It’s pretty clear that something dramatic is happening in the manufacturing and production industries in the U.S. And it’s not just from the boosterism of politicians, trade groups or the media. There is tangible change all around us underscoring real activity in the U.S. manufacturing sectors. For a small sample of this, see my earlier关于东南部制造业爆炸的博客文章.
我们都知道，第二次世界大战后的几十年中，事情不会回到他们的样子。那么，这一切的变化是什么？
To gain some insight beyond what I’ve heard during interviews with end users, system integrators and technology providers, I looked at McKinsey Global Institute’s recent report on “Manufacturing the future: The next era of global growth and innovation”, which was released late in the fall of 2012.
对我而言，特别是该报告的讨论是关于制造业和服务之间的模糊界限的讨论。该报告指出，制造业除生产外，始终还包括一系列活动，但是类似服务的活动（例如研发，营销和销售以及客户支持）已成为制造公司所做工作的更大份额。根据麦肯锡的报告，“今天，美国制造业的34％以上是在这种类似服务的职业中，高于2002年的32％。取决于该细分市场，发达经济体的制造业工作中有30％至55％是服务 -类型功能和服务输入占制造产出的20％至25％。”
The report estimates that 4.7 million U.S. service sector jobs depend on business from manufacturers. Explaining this further, the report states that “manufacturing companies rely on a multitude of service providers to produce their goods, including telecom and travel services to connect workers in global production networks, logistics providers, banks, and IT service providers.”
Combining job count across the total manufacturing and manufacturing-related service sectors means that total manufacturing-related employment in the United States would be 17.2 million, versus 11.5 million as cited in official 2010 data.
Explaining how this connection goes beyond job creation and into economics, the report says that for every dollar of output, U.S. manufacturers use 19 cents of service inputs, creating $900 billion a year in demand for services, while services create $1.4 trillion in U.S. manufacturing demand. And this connection holds true on a global basis. McKinsey says that “in China, manufacturing creates $500 billion in services demand, and services demand $600 billion a year in manufactured goods. And while manufacturing drives more than 80 percent of exports in Germany, services and manufacturing contribute nearly equal shares of value added to the country’s total exports.”
我计划在将来的博客文章中分享本报告中更多有趣的见解。同时，在下面的评论部分中，让我知道您对麦肯锡对制造/服务鸿沟模糊的看法的看法。
