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MEP Success Stories from Michigan

Facility Reorganization Increases Cost Savings

Reported Year
2024
Since moving to its new location, the company has added new products and equipment and has had to expand products onsite to meet customer needs. This has led to poor space utilization, less than optimal product flow, and increased time searching for supplies. Ranger Die was looking for ways to resolve these issues and to introduce employees to lean

Applying Technology to Increase Competitiveness

Reported Year
2024
World Magnetics develops custom switches that often need to be prototyped before production orders can be secured. The cost and time of outsourcing prototypes was limiting growth and staff retention during slow volume times.

Strengthening Leadership to Improve Profitability

Reported Year
2024
When the founder’s son took over as president of Omega Castings, he found himself evaluating various aspects of the company. He knew the leadership team was internally promoted staff who had remained loyal to the company. However, many were not experienced leaders and had little training in effectively leading a team. In addition, turnover was high

ACEMCO INC.: Technical Training Supports Continuous and Culture Improvement Journey

Reported Year
2024
In 2020, ACEMCO’s leadership began to reevaluate the organization’s vision and mission. As part of that process, they needed to improve company culture. To accomplish this, they knew formal technical training would be a critical component in this process. With the connections that ACEMCO had, they applied for grant funding through the State of

Accreditation Leads to Market Diversification

Reported Year
2024
To fully utilize available capacity, ALD wanted to diversify its customer base to include the healthcare industry. Providing heat treating services in the healthcare industry requires specialized accreditation to MedAccred standards. ALD did not possess the internal knowledge of how to become MedAccred accredited, so the decision was made to seek

Rural Manufacturing Doing Some Impressive Things

Reported Year
2024
L’Anse Manufacturing is a small company who depends on its own employees to take on special projects in addition to normal job duties when hiring talent to fill the need is not possible. The “can-do” attitude of the company makes this approach work, but taking on new tasks sometimes requires additional training.

JC GIBBONS: Improving Worker Skills and Operations With Training

Reported Year
2023
Committed to advancing the skills of their workers while generating significant impacts to the company, JC Gibbons was interested in training to improve business practices. Leadership wanted to ensure focus was placed on maintaining quality while identifying additional areas where production could be improved.

WACKER CHEMICAL GROUP: Improving Performance With Six Sigma Black Belts

Reported Year
2023
With a commitment to continuous improvement, WACKER is always looking for ways to invest in its team members. This commitment was demonstrated when they wanted to advance several certified Six Sigma Green Belts to Black Belts. Six Sigma allows manufacturers to improve the performance of their business and manufacturing processes by systematically

T-TOOL COMPANY: Focusing on Customer Satisfaction With a New Website

Reported Year
2023
In the past few years, T-Tool has invested in expanding their capabilities to accommodate their customers’ needs and attract new business. This created a dilemma for the company. T-Tool relies heavily on their website to inform and attract new opportunities. However, they did not have the ability to update their existing website to highlight their

M R PRODUCTS, INC: Technology Adoption Improves Data, Capacity & Quality

Reported Year
2023
Ryan Schultz, Chief Operations Officer, had worked with the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center’s Northern office in Traverse City (The Center), part of the Michigan MEP and the MEP National Network™, on past training and consulting projects, and most recently sought assistance to better understand how the company might use technology. Between
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