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Panel Discussion: Smart Manufacturing & Robotics: How to Meet
Management, Market, and Workforce Demands
Tom Ryden, Executive
Director, MassRobotics
Petra Mitchell,
President and CEO,
Catalyst Connection
Julie Shah, Associate Professor,
Department of Aeronautics and
Astronautics, Computer Science and
Artificial Intelligence Lab,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Employer Led Manufacturing Apprenticeships
• Small and Medium Sized Manufacturers (SMMs) are critical to the US economy
• The NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) program is the federal program dedicated to serving SMMs
• A skilled worker shortage is a critical barrier to growth for SMMs
• Employer led, Manufacturing Apprenticeship programs are the solution to developing the workforce needed to grow the use of robotics and technology in SMMs and create and retain jobs
Manufacturing is Critical to the US Economy
* Source: NAM calculations using IMPLAN)
$2.2 T Sector, 11.5% of US GDP
6th Largest Employer in the US
Highest multiplier effect of any
sector; for every $1.00 spent,
another $1.89 is added to the
economy *
For every worker, another 4 are
hire elsewhere *
SMMs Make up 99% of all Manufacturing Establishments and their Share is Increasing
62.4% 63.9% 64.3% 69.3%
17.4% 17.1% 16.8%
15.0%
8.6% 8.5% 8.4% 7.2%
6.9% 6.6% 6.7% 5.6% 2.7% 2.4% 2.4% 1.9% 1.9%
1.6% 1.5% 1.0%
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1979 1989 1999 2015
1-19 emp 20-49 emp 50-99 emp 100-249 emp 250-499 emp >= 500 empSource: U.S. Census Bureau
The MEP National Network
1317 Manufacturing Experts 26,313 Manufacturers Served 100,000 Jobs Created or Retained
What MEP Centers Do Work with small and medium size manufacturers to help them create and retain jobs and
sales, increase profits, and save time and money.
Focus on meeting manufacturer’s short term needs, but in context of overall company
strategy.
Reach over 25,000 manufacturers and complete over 8,000 projects per year
Provide technical assistance, management consulting and workforce training in the
following areas:
Technology
Supply Chain Workforce
Innovation and
Growth
Lean and
Quality
Export Product Development Sustainability
Catalyst Connection is an Economic Development
Organization and the Southwest Pennsylvania MEP
2017 Economic Impacts
$16.7 million of new sales
$112 million of retained sales
$6.1 million of cost savings
$16.1 million of new investments
1,164 jobs created or retained
Catalyst Connection
Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pa
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A Skilled Worker Shortage is a Barrier to
Growth for SMMs
Small Manufacturers Face a Host of
Challenges
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Cost Reduction Growth Innovation/ProdDev
EmployeeRecruitment
Sustainability TechnologyNeeds
Supply ChainManagement
Financing Exporting
FY 2009 FY 2017
Source: NIST MEP Client Survey
Most significant change
Manufacturing Jobs are/will be Unfilled Due to Skills Gap
Source: “The Skills Gap in US Manufacturing, 2015 and beyond” Deloitte
Implementing New Technologies 2nd Most Likely
Business Area to be Affected by the Skills Gap
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Employer Led Apprenticeship Programs
for Smart Manufacturing
Building a 21st Century Workforce
K-12 STEM
Education
Career Awareness
and Workplace
Learning
Opportunities
What’s So Cool;
Manufacturing
Innovation Challenge;
Pre-Apprenticeship
Community College
Advanced Manufacturing / Robotics
Certificates And Degrees
Registered Apprenticeships
Industrial Manufacturing Technician
Industrial Maintenance, Machinist,
Robotics,..
Unemployed / Underemployed
Making Your Future
Skilled Manufacturing
Workforce
Employer Led Apprenticeship: Industrial Manufacturing
Technician (IMT)
• Earn and Learn approach – all IMT apprentices are employees of a specific company, earning wages, benefits and seniority while they learn new skills
• 18 month program/3,000 hours of structured technical instruction – 2,736 hours of on-the-job training (OJT) from experienced mentors
– 264 hours of related technical instruction (Community College, Employer, Others)
• Stackable apprentice that can be the foundation for multiple career pathways – Can be used as 18 months into next higher skilled 4 year apprenticeship program
• Leads to industry-recognized credentials as well as college credits
• Benefits to Employers: proven training model, enhanced recruitment and retention of workers, emphasis on safety, creates a culture of continuous improvement
Related Instruction and OJT Competencies
• Related Instruction: – Manufacturing Standards Skills Council,
(MSSC), 4 modules
– Industrial Math
– Communications for the Trades
– Lean Manufacturing
– Interpersonal Skills
– Problem Solving
– Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerance
– 5S System for Workplace Organization
– Effective Root Cause and Corrective Action
– First Aid / CPR /OSHA 10
– Others as determined by Employers
• Train Workers to: – Set up, operate, monitor and control
production equipment
– Improve manufacturing processes and schedules to meet customer requirements
– Understand manufacturing as a business system
– Efficiently and safely manage raw materials and consumables
– Protect self and others
– Measure and inspect work
Top Skills Needed by Employers *
• Basic employability skills (attendance, timeliness, work ethic, etc.)
• Basic technical skills (degree, industry certification, vocational training)
• Problem solving skills and adaptive learning
• Basic mechanical skills
* Source: Manufacturing Employment Demand Study, Catalyst Connection, 2018, preliminary results
Building the Talent Pipeline: Middle School
Video Contest • In partnership with an SMM, students, with
teacher guidance, design, film, edit and
produce a video
• 28 participating companies/schools across
9 counties of SWPA
• 196 students and 34 teachers involved
• Teacher trainings at Mount Aloysius
College and Point Park University
• Award ceremonies at Heinz Field and
University of Pittsburgh – Johnstown with
over 850 total attendance
• Over 68,000 online votes cast
“Job seekers..simply don’t see viable pathways to
careers in …(SWPA) manufacturing” – Brookings
institution
Conclusion • The IMT program is an entry level, low barrier to entry, registered apprenticeship
program to address the skilled worker shortage among SMMs
• Apprenticeship “group sponsors” can reduce the costs and improve the
effectiveness of registered apprenticeship programs
• The IMT program provides a common platform for longer term, advanced skilled
apprenticeship programs, such as Industrial Maintenance and Robotics
• Career awareness and workplace learning at the middle school and high school
level is critical to building a manufacturing workforce
• Job seekers may not be aware of the opportunities available to them in
manufacturing
• The MEP National Network and its sub-recipients are critical partners in
communities that want to grow their manufacturing sector
Vision
Harness the relative strengths of humans
and robots to accomplish what neither can
do alone
Coexistence but not
Collaboration.
Amazon Robotics BMW Spartanburg, SC
Teamwork is possible
because people…
• infer
• anticipate
• adjust
Realizing a robot teammate requires the
following sequential system capabilities:
Plan Refine Execute
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Multiple Predictor System
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Machine Learning
Questions?