Limited Affordable Low-Volume Manufacturing: Summary of a Workshop

摘要

The Standing Committee on Defense Materials Manufacturing and Infrastructure (DMMI) convened a workshop on August 1 and 2, 2013, to discuss affordable, low-volume manufacturing. The DMMI standing committee is organized under the auspices of the National Materials and Manufacturing Board of the National Research Council (NRC) and with the sponsorship of Reliance 21, a Department of Defense (DOD) group of professionals that was established in the DOD science and technology (S&T) community to increase awareness of DOD S&T activities and increase coordination among DOD services, components, and agencies. The workshop was conducted as a convening activity. In accordance with NRC procedures, all participants provided individual opinions at the meeting, and no consensus findings, conclusions, or recommendations were developed at the workshop or as an outcome of the workshop.