The Montana Manufacturing Extension Center is a statewide manufacturing outreach & assistance center staffed by full-time professionals with degrees in engineering and extensive experience in manufacturing and business in a variety of industries. MMEC has a proven record of positive impact for client firms and the economy - click on adjacent report icon for more detail.

A showcase Lean Pull System at Timberline Tool eliminated overstock with a 65 percent reduciton in finished goods without delaying deliveries and cut inventory carrying costs by more than $135,000 on two high-volume toolsl "We can operate in less space because our new layout is designed for flow."
-- Ken Green, President, Timberline Tool, Whitefish

MMEC has provided worthwhile assistance to over 650 clients across Montana from Alzada to Eureka and Corvallis to Opheim (in 48 of Montana's 56 counties.). We can assess your business operations today and help you move ahead for tomorrow. Our field staff are knowledgeable, unbiased, and forthright in their observations as we work with you to improve your business.

"The fact that we started looking at things systematically with the help of MMEC early in the process (of moving from development into production with a promising technology) means we incorporated best practices and streamlined production to maximize our capabilities and capacity." Since working with MMEC, the companay has seen exponential growth in outside sales for 2010, representing more than 25 percent of the company income with forecasts of continued increases.
-- Elizabeth Noonan, AdvR contract coordinator, Bozeman

Our home office is in the College of Engineering at Montana State University, Bozeman, with field offices at the MSU and in Missoula, Kalispell, Billings and Helena. We can help small companies (20 or fewer employees) with workforce training grant applications made available by the Montana Department of Labor. Contact your local MMEC Field Engineer, BEAR Team or SBDC Center to learn more.

MMEC is part of a nationwide network, the NIST Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), to assist small and mid-size manufacturers in becoming more competitive and profitable. Because we don't pretend to know everything, we have cultivated extensive resources and partnerships in Montana and elsewhere to find the answers or additional services you need. Our smart 800-number 800-MEP-4MFG connects Montana callers to MMEC; from other states, the connection is to the MEP center in that area. MMEC receives financial and program support from MSU, the State of Montana, the National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), MEP and other private and public partners.

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