Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership
- The Multiplier Effect - There Are More Manufacturing-Related Jobs Than You Think
An article from the Manufacturing Executive Leadership Journal by Keith Nosbusch and John Bernarden of Rockwell Automation
The embrace of smart manufacturing techniques will turn conventional wisdom about indirect jobs creation on its head and change the image of the industry itself. - Make: An American Manufacturing Movement (6 MB)
This strategy, released by the Amercian Council on Competitiveness in December 2011 outlines how the US can regain its leadership in manufacturing. Under the leadership of Council Chairman and Deere & Company Chairman and CEO Samuel Allen and a steering committee of 60 CEOs, university presidents, labor leaders, and laboratory directors, MAKE was released to Congress, the White House, and all 50 governors. The recommendations are the result of hundreds of interviews conducted over nearly three years by Deloitte, as well as dozens of dialogues where Council members and national thought leaders came together to discuss specific manufacturing topics. - Unfulfilled Expectations: Recent College Graduates Struggle in a Troubled Economy
To better understand the public’s attitudes about work, employers, and the government, and improve workplace practices and policy, the Heldrich Center produces the Work Trends surveys on a regular basis. (The complete set of reports is available at www.heldrich.rutgers.edu.) The surveys poll the general public on critical workforce issues facing Americans and American businesses. The survey findings are promoted widely to the media and national constituencies.
- View the First Report on the Wisconsin Profitable Sustainability Initiative (PSI) pilot program - The Wisconsin Profitable Sustainability Initiative was launched in April
2010 by the Wisconsin Department of Commerce and the Wisconsin
Manufacturing Extension Partnership (WMEP) to accelerate the adoption of
sustainable practices by small and midsize manufacturers.
- The Wisconsin Economic Outlook provides quarterly and annual forecasts
of income and employment for Wisconsin and the United States. This
report focuses on industry employment, housing trends and income
components.To access the latest reports, click here.
- Preliminary data from the National Science Foundation’s 2008 Business R&D and Innovation Survey (BRDIS), preliminary results published October 2010, provide a map of the incidence of innovation by businesses located in the United States. These data are based on respondents to the survey and represent an estimated 1.5 million for-profit companies, publicly or privately held, with 5 or more employees, active in the United States in 2008.
- People and profitability - a time for change - published October 2010
This report is a follow-up to the 2005 Skills Gap Report that found that a serious and growing discrepancy exists between the availability of skilled workers and the employee performance requirements of modern manufacturing. This new report shows that this gap persists, and that the most profitable companies place a greater emphasis on talent and perople management than the least profitable companies. - Metro Milwaukee Business Outlook Survey, Fourth-Quarter, 2010
Prepared by the Economic Research Division, Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce - October 1, 2010
A tepid business environment is forecast for 2010’s fourth quarter, according to a business outlook survey conducted by the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC). A majority of companies surveyed see sales and profit gains in 2010’s fourth quarter and those surveyed are more likely to predict job gains than losses, but in each case the level of optimism was less than that expressed in the third-quarter survey. - Made in America? What the public thinks about manufacturing today 2010 Index
Economists, business and government leaders all keep a close eye on the fortunes of the U.S. manufacturing sector, knowing the impact it has on the broader business environment. But what about the public? This report discusses the public's view of manufacturing in America, and was sponsored by The Manufacturing Institute, an affiliate of the National Association of Manufacturers. - ISM Report on Business - The Institute for Supply Chain Management™ releases a monthly "ISM Report on Business®" that summarizes economic activity in the manufacturing sector. Click here to link to the ISM Site.
- Measuring the Green Economy, US Department of Commerce, April 2010
Our results suggest that green products & services comprised only 1-2% of the total private business economy in 2007. - MEP Report: Partnering for Manufacturing Innovation and Growth Feb 2010
U.S. manufacturing is at a critical crossroads. Policymakers have a choice to establish a framework to guide the future of manufacturing in the U.S. and to accelerate adjustments to markets or leave its future up to serendipity, chance, complacency, and indifference. - Manufacturing Resurgence, NAM Report, January 2010
This report presents the reasons to revitalize the United States
manufacturing base and formulates recommendations for achieving that
goal. - Link to Wisconsin Next Generation Manufacturing Survey & Report Page
- The Facts About Modern Manufacturing, NAM Report, 2009
The 8th edition of the Facts gives a snapshot of the state of U.S. manufacturing, and exhibits its strengths and challenges. The Facts clearly show that manufacturing continues to play a vital role in the U.S. economy. - The Wisconsin Manufacturing Study, an analysis of manufacturing statewide and in Wisconsin's Seven Economic Regions, Sept 2005
Wisconsin’s industrial economy is well-positioned to become a 21st Century leader in manufacturing, but it must adapt to emerging trends in information technology, logistics, and management theory that will favor industries with
new ways of competing globally.
