Peter Cowhey Reports on U.S. Manufacturing Jobs
Creative strategies can boost manufacturing
06/12/2012
Barbara Bry & Neil Senturia,
San Diego Union-Tribune
What is the difference between creating a product and manufacturing a product?
A report — Innovation, Production and Sustainable Job Creation: Reviving U.S. Prosperity — recently released by the CONNECT Innovation Institute contends that San Diego (and the U.S.) can create more manufacturing jobs if we recognize the growing interdependence of services and manufacturing and take steps to ensure that we keep pace with our global rivals.
Many San Diego companies are leaders in creating game-changing products, such as Qualcomm’s CDMA wireless technology and Hybritech’s Tandem PSA Assay (for detection of prostate cancer). What many companies are less skilled at is how to make process and incremental improvements in the design, production, distribution and servicing of these innovative products.
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Peter Cowhey is Dean at IR/PS. He is also the Qualcomm Endowed Chair in Communications and Technology Policy. Dean Cowhey can provide commentary on U.S. trade policy, foreign policy, the future of communications and information technology markets and policy, the internet, biological threats, international corporate strategy, and the microfinance industry to alleviate poverty.
