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MEP is a national network with hundreds of specialists who understand the needs of manufacturers. For the past 17 years, they have worked with thousands of manufacturers delivering $1.3 billion in cost savings annually and $6.25 billion in increased or retained sales in one year *.
MEP provides companies with services and access to public and private resources that enhance growth, improve productivity, and expand capacity. We work with companies willing to invest in their future, to make improvements in the short term, and position themselves to be stronger long-term competitors both domestically and internationally.
**Independent follow-up of clients with
projects completed in FY2006. Of the 5,384 clients
selected to be surveyed, 4,959 completed the survey in
FY2007. Measures are a conservative snapshot of
benefits. Recurring or cumulative benefits may be
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- MEP Part of the National Economic Solution
A new Time Magazine article highlights the important role MEP will play in President-elect Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan.
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- Minnesota MEP Helping Small Manufacturers Thrive Despite Downturn
MEP affiliate Enterprise Minnesota is featured in a Minneapolis Star-Tribune article about how smaller manufacturers are weathering the economic dowturn by cutting waste and improving productivity.
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- Video Highlights Lean & Clean Practices
The Green Suppliers Network has produced a video detailing how it helps companies improve environmental performance while increasing growth and profits.
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To ask questions about the Green Suppliers Network or request more information, click here.
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MEP Client Successes
Jamar Precision Grinding
Jamar Precision Grinding Company, Inc. specializes in high-volume precision grinding for the automotive, agricultural and aerospace industries. The company contacted the Ohio Manufacturing Extension Partnership for assistance with ISO Certification.
Trek Connect, Inc.
Trek Connect, a woman-owned business worked with New Jersey MEP and Northrop Grumman's Supply Chain Initiative by applying lean principles to improve business.
Precision Aero Services
Precision Aero Services specializes in aircraft flight control and structural component repair. The company contacted the Missouri Enterprise for assistance with the ISO registration process.
S&K Electronics
S&K Electronics is a tribally-owned company that utilizes an impressive array of new generation manufacturing and testing equipment. The company contacted the Montana Manufacturing Extension Center (MMEC) for assistance with ISO Certification.
Roanoke Electronic Controls, Inc.
Roanoke Electronic Controls, Inc. designs and manufactures electronic controls for many industries including automotive and fitness equipment. The speed of this machine can insert 6,000 to 10,000 parts per hour.
Quality Filters
Alabama Technology Network's strategic marketing provided growth for Quality Filters, Inc.
Kinex Pharmaceuticals
Kinex Pharmaceuticals is a company focused on the discovery and development of anti-cancer drugs. Kinex contacted the New York Manufacturing Extension Partnership for assistance in achieving cGMP compliance, which allowed the company to perform Phase I clinical trials for their first anti-cancer drug.
Wedge Group, LLC
The Manufacturing Extension Partnership of Louisiana's prototyping service helped the Wedge Group with their design of the Wedge Cup, a product which helps the injured and disabled drink properly.
Granruds Lefse Shack
Granruds Lefse Shack manufactures lefse, a Norwegian potato bread. They contacted the Montana Manufacturing Center to help them make the manufacturing process flow better and become more efficient.
Quest Aircraft
Quest Aircraft manufactures a 10-seat single-engine turboprop utility airplane known as the KODIAK. The company used Lean manufacturing techniques to meet production demands and increase customer satisfaction.
STATE OF MANUFACTURING
- Manufacturing contracted in November as the PMI registered 36.2 percent, more than 2 percentage points lower than October's PMI. This is the lowest reading since May 1982. A reading above 50 percent indicates that the manufacturing economy is generally expanding; below 50 percent indicates that it is generally contracting. A PMI in excess of 41.1. percent, over a period of time, generallly indicates an expansion in the overall economy. Therefore, the PMI indicates contraction in both the overall economy and the manufacturing sector.
- Real earnings for factory workers increased in October. This increase stemmed from an 0.3 percent increase in average hourly earnings, combined with a 1.2 percent decrease in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W)
- Industrial production increased 1.3 percent in October after a downwardly revised decline of 3.7 percent in September. The revision to September output resulted, in part, from a larger estimate of the impact of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike on the chemical industry. At 107.3 percent of its 2002 average, total industrial production in October was 4.1 percent below its level of a year earlier.
- New Orders for manufactured goods in October, down three consecutive months, decreased by $21.9 billion or 5.1 percent. This followed a 3.1 percent September decrease. Since reaching a high of $463 billion in July 2008, new orders have declined by more than $55 billion, or 12 percent.
- Shipments of manufactured goods declined by $13.8 billion, or 3.2 percent in October. This is the lowest level for this series since April 2007. Over the year, shipments have fallen by nearly $10 billion, or 2.3 percent.
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