Lessons from Germany: Jan. 29 Joint Elected Boards
1. Lessons from
Germany
Dianne Reid, Chatham EDC
Renee Paschal, Chatham County
Dr. Pamela G. Senegal, Central Carolina
Community College
January 29, 2015
5. Tamara Barringer
NC State Senate
Larry D Hall
NC House of Rep
Terri Helmlinger
Industrial
Extension
Warren Daniel
NC State Senate
Lisa Chapman
NC Community
College
Yvonne Holley
NC House of Rep
William Collins
NC Works
Tim Moore
NC House of Rep
Shirley Randleman
NC State Senate
Matt Meyer
NC Community
College
Global Leaders Program: Germany
2014
September 6-14, 2014
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9. Chatham-Siler City Advanced Manufacturing Site (CAM Site)
Good, well-paying manufacturing jobs
Infrastructure
Utilities
Workforce development
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
SUCCESS
17. MANUFACTURING
United States Germany
Manufacturing GDP 12.5% 20.7%
Manufactured goods as exports 64.3% 82.3%
Youth unemployment 14.3% 7.9%
• In Germany, manufacturing is seen as a desirable profession
• Almost 90% of companies have apprentices in Germany
• About three years
• Stipend starting at €450-1,000
• Education expenses paid by the company
• 34,000 students enrolled in dual education
18. WHY DOES IT WORK?
“The apprentices fill company needs.”
“The system provides specialists not available in the labor market.”
“We save lots of money on employee turnover.”
“Students are perceived as learners so it’s easy to established mentor-
mentee relationships with older workers.”
“The students develop a strong identification with the apprenticeship
company and remain loyal throughout their careers.”
19. BMW
10,000 employees
o 250 apprentices each year from
thousands of applicants
BMW Junior Company
o 2013: €1.5M sales (~$2M)
22. WHAT WE’RE DOING
Local Leaders
o Joint elected boards meeting
Industry
o Rapid Response
o Youth Apprenticeships
o Industry Meetings
Students
o Central Carolina Works
23. Teachers
o Career & Technical Education teachers’ workshop
o Tour local industries with non-CTE teachers
o Educating CTE guidance counselors
Students and Parents
o CCCC Youth Enrichment Series
o Manufacturing Day
o Target marketing video
WHAT WE’RE PLANNING
25. Dianne Reid
President, Chatham Economic Development Corporation
919-548-8275
dreid@chathamedc.org
Renee Paschal
Assistant County Manager, Chatham County
919-545-8300
renee.paschal@chathamnc.org
Dr. Pamela G. Senegal
Vice President of Economic & Community Development, CCCC
919-718-7254
psenegal@cccc.edu
Editor's Notes
At the Emerging Issues Forum, we had Andrew Liveris, the author of Make it in America. He minded us why the manufacturing sector with its wealth creation
Is vitally important to the economy. This is not just matter of national pride. It is a matter of necessity. Of all the sectors in our economy, only manufacturing has the capacity to create jobs on the scale we require. In fact, one job created inside a manufacturing plant creates five jobs outside of it, up and down an extensive supply chain. In a sluggish economy, one that requires us to create 125,000 jobs every month just to keep up with population growth, one that requires 14 million new jobs to achieve full recovery, the only answer is manufacturing. Manufacturing requires R&D around it and universities cluster around that. Manufacturers must embrace that they are a vital important part of the economy.
* North Carolina's manufacturing output in 2012 was the fourth highest in the nation, at over $88 billion or 19.35% of the state GDP. How important is manufacturing to North Carolina? Together, the state's manufacturers employ over 400,000 people, or 13.6% of the total workforce. Most of the 8,700 manufacturing companies in North Carolina are small manufacturers; in 2011, 81% had 50 or fewer employees.
Chris Anderson reminded us that modern technology can be used to create different kinds of products from a variety of materials. New technology, new networks innovate processes and products – the web is integrating operations within and across sector. The Economist magazine called this the “Third Industrial Revolution”.
Manufacturing matters–for all of us.
Manufacturing remains NC’s largest industry sector, contributing more to the state GDP than any other sector.
Manufacturing offers the biggest rate of return for the economy. For every dollar of industry output, it creates $1.35-$1.43 of wealth elsewhere in the economy.
Major results from the graphs above: in 1998, there was a high of 11,292 manufacturing firms in North Carolina and in 2010 that dropped to 8,963 – a drop of 20 percent.
The average number of employees per business declined from 68 employees in 1998 to 45 employees in 2010, a drop of one third.
No surprise then, as the number of manufacturing enterprises have declined the total number of paid workers has declined with it. However, the average salary of a worker has gone up from roughly $29,000 to about $43,000.
However, the growth is really at the small end. From 1990-2009 North Carolina averaged 1,337 manufacturing startups each year yet nearly 85 percent of these companies have fewer than 25 employees.
Between 1990 and 2010 the number of manufacturing establishments in the state grew by 33.8%, from 17,415 to 23,308. However, the size of these establishments declined.
Between 1990-2009 North Carolina averaged 1,337 manufacturing startups each year yet nearly 85 percent of these companies have fewer than 25 employees. The net result was a 30.6% decline in manufacturing employment.
An emerging manufacturing industry is one that a) experienced net employment growth between 1992 and 2008, b) experienced employment growth at a rate above that of the manufacturing sector as a whole (industry mix), and c) experienced employment growth at a rate above the overall rate of growth in the entire national economy (competitive component).
A declining industry has negative scores for all the above components.
“Emerging” defined as net employment growth at a rate above that of manufacturing as a whole from 1990-2008.