1. 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.
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2. 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.”
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3. MEP Office Locations www.mep.nist.gov – or – 800-MEP-4MFG
59 “Centers”
1600 Field Staff
440 Service Locations
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4. 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.
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5. 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
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6. Innovation and Technology Deployment
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7. 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.
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9. Additional Information
MTES - Maryland Technology Extension Service
Regions – Potomac, Chesapeake, and Eastern Shore
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100 Bureau Drive, Stop 4800
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
(301)
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100 Bureau Drive, Stop 4800
Gaithersburg, MD
(301)
April 2008
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