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Purdue Manufacturing Extension Partnership

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The Purdue Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) provides high value, affordable solutions to help businesses increase profitability. As advocates for Indiana's thousands of manufacturers, our staff leverages resources in both the public and private sectors to help identify areas of improvement, streamline processes, and ultimately increase competitiveness.

Offering solutions for manufacturing challenges, Purdue MEP specializes in the following services through on-site training and analysis:

  • Energy Efficiency & Sustainability
  • Faculty Assistance
  • Innovation and Technology
  • Leadership Development
  • Lean Manufacturing / Lean Office
  • Quality Improvement / Quality Management Systems (ISO)
  • Six Sigma
  • Supply Chain Services
  • Training within Industry (TWI)
  • Competitiveness Review
  • Executive Peer Groups
  • ExporTech
  • Food and Beverage
  • Collaborative Robotics
  • Cybersecurity
  • Digital Manufacturing and Design Assessments
  • Video Work Instruction
  • And more!

Our professionally trained staff, located throughout the state, includes experts from a variety of business and manufacturing sectors. We serve businesses throughout the state of Indiana.

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Success Stories

ISO 50001 Certification Made Possible with Assistance of Purdue MEP

Reported Year
2024
Jaeger-Unitek needed to become fully certified in ISO 50001 by the end of 2023. They had just under 18 months to complete the goal, which included setting up the funding application, funding approval, comprehensive training, system setup and implementation, and audit certification. The task was daunting as they had no previous ISO 50001 knowledge

Creating Long-Term Impact Through Leadership Development Training

Reported Year
2024
Farbest Foods is dedicated to the health, safety, and continual development of its employees. As such, Purdue MEP, part of the MEP National Network™, has been a long-time resource for the organization to assist in delivering many of its leadership development offerings to its employees. The relationship between the two companies spans almost six

Advanced Technical Skills Training Leads to Improved Productivity for Purdue MEP Client

Reported Year
2024
MSP’s business increased by 30% in the last year. Employees needed additional CNC training to reduce the time required to manufacture some components and keep pace with this growth. MSP also needed validation of some quality management system (QMS) administration to reduce administrative overhead. Additionally, the primary dimension inspection
Created March 18, 2019, Updated February 19, 2025