Title: The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences NCMS and the Commercial Technologies for Maintenance
1The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences
(NCMS) and the Commercial Technologies for
Maintenance Activities (CTMA) Program
The Ins and Outs of Working with NCMS
2Agenda
- 200 Introduction to NCMS (Chuck Ryan)
- 215 NCMS Government Partnership Programs
- 225 Department of Defense
Commercial Technologies for Maintenance
Activities Program (CTMA) Chuck Ryan - 235 Department of Energy
Advanced Manufacturing Technologies for Hydrogen
Energy Systems Program Chuck Ryan - 245 Environmental Protection
Agency Programs Paul Chalmer - 300 Contracts and Accounting
Debbie Lilu, Debbie Howay - 330 break
- 345 NCMS Services
- 345 Lean Product Development
Initiative Mike Gnam - 405 Technology Roadmapping
Mike Gnam - 420 Educational Services Bill
Chenevert - 450 Manufacturing Trust Mike
Fancher - 500 Adjourn
3Who is NCMS?
- not-for-profit technology, information and
education consortium providing value-added
products and services that enable collaboration
and learning among manufacturers
4This is NCMS
- Organized under the National Cooperative Research
Act of 1984 formed in 1986 - Largest cross-industry collaborative RD
consortium in North America - Devoted to manufacturing technologies, process,
and practices - Nearly two decades of experience in the formation
and management of complex multi-partner
collaborative RD programs
5NCMS Track Record
- Nearly two decades of experience in the
formation and management of complex multi-partner
collaborative RD programs - Over 50 Cooperative Research Development
Agreements and Memoranda of Understanding - 290 multi-participant projects, 548M in
collaboration funds involving over a 1000
participants and 37 Universities, including - Over 140 DoD projects totaling more than 348
Million - Four consecutive RD 100 Awards
- Three Defense Manufacturing Excellence Awards
6NCMS Mission
- The NCMS mission is to build the global
competitiveness and strengthen the US-based
manufacturing industry, private and public.
7This is NCMS
- Corporate dues paying members represent virtually
every sector of the manufacturing community - Staffed internally with a diverse array of
technical and administrative capabilities - Headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI with an offices in
Washington, D.C. and Bremerton, Washington
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9We Deliver.
- Technology solutions
- Strategic partnerships
- Neutrality
- Program management expertise
- Business practice solutions
- Knowledge capture e-learning solutions
- Networking opportunities
10Collaborative Programs
- Commercial Technologies for Maintenance
Activities (CTMA) - Advanced Manufacturing Technologies forHydrogen
Energy Systems (AMT-HES)
11A Typical Project- What We Do
Company C 100,000 in-kind
Company B 150,000 in-kind
DoD facility
Company A 200,000 in-kind 50,000 cash
Project Management Expertise
1MM RD Project
DoD facility
Company D 200,000 in-kind
Seed Funding 300,000 cash
Contractor X
Subcontractor Y
12Commercial Technologies for Maintenance
Activities (CTMA)
- Identify, form, launch and deploy new projects
coupling the needs and strengths of commercial
industry with the DoDs maintenance, repair and
remanufacturing facilities - Focus on reducing overall costs and increasing
readiness - Cooperative Agreement between NCMS and the Office
of the Secretary of Defense (David Pauling) - DoD-industry co-funding on a 21 match basis
- http//ctma.ncms.org
13DoD Participants
- Naval Air Depot North Island (NADEP)
- NADEP Jacksonville
- NADEP Cherry Point
- Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NSY)
- Portsmouth NSY
- Pearl Harbor NSY
- Puget Sound NSY
- Naval Submarine Base- Kings Bay
- Naval Submarine Base- Bangor
- Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Keyport
- Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane
- Tobyhanna Army Depot (AD)
- Corpus Christi AD
- Red River AD
- Anniston AD
- Letterkenny AD
- Fort Richardson AD, Fort Wainwright AD
- Fort Lewis AD
- Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center (ALC)
- Ogden (ALC)
- Warner Robins (ALC)
- Elmendorf AFB, Eielson AFB
- Marine Corps Maintenance Center Albany
- Marine Corps Maintenance Center Barstow
14CTMA Project Launch Criteria
- Begins with a one page description
- Project team constructs project concept paper (7
pages long) - Joint Industry/DoD interest and needs
- Hard deliverables, direct impact on manufacturing
shop floor - Cost/Benefits summary sketched out
- Quantifiable
- Participant roles defined
- Validated Industrial cost-share
- Letter of endorsement from base command
- Submission of concept to Pentagon (Office of
Secretary of Defense) - 10 day turnaround for approval
15Hurdles for New Project Ideas
- What new technology is being developed and
implemented? - Not a mechanism for circumventing DoD procurement
process. - Development and implementation versus research
and development - Is there cross-service involvement?
- For broader dissemination of technology
- Is there sufficient industrial interest?
- Greater than 21 cost share
16Communications and Networking
- CTMA Website (http//ctma.ncms.org)
- The CTMA Connector Newsletter
- Symposium 2005 is April 18-21 at the Tacoma
Sheraton, Washington Where Ideas Become Reality
17Advanced Manufacturing Technologies forHydrogen
Energy Systems (AMT-HES)
- Working with DOE and the private sector, identify
and develop critical manufacturing technology
assessments vital to the affordable manufacturing
of hydrogen-powered systems. - Leverage technologies from other industrial
sectors and work with the extensive industrial
membership base of NCMS to do feasibility
projects on those manufacturing technologies
identified as key to reducing the cost of the
targeted hydrogen-powered systems.
(See Notes page for further information)
18Approach
- Identify Manufacturing Hurdles to
Hydrogen-Powered and Storage Systems - Rank as to impact for producing affordable
structures - Institute collaborative development projects that
address the manufacturing technology issues
deemed of highest impact. - Provide a clearinghouse of information to promote
technology utilization
(See Notes page for further information)
19Workshops
- Held in collaboration with the Society of
Manufacturing Engineers - March 9-10 2005 in Dearborn, MI
- Two workshops
- Fuel Cell Components
- Hydrogen Storage Systems
- Approximately 70 attendees representing over 40
organizations
20Progress/Results Call for Project Ideas
- Based upon workshop results and other information
to date, NCMS put out a call for submission of
collaborative project ideas in the following
areas - Hydrogen storage structures
- Manufacturing processes
- Assembly processes
- Joining technologies
- Manufacturing of fittings, valves, tubing,
(plumbing) - Parts reduction/simplification
- Efficient/lean manufacturing of Fuel Cells
- Coating processes
- Automated manufacturing
- Assembly technologies
21Call For Project Ideas Cont.
- Sealing Technologies
- Fuel cell stacks
- Components
- Balance of Plant
- Discrete parts manufacturing and assembly
- Parts reduction/simplification
- Water/heat management
- Inspection and Safety
- Non-destructive testing and evaluation methods
- Leak-testing
- Sensor technologies
22Future Work - Project Development and
Implementation
- Project ideas due April 22, 2005
- One-page description of a collaborative project
for consideration in the program. - Successful project teams will be notified by May
9 to submit a 5-7 page proposal for evaluation.
All projects must be collaborations with others
in industry, academia, and/or federal
laboratories. - Expect to develop 4-6 projects, 12-18 month
duration, approx. 500,000 in value each
23Further information