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MEP Success Stories from Indiana

Purdue MEP Training Leads to Production Increase and Capacity Expansion

Reported Year
2025
Flexaust was looking to increase the use of Advanced Manufacturing tools and techniques within their production departments to improve operational efficiency. Most of their products are unique to customer specifications, so a lot of focus is on the end product, and there is less emphasis on eliminating waste during production.

Superior Quality, New Markets: Purdue MEP Client's Defense Industry Entry Enabled by a QMS

Reported Year
2025
In 2023, Estes management set a strategic goal to pursue business opportunities in the aerospace/defense industry. AS9100D certification is required to gain access to many Prime Contractors in this industry. To achieve this additional ISO certification, Estes sought the assistance of Purdue MEP. It was believed that the more demanding AS9100 QMS

Purdue MEP Assists Long-Term Client with ERP System Analysis & Implementation

Reported Year
2024
Rathburn Tool was facing the sunset of their Enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, which they implemented in 2012, and had begun researching alternative ERP options by visiting trade shows, attending webinars, and networking. However, Rathburn found that it was very difficult to adequately research all of the ERP options available, and they

ISO 50001 Certification Made Possible with Assistance of Purdue MEP

Reported Year
2024
Jaeger-Unitek needed to become fully certified in ISO 50001 by the end of 2023. They had just under 18 months to complete the goal, which included setting up the funding application, funding approval, comprehensive training, system setup and implementation, and audit certification. The task was daunting as they had no previous ISO 50001 knowledge

Purdue MEP Helps Indiana Furniture Automate Warehouse Material Delivery

Reported Year
2022
Indiana Furniture was in the process of investigating the potential implementation of autonomous mobile robots (AMR) for their facilities when they saw a posting for the automation webinar series – Introduction to Autonomous Robots, hosted by Purdue MEP, part of the MEP National Network™. They found the webinar very informative and took advantage

Purdue MEP Helps Manufacturer Become an Employer of Choice

Reported Year
2022
Pre-Covid Ambu was doing well with employee retention and holding strong with on-time deliveries. However, as the nation grappled with the pandemic, they saw a large spike in turnover which eventually started affecting their efficiency rates and overall output. With employee retention numbers tumbling, Ambu immediately began to plan how to mitigate

Purdue MEP Turns Successful Employees into Future Leaders for B&B Molders

Reported Year
2022
B&B Molders' leadership recognized the importance of providing new managers with a foundation of shared practices and beliefs to ensure team members were working from the same set of standards and culture. The company reached out to Purdue MEP, part of the MEP National Network™, for leadership training for current leaders, as well as future leaders

Bearcat Utilizes Purdue MEP Expert to Overcomes ISO 9001 Hurdles

Reported Year
2021
Nick Davis, Bearcat’s vice president of operations, vividly recalls being approached by a company in the spring of 2020 for a quote, but there was a stipulation-- Bearcat needed to be ISO9001 certified. Knowing very little about the ISO world, Nick reached out to Chris Stager, president of the Economic Development Corporation of Elkhart County, to
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