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Reports 1998
"National Science Policy Study," prepared by the House Science Committee at the behest of Speaker Newt Gingrich, is available by setting your browser to www.house.gov/science/welcome.htm.
"A Report of the National Innovation Summit, Competition Through Innovation" from The Council on Competitiveness and MIT, may be obtained by calling Brenda Siler at 202-682-4292. The 30-page report is $5.00 ($10.00 outside the U.S.).
"Harnessing the Light: Optical Science and Engineering for the 21st Century" is available through the National Academy Press at 202-334-3313.
"The Engineering Research Centers Program: An Assessment of Benefits and Outcomes" is published by the National Science Foundation. Call 703-306-1234 and ask for publication #98-40.
"Science and Engineering Indicators 1998" a study released by the National Science Board, is available on the Web at http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/stats.htm.
"Benchmarking Air Emissions on the Electric Utility Generator" is a report on the emissions performance of the 100 biggest electric generating companies in the U.S. Included with the report is a CD-ROM showing movement of smog during the summer months and information on each company. Call the New York office of the National Resources Defense Council at 212-727-2700 for a copy. The first copy is free; $50.00 for subsequent copies.
"The State of Cities 1998" is a 45-page report published by the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development. For a copy call 202-708-0685.
"Ready? Set? Go! The Computer Systems Policy Project Guide to Global Electronic Commerce Readiness" contains tools communities can use to determine their readiness for engaging in electronic commerce. For a copy, call 202-393-2260 or visit the CSPP Web site at www.cspp.org.
"Main Science and Technology Indicators" is a biannual publication of the Organization for Economic Cooperative Development. Call 202-785-6323 for the 80-page, $32.00 report.
"Technology, Productivity and Job Creation--Best Policy Practices 1998 Edition" is also available from the OECD by calling 202-785-6323. 328 pages. $50.00.
"1998 Science, Technology and Industry Outlook" can be obtained from the OECD at 202-785-6323. 335 pages. $65.00.
"Technology on the Factory Floor," a report from the National Association of Manufacturers, is the third in a series on this subject. Contact NAM at 202-637-3099.
"International Benchmarking of U.S. Materials Science and Engineering Research" is available from the National Research Council. Call 202-334-2138 to obtain a copy.
"Nondestructive Testing Handbook: Vol. I, Leak Testing" is a 650-page publication from the American Society for Nondestructive Testing Inc. To order a copy, call 800-222-2768 ext. 214 or 215.
"Winning the Skills Race," is a report from the Council on Competitiveness. Please call 202-682-4292 for a copy of the $25 report.
"America's Basic Research: Prosperity Through Discovery" is a report from the Committee for Economic Development that outlines strategies to strengthen basic research in the U.S. For a copy of the $18.00 report call 212-688-2063 ext. 212.
"The Employer's Role in Linking School and Work," also published by the CED, is available by calling 212-688-2063 ext. 212. The cost is $18.00 for the report.
"The New Innovators: Global Patenting Trends in Five Sectors" from the U.S. Dept. of Commerce delves into research capabilities of the U.S. the EU and 14 other countries including China and Japan. The report is available online at www.ta.doc.gov/reports or by calling the Office of Technology Policy at 202-482-3037.
"Status Report: The Trade and Competitive Position of U.S. Steel Producers" is a 26-page report by the American Iron and Steel Institute. Call 202-452-7100 for a copy.
"Ball Grid Array Packaging Guidelines Report" is a report on the use of ball grid array packaging for space flight applications. To obtain a copy call the Interconnection Technology Research Institute at 512-833-9930 or search the ITRI Web site at www.itri.org.
"The Harbour Report, 1998" is an analysis of automobile manufacturing company by company, plant by plant. To obtain a copy, call Harbour and Associates at 248-641-0707.
"Economic Handbook of the Machine Tool Industry: 1998-99" is a 260-page, $350.00 report available from the Association for Manufacturing Technology. Call 703-827-5256.
