What is Sustainable Manufacturing?  Financial Profitability, Social Equity and Environmental Integrity

Current Social Issues: Provide Help for Humanitarian Aid in Haiti

NACFAM is working with Restore Global to set up a logistical operations hub in eastern North Carolina for organizing and distributing manufactured products and supplies for delivery to Haiti.  Restore Global and its international humanitarian aid partners will need all of our help in getting goods from all over the world to the hub to more effectively consolidate supplies for quicker delivery and entry to Haiti due to logistical issues on the ground there.  Please check back here in the morning to see more detail on what we are doing  and what is needed to allow quicker, more efficient and more effective delivery of supplies to Haiti.

Green Jobs in Manufacturing
This “Roadmap for Progressively Greener Solutions through a Sustainable and Green Workforce” incorporates the perspectives of various stakeholders to make green jobs in manufacturing a reality.  View the Full Strategy sent to the Obama Transition Team.

 

Sustainable Manufacturing Council (SMC)
Who can become a member? Any organization interested in any topic related to sustainable manufacturing, green jobs, or the manufacturing of “green” products (e.g., renewable energy, energy or water efficiency, etc.)  Learn about benefits and contributions.

Advancement Member – Company & Group Projects

NACFAM can help companies or groups of companies develop sustainable manufacturing decision frameworks based on existing policies, market drivers and voluntary programs

Regional Sustainable Manufacturing 

NACFAM can help your region define and navigate collaboration and entrepreneurial opportunities by developing a strategy for understanding the environmental life cycle impacts of manufacturing within the region, including working together to close resource loops within the region.

America's 21st Century Learning System

 

So far 32 national manufacturing trade associations and professional societies have agreed to support America’s 21st Century Learning System policy road map recommendations developed by NACFAM members. Key points include:

• Validated and rigorous world-class learning standards, assessments and curricula for Pre K – 16.
• Applied learning in grades Pre K – 12.
• Demonstrated mastery of academic and workplace competencies for high school seniors to get diplomas.
• Strengthened career counseling for students in grades 7-12.
• Support of life-long learning and continuous skill enhancement for all Americans through retirement. 

National Micro- & Nanofabrication Skill Standards 

NACFAM is collaborating with Penn State University's National Center for Nanotechnology Applications and Career Knowledge (NACK) to establish national skill standards for micro- and nanofabrication technicians and to obtain program accreditation.

2nd Annual National NCM Conference Final Report (large file)

 

Hosted by DSN Innovations

 

Network Centric Manufacturing (NCM) arises as OEMs concentrate more on their core competencies and depend more on their supply networks for systems instead of just components manufactured to the OEMs specifications. Research shows two key requirements for success in this paradigm to be (1) intense collaboration among people and organizations, and (2) robust data exchange regimens for visibility between OEMs and their supply networks. This especially applies to Sustainable Manufacturing efforts, for example to develop green supply chains.

 

 

Outcomes: Defined and communicated the priorities of the U.S. manufacturing sector to the Obama Administration and Congressional representatives, and helped attendees understand how they can take advantage of the opportunities presented by Sustainable Manufacturing.

October 16 NACFAM Follow-up Meetings:

• Ron Bloom, President Obama’s “Senior Counselor for Manufacturing Policy” – He understands well the importance of manufacturing to the economy and wants quick practical pragmatic ways to reinvigorate U.S. manufacturing.
• Key Staff of Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-IL) – They are proposing legislation for a “Quadrennial Manufacturing Strategy”, which contains most of NACFAM’s recommendations.

Oct 16: Presentation to Ron Bloom (PDF)