Resources
Reports & Briefs
In-depth reports and briefs highlighting key insights, data, and trends shaping the manufacturing ecosystem.
Manufacturing Momentum Summit – 2025 Report
The report highlights the critical workforce challenges facing U.S. advanced manufacturing, including labor shortages, demographic shifts, skill mismatches, and persistent negative perceptions of manufacturing careers. It emphasizes that rapid technological change in areas like AI, robotics, and semiconductors demands new skills that current training systems are not prepared to deliver. Participants called for better data systems, clearer metrics, stronger coordination across regions and sectors, and more effective workforce programs that align education and training with industry needs. The report also outlines practical solutions and best practices for expanding talent pipelines, supporting reskilling, and building partnerships that can strengthen the manufacturing workforce now and in the future.
Manufacturing USA
Advanced Manufacturing Occupation and Competency Framework
The 2025 Advanced Manufacturing Occupation and Competency Framework defines a unified set of knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) needed across advanced manufacturing roles that span the 18 Manufacturing USA institutes. Developed by Manufacturing USA with support from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the framework provides a common language and structure for key occupations and competencies to support workforce development. It maps important entry-level occupations and associated skills, connecting them to industry needs and existing models used by the Department of Labor. The framework aims to help job seekers, employers, trainers, and policymakers collaborate more effectively, guide credentialing and training programs, and align workforce efforts with the evolving demands of advanced manufacturing technology sectors.