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MEP Success Stories from Ohio

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

FastLane Helps Budde Boost Efficiency & Capacity

Reported Year
2024
Budde’s aerospace customer requested that they take on more work. To stay competitive and take on the additional work to support their defense clients, Budde needed to increase their machine capacity and improve the required first article reporting. Budde needed help refining their inspection documentation and reporting processes, increasing data

TechSolve Training Maximizes B&G Foods Frontline Leadership Potential

Reported Year
2024
B&G Foods faced a challenge with their newly appointed team leaders who lacked prior experience in people management. The organization sought training to develop crucial skill sets including conflict resolution, problem-solving, and coaching to enhance the leadership and interpersonal abilities of these team leaders. B&G Foods partnered with

Hazardous Waste Training Provided to Meet Compliance

Reported Year
2024
As a producer and shipper of hazardous waste, Hale Performance Coatings must ensure that employees are consistently trained on hazardous waste regulations and procedures. This process includes certifying employees involved in managing and shipping hazardous waste every three years. Positions requiring this training include waste handlers

Workforce Training has Impact on Safety, Productivity and Culture

Reported Year
2024
Voyant Beauty has leveraged a strong connection with non-native English speaking populations to fill its positions. A challenge for Voyant was a communication gap that at times resulted in production problems like downtime and increased waste on the line. Adding to the problem was a shortage of qualified maintenance technicians to make sure all the

MEP Driving Success at Schafer Driveline

Reported Year
2023
Schafer's Vice President approached the Ohio MEP, part of the MEP National Network™, for assistance in evaluating their facility layout in light of four new assembly lines scheduled to be online in the next 12 month period. In addition, they would be revamping their high-capacity product line, which had experienced minimal updates since launching

Scaling From Bakery to Manufacturer

Reported Year
2023
The Killer Brownie Company originated out of a small bakery inside a specialty grocery store in Dayton, Ohio. Demand for their gourmet brownies has surged in recent years. Killer Brownie needed a strategic plan to scale up production, improve operational efficiency and address their workforce development needs.

Preparing for Change

Reported Year
2023
As many small manufacturers do, Peebles Monument Company utilizes QuickBooks for all of their financial recording keeping and billing. The problem that needed addressed is that QuickBooks is going to an online format that requires new training and a large learning curve. Being such a small company they simply could not afford the time that it would

Preparing for Expansion

Reported Year
2023
Pegasus needed a lean assessment that would give a clear understanding of where opportunities exsisted to improve operational efficiencies, develop a roadmap for improvement, and ultimately expansion. For help the company turned to Ohio MEP | OSU South Centers, part of the MEP National Network™.
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