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New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program (NJMEP)

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New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program, Inc. (NJMEP) is a not-for-profit company that works with New Jersey’s small to mid-sized manufacturers to help them become more efficient, profitable and globally competitive. NJMEP’s cost saving strategies and growth initiatives such as lean manufacturing and business process improvements have helped hundreds of companies save an average of 20% of the time, effort, or costs associated with their business and manufacturing processes.

NJMEP’s training processes and methodologies are designed to specifically meet the needs of manufacturers and provides companies with training and tools to continuously improve productivity, grow, and compete both locally and globally. Backed by National Institute of Standards and Technology's Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NIST MEP), NJMEP has access to a vast number of both public and private resources and certified trainers with 20+ years of experience in business and industry. NJMEP staff experts play an important role in assessing needs and determining a course of action. Located throughout the state, the experts have worked their entire career in manufacturing, and several have owned their own businesses. Their job is to identify opportunities to improve business, or to assist you in implementing solutions you’ve already identified. 

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Success Stories

The Hotrod of Custom PCs: MAINGEAR Shaves Minutes Off Production Time

Reported Year
2024
On the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic, where technology demands were booming as many businesses had to divert operations to remote models to keep operating as the lockdown ramped up, a shift that put businesses like MAINGEAR on the frontlines alongside health sciences manufacturers as providers of essential products. MAINGEAR ran into an all-too

GEMCO is Leading the Way: Creating a Culture of Continuous Learning in Manufacturing

Reported Year
2024
“A huge motivator in the industry is competition,” says Casey Bickhardt, President and CEO of GEMCO. One of the key ways in which manufacturers like GEMCO stay competitive is by consistently upskilling and reskilling their employees. Bickhardt, the fourth-generation leader of GEMCO, started her career in one of the most unlikely of places—sweeping
Created March 18, 2019, Updated July 27, 2024