getting started
 The Tennessee Manufacturing Extension Program (TMEP) helps Tennessee’s
manufacturers become more productive, more profitable and more competitive.
We’ll help your company with new production techniques or business
practices, expanding markets, complying with regulations, or a host of other
issues. TMEP is your answer.
Here are just a few of the types of assistance we can bring to your plant:
MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS
- Plant layout
- Process design/improvements
- Implementing new technology and production methods
- Lean manufacturing
- Cellular manufacturing
- Materials evaluation
- Inventory reduction
- Ergonomics
- Bar coding
MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT
- Benchmarking/operations assessments
- Constraints management
- Activity based costing
- Information and journal searches
QUALITY MANAGEMENT
- TS 16949 preparation
- ISO 9000/14000 preparation
- ISO/TS 16949 Gap Analysis
- Internal auditor training
- Work team training
- Quality system documentation
- Implementation assistance
- Continuous improvement tools
- Problem Solving
BUSINESS, FINANCIAL AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS
- Evaluation and selection
- Implementation
- Manufacturing concepts training
- Business and strategic planning
HUMAN RESOURCES AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
- Workforce training needs assessments
- Team building
- Supervisory & leadership training
- Effective communications training
- Problem solving assistance and training
TMEP: YOUR COMPLETE SOURCE FOR MANUFACTURING ASSISTANCE
Since its beginning in 1994, TMEP has made a significant impact on firms
just like yours. The services we’ve delivered have resulted in:
- $119,021,000 in sales increases
- $7,298,200 in labor savings
- $23,628,000 in material savings, capital investment & cost avoidance
- 810 jobs created or saved
ENERGY MANAGEMENT
- Energy wastes identified
- True costs of energy quantified
- Where your energy wasters are
What our clients say!
I look to the TMEP to help our small company move into
the next century. Through its Competitiveness Review and Performance Benchmarking
programs, they’ve helped us focus on specific areas for
improvement as well as recommend how to achieve our
new goals. The TMEP is a great asset for small businesses like ours.
LISA ADAMS,
Lewisburg Machine Works, Inc.
The TMEP is as responsible for our ISO 9002 registration as we
are.
We couldn’t have done it without them.
TAMMY AUSTIN,
Quad Industries
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