Manufacturing Extension Partnership National Institute of Standards and Technology Roger D. Kilmer, Director I have provided some background in your handouts on the MEP program, where we’ve been and what we do. I’d like to hit a few high points as a lead in to talking about our new growth strategies services that support company and regional innovation. Roger: Dan has asked you to keep your remarks and slides to no more than 15 minutes. We suggest that you skim slides 1-9; pick only 2 or 3 that you want to say something about. Start talking in more detail on slide 10 as a lead in to the growth services work. April 2008 NIST MEP

Mission Statement “To strengthen the global competitiveness of US-based manufacturing by providing information, decision support, and implementation of innovative approaches focused on leveraging technologies, techniques, and business best practices.” April 2008 NIST MEP

MEP Office Locations www.mep.nist.gov – or – 800-MEP-4MFG 59 “Centers” 1600 Field Staff 440 Service Locations April 2008 NIST MEP

What MEP Does Focus on meeting manufacturer’s short term needs, but in context of overall company strategy MEP Center areas of common strength Engineering Services for products and processes Growth Services – new or expanded market opportunities Lean Manufacturing Quality Systems Environmental Services Workforce Development Working directly with over 24,000 manufacturing companies a year* *Based on FY2006 MEP Center reported performance data. April 2008 NIST MEP

What we all know - Manufacturing is changing! Globalization is here to stay, and most U.S. manufacturing firms must adapt to increasing competition. Innovation (product, process, service and business model) will be critical for enterprise survival and must be managed at several levels. Supply chains are becoming more global, more exclusive, and more competitive. Technology advances will continue to be both incremental and disruptive. Unfortunately, adoption rates at smaller firms still lag those of larger ones. Global Market trends and demographic Excess low cost production capacity New markets emerging Competition for energy and basic materials “Industrial leadership” will be shaped by geo-political influences Technology trends Communications, computing, transportation Manufacturing trends Dis-aggregation of value streams (design, sales, production, service) Supply Chain practices Lean, flexible, agile production and distribution Competitive strategies Growing role of the Multinational Corporations Innovation in products, processes, and partnerships SME strategies Bundling of products and services New products April 2008 NIST MEP

Innovation and Technology Deployment April 2008 NIST MEP

MEP Growth Services Providing Manufacturers with Choices for Growth is the Nucleus of our Approach to Innovation Promotes Top Line Growth using a Structured Process Pillars of Growth New Sales New Markets New Products New Business Models Eureka! Winning Ways is MEP’s first growth strategies product line Eureka! Winning Ways follows the same process MEP used to develop its lean curriculum. Break down complex concepts into components that are more easily understood and implemented with our customer base. Simple steps that the company can act on…. Refer people to the Eureka! Winning Ways fact sheet in their folders for more info. April 2008 NIST MEP

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Additional Information MTES - Maryland Technology Extension Service www.mtech.umd.edu/MTES/ Regions – Potomac, Chesapeake, and Eastern Shore http://www.mtech.umd.edu/MTES/offices.html NIST MEP 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 4800 Gaithersburg, MD 20899 (301) 975-5020 www.mep.nist.gov NIST MEP 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 4800 Gaithersburg, MD 20899-3460 (301) 975-5020 www.mep.nist.gov April 2008 NIST MEP