Advanced Manufacturing and Jobs in South Africa: An Examination of Perceptions and Trends Paper presented at the International Conference on

Other ongoing work includes The Implementation and Outcomes Evaluation of the National Advanced Manufacturing Technology Strategy, an evaluation undertaken jointly by the Department of Science and Technology and the Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation in The Presidency, and The Advanced Manufacturing Research, Development and Innovation Roadmap Project, a project led by the Dep. [...] The importance of advanced manufacturing and a competitive manufacturing sector underpinned by talent-driven innovation and advanced technologies is also acknowledged by the governments and private sector companies in countries and regions such as the United States of America, the United Kingdom, the European Union and the People’s Republic of China. [...] in assembly), in certain sectors the country has also seen the loss of more sophisticated engineering and advanced manufacturing activities; the loss of knowledge, skilled people and supplier infrastructure; and the loss of investment and employment in manufacturing R&D (OSTP 2011, pp. [...] The knowledge-based economy The concept of technology and the role of technological innovation need to be viewed in the context of the knowledge-based economy16. [...] We will illustrate the positive correlation of the use of advanced manufacturing in a low-tech sector and a high-tech firm using two examples in Section 7, specifically the use of AM in the footwear sector and high-tech composite products in the aerospace sector.