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MEP Success Stories from Ohio

Entrepreneur Finds Success with Help from CIFT

Reported Year
2024
At first, Kimberly received business planning advice and website assistance from various economic development agencies. Recognizing the need for additional food processing and certification advice, she turned to CIFT, part of the Ohio MEP and the MEP National Network™, for direction.

FastLane Helps Forre Sports Leverage Lean For Growth

Reported Year
2024
Forre Sports was facing a few challenges. Their lead times were growing, and they worried that it would jeopardize their client relationships and their sales. They needed to reduce their lead times by increasing throughput and productivity. They also needed to clarify their processes and improve consistency so they could better predict costs and

Always Improving

Reported Year
2024
Snowville Creamery faced challenges with inconsistent results in yogurt production. When upper management recognized the issue, they sought external assistance by reaching out to OSU South Centers, part of the Ohio MEP and the MEP National Network™, for available resources to help address the production inconsistencies. Their goal was to leverage

Efficient Facility Relocation: PCC's Equipment Move Through Digital Means

Reported Year
2024
PCC faced a challenge in relocating their production equipment to a new building while ensuring minimal disruption to their operations. The company needed a precise layout to optimize the use of their new space, improve workflow, and prevent costly delays during the physical move. High-level decision-makers were involved in overseeing the project

FastLane Supports Yaskawa Motoman: The Power Of Internships

Reported Year
2024
Yaskawa Motoman desired to build an internship program that would support their workforce needs and create a long-term pipeline of students who can fill open positions within the company. They also wanted to connect with more schools and expose more high school students to a variety of careers in manufacturing. Yaskawa turned to Fastlane, part of

Facility Layout to Ensure Growth and Efficiency

Reported Year
2024
Cleveland Whiskey was looking to match its growth with a new facility. During this time of transition Cleveland Whiskey reached out to MAGNET, part of the Ohio MEP and the MEP National Network™, to ensure that the move not only included a better location and more room for their distillery but a more efficient flow.

Developing for Change

Reported Year
2024
Stirling Ultracold had a need to improve the leadership skills of their team members as part of their development. The need focused primarily around communication and increasing team member’s conversational capacity. The company was expanding their performance review and coaching to allow their leads to begin leading these processes with their team

AMG Industries Increased Productivity and Cost Savings with Collaborative Robots

Reported Year
2024
Workforce and productivity challenges prompted AMG to begin exploring ways to bring robots into the production process. AMG Industries identified a specific part, a "Ford Finger" exhaust tip that was experiencing production challenges and was comprised of a highly repetitive task. The MEP at CSCC, part of the Ohio MEP and the MEP National Network™

FastLane Breaks Down Silos at Lochard Inc.

Reported Year
2024
Lochard was experiencing an influx of jobs that was double what they were used to handling. As a result, they began to struggle with on-time delivery, customer dissatisfaction, low team morale, increased operational costs, and a decrease in the quality of products.
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