing-related federal policies and programs more effective. 

Sincerely,

 

 

Rusty Patterson

Chief Executive Officer, NACFAM

For over 20 years NACFAM has been the voice of advanced manufacturing in Washington, D.C., helping its members’ bottom line by providing projects and policy/program solutions for U.S. manufacturing in NACFAM’s four major issue areas:

• sustainable manufacturing
• workforce education and training
• process technology and innovation
• supply chain relations through network centric manufacturing (NCM)

 

NACFAM is a non-partisan, non-lobbying action/think tank that brokers intense collaboration among its stakeholders from manufacturers (small, medium and large), education, research entities, government, trade and professional associations, and individuals to develop policy recommendations to accelerate manufacturing innovation and build a more globally competitive U.S. manufacturing sector. NACFAM also does projects to improve the bottom line and sustainability of manufacturing organizations.  The results from these projects also inform the policy/program development process with real world experience.

 

In the area of policy, NACFAM has consistently called on the White House to designate someone who has easy access to the President to represent U.S. manufacturing.  We finally have that person in Ron Bloom who President Obama appointed last September as “Senior Counselor for Manufacturing Policy”.  NACFAM met with Mr. Bloom to convey recommendations from our October 6-7 Policy Conference and we continue to be in touch with him.  NACFAM has also been asked to provide suggestions and is in contact with the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) in the Executive Office of the President, as well as to senior staff people in the office of Congressman Dan Lipinski (D-IL) as they draft legislation requiring a quadrennial Manufacturing Strategy.  You and your company can benefit by being part of “the voice in DC” to work with these people and others for supportive federal policies.

 

Please consider Joining NACFAM so together we can continue to play an important role in these critical policy developments.  Even if you cannot do a membership, please consider Doing a Project with NACFAM as a way to directly improve your bottom line and/or to keep aware of how policy developments affect your operations.