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MEP Success Stories from Ohio

Efficient Facility Relocation: PCC's Equipment Move Through Digital Means

Reported Year
2024
PCC faced a challenge in relocating their production equipment to a new building while ensuring minimal disruption to their operations. The company needed a precise layout to optimize the use of their new space, improve workflow, and prevent costly delays during the physical move. High-level decision-makers were involved in overseeing the project

FastLane Supports Yaskawa Motoman: The Power Of Internships

Reported Year
2024
Yaskawa Motoman desired to build an internship program that would support their workforce needs and create a long-term pipeline of students who can fill open positions within the company. They also wanted to connect with more schools and expose more high school students to a variety of careers in manufacturing. Yaskawa turned to Fastlane, part of

Basic ESL Training

Reported Year
2024
With a large number of employees speaking only Spanish, LC's few bilingual staff were experiencing the significant burden of providing translation. Despite supervisors using Google translate on their phones, communication was challenging and LC contacted the MEP at Columbus State, part of the Ohio MEP and the MEP National Network™, to provide basic

The Road to CMMC Level 2.0 Compliance

Reported Year
2024
Able Tool Corporation has many customers that work with the DOD and, as a result, the company is required to be CMMC 2.0 Level 2 compliant. The client's previous effort on CMMC compliance was from 2017 and, although well documented, was not complete. In 2023, the client requested TechSolve, part of the Ohio MEP and the MEP National Network™, assist

Facility Layout to Ensure Growth and Efficiency

Reported Year
2024
Cleveland Whiskey was looking to match its growth with a new facility. During this time of transition Cleveland Whiskey reached out to MAGNET, part of the Ohio MEP and the MEP National Network™, to ensure that the move not only included a better location and more room for their distillery but a more efficient flow.

Developing for Change

Reported Year
2024
Stirling Ultracold had a need to improve the leadership skills of their team members as part of their development. The need focused primarily around communication and increasing team member’s conversational capacity. The company was expanding their performance review and coaching to allow their leads to begin leading these processes with their team

AMG Industries Increased Productivity and Cost Savings with Collaborative Robots

Reported Year
2024
Workforce and productivity challenges prompted AMG to begin exploring ways to bring robots into the production process. AMG Industries identified a specific part, a "Ford Finger" exhaust tip that was experiencing production challenges and was comprised of a highly repetitive task. The MEP at CSCC, part of the Ohio MEP and the MEP National Network™

FastLane Breaks Down Silos at Lochard Inc.

Reported Year
2024
Lochard was experiencing an influx of jobs that was double what they were used to handling. As a result, they began to struggle with on-time delivery, customer dissatisfaction, low team morale, increased operational costs, and a decrease in the quality of products.

ACRT Quality Gap Assessment

Reported Year
2024
ACRT leadership identified a need to improve its existing quality management system. One key area of interest was becoming ISO 9001 certified to align with their business plan and help achieve business goals. With limited knowledge regarding ISO 9001 (2015) quality systems, and the lack of a quality expert on staff with overall quality system