Presentations from R3D@Tri-C, the Regional 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing Conference, held on June 18 and 19, 2015, at Tri-C’s Advanced Technology Training Center in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Greg Jones: Smartforce
2. AMT Manufacturing Mandate
• Incentive R&D and Innovation in new
products and manufacturing technologies
• Increase global competitiveness for U.S.
manufacturers
• Build a better educated and trained
Smartforce
3. Smartforce Development
• Support grants, scholarships and academic
challenges in Science, Technology, Engineering,
Math (STEM) programs
• Advocate for industry-supported national
manufacturing skills certifications (NIMS)
• Advocate for manufacturing technology degree
programs at community colleges and engineering
programs at universities to include
apprenticeships and internships where
applicable
5. Does the Skills Gap exist?
• 84% of executives agree there is a talent
shortage in U.S. mfg
• Inability to recruit/hire the personnel with the
right skill sets to match hiring needs
• Chronic condition: 250,000 - 300,000 open
positions in manufacturing
• All industries are competing for talent in the
same limited pool of talent
6. Deloitte: Skills Gap Report
• Over the next 10 years:
– 3.4 million new jobs
– 1.4 million qualified workers
• Skills Gap: 2 million qualified workers
14. Payscale: Majors Most Likely to lead to
Underemployment
1) Criminal Justice
2) Business Management & Administration
3) Healthcare Administrator
4) General Studies
5) Sociology
6) English Language and Literature
7) Graphic Design
8) Liberal Arts
9) Education
10) Psychology
15. Payscale: Majors Least Likely to lead to
Underemployment
1) Civil & Environmental Engineering
2) Aerospace Engineering
3) Computer Engineering
4) Chemical Engineering
5) Law
6) Physics
7) Mechanical Engineering
8) Electrical Engineering
9) Geology
10) Mathematics
16. Career ∆: Jobs Innovation
• Integrated Product Design & Development
• Direct Digital Manufacturing
• Collaborative Robots: vision systems; high-
speed sending technologies
• Hybrid manufacturing: marrying additive and
subtractive on one machine platform
• Industrial Internet of Things (IoT): cloud
computing and machine-to-machine
communication
17. The iOS Economy
• More than 1 million jobs
• 627,000 in the iOS ecosystem
• 334,000 other related jobs
• 66,000 Apple direct employees
• 380,000 Members: Apple paid developer
program
• $8 billion in App store income earned by U.S.
developers
• Overall App economy will exceed $150 billion
within three years
18. The Maker Economy
• 2009: MakerBot
• 2013: Acquired in a stock deal for $403 million
by Stratasys
• 2015: closed some retail locations
• 2015: 400 employees
• Current openings: 31
38. MTConnect Student Challenge
• Challenge.gov by Department of Defense
• MTConnect Machine Control Communication
Standard: Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)
• Community College Students: Ideation
Applications due in September
• Cash Prizes for student projects that enable
MTConnect applications for device
connectivity
39. Questions/Comments?
Greg Jones, Vice President,
Smartforce Development,
AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology
gjones@amtonline.org
Twitter: @GregoryAJones