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MEP Success Stories from New York

Increasing Throughput and Decreasing Lead Time within Final Assembly

Reported Year
2024
Hope’s Windows has multiple plants on their campus. Plant One houses the fabrication processes, which are then sent to Plant Three for finishing operations (i.e. inspection, outside coating, prime, paint, final assembly, and packaging). An increase in sales volume led to some production issues that contributed to a negative effect on Hope’s Windows

Lean Tools Provide Lead Time Reduction

Reported Year
2024
Current Applications had been reliably meeting clients’ needs on a variety of different lines for many years. After several team members went through some basic lean training, they began to wonder if it might be time to re-evaluate some processes to see if they could produce some of their products more efficiently, saving time and improving quality

Success Lean Process Implementation

Reported Year
2024
The client's department, initially laid out in a quadrangular configuration, house various sub-assemblies each responsible for producing 75 units daily to complete an electric motor assembly, followed by testing. Despite meeting production targets, the overall equipment effectiveness system indicated an over inflated work-in-process inventory

Machine Optimization and Training

Reported Year
2024
McQuillen Manufacturing was formed in 2013 and relocated to their current location in 2019. New machines were added into the new space with more contracts in aerospace and defense that targeted even higher precision, repeatability and efficiencies for components of higher complexity. To keep up with the expansion of orders and personnel, process

Brand Evolution and Style Guide

Reported Year
2024
Lucky Hare Brewing Company wanted to continue and further build their brand marketing to increase exposure, further stand out in the marketplace, gain additional customers, and continue to grow their business. The company was concerned with brand recognition in a very saturated shelf space.

Eagle Metalcraft Achieves Success with ISO9001 Quality Management System Implementation

Reported Year
2023
As Eagle Metalcraft experienced growth, the lack of formal ISO9001 certification was inhibiting even greater growth within target markets. In an effort to drive greater competitiveness, a plan was implemented to transition to and formally adopt ISO9001 standards. The plan was supported by Central New York Technology Development Organization (CNYTDO

CEG Assists Centrotherm with Plant Layout Maximization at New Waterford Facility

Reported Year
2023
In 2022, Centrotherm had already run out of space at its 62,000-square-foot facility in Albany and partnered with Shaker Logistics to provide offsite warehousing. Space limitations led to a curtailed daily outgoing volume. The facility, which spread across three buildings, could not support a more efficient production layout, and a limited lot size

Lean Six Sigma Training

Reported Year
2023
With Indium Corporation growing at rapid speeds around the world it was identified that the company must comply with multiple training and development tools and certifications. Indium of Clinton, New York, requested the services of Advanced Institute for Manufacturing (AIM), part of the New York MEP and the MEP National Network™, to Provide a Lean

Success Story for Cloud-based Ai-Enabled ECG Analysis platform

Reported Year
2023
zBeats challenge was that their customer base was looking for a cloud-based solution rather than a traditional software solution they would need to install on their own operating systems. Companies were looking to reduce the long term maintenance cost associated with traditional software by switching to a cloud-based software and zBeats' c-suite