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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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Manufacturing Systems Integration Division
Pages 14-17

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... Most of its projects are outstanding and have delivered significant standards, pilots, and testing programs that have benefited the targeted user communities. TECHNICAL MERIT RELATIVE TO STATE OF THE ART The three focus areas (supply chain integration, sustainable and lifecycle informationbased manufacturing, and simulation-based manufacturing interoperability standards and testing)
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From page 15...
... Recent MSID efforts include transitioning STEP to integrate with OMG and W3C standards and migrating STEP for wider implementation. In the simulation-based manufacturing interoperability standards and testing area, work is proceeding with the collection and analysis of test cases, with the goal of structuring appropriate standards.
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... It has appropriately focused its scope on three major programs: Supply Chain Integration, Sustainable and Lifecycle Information-based Manufacturing, and Simulation-based Interoperability Standards and Testing. For each of these programs, the outputs from MSID include rigorously defined standards and protocols, realistic pilot programs, and software and interoperability testing services.
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... Current funding may be adequate to achieve tactical results, but more strategic projects and programs are being sacrificed due to lack of funding. • The MSID is approaching a critical-mass threshold, and the division is not provided with an appropriate budget for having employee succession planning in place in order to reduce the number of guest researchers over the years and to hire new permanent employees.
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