美国制造业拓展伙伴计划运行模式及启示

The US Manufacturing Extension Partnership:Operational Model,Successful Experiences and Enlightenment to China

制造业拓展伙伴计划由美国商务部下属的标准技术研究院组织实施。该计划通过建立遍布全美的制造创新服务中心网络,为中小制造业企业提供各类技术与创新服务。设立近30年来,该计划为提升美国中小制造业企业创新能力和市场竞争力发挥了重要的作用。本文在分析该计划的成功要素和经验的基础上,对比我国生产力促进中心、创新方法工作专项等国家级企业创新能力扶持举措,提出了国内相关工作应建立以市场为导向的长效运行机制、保持政府公共投入的强度和稳定性以及加强内部评价和外部评估机制建设的建议。

The US Manufacturing Extension Partnership （MEP） is a national program managed by the US National Institute of Standard and Technology （NIST）, Department of Commerce. Partnered with established network of local centers in all the states over more than 30 years, MEP dedicates itself in serving small and medium-sized manufactures and plays a very important role in promoting their technical capacity and market competitiveness during the past years. This paper summarizes the success factors and good experience of MEP, compares MEP with similar national program in China, i.e. the Productivity Promotion Center Program and the Innovation Method Program. Then it proposes the following recommendations： establishing market-oriented longterm operational mechanism; sustaining appropriate level of public funding aiming for long term; strengthening internal assessment and external evaluation.