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An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory Fiscal Year 2008 (2008) / Chapter Skim
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... -- was not assessed because it is a support organization providing fabrication and technical support services to all NIST staff. FTD assists NIST staff in the design and development of instruments and measurement devices needed to maintain the national and international standards of measurement and measurement services.
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... • There is a need to reexamine program priorities through strategic planning at both the laboratory and division levels in order to achieve improved balance between attention to top-down program directives of national significance that cut across multiple disciplines and attention to innovative bottom-up ideas from individual researchers. • The continued achievement of technical objectives and the maintenance of core competencies will require taking action with respect to personnel succession planning, more aggressive hiring of young permanent staff, and addressing shrinking sources of personnel in key areas such as core manufacturing technologies, metrology, and optics.
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... The prognosis for hiring successor personnel appears to be problematic in key areas, potentially threatening future core competency in the ISD's critical skills. Finally, the ISD has opportunities to expand its capabilities and impact in diversified, value-added industries, covering broader areas of manufacturing relevance including the areas of service, enterprise productivity, health care, farming automation, and intelligent transportation systems.
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... The PED needs more favorable cost structures to support the delivery of calibration and measurement services; these include, for example, the use of machine charges, consumables charges, service center charges, and activity-based cost accounting. Strategic planning is likely to be crucial in the following areas: capital equipment; human resources, including the succession of personnel; technical focus areas (roadmaps)
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