New Product Verification Roadmap launched
Fri, 16 Jan 2015 09:44:00 GMT
The National Product Verification Programme (NPVP), following a Roadmapping exercise, has published A Roadmap for UK Manufacturing, outlining ten ambitious programme ideas that have the potential to significantly enhance best-in-class quality, productivity and competitiveness in UK high value manufacturing.
The National Physical Laboratory (NPL), as the UK's National Measurement Institute, is leading the development of the NPVP to increase product verification capability and capacity in UK advanced manufacturers. The NPVP is steered by an Advisory Board, which has representation from advanced manufacturers, the Government, the High Value Manufacturing Catapult, Innovate UK, EPSRC, and manufacturing and membership support organisations.
The Roadmapping exercise, led by the University of Cambridge's Institute for Manufacturing Education and Consultancy Services, set out to identify what needs to be done to increase product verification capability in UK Advanced Manufacturing supply chain companies to world-class standards over two, five and 10 years. Over 55 people from 30 different organisations have been consulted during the four-month process focusing around two workshops.
The Roadmap vision for the National Product Verification Programme is:
The UK is seen as having adopted best-in-class measurement capability to become an international leader in fast, low cost reliable product verification:
- Product verification is seen as leading in the development of added value for a competitive UK manufacturing industry and as a key enabler for UK industrial strategies.
- Industrial capability exists for product verification to be integrated throughout the product lifecycle and selected supply chains.
- Product verification is an integral part of the UK's national science and engineering research and education curricula.
The 10 proposed programmes are grouped around five streams: New Instruments; Product and process development; Regional centres of excellence for SMEs; Training and education; and Networking and coordination.
If you would like to comment on the New Product Verification Roadmap please complete the short Product Verification Roadmap survey - closing date: 30 January 2015.
