Making Value for America Embracing the Future of Manufacturing, Technology, and Work (2015) / Chapter Skim
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Actions aimed at strengthening American innovation and job creation need to account for these changes and focus on maximizing value along manufacturing value chains. Manufacturers depend on complex networks of activities that are necessary to deliver their products to market and ensure their utility throughout the product lifecycle.
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account for 25 percent of employment, over 40 percent of gross domestic product, and almost 80 percent of R&D spending in the United States.1 1 Data from the National Science Foundation, "Worldwide R&D paid for by the company and performed by the company and others"; and the Bureau of Economic Analysis, "GDP by industry" and "Full-time equivalent employees by industry" (available at www.bea.gov; accessed July 28, 2014)
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16 Raw Assembled Online Components SoŌware ConnecƟvity Content Materials Product Services •Corning •Broadcom •Apple •Apple •AT&T •Apple •TimeWarner •Qualcomm •Foxconn •Firefox •Verizon •Amazon •NYTimes •Samsung •Independent app •Neƞlix •Universal Music •Pegatron developers •Skype Group •Google •User-generated •Facebook content FIGURE I-1 Companies involved in the iPad value chain (not comprehensive)
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INTRODUCTION 17 TABLE I-1 Economic sector classifications of manufacturers' establishments Company Economic sector Primary activitya Location General Manufacturing Aircraft engine Cincinnati, OH Electric and engine parts manufacturing Professional, Research and Bohemia, NY scientific, and development in the technical services physical, engineering, and life sciences Marketing consulting Scottsdale, AZ services Repair and Appliance repair and Atlanta, GA maintenance maintenance Ford Motor Manufacturing Automobile Dearborn, MI Company manufacturing Wholesale trade Automobile and other Livonia, MI motor vehicle merchant wholesalers Retail trade New car dealers Dearborn, MI Professional, Engineering services Dearborn, MI scientific, and technical services Testing laboratories Dearborn, MI Custom computer Farmington Hills, MI programming services Research and Dearborn, MI development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences Marketing research and Dearborn, MI public opinion polling Repair and General automotive Wayne, MI maintenance repair Procter & Manufacturing Sanitary paper product Cincinnati, OH Gamble manufacturing Wholesale trade Other chemical Cincinnati, OH and allied products merchant wholesalers Professional, Testing laboratories Cincinnati, OH scientific, and Advertising material Cincinnati, OH technical services distribution services aAs indicated by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
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The committee members also gathered extensive information from expert interviews and published research. During their year-long investigations, they sought input from nearly 100 individuals, including directors of manufacturing operations, research managers, entrepreneurs in the United States and abroad, and current and former policymakers at the local and federal levels.
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Chapter 4 presents the committee's recommendations of specific actions for businesses and federal, state, and local governments and agencies to address these five areas. The Appendix presents a review of factors and challenges that underscore the importance of creating an environment in the United States that continuously attracts and creates businesses and jobs.
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