"The Race for Space: A General Survey of the Commercial Space Market" is available from the Aerospace Industries Association for free by calling 202-371-8561.
"Information Technology Industry Data Book--1960-2008" may be obtained from the Information Technology Industry Council for $225.00 by calling 202-626-5729.
"Market Assessment of Current and Expected Robotics Usage" is a study of the robotics industry. The cost is $995.00 for RIA members and $1,495.00 for non-members. For a copy, call the Robotic Industries Association at 734-994-6088 or email at ria@robotics.org
"1998 General Aviation Statistical Databook" is available from the General Aviation Manufacturers Association for $10.00. Contact GAMA through its Web site at www.generalaviation.org. or write to GAMA, 1400 K St., NW, Suite 801, Washington, D.C. 20005-2485.
"Europe Forecast: An Analysis of the Present and Future Status of the PCB Industry in Europe" is available from the Institute for Interconnecting and Packaging Electronic Circuits at 847-509-9700.
"The Korean Electronics Industry," book number 0-8493-3172-2 ($39.95) is available by calling 561-994-0555.
"Opportunities in Asia: An Assessment of Construction Trends, Needs and Potential Collaborations," ISBN 0-7844-0257-4 ($75.00) is available by calling 703-295-6300.
"Sandia Accomplishments: A Year in Review, 1998" is a 45-page description of programs at Sandia National Laboratories. For a copy call 505-844-6601.
President Clinton's Information Technology Advisory Committee's draft report, which calls for an increase of $1 billion in federal spending on information technology R&D, is available via the Internet at www.ccic.gov.
The U.S. General Accounting Office is the auditing arm of the Congress. Its reports often have direct bearing on policy debates and funding. They are available free of charge by calling 202-512-6000 or by setting your browser to www.gao.gov.
Federal Prison Industries: Delivery Performance Is Improving But Problems Remain, GAO/GGD-98-118, 44 pages.
Export Controls: National Security Issues and Foreign Availability for High Performance Computer Exports, GAO/NSIAD-98-200, 27 pages.
Export Controls: Information on the Decision to Revise High Performance Computer Controls, GAO/NSIAD-98-196, 48 pages.
U.S.-Africa Trade: U.S. Textile and Apparel Importers' Reactions to Trade Preference Options, GAO/NSIAD-98-217, 19 pages.
Space Exploration: Power Sources For Deep Space Probes, GAO/NSIAD-98-102, 21 pages.
Environmental Protection: EPA's and States' Efforts To Focus State Enforcement Programs on Results, GAO/RCED-98-113, 91 pages.
Federal Rulemaking: Agencies Often Published Final Actions Without Proposed Rules, GAO/GGD-98-126, 49 pages.
Multilateral Development Banks: Public Consultation on Environmental Assessments, GAO/NSIAD-98-192, 77 pages.
Defense Spending: Trends and Geographical Distribution of Prime Contract Awards and Compensation, GAO/NSIAD-98-195, 27 pages.
Defense Contractor Restructuring: Benefits to DOD and Contractors, GAO/NSIAD-98-225, 18 pages.
Army Aviation: Apache Longbow Weight and Communications Issues, GAO/NSIAD-98-203, 15 pages.
Defense Computers: Year 2000 Computer Problems Threaten DOD Operations, GAO/AIMD-98-72, 41 pages.
Defense Infrastructure: Central Training Funding Projected to Remain Stable During 1997-2003, GAO/NSIAD-98-168, 83 pages.
Quadrennial Defense Review: Opportunities to Improve the Next Review, GAO/NSIAD-98-155, 57 pages.
Year 2000 Computing Crisis: Actions Needed on Electronic Data Exchanges, GAO/AIMD-98-124, 64 pages.
Year 2000 Computing Crisis: Progress Made In Compliance of VA Systems, But Concerns Remain, GAO/AIMD-98-237, 34 pages.
Defense Computers: Year 2000 Computer Problems Put Navy Operations At Risk, GAO/AIMD-98-150, 31 pages.
