US Center for Advanced Manufacturing (USC4AM)
The US Center for Advanced Manufacturing drives state, regional and national initiatives that accelerate and strengthen advanced manufacturing in the US, while helping to inform the global manufacturing agenda.
The Center’s strategic priorities include: generating insights that identify the latest trends to help manufacturers and policy-makers respond to industry disruption; building peer communities of diverse voices across industries and regions to share experiences, synthesize learnings and help shape collaborative responses to address global challenges; and establishing multi-stakeholder collaborations through which businesses will pre-emptively address emerging opportunities in production.
Launched 1 June 2022
Host Institution Automation Alley
Center Head Cynthia Hutchison
Cynthia Hutchison
CEO
Stephanie Wright
Chief Operating Officer
Shree Parikh
Business Development Manager
Upskilling the US Manufacturing Workforce
Key US manufacturers will work together to scale new technologies and innovations that enhance the worker experience. By mapping ways to increase employee engagement through empowerment, companies will utilize technology to enhance productivity. Explore how augmentation technologies can be used to educate and upskill the US workforce at scale.
Accelerating Technology Adoption in the US
This project aims to share insights from the front runners in digital transformation including factories already identified in the Global Lighthouse Network while creating a geographically diverse series of learning opportunities across the US to unlock new partnerships that drive technology adoption.
Cybersecurity resilience through preparedness, innovation & collaboration
Working with Automation Alley and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response to create a university-based cybersecurity center in Michigan focused on R&D and insights that will result in capabilities that reduce the risk of power disruption from a cyber-incident for energy delivery systems, and education that enables cybersecurity by design in the energy sector.
End-to-End Supply Chain Resiliency
A critical engine for manufacturing is the stability of the supply chain. The escalation of supply chain disruptions continues to be at the forefront of business leaders minds determining how to ensure Supply Chains have a foundation of sustainability and can weather the storm of constant changes. This has led teams to rethink how to re-establish robust, resilient and purpose-driven supply chains that have a positive impact on our business and our planet.
