Empowering Small and Medium Size 

Enterprises Through Effective Additive 

Manufacturing Data Management

June 6-8

National Institute of Standards and Technology

National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence

Rockville, MD
The workshop will explore how best to 

empower the productive working 

relationship of small and medium size 

Enterprises (SMEs) with top tier 

manufacturers through effective additive 

manufacturing (AM) data management.

The goal is to examine the AM data 

management “Pain Points” associated with 

SME interactions with large system 

integrators (LSI) and government 

procurement agencies.

Goal
• Explore three major phases of the AM lifecycle 

• Development, 

• Production, 

• Delta Qual./Requalification 

• Identify interactions and data exchanges among stakeholders to enable existing or 

innovative business models needed to accelerate the adoption of AM

• Examine mechanisms that support these interactions, including:

• Computational tools, 

• Data repositories used, and 

• Collaborative platforms 

• Identify political, economic, social, and technological (PEST) challenges

Premise

The complex, diverse and frequently parochial relations between LSIs, SMEs, and customers tend to 

inhibit facile working relationships. This increases the cost and time required to bring a product to 

market while inhibiting innovation and profitability.

To facilitate the maturation of these relationships the workshop will :
Three Tracks

• Delta Qualification / Restart – The re-qualification of 

additively manufacturing a part necessitated by 

changes to the original means of production 

• e.g., software update, change in AM machine, type, 

model, series

• Process Development – The research, development, 

test and evaluation of an additively manufactured 

part’s lifecycle. 

• Requirements to produce a quality part are identified 

and documented

• Production – The process of additively 

manufacturing of a part

• Assumes that the process development has been 

completed 

Delta Qual

Process Development

Production

Identify Deploy
Three Days

Realization (Day 3)

Day 1 will explore the role of 

data in AM-driven services 

and supply chains and where 

challenges exist

Day 2 will explore the organizations 

and solution providers that can help 

address gaps and facilitate LSI and 

SME interactions

Day 3 will realize how Day 2 

approaches should be implemented to 

overcome Day 1 challenges and action 

items will be identified

LSI 

Requirements 

SME 

Capabilities

Negotiated
Desired Outcomes

Workshop results will inform a NIST programmatic strategy and assist in the development of needed standards.

• Identification and prioritization of major challenges 

that inhibit LSI and SME interactions

• Identification and prioritization of potential 

approaches, both near term and long term, that will 

alleviate challenges and facilitate LSI and SME 

interactions

• Identification and prioritization of specific, realizable 

actions that should be taken to advance and mature 

LSI and SME interactions

LSI 

Requirements 

SME 

Capabilities

LSI 

Requirements 

SME 

Capabilities

With a focus on data and data-related activities:
Welcome from NIST

June 6, 2023

Charles “Chuck” H Romine

Associate Director of Laboratory Programs

Empowering Small and Medium Size Enterprises Through 

Effective Additive Manufacturing Data Management
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BUSINESSES 

WORKING WITH NIST

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FEDERAL

EMPLOYEES

NIST AT A GLANCE

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EXTENSION 

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measurement science, standards, and technology in ways that 

enhance economic security and improve our quality of life

NIST Mission
Delivering our Mission: Products and Services

Every year: 

32,000 SRM units sold 

13,000 calibrations and tests

800 accreditations of testing and 

calibrations laboratories 

1,200 Standard Reference 

Material (SRM) products

100 Standard Reference Data 

(SRD) products

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Million-Pound Deadweight Machine Credit: NIST
Standards Leadership for the Nation 

• Standards are critical in the 

face of increasing global 

competition. 

• NIST research feeds into 

standards development 

activities.

• NIST has unique 

responsibilities to 

coordinate federal activities. 

