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MEP Success Stories from Vermont

70-Year-Old Vermont Company "Reels" in Employee Recruitment and Retention

Reported Year
2022
Having identified employee recruitment and retention as one of their top three strategic challenges over the next three years, Carris knew they needed to find a solution to strengthen supervisor-employee relationships. Having worked with VMEC, part of the MEP National Network™, over the course of many years on lean and kata projects, Carris turned

Gordon's Window Décor - Making the Future Bright by Embracing 5S as Standard Work

Reported Year
2021
Citing a need to establish better locations in their facility for large items such as shelves, saws and raw materials as well as realizing the additional need to clean up and organize specific target areas, including tool storage and installation trucks, GWD contacted VMEC, part of the MEP National Network™, for their assistance. The company was

Med Associates Inc. Realizes Their Potential with VMEC Lean Product Suite Initiatives

Reported Year
2020
In order to maintain and improve the company's ability to meet the needs of their customers in specialized product areas, Med Associates realized they needed to obtain basic training and a facilitated application process utilizing lean-based concepts for one of its production areas and in the future, provide these skills to the rest of the

Company-wide Lean training leads to Kata introduction

Reported Year
2020
Kalow experienced significant growth since their previous lean efforts/ training which provided lean thinking training to key operations team members. Kalow's wanted to offer skills team members could learn and apply to everyday issues and ensure they recognize the benefit from working together by having common experiences. The company wished to

FoodScience makes huge strides with VMEC Lean Office training

Reported Year
2020
FoodScience realized they needed to maintain and improve on their ability to meet the needs of their customers in the human and animal health industry. They wished to support the growth of the company and sustain quality excellence through the development of people and continue the development of a continuous improvement culture. VMEC was contacted

Advanced Illumination revisits strategic planning, leading to improved sales efforts

Reported Year
2020
Ai's sales had remained flat for six years while the company lost market share to a growing number of competitors. They were seeking to grow the business by doubling their sales over the next five years as well as changing their sales organization from an external to internal team. This would allow for improvements to their sales and marketing