Helping to Fix a “Broken Food System”
Helping to Fix a “Broken Food System” Our client’s ultimate mission: “to remedy a broken food system by reducing or eliminating as much waste a possible. Combine that with making use of underused ingredients to create tasty and healthy dishes.” Challenges Standing in the Way of their Mission v Finding a Unique Facility that can […]
What You Need to Know about Value Stream Mapping
Value stream mapping is a lean manufacturing technique. Lean manufacturing helps companies eliminate excess waste within their manufacturing systems. VSM is a powerful technique used to evaluate specific aspects of an organization’s “current state” that might not be performing at an optimal level. A map becomes a visual baseline to depict and improve flow and […]
A Practical Approach to 5S (Lean Part 2)
What is 5s? After you’ve examined your manufacturing processes and discovered if and how you may require Value Stream Mapping we can move our focus to Lean 5S. More specifically, the workplace organization method that uses a list of five Japanese words: seiri, seiton, seiso, seiketsu, and shitsuke. 5S, like most Lean principles, is more straightforward […]
Tackling Inefficient ERPs: A Discussion with Incipient Corp.
Whether you fall under the category of a startup, fully-fledged operation, or anywhere in between, there are elements to your business that require input, tracking, and reporting. An enterprise resource planning (ERP) system is designed to manage daily operations and activities in sales, accounting, inventory, production, procurement, and more. If used effectively, these sophisticated systems […]
Communication – The Most Cost-Effective Impact on Manufacturing
Written by Renny Dindyal A company’s success can be gauged by the depth of its communications. Therefore, communication should be core to an organization. Communication defined here is the transfer of data among mediums and includes automation. Communication involves more than personnel transmitting and receiving. When clients enter your shop floor, what is your manufacturing […]
Take the NYMEP Operational Excellence Assessment
The NYMEP Operational Excellence Assessment was developed by the Manufacturing & Technology Enterprise Center using funding from the CARES Act. Designed to replace the eyes of the consultant during the hardships and restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic, this 10-minute free assessment delivers a personalized report that addresses any deficiencies indicated by the assessment results. Participation […]
7 Ways to Improve Your Virtual Meeting Experience
With COVID bringing an influx of virtual meetings, many will experience some technical difficulties. During such a trying time, preserving resources is invaluable. Most employees’ schedules are jam packed with virtual meetings and events that are critical to business and project success. As the effects of COVID-19 have dramatically increased the importance of communication on virtual platforms like Zoom, Teams, and Slack, interruptions can be detrimental to […]
With MTEC’s Support, Poughkeepsie Manufacturer Secures Empire State Development Grant to Bolster its Growth
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJune 2020 Media ContactJohn Mackowiakjmackowiak@martingroupmarketing.com(518) 618-1175 MPI, Inc. continues to innovate and improve its products to expand its customer base, accelerating the process with assistance from the Manufacturing & Technology Enterprise Center POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — MPI, Inc., a Poughkeepsie-based manufacturer, was awarded a $50,000 grant from Empire State Development, after launching a product […]
5 Procedures and Practices That Will Outlast the Pandemic
Source: SHRM.org While working through a worldwide pandemic proved trying at times, it taught us all a lesson. We learned to be flexible, patient, and most importantly to have a plan for recovery in case “business-as-usual” is not possible. In addition, we adopted new practices and procedures that we rarely had a need for before […]
Getting Back to Work, as told by a real person
MyCentralOregon.com Authored by Christine Mikesell – Administrative Coordinator Everyone knows by now that New York is slowly starting to reopen businesses across the state. If you didn’t know, then it might be time to crawl out from underneath whatever rock you’ve been living under, or at least turn on the radio every once in a […]