Recently, Delloitte and The Manufacturing Institute surveyed Americans to find out what they think of manufacturing. The results were surprising, and supportive.
Here are a few samples:
1. Do Americans continue to believe manufacturing is vitally important?
The survey showed that 78 percent of Americans believe that ‘American manufacturing is vitally important to our economic prosperity’ and 76 percent think it is also ’important to our standard of living,’
2. Do Americans think that we have the skills and resources to compete globally?
60 percent said “yes” because they believe we have an advantage in technology, R&D, and skilled workforce.
In Industrial Maintenance and Plant Operation, author Mike Collins comments on the terrific positives uncovered in the survey, but also problems, including ‘image’ (stemming from large corporation layoffs) and lack of consistent workforce development, especially in new technologies.
Check out his complete article, including more from the survey, here.
