1. WHY A CAREER MANUFACTURING? A.Brent Strong Brigham Young University

2. What are the criteria for an occupation? Enjoyable Monetary Contribution to society Challenging Good future Good location Let’s examine these in light of the Hierarchy of Human Needs as developed by Abraham Maslow

3. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Human Needs

4. Monetary Combining Maslow’s hierarchy and the criteria for a career Good Future Contribution Challenging Enjoyment/Good Location

5. Choosing a career The best career will satisfy all of the Maslow Hierarchy levels However, Maslow states that humans should satisfy the lower levels first and then move on to the higher levels Therefore, let’s look at Manufacturing Engineering as a career beginning at the lowest level of needs

6. Career Requirement: Monetary reward Bachelor Degree Salary Level $$$ = Degrees (technical) that are in high demand: Engineering, Engineering Technology, Accounting, and a few other technical fields $$ = Degrees that lead directly to a job: Business, Nursing, Chemists, Physicists $ = Degrees that do not lead directly to a job: Humanities, Social scientists, Biologists Manufacturing engineering is here!

7. Career Requirement: Good Future “No other sector has done as much to create innovation, general prosperity and increased productivity than manufacturing” Industry Week

8. The Future Current and future stability depend upon: –Importance of the job to national interests –Importance of the job to company interests –Individual performance

9. History’s Lessons “I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce, and agriculture in order to give their children a right to study paintings, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain.” ― John Adams in McCullough, David, John Adams, Simon and Schuster (2000), pp. 236-7 Politics Science/busines Humanities

10. History’s Lessons National Survival (Government and Stability) Economic Stability (Manufacturing/Business) Cultural Refinement

11. Manufacturing in the U.S. The manufacturing capability of the U.S. is the principal reason that the allies were successful in WWI and WWII The prosperity of the post-WWII era is directly related to the strength of the manufacturing sector of the U.S.

12. U.S. is the Leader in Manufacturing %

13. Manufacturing and Services Are we becoming an information society? Segments of Society –Manufacturing (goods) –Services (which includes information services) GDP –Goods (45%) –Services (55%) But, which has the greater impact overall?

14. Employment (number of people) Mfg Ag Source: MEP Const Health Travel Retail Edu s Trans Sci ReEst Services has more jobs than manufacturing

15. Payroll in $ Millions (Combining employment and salaries) Mfg Ag Const Health Travel Retail Edu s Trans Sci ReEst Manufacturing salaries are 89% higher than retailing salaries

16. Manufacturing is responsible for nearly two- thirds (62%) of all U.S. exports of goods and services. - Agriculture exports = $60 billion/year - Manufacturing exports = $60 billion/month Manufacturing is responsible for three fifths of all industrial R&D Manufacturing Contributions

17. Manufacturing is critical to the creation of new jobs Manufacturing is a process that adds value to a product –Adding value means that a raw material is converted, through manufacturing, into a material that have greater value –This implies that manufacturing companies purchase raw material from suppliers and then sell to customers –From the ultimate consumer standpoint, this entire series of companies is called the Supply Chain

18. The Supply Chain

19. Agriculture, Forestry & Mining (Bulk Raw FeedstockProduction)Manufacturing (Adds value to an Item) Distribution(Shipping,Warehousing, Wholesale & Retail Sales) Consumers (Work Force Labor Pool) ServiceProviders BulkRecycledFeedstock The Supply Chain

20. Relative Impact of Jobs Mfg support 422 100 Mfg Source: MEP 100 Service support 147 Manufacturing Creates 2.5 Times as Many Support Jobs as the Service Industry

21. Manufacturing Challenges Reduce the cost of doing business Level the playing field with other countries A tax system that encourages innovation and investment A workforce ready for the 21 st Century workplace

22. A Ready Workforce

23. Caution… Skills Shortage Ahead The job market for manufacturing engineers is red hot In fact, all signs are pointing to a critical shortage in many sectors over the next few years –People with these skills are some of the most employable professionals in the country

24. Manufacturing Challenges The shortage of manufacturing engineers means that many other kinds of engineers are converted into manufacturing engineers –50% of Mechanical Engineers work in manufacturing during some portion of their careers There is a difference between having an engineer in manufacturing and having a manufacturing engineer

25. Where will I be in the organization?

26. Industry titles from the manufacturing major (first job) Manufacturing engineer Quality engineer Process engineer Production supervisor Production manager Systems manager

27. Manufacturing Companies Companies are divided into large and small according to the number of employees –Small companies have fewer than 500 employees

28. Small Manufacturers Account for: 52% 100% 85% 67%

29. Manufacturing Sector 55% 6%7% 1%1% 17% 14% Source:: Work Force Services Jan06 86% of Mfgs. have less than 50 employees

30. Small Manufacturers What are the special needs of small manufacturers? –Engineers who can become leaders

31. Wanted: Leaders for industry and business Incredible changes require a new breed of manufacturing engineer. No longer merely the manufacturing technician, the manufacturing engineer of tomorrow will be more expansive, more people oriented, more facilitation focused. The new manufacturing engineer must become a total enterprise strategist, tactician, and technician. [The new manufacturing engineer must become] a leader. Michael J. Termini

32. Manufacturing Shapes Leaders Foundation of Science and Technology Manufacturing Major Social Sciences and Humanities Creativity Business

33. Your Responsibility "The illiterate of the twenty-first century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." – Toffler, Alvin (author of Future Shock), quoted in Thorpe, Scott, How to Think Like Einstein, Barnes & Noble Books, Inc., 2000, p. 26.

