Manufacturing Jobs Build More than Just Products
One of the many reasons why manufacturing jobs are good for our economy is that they create positive ripple effects throughout our communities. Each full-time job in manufacturing creates 3.4 full-time jobs in non-manufacturing industries, according to a 2016 study by the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI). MAPI looked at both “upstream” and “downstream” in the manufacturing value chain. So counted toward jobs created were: corporate offices and management, research and development, the transportation of materials and finished goods, logistics and warehousing, advertising, the [...]