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News and Updates

Evidence suggests that the U.S. Loses Hundreds of Billions to Cybercrime, Possibly as much as 1 % to 4 % of GDP Annually

May 27, 2020

Cybercrime puts America’s competitive edge and economic future at risk; however, there is some debate as to the extent that this activity is impacting economic

NIST MEP Centers to Receive CARES Act Funding for Pandemic Response

April 13, 2020

GAITHERSBURG, Md. — The Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has launched the application process for $50 million in

NIST Offers Strategies to Help Businesses Secure Their Cyber Supply Chains

February 4, 2020

Reducing the cybersecurity risk to one of the most vulnerable aspects of commerce — global supply chains — is the goal of a new publication by the National

NIST Economics Hits the Additive Manufacturing Spotlight

July 23, 2019

In late 2014, the Applied Economics Office (AEO) published NIST Special Publication (SP) 1176, “Costs And Cost Effectiveness of Additive Manufacturing.” For

Projects and Programs

Supply Chain Traceability for Agri-Food Manufacturing

Develop and deploy new standards, tools, and guidelines for traceability and cybersecurity that increase trust among participants and customers of agri-food

Publications

A Model-Driven Approach to Interoperability Between Simulation and Optimization for Production and Logistics Systems

December 2, 2020

Author(s)

Timothy A. Sprock

Simulation and optimization methods are needed to design and operate large-scale, complex systems. Integrating the two presents a number of conceptual and

An Analysis of the IOF Architecture a Systems Integration Perspective

November 20, 2020

Author(s)

Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Minchul Lee, Megan Katsumi

The Industrial Ontology Foundry (IOF) describes its ontology architecture in the its charter wherein different types of ontologies are identified. These types

DIGITAL TWIN FOR SMART MANUFACTURING: THE PRACTITIONERS PERSPECTIVE

November 19, 2020

Author(s)

Maja Barring, Guodong Shao, Bjorn Johansson

The manufacturing sector is experiencing a technological paradigm shift, where new digital technologies can help digitalize product design, production systems

Annual Report on U.S. Manufacturing Industry Statistics: 2020

October 28, 2020

Author(s)

Douglas S. Thomas

This report provides a statistical review of the U.S. manufacturing industry. There are three aspects of U.S. manufacturing that are considered: (1) how the U.S

Software

Manufacturing Cost Guide

July 11, 2019

The Manufacturing Cost Guide is a tool that estimates the costs that US manufacturers face and can be used to help gauge the potential returns on manufacturing

Awards

AIAG award

The Automotive Industry Action (AIAG) awarded Peter Denno the Outstanding Achievement Award for substantial contribution and leadership on...