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MEP Success Stories from North Carolina

NCMEP Partner Helps Foam Manufacturer Reach Quality Goals

Reported Year

2021

In 2017 Surry Community College provided customized training funds for NCFI to begin an ISO 9001:2015 implementation program with IES. Unfortunately, NCFI had to put the implementation on hold due to a lack of time and resources. In March 2020, Chip Holton, the president of NCFI, set an ambitious goal for the organization to finish their ISO 9001

High Point Furniture Manufacturer, Custom Contract Furnishings, Pivots to Making Gowns to Combat the COVID-19 Pandemic

Reported Year

2021

The leisure and hospitality industry was one of the hardest hit by the pandemic. CCF saw three months’ worth of orders dry up virtually overnight in March 2020 due to the pandemic and the ensuing supply chain disruptions and cost increases. Luckily, in late March, Chris Morris, vice president at CCF, was contacted by Thomas Hurd of the Simmis Group

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