Workforce Development Support to Organic Industrial Base: Developing Talent Pipelines through Cross MII Synergy to Support the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant (IAAAP) and American Ordnance
Abstract
The primary objective of this proposal is to improve the Organic and Defense Industrial Base through data analytics and on-demand training capabilities that results in a repeatable analytical process which identifies skill gaps and builds scalable models for greater impact to the Department of Defense.As a part of Manufacturing USA, each Manufacturing Innovation Institute (MII) has worked feverishly to bring together partners from industry, academia, and government so that the U.S. can increase their manufacturing competitiveness and promote a robust and sustainable national R&D infrastructure. The collaboration between MII#s is critical to the proliferation of the economy through the utilization of established member ecosystems which help fill the gap between research and commercialization, accelerate non-Federal investment in advanced manufacturing production, and enable commercial application of new technologies. There is an urgent need for a highly skilled workforce that is representative of our nation s diverse population. The development of such a workforce is anchored by establishing highly effective training programs that combine conceptual understanding of advanced manufacturing with hands-on learning tools that provide equitable access to the prospective workforce resulting in accelerating national economic growth as well as fortifying our defense industrial base.To address these challenges and develop a program consisting of proven manufacturing skill-based readiness training that can be replicated nationwide, LIFT proposes to lead a collaborative, multi MII team focusing on the modernization of the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant (IAAAP) and American Ordnance (AO). The collaborative project between LIFT, ARM, and MxD plans to utilize data analytics that ensures the best solutions are brought to each workforce challenge and that these studies are adaptable to specific industries, regions, technologies, etc. The MIIs are well poised to support this effort andexpand the lessons learned into other parts of the Organic Industrial Base (OIB), Defense Industrial Base (DIB),Commercial Industrial Base (CIB), and Labor Unions, consistent with their missions. The goal is that the method developed to support the IAAAP and AO will provide a model that can be scaled across the OIB for greater impact to the DoD in general. The intent is totake these lessons and to tailor them to other modernization programs, depots, and sustainment centers (particularly United States Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM), and its subordinate Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC). Additionally, the MIIsintend to leverage the training and Experiential Learning Center outputs into their programs for greater scalability.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Mar 15, 2024
- Source ID
- N000142412204
Entities
People
- Robert Shaner
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy