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MEP Success Stories from Pennsylvania

Business Continuity with Support of Student-Run Manufacturing Enterprise

Reported Year
2023
The Better Baked Foods’ facility in Westfield, New York, serves as the bakery for mass producing bread. It is then transferred to the other facilities for toppings, freezing and shipping. Maintenance Manager Scott Pierce said they were having difficulty procuring replacement parts for the conveyor system. Specific parts, such as the conveyor

AS9100™ Rev D QMS Development

Reported Year
2023
Catalyst Connection, part of the Pennsylvania MEP and the MEP National Network™, recently discussed with Reynolds' management the company's desire to become certified in AS9100 Rev D Quality Management System (QMS) standard. Reynolds was receiving encouragement from major customers to pursue registration and ownership recognized the benefits to

DVIRC Helps Germantown Tool Generate $6M in New Revenue Through Market Expansion

Reported Year
2022
GTM’s leaders identified a need to diversify their client base after a careful analysis of their current revenue sources. At the time, nearly 50% of their contract manufacturing came from a single company, a manufacturer of landscape equipment found in many big box retail centers. Growth was not increasing as quickly as leadership envisioned, and

DVIRC Helps Germantown Tool Generate $6M in new Revenue Through Market Expansion

Reported Year
2021
GTM’s leaders identified a need to diversify their client base after a careful analysis of their current revenue sources. At the time, nearly 50% of their contract manufacturing came from a single company, a manufacturer of landscape equipment found in many big box retail centers. Growth was not increasing as quickly as leadership envisioned, and

Picking Area Error Reduction Efforts Successful at Diamondback Automotive Accessories

Reported Year
2023
Diamondback has experienced rapid growth at their Phillipsburg facility - a 25% increase in 2020 was followed by 45% growth in 2021. However, even as the company enjoyed the rapid growth Diamondback also experienced an increase in customer complaints. The main reason for customer dissatisfaction was errors in picking the right parts to be shipped

Seeing the Possible - Intro to Continuous Improvement

Reported Year
2022
FASTSIGNS was looking to cultivate a culture of continuous improvement and accountability within their team. For help leadership turned to MANTEC, part of the Pennsylvania MEP and the MEP National Network™. MANTEC recognized the importance of developing personnel who could effectively use process improvement techniques and strategies to drive

Business Impact Initiative (Bi2)

Reported Year
2022
SKC, Inc., was in need of a program to engage their emerging leaders that included some new skills and especially continued coaching. Each participant is/was in a state of transition and needed guidance on how to improve their ability to positively impact the organization. This initiative was also focused on helping to develop each participant’s as

Specialty Metal Processor Keeps Reputation Untarnished Through Internal Audits

Reported Year
2022
To ensure the highest product quality for its clients and maintain a solid reputation in the marketplace, SMI desired to have internal audits done for its ISO 9001:2015 quality management system (QMS). Completing these internal audits would allow Straub to make any necessary corrections in advance of issues arising so that the company could enhance
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