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MEP Success Stories from Ohio

FastLane Helps Sweet Manufacturing Build Workforce Pipeline

Reported Year
2022
Sweet had been looking for solutions on how to attract and retain employees and grow its workforce pipeline, while remaining customer-focused and maintaining the company’s extraordinary reputation. Sweet wanted to invest in young talent and encourage workers to grow into the great careers offered within their organization. Sweet turned to FastLane

Problem Solving Efforts Are Yielding Immediate Results

Reported Year
2022
Management was interested in getting problem solving training for its management team. The initial engagement was aimed at scrap reduction. This led to analyzing the issues on the mill line that had the worst scrap rate as a test case for issue resolution. A second problem solving initiative was started regarding optimizing storage of WIP and

Bakery Enjoys Record Sales from Move to Commercial Kitchen

Reported Year
2022
For 7th Heaven Creations Bakery LLC, it all began in 2013 with Stephanie's home-based bakery in Milan, Ohio. Stephanie participated in local craft shows and farmers' markets and did custom orders in various areas of Ohio, but only as a hobby. When the pandemic shutdown occurred in 2020, she moved to Findlay, and in just a few weeks met a local

MEP at Columbus State Develops Comprehensive Automation Plan

Reported Year
2022
Over the lifetime of the company incremental technological improvements to the manufacturing facility have been implemented by the owner of the business to improve safety and throughput but have been constrained by a limited amount of time to put into further researching and implementing new technologies. MEP at Columbus State, part of the Ohio MEP

TLC Products New Building Layout

Reported Year
2022
TLC's manufacturing operation was in a 13,000-square-foot facility located in Cleveland. TLC also rented offsite storage for overflow inventory. The manufacturing facility did not have the space needed to grow the business and the space issues were also causing flow and process issues, which led to process inefficiencies.To alleviate the

CIFT Assists Honeybaked Ham with Automation

Reported Year
2022
The Honeybaked Ham Company facility located in Holland, Ohio was facing labor shortage issues. To solve this problem, the company needed to improve its operation. CIFT, part of the Ohio MEP and the MEP National Network™, met with the company, conducted a walk-through assessment, and determined that automation was needed, in the form of a robotic

Becker Engineered Systems Plant Layout and 5S

Reported Year
2022
Becker Engineered Systems, upon completion of a digital maturity assessment, identified several critical business needs. Concurrently, the organization was in the midst of a strategic growth plan designed to expand market penetration and revenue growth. Through the assessment process, several opportunities were identified, including a new facility

FastLane Helps Scenic Solutions Survive COVID-19 Shutdown

Reported Year
2022
When COVID-19 shut down the entertainment industry, it halted business for Scenic Solutions. CEO MaryBeth McLaughlin began searching for options to keep their business running. Could there be other industries that could still use their expertise?

FastLane Assists Wicked Welding with Business Growth

Reported Year
2022
Wicked Welding’s biggest challenge was stagnant sales growth due to a shrinking customer base. For many years, they have primarily supported an industrial tool-manufacturing base that had suffered from very slow growth. Sales for the past three to four years were barely keeping up with inflation. Many tool, mold and die manufacturers were barely