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MEP Services

MEP SERVICES

The OSU Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) provides high value, affordable solutions to help businesses increase profitability. As advocates for Southeastern Ohio's manufacturers, our staff leverages resources in both the public and private sectors to help identify areas of improvement, streamline processes, and ultimately increase competitiveness.
Providing high value, affordable solutions for manufacturing challenges, OSU MEP offers many services through on-site training/analysis projects and workshops.

OPERATIONAL ASSESSMENTS (free service) 

OPERATIONAL SUPPORT AND QUALITY

  • Kaizen
  • Kanban
  • Project Management
  • Lean Coaching, Leadership and Enterprise
  • Standard Operating Procedures
  • Green/Yellow/Black Belt
  • Process Mapping
  • Set up Reduction/ SMED
  • Waste Reduction
  • Six Sigma/Lean
  • 5S
  • Supply Chain Development
  • Statistical Process Control
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • Value Stream Mapping
  • ISO 9001, 14001, 17025, 18001, 22001,
  • 29001, 50001
  • AS 9100, ASME, API, TS16949
  • FMEA
  • ISO and Quality Compliance, Consulting and Policy/Procedure Development
  • Safety Compliance, Training, Consulting
  • Policy/Procedure Development
  • OSHA Mock Audit
WORKFORCE 
  • Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team
  • Facilitation Skills
  • Time Management
  • Website Development
  • Accounting Services
  • Marketing Services
  • Leadership Development
  • Change Management
  • Coaching
  • Leadership in a Lean Culture
  • Everything DISC
  • Career paths of internship, apprenticeship and incumbent worker training
  • Sexual Harassment
  • HR Compliance, Consulting and Policy/Procedure Development
  • Train-the-Trainer
  • Strategic Planning
  • Leadership Challenge

CYBERSECURITY

  • Evaluate Cybersecurity Risks
  • Investing Cybersecurity Resources
  • Determine Areas of Vulnerability
  • Understand Organization’s Cybersecurity Risk
  • Cybersecurity Training

ADVANCED MANUFACTURING

  • Additive manufacturing
  • Automation
  • Robotics,
  • IoTand Industry 5.0
  • Product Design and Development
  • Commercialization Management
  • LEAN Product Development
  • Growth Coaching
  • Tech Transfer
  • Testing and Validation
  • Innovation Engineering