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NJMEP ROI Impact
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Since 2001 our customers have realized cost savings of more than $85 million and more than $464 million in increased and retained sales….
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Leadership Quick Tips
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Leaders often take advice from well informed, experienced, and/or brilliant people
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Manufacturing Matters Archives
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Issue 1, Quarter 1 2010
March 31, 2010
Vol. 5
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Issue 4, Quarter 4 2009
December 16, 2009
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October 6, 2009
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Issue 1, Quarter 1 2009
April 29, 2009
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December 17, 2008
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August 14, 2008
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The Price is Right
by Charles France and Michael Collins
One of the most important questions for small manufacturers to answer is “Do you know if you are making adequate margins on each product line, model, or job?”
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CP Adhesives Benefits from a Department of Labor Grant and NJMEP
www.cpadhesives.com
In an effort to lower costs and increase efficiencies CP Adhesives, Inc. with the help of The New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program (NJMEP) has completed a year long lean manufacturing and marketing program.
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Staffing Sense
A regular column by Frank Wyckoff
Managing the Farm Team
It’s so difficult to find qualified people, experienced in our industry or in the job, that we have focused instead on trying to figure out who has the right core values for our company. If a person has integrity, character, the right attitude, a work ethic and is coachable…home run!
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The Odd Logic of Pre-Set Goals and Missed Opportunities
www.pierian.net
by Joan S. Adams
 It is very hard to “study” our behavior – we are too busy doing things to step back and watch how we do it – and of course, we aren’t exactly objective when we attempt anything like self-examination. That’s why reading studies about the business behaviors of completely different entities can prove insightful.
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Kaizen or Rework: Lean in Product Development
by Jim Womack; President, Lean Enterprise Institute
I recently visited a contract electronics manufacturer with a striking capacity for kaizen – the steady improvement of every step along its key value streams......Indeed, I pondered – as I often do these days – whether the kaizen effort was analogous to old fashioned end-of-the-line quality inspection in mass production organizations.
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Social Networks Are Making Customer Service the New Marketing
by James L. Watson; Regional Director, Neocase Software
About 2,500 years ago, Socrates said, "The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear." Beverage choices aside, Socrates was a wise man.
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Morris group's goal: Big success for small manufacturers
by Matt Manochio, Daily Record
A recent article in the Daily Record describes how NJMEP is helping companies.
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NJMEP Events
Throughout the year, NJMEP hosts events that provide valuable information to New Jersey's manufacturers. In the next few months we are presenting three different types of Lean workshops. In addition, we are partnering with Regional Lean Summit and sponsoring a Success Expo featuring internationally recognized author and trainer Ron White.
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About NJMEP
New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program, Inc. (NJMEP) is a not-for-profit organization charged with assisting New Jersey's small- and medium-sized manufacturers to become more productive, profitable, and globally competitive. Our Field Agents can work with you and your organization to identify opportunities to improve business or help you develop an opportunity that you have already identified. There are 75 other Manufacturing Extension Programs (MEP's) with locations in every state and Puerto Rico. NJMEP can draw on this national pool of expertise to solve problems here in New Jersey or at your facilities nationwide.
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