34. Manufacturing Contributions Conclusions: –Manufacturing is the most important sector in the U.S. economy –Both large and small companies are important

35. Career Requirement: Contribution to Society

36. = Society Contribution to Society

37. Engineering/Science Language = math & physical sciences Business Language = accounting Social Sciences & Humanities Language = rhetoric & natural language = Key components of society = Society

38. Engineering/Science Language = math & physical sciences Business Language = accounting Social Sciences & Humanities Language = rhetoric & natural language Manufacturing Language = Synthesis and Integration = Key components of society = Integrative discipline = Society

39. Engineering/Science Language = math & physical sciences Business Language = accounting Social Sciences & Humanities Language = rhetoric & natural language Leadership and Globalization Innovation & Internationalization Environmental & Social Solutions Manufacturing Language = Synthesis and Integration = Key components of society = Integrative discipline = Linkage = Society

40. The value of integration Change [and creativity] comes, most of all, from that unvisited 'no-man's land,' that lies between the disciplines." – M.I.T. mathematician Norbert Wiener

41. What skills are needed for the integrative discipline? Broad understanding of society Communication Leadership Understanding of global communities Creativity Ethics

42. Career Requirement: Challenging “The most important thing you learn in school is how to learn.” – Brent Strong (and many others)

43. Engineering, Innovation and Creativity "Engineers, perhaps because they tend to be orderly and conservative people, are more comfortable associating their profession with science than with the creative arts such as painting, musical composition and sculpture. But science, the search for truth in the physical world, does not create the laws of nature–it discovers them. Therefore, the engineer as creator has much more in common with the artist than with the scientist. Design is an art rather than a science because in most cases there is no one correct answer to a design problem…Of course, there is one extremely important difference between the engineer and the artist. The writer, painter, or film maker is not constrained by the realities of the physical world, as the engineer is. Thus, engineering design is the most difficult of all the creative arts." – T.F. Hanson (UCLA)

44. Study of Scientists Grouping of scientists – Type 1: Implementers – Type 2: Innovators/Creators – Type 3: Slugs

45. Implementers Skills in a particular field Skills are taught in majors Hired into jobs where they use these skills The world moves forward with implementers Implementers are focused Example: My first job at DuPont was as an implementer

46. Innovators Does not have a specific, well-defined task –Examples: new product development, leader Requires innovation and creativity Schools rarely teach creativity and innovation Must learn these skills independently Innovators are flexible Example: My job at Hardie Irrigation was as an innovator

47. Study of Scientists Results (What characteristic distinguished each group?) – Implementers: read strongly within their field – Innovators/creators: read widely and avidly – Slugs: rarely read at all

48. Implementer versus Innovator Use different sides of your brain Implementer = left side (focused) Innovator = right side (flexible)

49. Derived from Lateral Thinking by Edward de Bono, Harper and Row, 1970

50. Implementer How to keep your implementer side healthy and vigorous 1.Seek depth in your field and stay current 2.Understand better 3.Focus better

51. Innovator How to build the innovator side of your life 1.Read avidly 2.Take courses in many areas 3.Learn art 4.Travel extensively 5.Practice making unusual connections 6.Practice humor 7.Use tools/techniques of creativity

52. Two minds "The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift." – Albert Einstein

53. Puzzles What does the next figure look like?

54. Career Requirement: Enjoyment/Good Location Andrew Allie

55. Is Manufacturing for me? If you answer "yes" to any of the following questions you probably will enjoy the manufacturing major:

56. Is Manufacturing for me? 1. Would you enjoy managing people and machines to manufacture your favorite product?

57. Is Manufacturing for me? 2.Do you enjoy science and business?

58. Is Manufacturing for me? 2.Do you enjoy supervising the making of things?

59. Is Manufacturing for me? 4.Do you like to investigate and solve problems of systems, small business manufacturers, and materials?

60. Is Manufacturing for me? 6.Would you like to be an entrepreneur in manufacturing?

61. Is Manufacturing for me? 6.Would you like to be more creative?

62. Choosing a career What would I do as a manufacturing engineer and why would I select manufacturing as a major?

63. Traditional Manufacturing Design –The documented specification of performance of a product or process that meet needs and requirements. Materials –Everything that is made is made of something. Process –The sequence of activities and functions to form the materials into the design to meet the criteria set forth.

64. Work activities of this major Communication and coordination Team leadership Problem solving (technical & business) Making it happen Knowing and taking care of details Deciding the rules of the operation

65. Integrating Manufacturing and Business: The Enterprise Triangle

66. Why Manufacturing Engineering?

67. Benefits of a Career in Manufacturing Engineering Job satisfaction Employment security Good pay Challenging work Status Being able to understand how things work Contributions to society Individual and career growth opportunities

68. A Major With An Impact “Technology is the link between science and people, and manufacturing engineers are leaders in technology and managers of innovation.”

69. A Major With An Impact Brent Strong: “ The world is driven by business and technology — Manufacturing Engineering is in the driver's seat !”

70. Thank You Build a Bright Future…Think Manufacturing