Small Manufacturing Recovery Grants

Strategy development and implementation. Creating a mission, vision, and set of values that are implemented throughout the organization.

• Planning for Success: Financial Training & Decision Making
  All decisions are financial and 62% of all decisions made by non-financial managers/decision-makers are wrong or pure guesswork. This small-group program is specifically for management teams who need to make their operational decisions much more profitable, informed, and cash-flow positive. Over approximately 5 months, you and your management team will receive mentoring and coaching to better understand financial statements, make better financial-driven decisions, and communicate more effectively about financial issues.

Shape your company’s future success by strategically planning and growing your business while guiding and coaching your future leaders.

• Leading Your Company: Strategic Planning: Growth in a Post-COVID World
  This workshop equips participants with the knowledge and tools to thrive in the evolving business landscape. By assessing the company’s current situation, setting clear strategic objectives and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and developing actionable plans, participants gain the confidence and skills to navigate challenges and seize growth opportunities. The workshop fosters strategic thinking, adaptability, and effective decision-making; ultimately empowering the company to achieve sustainable growth in the post-COVID era.

Leverage continuous improvement measures and streamline production, maintenance, and administrative processes.

• Improving Operations: Profit Enhancement Operational Assessment
  With this assessment, you should find between 6 figures and 8 figures of additional profit margin, annually. This project provides an on-site Lean Assessment into operational improvements, using Industrial Engineering principles. A Gap Analysis will be performed onsite to identify opportunities to increase throughput, increase uptime, optimize flow, improve labor productivity, and increase overall efficiencies. All options will be explored, both non-capital improvements as well as equipment upgrades or automation. The final product will be in Excel presentation format.

Leverage data to make informed decisions & minimize risk to drive growth, innovation, and profit.  

• Deciding with Data: NIST (non-DoD) Cybersecurity Framework Assessment
  The NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) is a risk-based approach to managing cybersecurity that can be used by organizations of all sizes. The CSF provides a common language and set of processes for organizations to use to improve their cybersecurity posture. This proposed assessment will provide a gap assessment of the organization’s cybersecurity posture as well as guidance on options to address any risks. The assessment will be delivered over 30-45 days.
• Deciding with Data: NIST 800-171 / CMMC DoD Assessment
  NIST 800 -171 and CMMC (Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification) affect any manufacturer who works with controlled unclassified information (CUI) from certain government agencies, most notably the Department of Defense (DoD), the General Services Administration (GSA), and NASA.This assessment will provide organizations working in the DoD’s Supply Chain a means to self-assess their compliance with the NIST 800-171.  We will provide you with all the tools required to self-assess your enterprise’s compliance with all 14 points of NIST 800-171 regulation and prepare you for CMMC readiness.  You will learn how to identify gaps in the way you store and transmit Confidential Unclassified Information (CUI), how to identify where your sensitive information is, and understand how it is accessed and by whom it is accessed. You will also learn how to develop a policy about access protocols including who and how access is granted.

Implement sales and marketing tools to grow your business and capture new opportunities.

• Growing Your Company: Customize Your Website
  Manufacturer’s Edge will complete the design and development of your company’s website. This will include the graphics, design flow, layout and construction, content creation of all pages required, initial SEO, and image tags.
• Growing Your Company: Improve Sales and Revenue / Sales Assessment
  Post-pandemic we are facing new expectations from customers and salespeople must adapt. What buyers have shared is they want and need a business consultant masquerading as a salesperson. What they want and need is a sales-trusted advisor, not a “sales rep.” Do your salespeople have the skills required by buyers and decision-makers today? If not, you are losing the business you could have won.
• Growing Your Company: Leverage The Voice of Your Customers to Drive Profitable Growth
  The Voice of The Customer Research helps your team gain answers to the questions you want and need to have a customer-centric sales growth strategy. We answer questions like…Why do your customers buy from you?Why do your customers buy items from others they could buy from you?What percent of wallet do your customers spend with you today?What do your customers value, what do your customers wish you would stop?
• Growing Your Company: Sell Online (E-Commerce)
  This project will recommend a 3-part E-Commerce Website Upgrade Development Plan to (1) Assess Existing Resources, (2) Recommend Design, Content, Navigation Aspects, and Cart Functionality, and (3) Implement the Recommendations in e-Commerce Website Development.

Leverage continuous improvement measures and streamline production, maintenance, and administrative processes.

• Improving Operations: ISO 9001-2015 Internal Auditor
  This workshop will teach best practices, how to prepare for & conduct ISO audits, and get trained as an internal auditor so you can assess compliance based on your company’s standards. Participants will understand the requirements of ISO 9001:2015 to be able to conduct a successful ISO audit. Participants who attend the entire workshop will be awarded an Internal Auditor Certificate.
• Improving Operations: Maintenance Program Gap Assessment
  This two-day workshop will evaluate all aspects of the company’s maintenance function. During this workshop, the company’s existing maintenance processes will be compared to industry best practices and standards that have proven successful in manufacturing such as 5S, preventive and predictive maintenance, work and materials management practices, computerized maintenance management systems usage, failure analysis, maintenance effectiveness, and equipment condition. Upon completion of this workshop, areas of improvement will be presented to the site to develop a time-phased implementation plan.

Leverage data to make informed decisions & minimize risk to drive growth, innovation, and profit.  

• Deciding with Data: Operational Metrics & Dashboard Creation
  Improve key metrics up to an improved 15%. This project will deliver a customized Operational Dashboard, or “Pulse Report,” for your organization to keep a pulse on the metrics or KPIs valuable to your company. Simplify daily, weekly, and monthly performance reviews with this Dashboard. Make better decisions around quality, production, maintenance, etc. The final product will be in Excel presentation format.