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?