merrell’s scientific contributions

... The main American studies are the 1998 'Integrated Manufacturing Technology Roadmapping Initiative' (IMTI), which was created to identify and evaluate the key technology goals that would enable a competitive and capable U.S. manufacturing base in the future, while creating pathways for achieving these goals in practice (Merrell, 1999). Furthermore, in 2004 SRI -a non-profit research institute formerly part of Stanford University -conducted a series of analyses for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to provide America's small manufacturers with reports to better understand the major shifts arising from deepening globalisation, the emergence of south-east Asian competitors and rapid advances in technology (SRI, 2007). ...

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Manufacturing Futures for Europe - A Survey of the Literature