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Supply Chain Success Helps Company Pivot to PPE Manufacturing
With the help of: Alaska Manufacturing Extension Partnership Center
About
The Challenge
The Alaska MEP helped me to acquire the necessary surgical wrap to produce surgical masks that could be used by the healthcare industry.
MEP's Role
The Alaska MEP, part of the MEP National Network™, was able to convene a meeting of healthcare providers and locate a continuous, albeit small, supply of surgical wrap that could be provided to Alpine Fit as a critical input for surgical masks.
The Alaska MEP also connected Alpine Fit to the healthcare industry to achieve consensus on one mask design that all manufacturers would use. They were able to gain consensus and deliver that mask design to all of the manufacturers.
With the design and surgical wrap in hand, Alpine Fit began manufacturing surgical masks for the healthcare industry!