This document summarizes an online meeting about establishing a Virtual Pilot Manufacturing Institute (VPMI). The meeting agenda includes defining VPMI's manufacturing branches, designing its management structure, and creating an action plan. Manufacturing branches discussed include flexible, digital, extreme, green, biomedical, and nanomanufacturing. The management structure and action plan will be determined. Future meetings will discuss local chapters and open source software collaboration. The overall goal is to leverage online resources to advance global manufacturing through cooperation.

1. Smartly Using Unlimited Talent
Resources Through Internet
Contributes to “Global Manufacture
Renaissance”
On-line Open Door Management
Meeting on "Virtual Pilot Manufacturing
Institute“ (VPMI)

2. Contents
Introduction
Object of the Meeting
Meeting Agenda
AMESVPMI’s Manufacturing Branches
AMESVPMI’s Management Structure
AMESVPMI Action Plan
About Next Meeting
References
Appendixes
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3. Introduction
Obama Administration Proposes New
National Network to Support
Manufacturing ($1.0 B), Takes
Immediate Action to Create a Pilot
Manufacturing Institute ($45 M) [1]
Internet Enabled Scientists &
Engineers Cooperative Working on-line
to Share the Ideas so that We
Propose: A Virtual Pilot Manufacturing
Institute (Targeting $1.0 M)
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4. Object of the Meeting
Define AMESVPMI’s Manufacturing
Branches
Design AMESVPMI’s Management
Structure
Create Action Plan
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5. Meeting Agenda
Presentation (Q&A)
15 minutes
Taskforces & Assignments
15 minutes
Action Plan & Closing
30 minutes
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6. AMESVPMI’s Manufacturing Branches I
Flexible Manufacturing [2]
– Flexible manufacturing
– Lean manufacturing
– Intelligent manufacturing
– Agile manufacturing
– Quick response manufacturing
Digital manufacturing
– Virtual manufacturing
– Hybrid (V/R) manufacturing
– Cloud manufacturing
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7. AMESVPMI’s Manufacturing Branches II
Extreme Manufacturing [A.1]
– Extremely agile, adaptive, responsive and robust
manufacturing
– Extreme rapid pilot manufacturing: scale-up of
new products based on emerging technologies
and materials
– Extreme rapid plateau of productivity
manufacturing:
– “Snap-together” modular process and system
modeling and simulation building blocks
– Highly integrated control of complex, precise
processes
– throughout distributed multi-level production
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8. AMESVPMI’s Manufacturing Branches III
Green Manufacturing (Product &/or
Process)
Biomanufacturing & Self-assembly
Nanomanufacturing
Global Manufacturing Renaissance
– Humanity
– Government Industry Policies
– International Trades
–…
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9. Design AMESVPMI’s Management
Structure
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10. Create Action Plan
Temp. Co-Chair: Dr. Jin Lu & Mr. Frank
Sowa
Temp. TF Managers (Volunteers)
TF Associates – Establish LinkIn Sub-group
Collect Information compile the links on the
Web Site in (https://sites.google.com) (Jin)
Elect Co-Chair (s) in a month (Last week of
May, no limit for candidates )
Elect TF Managers (First week of June, no
limit for candidates)
Write Business Plan (by the end of July)
Bi-Week On-Line Meeting (Flexible Hours)
(May 5 ~ May 6)
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11. About Next Meeting
Local AMES Chapters
– Objects
– Local Chair & Management Team
– Local Membership & TF
– … Actions, Results
Open Sources & Free CAD/CAE/CAM
Software
– Contact group (Cg) leaders
– Cg Members
– … Actions, Results
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12. References or Notes
 The White House Office of the Press Secretary, March 09, 2012,
(Obama) Administration Proposes New National Network to Support
Manufacturing, Takes Immediate Action to Create a Pilot
Manufacturing Institute, (retrieved April 20, 2012, from
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/03/09/president-obam
)
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13. Appendixes

14. Common Sense Extreme Manufacturing
Extremely Productive
Extremely Sustainable
Extremely Affordability
Extremely Green
Extremely Small or Big
Extremely Precise
Extremely Any Kind
Extremely …
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