In this video, learn how a Business Operating System (BOS) can address leadership frustrations common to small and mid-sized manufacturers. Businesses that don’t have an operating system may often feel like they’re out of control: no one is on the same page, employees...
Company Profile Lost Art Cultured Foods in Cranston, Rhode Island batch-produces fermented vegetable products by hand, using only organic produce, sea salt and spices. Owner Kaylyn Keane and co-owner/husband Padraic first conceived of the company when Kaylyn was...
Emily Reade, president of chemical manufacturing company Reade Advanced Materials discusses the International Organization of Standardization’s 9001-2015 certification for small and midsized manufacturers and how her company was able to bolster customer confidence and...
Anything that is out of balance will break or cause something else to break. In this “Lean Tip of The Week” video, Polaris MEP lean manufacturing expert Nathan Bonds highlights the importance of bringing into balance a process and the relationships within a process....
President Biden has signed several Executive Orders to strengthen Buy American provisions and American Manufacturing. This included elements which would require active use of the MEP National Network by federal agencies. As the Rhode Island center for the MEP National...