MICHIGAN MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY CENTERMMTC is an affiliate of the NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) and supported by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC).

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Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center (MMTC)

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Created 1991 for the purpose of serving Michigan’s small and midsize manufacturers, the MMTC is a not-for-profit organization of approximately 50 full-time staff professionals, part of the federal Manufacturing Extension Partnership supported by the National Institute of Standards Technology (NIST) - U.S. Department of Commerce.

Our website:www.mmtc.org

Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center

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MMTC: Good for Michigan Employers, Good for Michigan

MMTC clients are interviewed by an independent, third-party survey firm one year after their project has been completed. Results reported by NIST recently:

MMTC’s impact goes beyond individual manufacturing customers. The sales improvements, cost savings, and jobs created and retained help to enhance Michigan’s strong industrial base and employment.

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MMTC - Upper Peninsula350 small manufacturersLargest Industry: Woodworking

Marquette

MMTC - Northwest550 small manufacturersLargest Industry: Machine Tool

Traverse City

MMTC - West3600 small manufacturersLargest Industry: Office Furniture

Grand Rapids

MMTC - Saginaw Valley/Northeast1100 small manufacturersLargest Industry: Automotive Supply

MMTC - Southeast8000 small manufacturersLargest Industry: Automotive Supply

MMTC SEMI & Central

University Center

A total of 13,602 Small

and Mid-sized Manufacturers

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Evaluations Through Assessments Benchmarking, Lean Opportunities, Transformation

Planner, Environmental/Energy Audits Lean Business Solutions

Executive, Lean Champion, Lean Sigma, Lean Office Quality/Environmental Services

Green Manufacturing, Scrap Reduction, Internal Audit service, Implementation Assistance for all types of systems (ISO/TS 16949, AS 9100, ISO 13485, OHSAS 18001, ISO 14001 etc.)

Core Tools, Root Cause Analysis

Some Of The MMTC Services Available

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Six Sigma Black Belt, Green Belt training, mentoring,

certification Market Diversification

New markets/industries, Diversification Boot Camp, Solution Selling, Eureka! Winning Ways

Website Assistance Web Development, Web Enhancement,

Analytics

Some Of The MMTC Services Available

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Performance Benchmarking Service

The Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center is a leading source of performance benchmarking data for manufacturing. Since 1992, MMTC has collected vital operating data on small to medium sized manufacturers across North America. Measuring more than 80+ key metrics, our database now exceeds 14,000 records.

All information kept confidential.

www.performancebenchmarking.org

An exclusive service of

Michigan Manufacturers Save

$$$

In partnership with the MEDC, Michigan

manufacturers (with fewer than 500 employees) can

receive one customized

benchmarking report each year at no cost.

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Savings & Successes Economic Environmental Savings-

Organization purchasing large amounts of oils and large amount of absorbents

Developed programs for leak reductions and oil recovery of oils used in operations

Results were reduction of oils purchased (therefore reduction of use)

Reduction of absorbents needed as well

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Savings & Successes

Economic Energy Reductions- Savings of $90,000 annually Compressor use- repaired leaking air

lines Lowered pressure throughout system