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MEP Success Stories from North Dakota

Lean Training Enhances Culture Across ComDel Innovation Resulting in Daily Improvement Ideas

Reported Year

2024

As a former 3M Site, ComDel Innovation has a long history of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement. The company has experienced growth in customers, employees and products since inception in 2007. The company was seeking expertise to train newer employees on the concepts of lean manufacturing to cultivate best practices for continuous

Lean 101 and the Top 10 Lean Tools Reinvigorates the Custom Graphics Team on Their Lean Journey

Reported Year

2024

Impact Dakota, part of the MEP National Network™, connected with Zach at an event in Fargo. During their conversation, he mentioned that they were interested in lean. Zach and his team had already decided that 2023 was the year of education and what a better way to start by taking classes about lean.

New Communication Process Implementation Puts Harris Machine Company on the Right Track to Improvements and New Growth

Reported Year

2023

HMC has continued to grow in size and complexity over the years; diversifying in advanced technologies and building stronger relationships with preferred OEM and Tier 1 customers. This has helped them retain and attract the most talented team in a large area. With growth comes reaching higher levels of capabilities and capacities as well as some

Lean Training Produces Off The Grid Results

Reported Year

2023

Vanna was interested in getting help with their proposed move to West Fargo, ND, from Moorhead, MN, and improving processes and streamlining production. The conversion van is a competitive market and Vanna's focus on the high end market allows for better margins if costs are contained. Impact Dakota, part of the MEP National Network™, was brought

Lean Training and Implementation Helps Create Impacts for In the Potters Hand

Reported Year

2022

In the Potters Hand had an opportunity to expand and grow their production business and add retail space for their products. The company in the process of moving facilities from Wildrose, ND, to a site location in Crosby, ND. Potters Hand reached out to Impact Dakota, part of the MEP National Network™, for support optimizing layout and plant flow

Investment in Lean training pays dividends for LoneTree Designs

Reported Year

2021

Confronted with the need to increase production capacity the company reached out to Impact Dakota, part of the MEP National Network™. After an on-site visit and assessment of the manufacturing facility, Impact Dakota suggested a number of improvement measures and proposed a short course in lean concepts followed by an on-site visit.

FDA Compliance Support Provides Perfect Ingredients for Schepp’s Dakota Deli

Reported Year

2021

Although the company has a strong history of customer satisfaction and food safety success, they were unsure how to respond to the Food Safety Modernization Act and the new regulatory rules enacted by the FDA. Schepp's team confided in Impact Dakota, part of the MEP National Network™, that they were looking for that technical expertise to help

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