440 NIST technical staff 

lead and participate in 

more than 100 unique standards development 

organizations, 

contributing their 

expertise in over 1,500 

standards activities

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Partnerships to Strengthen Positions

Consortia Institutes and Centers Grants Programs

• NIST has an extensive collaboration network

• NIST laboratories rely on many partnership mechanisms, 

including: 
NIST and Manufacturing

NIST works with the nation’s 

manufacturers to invent, innovate, 

and create by:

• Precision measurements- manufacturers 

use NIST test methods, tools, and scientific 

data every day

• Advanced materials- NIST is building a 

materials infrastructure to accelerate the 

design and deployment of new materials

• Partnerships- collaborations with industry 

and academia help advance research and 

support US manufacturers

NIST labs develop measurements and 

tools for advanced manufacturing

Manufacturing USA is nationwide network of 

public-private institutes to meet technical 

needs and create tomorrow’s workforce

Hollings Manufacturing Extension 

Partnership centers in every US state 

provide services to small and medium 

manufacturers
Advanced Manufacturing in the Labs

• NIST Laboratory Programs

• Develop the measurement science to 

support US manufacturing

• Collaborate in advanced manufacturing 

activities across Labs

• Leverage & support Manufacturing USA 

and Hollings Manufacturing Extension 

Partnership

• Additive Manufacturing falls 

within NIST’s Smart 

Manufacturing thrust
Additive Manufacturing across NIST

Additive manufacturing has a strong 

presence at NIST

The NIST labs are a microcosm of a 

distributed AM community, including:

• Variety of equipment, 

• Distributed locations,

• Multi-disciplinary expertise, 

• Significant data-driven research

Data is a key unifier
Empowering SMEs with AM Data

• AM has the potential to provide 

newfound agilities to manufacturing 

supply chains

• Information and data sharing is 

essential for robust business 

collaborations

• AM processes can generate 

enormous data but at a cost

• Open data and data bases provide 

valuable shared resources

• Standards and standardized data 

representation support common 

interpretations

NIST co-hosted the FAIR AM Data workshop 

with ASM International in October 2020
Closing Comments

NIST serves industry through a multifaceted 

approach including measurement science, 

technology development, and standards 

As a world-renown research institute NIST 

strives to lead by example and set new 

standards in research excellence

Advanced Manufacturing, including additive 

manufacturing, remains a strategic priority of 

NIST in support of US commerce

Effective data management in AM empowers 

small and medium size enterprises in AM 

industrialization
Participation and Logistics

Workshop Attendees: 84 

LSI Governmemt Academic SME DoD Non_profit
Participation and Logistics
Agenda – Day 1 Morning

Time Agenda Item

0700 Registration, Badging, Refreshments

0800 Welcome & Opening Remarks

Paul Witherell & Yan Lu (NIST)

• Opening Remarks

• Charles “Chuck” H. Romine (Associate Director of Laboratory Programs, NIST) “Welcome from NIST”

• Workshop Goals, Objectives, and Approach

0840 Keynote Speakers – Business/Procurement Focus

William Frazier (Pilgrim Consulting)

• R. Chris DeLuca (OUSD) “Data and Advanced Manufacturing”

• Neil Orringer (ASTRO) “AM Forward Explained – One year later”

0940 Networking - Refreshment Break

1000 Panel 1: Small & Medium Size Enterprise Perspective

Bill Bihlman (Aerolytics)

• Carl Dekker (Met L Flo)

• Youping Gao (Castheon)

• Neil Goldfine (JENTEK) “In-process Sensing for Metal AM Parts, Using Eddy Current Arrays”

• Derek Hass (CCAM) “Gaps in the Digital Thread Across the Multiple Tiers of Manufacturing Supply Chains: An R&D 

Perspective”

1130 Lunch / Networking
Agenda – Day 1 Afternoon

Time Agenda Item

1300 Panel 2: Large System Integrator Perspective

William Frazier (Pilgrim Consulting)

• Dave Abbott (GE)

• Jesse Boyer (P&W)

• Nick Mule (Boeing) “Digital Additive Manufacturing at Boeing”

• Abdala Nassar (John Deer) “Empowering SMEs Through Effective AM Data Management” 

