Executive Summary
2. The Manufacturing Plus report is the product of a process convened by New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE), responding to concerns about pressure on the manufacturing sector from rapidly changing economic conditions, domestically and internationally. The report advances a Vision Statement and a Value Creation Model for the manufacturing sector. It sets out to raise the profile of the sector with government and across the economy generally. It contains sixteen recommendations for government.
3. This response signals the government's view of the importance of the sector. It endorses the Vision Statement and the twelve point Value Creation Model. It catalogues the programmes and initiatives already in place or about to be implemented that address the sixteen recommendations in whole or in part, and discusses issues that influence the manufacturing sector. The Ministry of Economic Development (MED), working with other agencies, will set up a Manufacturing Advisory Group to work with the sector and ensure that the views of the sector are kept before government.
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