Transcript Patrick J. Cleary, Senior Vice President

RSM McGladrey
Network Forum 2006
Chicago, IL
June 6, 2006
Patrick J. Cleary,
Senior Vice President,
Communications & Media, NAM
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Fun Facts About Manufacturing:
Over One-eighth (13%) of Gross Domestic Product
• 80% > retail
• 88% > construction, mining and agriculture
• 175% > transportation and utilities
Standing alone, it is:
The world’s 8th largest economy
Larger than the economies of:
-Spain
-Canada
-South Korea and Mexico combined
Manufacturing is responsible for nearly
two-thirds (62%) of all U.S. exports of
goods and services.
-Agriculture: $60billion/yearly
-Manufacturing: $60billion/monthly
Manufacturing is responsible for three
fifths of all industrial R & D
Manufacturing is responsible for 90% of all
patents.
Manufacturing employs 14 million people
LEAN NOT SPOKEN HERE
Principles of Lean
“Define Values”
“Eliminate Waste to Make Value Flow”
Reduce the costs of doing business
in the US
• NAM Study:
22% cost disadvantages vs. trading partners
•Challenges:
•Taxes
•Health Care (1/6 of GDP)
•Regulations:
--$180 billion cost of regulation
--$32 billion workplace
--Highest environmental costs
Legal Costs (2% of GDP)
Larger than the economies of:
Hong Kong
Vietnam
Portugal
Algeria
Romania
Czech Republic
Denmark
Chile
Norway
Finland
……..and 173 others
Hungary
Venezuela
Peru
Israel
Ireland
Morocco
Nigeria
Kazakhstan
Singapore
Belarus
Energy Cost – Natural Gas
Energy Cost - Resources
Our Message
Manufacturing is critically important to the
US economy and standard of living.
We are challenged as never before, here
and abroad.
Before you vote/take action ask yourself
“will this make US manufacturing more or
less competitive?”
We will be watching how you vote and
We will be informing our employees.
“Just because you do not take an interest in politics
doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you.”
-Pericles
“The penalty that good men pay for not being interested
in politics is to be governed by men worse than
themselves.”
-Plato
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