Welcome to Nebraska Advanced Manufacturing Coalition

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Welcome to Nebraska Advanced Manufacturing
Coalition
NAMC's
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A Pro-Manufacturing Economic Development and
Awareness Initiative
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Why we need a manufacturing careers campaign

• OUTDATED AND NEGATIVE INDUSTRY IMAGE
• GROWING SKILLS CRISIS

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Why we have a crisis

• CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS
• TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS OF MANUFACTURING
• MISALIGNMENT OF SCHOOL PROGRAMS
• POOR MATH AND SCIENCE SKILLS

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Therefore the Storm

• Difficult to recruit new workers.
• High-skilled workers retiring almost impossible
  to replace
• Skill demands are growing, and growing.
• Education/training institutions are not prepared
  to support us.
• Shortages hamper manufacturing growth and cramp
  the U.S. economy

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What Manufacturers Say About Their Current
Workforce

• 90 of respondents indicated a moderate to severe
  shortage of qualified skilled production
  workers
• 65 of all respondents, and 74 of respondents
  with more than 500 employees, reported a moderate
  to severe shortage of scientists and engineers
  Skill demands are growing, and growing.
• 39 of respondents indicated a moderate to severe
  shortage of qualified unskilled production
  workers.

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Given Changes in the Economy and Business
Environment, Which of the Following Will Be Most
Important to Your Companys Future Business
Success Over The Next Three Years? (Select Up to
Three)
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What Types of Employees are Expected to Be in
Short Supply Over the Next Three Years? (Select
All the Apply)
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The Workforce Gap
Source Workforce 2020 Work and Workers in the
21st Century (Hudson Institute) and North
Carolina Department of Public Instruction (2001)
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What we are facing

• INCREASED GLOBAL COMPETITON
• INCREASING SKILLS IN COMPETING COUNTRIES
• DECREASING MATH, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SKILLS IN
  UNITED STATES

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Why a campaign

• Promote accurate vision of todays advanced
  manufacturing
• Align goals of economic developers, workforce
  development and education with industry
• Develop local education and training strategies
  for manufacturing that fill skills gaps
• Provide career information, guidance, and links
  to training, internships and jobs

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What is the campaign
A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN A local collaboration of
manufacturers, civic leaders, educators,
economic developers, workforce development
leaders National Association of Manufacturers
(NAM) Nations largest industrial trade
association The Manufacturing Institute NAMs
501c(3) educational and research arm
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Who the coalition includes

• LOCAL MANUFACTURERS
• EDUCATORS AND TRAINING PROVIDERS
• ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS
• CIVIC LEADERS
• WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONALS
• THE PUBLIC WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM

THIS REGIONAL COALITON RUNS THE CAMPAIGN LOCALLY!
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• Dream It. Do It., Kansas City
• Dream It. Do It., Nebraska
• Dream It. Do It., Northeast Ohio
• Dream It. Do It., Southwest Virginia
• Dream It. Do It., Washington
• Dream It. Do It., North Central Texas
• Dream It. Do It., Southeast Indiana
• Dream It. Do It., Will County, IL
• Dream It. Do It., Greater Phoenix
• Dream It. Do It., Conexus Indiana
• Dream It. Do It., Virginia State

Dream It. Do It. Prospects

• Dream It. Do It., San Antonio, TX
• Dream It. Do It., So Central PA
• Dream It. Do It., Jamestown, NY
• Dream It. Do It., Springfield, MO
• Dream It. Do It., Milwaukee, WI
• Dream It. Do It., Minnesota

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What we need from you

• COMMITMENT TO MANUFACTURING AS IMPORTANT TO
  REGIONAL GROWTH
• PARTICIPATION
• LEADERSHIP
• FUNDING

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