1415 Transition & Break

1430 Working Groups – Identification of Data Management Challenges.

Process Development | Production | Delta Qual/Restart

1700 Working Group Report

1730 Adjourn

1830 Networking - No Host Social

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9811 Washington Blvd

Gaithersburg, MD 20878

(301) 977-56555

https://www.guaposrestaurant.com/location/gaithersburg-guapos-restaurant/
Agenda – Day 2 Morning

Time Agenda Item

0700 Registration, Badging, Refreshments

0800 Welcome and Opening Remarks

Brandon Ribic (America Makes)

0830 Keynote Speakers – Customer/End User Perspective

William Frazier (Pilgrim Consulting)

• David Furrer (P&W) “Modeling and Data to Design and Control AM Processes”

• Slade Gardner (Big Metal Additive) “Small Business Data Management Points”

0930 Networking - Refreshment Break

1000 Panel 3: Consortium Perspective

Brandon Ribic, (America Makes)

• Kareem Aggour (GE) “Additive Manufacturing Common Data Model”

• Mahdi Jamshidinia (ASTM) “Additive Manufacturing Industrialization Through Collaborative Research and 

Standardization” 

• Doug Hall (MMPDS) 

• Kevin Slattery (Barnes GA) “Supporting Army readiness through a robust digital additive manufacturing supply 

chain” 

1130 Lunch / Networking
Agenda – Day 2 Afternoon

Time Agenda Item

1300 Panel 4: Software & Data Analytic Tool Provider Perspective

Alex Kitt (EWI)

• Anil Chaudhary (AO) 

• Vadim Shapiro (Intact Solutions) “Leveraging Design, Process, and Physical Data in Simulation-First 

Worksflows” 

• Michael Taylor (Hexagon) “AM Data and Innovation”

• Mike Vasquez (3Degrees)

1415 Transition & Break

1430 Working Groups -Approaches to Data Management Challenges

Process Development | Production | Delta Qual/Restart

1700 Working Groups Report

1730 Adjourn
Agenda – Day 3 Morning

Time Agenda Item

0700 Registration, Badging, Refreshments

0800 Welcome & Opening Remarks

Chris Cosgrove (RAMP MD)

• Todd Sabin (Department of Commerce, State of Maryland)

0830 Keynote Speakers

William Frazier (Pilgrim Consulting)

• Jason Bridges (LM) “Challenges for Small Business Data Sharing with Primes”

• Wayne King (Barnes Global Advisors) “How do we broaden the use of Laser Powder Bed Fusion Additive 

Manufacturing”

0930 Working Groups Report

Process Development | Production | Delta Qual/Restart

1030 AM Product Realization

11:45 Concluding Remarks

1200 Adjourn
Q1

Q2

D1 D2 P1

P2

We are Here!

Breakout Session Rooms and Spaces

Front Desk

Restrooms

Entrance
Emergency Procedures for NCCoE Visitors

Evacuation Emergencies

What is an Evacuation Emergency?

• Fires

• Explosions

• Earthquakes

• Indoor toxic material releases

• Indoor radiological and biological accidents

• Workplace violence

What Will Happen During an Evacuation Event?

• A building-wide alarm will sound

• Verbal instructions over the building’s public address (PA) system will follow shortly after the alarm

• Exit the conference room and head for the nearest exit (Red Signs – Upper Right Map)

• If the Security Guard is close by and accessible, ask for further instruction

• Once outside the building, swiftly walk toward the designated meeting area a indicated on the drawing 

“Evacuation Meeting Area” (Yellow notation – Lower Right Map)

Shelter-In-Place (SIP) Emergencies

What is a Shelter-In-Place Emergency? • Severe weather (hurricanes, tornadoes, etc.)

• chemical, biological, or radiological contaminants released into the environment

What Will Happen During an Evacuation Event?

• A building-wide alarm will sound

• Verbal instructions over the building’s public address (PA) system will follow shortly after the alarm

• Exit the conference room and head for the nearest SIP hallway or room (Yellow Signs – Upper Right Map)

• If the Security Guard is close by and accessible, ask for further instruction
Lunch Options
No-Host Reception – Guapo Catina

6:30pm, June 6, Tuesday

9811 Washingtonian Blvd, Gaithersburg, MD 20878