Manufacturing workforce development playbook: preparing for the manufacturing renaissance in America

This book offers multiple perspectives on manufacturing in the US from workforce development professionals and provides solutions for secondary schools, community colleges, universities and continuing education settings to solve the manufacturing workforce crisis.

The chapters are: (1) Why this playbook? / Daniel W. Fogarty; (2) Manufacturing is complicated / Keith S. Campbell; (3) Manufacturing career pathways / Scott J. Sheely; (4) Preparing America for 21st century global competitiveness / William C. Symonds; (5) The role of the workforce system and how it has changed / Edward J. McCann; (6) Manufacturing: by the numbers / Scott J. Sheely; (7) Skill standards, not curriculum standards / John DeVere; (8) Success in the new economy / Kevin J. Fleming; (9) Training and college credit / Carol Adukaitis; (10) The role for industry credentials / Gardner A. Carrick; (11) PMMI's Mechatronics Certification Program / Maria Ferrante; (12) Veterans: one solution to the American manufacturing skills gap / Mike Aroney; (13) Working together for manufacturing workforce development / Bonnie L. Spayd; (14) A look at the learners / Pat Reynolds; (15) What the future workforce doesn't know / Simon Nance; (16) JumpStart shows kids that manufacturing is cool / Michele Bupp; (17) Careers in 2 years: go from learning to earning fast / Jon Scot; (18) The path from high school to gold collar career / Kevin Lipsky; (19) Stackable credentials at work for manufacturing / Emily Evans; (20) 21st century manufacturing success depends on automation technology and a skilled workforce / Chris Paynter; (21) A new BS degree program: mechatronics engineering technology is a university success / Niaz Latif; (22) Manufacturing engineering: innovation through model-based design and integration / Kevin Craig; (23) Continuing education's role in career development / Jim George; (24) What I've learned / Keith S. Campbell; and (25) A path forward / a compilation of suggestions from the authors. Show less