Leaders in the manufacturing engineering profession estimate that the present shortage of qualified manufacturing engineers and technologists is between 50,000 and 100,000 people--and the need is increasing. They also estimate that between 20,000 and 30,000 new jobs are created in manufacturing engineering every year. The two principal factors generating this demand are industrial productivity and technological innovations. The rate of increase of productivity in American industry is lagging behind most industrial nations.

Realizing that competitive positions in world and domestic markets are tied to the productivity of manufacturing units, there is considerable effort by industrial organizations to improve productivity. This nationwide effort is causing organizational and planning changes in many corporations that now recognize the manufacturing unit as the key to profits. For example, many corporations have placed manufacturing engineers in charge of new product design functions in an effort to ensure product manufacturability.

Efforts to improve productivity have led to the rapid introduction of new processes and equipment and in increased levels of automation. This has created a demand for personnel well-versed in the new manufacturing technologies: computer-aided design, computer numerical control, microprocessor controls, robotics, computer-aided manufacturing, flexible manufacturing systems, assembly automation, computer-integrated manufacturing and electronics manufacturing.

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