1. Richard Pearson President and CEO

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4. 6/10/2016 Page 4 This is NCMS  Organized under the National Cooperative Research Act of 1984; formed in 1986  Largest cross-industry collaborative R&D consortium in North America  Only consortial effort in the U.S. devoted exclusively to manufacturing technologies, process, and practices  Nearly 20 years of experience in the formation and management of complex multi-partner collaborative R&D programs

5. 6/10/2016 Page 5 Upcoming Events  NCMS/AMT Joint Technical Forum “Take Your Blinders Off! –July 26-27, 2005 –Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

6. 6/10/2016 Page 6 NCMS Track Record Nearly two decades of experience in the formation and management of complex multi-partner collaborative R&D programs  Over 62 Cooperative Research & Development Agreements and Memoranda of Understanding  325 multi-participant projects, $588M in collaboration funds involving over a 1000 participants and 37 Universities, including: –Over 155 DoD projects totaling more than $383 Million  Four consecutive R&D 100 Awards  Four Defense Manufacturing Excellence Awards

7. 6/10/2016 Page 7 “NEW MANUFACTURING” IN THE GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY  The challenges of Research and Development  Technologies at the atomic level  The impact of Sustainability

8. 6/10/2016 Page 8 CHALLENGES  Quicker Response time Rapid Prototyping Simultaneous Engineering Direct Engineering

9. 6/10/2016 Page 9 CHALLENGES GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS  Personal –Direct Interface –Video/Audio link –Electronic Mail Data Common CAD/CAM/CAE languages Real time and beyond

10. 6/10/2016 Page 10 Meeting the Challenge of Limited Resources How and When to Leverage Who to partner with? Suppliers Government Academia Competitors

11. 6/10/2016 Page 11 TRYING TO COLLABORATE “…felt like we just had a corporate root canal.”

12. 6/10/2016 Page 12 Subcontractor Y Company C $150,000 in-kind Company B $50,000 in-kind Company A $200,000 in-kind $50,000 cash Contractor X Company D $250,000 in-kind Seed Funding $300,000 cash Project Management Expertise $1MM R&D Project A Typical Project- What We Do

13. 6/10/2016 Page 13 Commercial Technologies for Maintenance Activities (CTMA) Program  Unique DoD/Industry/University partnership to bring new technologies into the DoD maintenance community to increase weapon systems readiness through increased reliability, improved maintenance procedures, and reduced costs. http://ctma.ncms.org

14. 6/10/2016 Page 14 CTMA PROJECTS 21 Active projects with a total budget of $59,128,886

15. 6/10/2016 Page 15 Current Emerging CTMA Projects (http://ctmaideas.ncms.org) 1.Rapid Manufacturing Process & Material Insertion for DoD Part Applications, RM&R - Phase II 2.Synthetic Instrumentation Phase II 3.Integrating Sensors and Predictive Maintenance Systems with Performance Support Technology to Achieve Increased CH-53E Readiness and Reliability 4.Laser Coating Removal for Helicopter Blades - Phase III 5.Ultrasonic Consolidation of Titanium Alloys for High Performance Military Aircraft Damage Repair 6.High-Productivity Portable Laser Depainting Device

16. 6/10/2016 Page 16 Current Emerging CTMA Projects (http://ctmaideas.ncms.org) 7. Durable, Ant-Counterfeit, Low-Cost, 2-D Data Marking for DOD Logistics 8. Gear Isotropic Finish Generation General Process Control & Alternate Tooth-by-Tooth Process for Large Gears 9. Integrated System for Reading Visible and Hidden Data Matrix Marks 10. Assembly Design and Document - Phase II 11. Legacy Lifecycle Management 12. OptiCAM - Phase IV 13. Casting Knowledge Re-use Based Cost Advisor 14. Erosion Coatings

17. 6/10/2016 Page 17 SMART MACHINE PLATFORM INITIATIVE

18. 6/10/2016 Page 18 Smart Machine Platform Initiative First part correct – every part correct

19. 6/10/2016 Page 19 SMPI PARTNERS

20. 6/10/2016 Page 20 $2 Million Award through Department of Defense for FY2006 $1.35 Million Award For FY2007 Smart Machine Platform Initiative

21. 6/10/2016 Page 21 IS THE NEXT “BIG” THING A LITTLE THING? 2005 NCMS Survey of Nanotechnology in the U.S. Manufacturing Industry (Sponsored by NSF)

22. 6/10/2016 Page 22 NANOSTRUCTURING  Revolutionary new age in the ability to manipulate materials for the good of humanity –Customized drugs –Energy storage –Bioelectronics –New materials  Ceramics  Structural materials

23. 6/10/2016 Page 23 SUSTAINABILITY IS A BUSINESS IMPERATIVE  Manufacturing as we know it may not be sustainable. Damage to eco-systems arising from human activity is occurring at a faster pace than improvements in industrial processes.

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