The Results Act: Assessment of the Government-wide Performance Plan for Fiscal Year 1999, GAO/AIMD/GGD-98-159, 37 pages.
Going Global: The New Shape of American Innovation from the U.S. Council on Competitiveness analyzes the competitive posture of five industries: advanced materials; automotive; information technology; express package transportation and logistics; and health care. The $40 report, full of charts and graphs, can be received by calling 202-682-4292.
The American Productivity and Quality Center provides benchmarking services to U.S. industry. Its reports generally cost $500 and are available by calling 713-681-4020.
Knowledge Management and the Learning Organization explores how European companies are managing and sharing knowledge.
Transforming Customer Data Into Information finds that "companies that place customer information at the core of their information architecture and make it available to all employees will excel in their industries." It benchmarked Federal Express, MasterCard International and Hewlett-Packard, among others.
Recruiting for Success: Hiring and Keeping the Right Management Talent finds that "innovative companies have developed a number of ways to make the interview process more candidate friendly...This is a critical factor in today's tight job market."
The Corporate University: Learning Tools For Success looks at Eddie Bauer University, Saturn Corp.'s training department and Dana Corp., among others, and finds that the corporate university "often acts as a mecca where the organization's culture is preserved and taught."
Organizational Change: Managing the Human Side looks at Sears, Roebuck, Arizona Public Service and others and finds that "to make organizational change fully effective, lasting and transformational, a fundamental culture change is usually required."
Space Utilization: Reducing Occupancy Expenses and Increasing Productivity looks at DuPont, Knight-Ridder and others and concludes that companies cannot slash facilities costs without affecting employee productivity and retention.
Frost &Sullivan Reports are available for between $2,000 and $5,000. For
more information on of any of the reports listed below, call 415-961-9000
or visit www.frost.com.
World Process Analytical Instrumentation Markets
World Automotive Storage and Retrieval Systems
World Lithium Battery Markets
World Radio Frequency Identification Equipment
World Special Machine Tool Markets
World Commercial and Civil Avionics Markets
World Markets for Military, Civil and Commercial Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
World Electronic Warfare Equipment Markets
U.S. Markets for Air Preparation Components and Fluid Connectors
U.S. Printed Circuit Board Markets
U.S. Distributed Control System Markets
U.S. Advanced Electronic Packaging Markets
U.S. and Japanese Degradable Plastics Markets
U.S. Surfacants Markets
Strategies and Issues Within the Bar Code Equipment Market
Everyone complains about management, but what exactly characterizes a bad manager? John Collins, dean of the St. Ambrose University's Business School, answers that question in his new book, The Seven Fatal Management Sins: Understanding and Avoiding Managerial Malpractice. Here are the fatal sins:
- Character flaws that erode worker trust and integrity;
- Blind ambition -- focusing more on managing the career than managing the organization;
- Short-term scare mentality -- managing for survival and creating simple fixes;
- Indecisiveness -- being unclear on when and who makes decisions;
- Blurred focus and a lack of vision;
- Employees perceived as an expense and not as an investment; and
- Managing unchecked without accountability.
Vision in Manufacturing: A Global Study, In Search of Competitive Advantage in the 21st Century from Deloitte & Touche presents the results of 900 interviews with manufacturing executives in 35 countries and provides a heads up on what the best in class are planning. For a copy of the $500 report, or individual sector analyses -- aerospace, automotive, chemical, consumer products, high technology and pharmaceutical for $100 each -- call 212-598-3652.
Personal Salary Profile is intended to help individual engineers compare their wages against others. It is published by the Engineering Workforce Commission at a cost of $25.00. Call 202-296-2237.
Manufacturers Alliance Survey of Corporate Tax Departments, 95 pages, 703-841-9000.
Five-Year Plan For the Defense Manufacturing Technology Program is available at www.iitri.com/ms&tmain/whatsnew.html.
Arsenal Ship: Lessons Learned from the U.S. Navy, discusses how the recently canceled program has taught the shipbuilding industry how to produce a design 50 percent faster. For a copy of the report, call the Navy's Community Relations Office at 703-697-0250.
