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    • Manufacturing Cost Guide

    Metadata Updated: July 29, 2022

    The Manufacturing Cost Guide is a tool that estimates the costs that US manufacturers face and can be used to help gauge the potential returns on manufacturing industry research projects through cost reductions. These costs are grouped into various standardized categories such as the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system along with other non-standardized costs.

    The tool can be used to answer questions such as:

    -An organization is conducting research to reduce redundant engineering labor. How much do manufacturers spend on engineering? -A researcher is proposing a project to reduce the use of steel by advancing material standards, thereby, reducing scrap caused from material deficiencies. How much do manufacturers spend on steel? -A research organization is proposing to reduce energy consumption from machinery. How much is spent on energy for machine operation? -An organization wants to promote energy efficient lighting in manufacturing facilities. How much do manufacturers spend on lighting?

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date March 11, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date July 29, 2022

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NIST

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date March 11, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date July 29, 2022
    Publisher National Institute of Standards and Technology
    Maintainer
    Identifier 854CA7D06EF85E06E05324570681D0112048
    Data First Published 2019-08-02
    Language en
    Data Last Modified 2019-03-22 00:00:00
    Category Manufacturing:Manufacturing systems design and analysis, Manufacturing:Supply chain, Manufacturing:Lean manufacturing, Manufacturing:Sustainable manufacturing
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 006:55
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    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
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    Harvest Source Id 74e175d9-66b3-4323-ac98-e2a90eeb93c0
    Harvest Source Title NIST
    Homepage URL https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/manufacturing-cost-guide
    License https://www.nist.gov/open/license
    Program Code 006:045
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 078c617389ac5ee28c5925578fcf4ad0dbaea5fe
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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