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MEP Success Stories from South Dakota

Pride Neon Lights Up Lean

Reported Year
2021
Recently, Pride Neon’s growth started to slow and the company began to face some communication and scheduling challenges. To resolve these issues, the management team decided to hire South Dakota Manufacturing & Technology Solutions, part of the MEP National Network™, to create stronger internal processes and minimize errors.

Rolling Out Transformational Change

Reported Year
2020
Growth does not come without challenges and after increasing their product and service lines Scherer recognized the need to increase their workflow productivity. For help, they contacted South Dakota Manufacturing and Technology Solutions (MTS), part of the MEP National Network™.

Leveraging Lean at Dakota Storage Buildings

Reported Year
2020
As word spread, the demand for Dakota's storage buildings increased and the company was having a hard time keeping up. Dakota Storage Buildings wanted an outside perspective to analyze its production process and systems to see if there was a better way to organize its operations and maximize their workforce.

Concrete Success with Lean Transformation

Reported Year
2020
Familiar with South Dakota Manufacturing & Technology Solution (MTS) through completing his lean certification and traveling to Kentucky to see robust lean practices in action, President Carl Carlson knew the importance of educating his employees on Lean manufacturing, so he decided to enroll his 25 employees in Lean 101 Training. While everyone