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MEP Success Stories from Arkansas

Good Manufacturing Practices Certification Fuels Expansion

Reported Year
2023
The company needed to obtain a Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Certification to proactively prepare for upcoming Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulation changes in the hemp industry and to boost its competitive edge in the market.

KATA Assists Manufacturer in Breaking Down Silos and Boosting Sales

Reported Year
2025
During the closing of one of SMA's quarterly Strategic Planning meetings, Blant Hurt challenged the group to get all departments more focused on working together, eliminate silos, and pursue their own lean journeys. Interdepartmental silos create significant challenges within organizations by hindering communication, collaboration, and efficiency

Investing in Workforce Excellence Drives Continuous Improvement and Operational Success

Reported Year
2025
Green Bay Packaging required ISO 9001:2015 Internal Auditor Training to comply with international quality standards. Maintaining ISO 9001 certification is essential for the company, ensuring continuous improvement, customer satisfaction, and operational efficiency. Regular employee attrition creates an ongoing need to train new internal auditors to

Driving Growth Through Innovation: Push Plastics' Journey to Success

Reported Year
2024
Push Plastic recognized the need to establish a quality management system (QMS) to ensure continued growth and maintain the highest standards of product quality. As the company prepared to scale its operations, they wanted to better understand the requirements and best practices of ISO 9001:2015 to guide their QMS development and implementation. To

Harnessing Cobot Technology to Enhance Workforce Efficiency and Competitiveness

Reported Year
2024
Poly-Tech Plastic Molding, Inc. faced challenges with workforce retention, operational efficiency, and the ability to adapt to increasing demands in the plastics manufacturing industry. To remain competitive, the company recognized the need for advanced technology that could support growth, streamline repetitive tasks, and enhance production

TIGG - Newterra Growth Journey in Heber Springs. Arkansas

Reported Year
2024
High demand for water purification of emerging chemicals by municipalities in the US has increased demand and lead times. The Heber Springs facility was limited by staffing and some process equipment. As they overcame one hurdle, another constraint appeared. The parent company was interested in investing in the growth, but needed a capacity model

Lean Manufacturing Training Triples Production While Eliminating Overtime

Reported Year
2024
WWBeds facility in North Little Rock, Arkansas, was struggling to meet their customer demand due to material and work flow issues, process layout, limited space, excessive overtime, and not knowing which issues to work on. Leadership turned to AMS, part of the MEP National Network™, for help.

Building Better Bikes in America

Reported Year
2023
Allied Cycle works is competing directly with offshore manufacturing. They need to take advantage of anything that will give them the edge with efficiency, which means adding automation. Sam Pickman, one of the founders of Allied, enlisted Ben VandeHoef, with Phillips Corporation, an AEDC- Arkansas Manufacturing Solutions automation partner, to

Toyota KATA Methodology Helped Transform the Xpress Boats Team

Reported Year
2023
Xpress Boats, located in Hot Springs, Arkansas, could not keep up with the demand for their boats even before COVID. Dealers from around the country have been on a restricted allocation for several years and when the COVID epidemic did hit, the demand for their boats surged. This demand has been consistent and has continued to increase yearly. The
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