In July 2020, the Michigan Manufacturers Association profiled the TAAF program in their monthly MiMfg Magazine. As a result the article, titled Federal Program Helps Michigan Manufacturers Beat Import Competition, reached nearly 1,700 member companies across Michigan.
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If the shop floor is your primary area of focus, you might want to consider adding the capabilities of a Manufacturing Execution System to your company tool kit. What is an MES? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) manages and reports on what is happening on the shop floor. This exclusive focus sets MES systems apart from ERP (Enterprise Resource System)
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Caster Concepts, a manufacturer of industrial casters based in Albion, Michigan, completed the TAAF program with several very successful projects.
Read moreYou’ve heard the horror stories. They go something like this: “We spent $75,000 and a year of critical staff time only to decide that there was no way the new system was going to work. We canned it.” Failed Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system implementation is one of the big nightmares many company presidents fear most. Yet many march into
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