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MEP Success Stories from Nebraska

EOS Assistance Leads to a More Profitable and Growing Operation

Reported Year
2024
Partners Ross Gredys and Matt Cade were looking to maximize the potential of their company. Rebellion contacted Nebraska MEP, part of the MEP National Network, for a competitive assessment, which led to a meeting with the MEP’s Director Matt Allmand. Allmand related his personal history of success using the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS)

Testing the Feasibility of Freeze-Drying Meat Bars

Reported Year
2024
Meat & Complete currently manufactures meat bars that require refrigeration throughout their shelf life. This cold storage requirement limits both the distribution area of the meat bars, as well as their shelf life. Chelsea Luthy-Stoeger, President, decided to reach out to The Food Processing Center (FPC) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in

ISO 9001 Implementation Leads to Improvement in Sales

Reported Year
2024
For nearly 40 years, Duncan Aviation has supported many original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) by manufacturing various interior components and bracketry for refurbishment projects through their FAA PMA Parts Manufacturing Approval (PMA) authorization. In 2020, they saw a strategic opportunity to launch a new enterprise division called Duncan

Strategy Consulting Leads to Increased Sales and Investment

Reported Year
2023
Brehmer Manufacturing has successfully grown over the years and expanded its product offerings. However, this environment created loosely organized reporting structures, competing priorities, and plant inefficiencies. President Joe Brehmer knew the company needed a strategic vision to guide decision making, a better defined organizational structure

P3 Summer Intern Leads to Cost Savings at Drug Manufacturer

Reported Year
2023
The Nebraska MEP, part of the MEP National Network™, in conjunction with the University of Nebraska (UNL) College of Engineering, reached out to Jack Coogan, Director of Environmental Health & Safety, to ask for a letter supporting the Partners In Pollution Prevention (P3) program. During these discussions Zoetis realized that they had previous

Consistent Job Instruction Leads to Growth

Reported Year
2023
During the pandemic, a group of Hexagon employees attended several of Nebraska MEP's free informational webinars on job supervision. Subsequently, based on a significant safety event at the company and what they had learned from the webinars, the director of training and the production system senior manager decided that the Center could be helpful

How EOS Led to a Higher Functioning Organization

Reported Year
2023
Leadership at Cyclonaire wanted to ensure that the company would continue to grow. While looking at ways to accomplish this objective the management team had read the book Traction, by Gino Wickman, which introduced them to the Entrepreneurial Operating System® (EOS®). During a meeting with the Nebraska MEP, part of the MEP National Network™, Scott

Local Ethanol Plant Enhances Quality System With the Help of Nebraska MEP

Reported Year
2022
Nebraska has the nation’s second-largest installed capacity of biobased manufactured ethanol, which contributes approximately 2.5+ billion gallons per year to the U.S. total output. There are 24 agriculturally based ethanol production facilities across the state. Continually changing margins in the industry make it imperative for these plants to

Improving a Manufacturing Bottleneck Through Process Simulation

Reported Year
2021
It is common for raw meat products to be tempered at some point during manufacturing to facilitate grinding, blending and formulation operations. Nature’s Variety engaged engineers in the Food Processing Center (FPC) at the University of Nebraska through the Nebraska MEP, part of the MEP National Network™, to optimize product shape and size and