R&D Tax Credit: Lasting Gains In Research and GDP is published by the National Association of Manufacturers, 202-637-3087. Or download the report from the web: www.nam.org. It is on the home page.
Frost & Sullivan market reports typically cost between $3,000 and $4,000 each and can be obtained by calling 650-961-9000. To see an executive summary of any of the reports listed, set your browser to www.frost.com.
- World Distributed Control Systems in the Process Industries
- World 32-Bit and 64-Bit Embedded Controller Market
- World Commercial Remote Sensing Markets
- U.S. Wastewater Treatment Equipment Markets
- U.S. Functional Fluids Markets
- U.S. Plastic Compounding Markets
- U.S. Paints and Coatings Markets
- U.S. Markets for Seals, Gaskets and Packaging
- U.S. Markets for Industrial Valves and Actuators in the Process Industries
- U.S. Markets for Commercial and Military IR Imaging FPA Sensors and Systems
- Commercial and Military Microwave Component Markets
- North American Commercial and Consumer Electronics Flat Panel Display Market
Semiconductor Industry Association's 1998 Annual Report & Directory, the SIA's Annual Databook, which provides a statistical overview of the U.S. semiconductor industry's growth, and U.S. Semiconductor Industry Is The Leading Value-Added Manufacturer In The U.S. can be obtained from the Semiconductor Industry Association at 408-436-6600 (www.semichips.org).
Imaging Technologies: Techniques and Applications in Civil Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, $59.00, 800-548-2723.
Lead-Free Solder Alternative Project, Final Report from the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences evaluates 79 lead-free alloys and identifies seven promising candidate replacements. The $100 report can be obtained by calling Barbara Johnson at 313-995-0300.
The four reports below from the Best Manufacturing Practices Center of Excellence at the University of Maryland can be obtained for free by calling 800-789-4267.
- Thermacore, maker of heat pipes, Lancaster, Penn.
- Sharretts Plating Co., Emitsville, Penn.
- Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Ill.
- Northrop Grumman Corp., El Segundo, Calif.
How To Deduct Excess Inventory from the National Association for the Exchange of Industrial Resources, is available free by calling 800-562-0955.
The State of the Space Industry, 1997 Outlook is free from SpaceVest, 703-904-8649.
U.S. Space Command's Long Range Space Plan and Roadmap, free at www.spacecom.af.mil/usspace.
Who Is Unemployed? Factors Affecting Unemployment Among Individuals with Doctoral Degrees In Science and Engineering from the National Science Foundation says the unemployment rate among Ph.D. holders is 1.5 percent. The report is available free at www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/nsf97336/start.htm.
The Economics of a Technology-Based Service Sector finds service sector investment in information technology has an estimated return of 200 percent. The study was conducted by TASC for the National Institute of Standards and Technology and is available free by calling Denise Herbert at 301-975-2657 or www.nist.gov/director/prog-ofc/report98-2.pdf.
NASA Spinoff 1997 from the National Technology Transfer Center, discusses products and opportunities that exist from NASA technologies. The report is free by calling 800-678-6882.
No Fear Management: Rebuilding Trust, Performance and Commitment in the New American Workplace, a book by Harry Chambers and Robert Craft, promotes the idea of "performance-driven leadership" and a movement away from "Third Reich management" techniques that are driven by fear. The book lists for $39.95 (ISBN-57444-119-1) and is published by St. Lucie Press.
Faster Company: Building the World's Nuttiest Turn-on-a Dime Home-Grown Billion-Dollar Business is a book by Patrick Kelly, founder and CEO of PSS/World Medical, who says "in a faster company, no one needs to be told what to do;" and "do what is right for the customer."
The book is a good read about how Kelly, who flunked out of college,
created Physician Sales and Service/World Medical Inc. (PSS), and based
its success on the wisdom he learned in Vietnam where he was responsible
for hundreds of millions of dollars of equipment in the logistics chain
that
supplied the Tet Offensive. "An army in wartime doesn't have a lot
of choice about its personnel...it's an organization that shouldn't be
able to accomplish anything," he says.
