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MEP Success Stories from Pennsylvania

DVIRC Winning Teams Generates Significant Return on Investment Through Lean Process Improvements Combined with Employee Training for Johnson Matthey

Reported Year
2023
JM’s leadership wanted to create and support a continuous improvement culture that encourages and empowers everybody, every day, to meet a high standard of excellence for the company and the customers they serve. Members of the management team had previously worked with DVIRC, part of the Pennsylvania MEP and the MEP National Network™, with great

Global Coffee Roaster LavAzza Retains DVIRC to Support Continuous Improvement Culture

Reported Year
2023
In 2019, Lavazza U.S. decided to invest in building the foundation for a continuous improvement culture. They wanted to engage and empower employees by developing their skills to identify waste in their processes, and how to address and drive waste out of their processes through lean continuous improvement (CI) training. A member of the planning

Continuous Improvement White and Yellow Belt

Reported Year
2023
MANTEC, part of the Pennsylvania MEP and the MEP National Network™, worked closely with Church & Dwight's leadership, providing crucial training and guidance that equipped their team with the necessary skills and knowledge to cultivate a culture of continuous improvement and accountability. Sustainability of these skills and the culture was a key

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

Mission Complete! Kitty Hawk Technologies Becomes AS9100 Revision D Certified

Reported Year
2022
In order to maintain its current workforce, grow a future workforce, enhance its reputation in the marketplace and set itself apart from the competition, Kitty Hawk Technologies knew it had to implement an AS9100 Revision (Rev.) D quality management system (QMS). By becoming AS9100 Rev. D compliant, Kitty Hawk Technologies would be part of the gold

Changing Mindset for Breakthrough Performance

Reported Year
2022
Over the course of the pandemic, Channellock’s workforce was down 20%, but their order demand continuously increased due to their competitors’ supply chain disruptions. Leadership recognized the opportunity to grow the business by taking a larger market share but needed to increase operational effectiveness to meet the increased demand. Channellock
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