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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

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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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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