"And yet, armies accomplish amazing things. Individuals rise to the
occasion. They perform at levels they didn't know they were capable of."
This philosophy of human potential is the core of PSS, based in Jacksonville,
Fla. His company has no policy manuals; truck drivers have "CEO" on their
business cards; there are no managers - employees are leaders and can fire
their bosses. Most employees have become millionaires. The $24.95 book
is published by John Wiley & Sons (ISBN 0-471-24211-X).
Rising Tide by Jerry Jasinowski, president of the National Association of Manufacturers and other leading business executives, explains how the U.S. can achieve higher growth rates through the "four Ts": trade, technology, taxes and training. The book is published by John Wiley & Sons. NAM's number is 202-637-3000.
Modernizing Government Regulation from the Committee for Economic Development argues that a new non-partisan congressional agency be established to provide economic justification for proposed regulations. The study was directed by Murray Weidenbaum, chair of the Center for the Study of American Business at the Washington University in St. Louis and former chairman of the president's Council of Economic Advisors. For a copy of the $18.00 report, call 212-758-9068.
The Manufacturing Science and Advanced Materials Processing Institute at Penn State's Applied Research Laboratory has started a new quarterly R&D journal. To be placed on the mailing list, call 814-863-3207.
The following reports are available from the National Academy of Sciences by calling 202-334-3313. By ordering online (www.nap.edu) you get a 20 percent discount. Other recent NAS reports are listed on the site in the "Reading Room."
- Space Technology for the New Century says the following areas need a yearly investment of up to $5 million each for the next five years: tools for mining resources from the moon and Mars; high-frequency, wideband interplanetary communications; microelectromechanical systems for space; nuclear power systems; radiation-resistant computer memories and electronics; and precisely controlled antennas, mirrors and other space structures. The report cost $23.00.
- Microelectromechanical Systems: Advanced Materials and Fabrication Methods, says the industry is on the verge of explosive growth and that investments need to be made now in the technology that would enable a new generation of switches, sensors and pumps; $19.00.
- Global Economy, Global Technology, Global Corporations; $19.00.
- International Benchmarking of U.S. Materials Science and Education Research.
- Review of the Research Program for the Partnership of A New Generation of Vehicles, Fourth Report, $36.00.
- Resources for Teaching Middle-School Science, $25.00.
- Applying Market-Based Instruments to Environmental Policies In China and OECD Countries ($45.00).
- Agricultural Policies In China ($49.00).
- Toward A Global Information Society ($20.00).
- Open Markets Matter: The Benefits of Trade and Investment Liberalization finds that "protectionist responses almost always make matters worse and that the price of trying to suppress the changes brought about by a globalizing economy would be to so reduce overall economic growth that the balance of effects would be socially regressive." Over the past decade, countries with markets open to the world have achieved double the annual average growth of others. (This is a very good study.) $20.00.
- Human Capital Investment: An International Comparison finds that one-third to one-half of those between the ages of 25 and 64 in the OECD countries have literacy levels that are below what is adequate for meeting current work requirements. "Such findings reinforce the need to encourage training and learning throughout a lifetime rather than relying solely on initial, formal education to provide needed skills," says the report. The people most in need of training are the ones least likely to receive it, "which makes them even more vulnerable in the labor market," says the OECD's Center for Educational Research and Innovation. "Relying on employers to provide the necessary work-related skills may not be enough; individuals and governments also need to commit resources to learning and training." The report cost $25.00.
The Emerging Digital Economy from the U.S. Department of Commerce is available for $56.00 through the National Technical Information Service, 800-553-6847.
EDI Effectiveness Survey Results With Comparisons to 1993 and 1995 Surveys from the Electronic Industries Alliance's Electronics Industry Data Exchange Association benchmarks the use of EDI in the private sector. For a copy, call EIA at 703-907-7500.
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