University of Maryland Manufacturing Assistance Program

UMMAP

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Partner with the University of Maryand Manufacturing Assistance Program to grow your business:

• Increase your productivity
• Lower your costs
• Improve your bottom line
• Develop new markets
• Improve your workforce skills
• Reduce your environmental risks
• Raise your sustainability
• Improve your profitability
• Access university resources and research capabilities
• Access a nationwide resource network
• Access to students/future workforce

Since 1984, UMMAP has provided critical solutions to help Maryland manufacturers grow and become more competitive. A program of Mtech at the University of Maryland, UMMAP is a cost-effective, objective resource. As Maryland’s affiliate of the federal NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership, UMMAP draws upon a national network of solution providers, as well as the expertise of the entire University System of Maryland.

UMMAP Solution Areas

Lean Manufacturing/Productivity

• Assessments
• Lean awareness and implementation training
• Value stream mapping
• Cellular manufacturing
• Workplace organization (5S)
• Set-up reduction
• Office lean
• Plant layout
• Lean Product Development

Growth

• ISO 9000 consortia
• Export marketing (joint with U.S. Export Assistance Center)
• Supply chain

Sustainability

• Pollution prevention
• ISO 14000 implementation
• Green Supplier Network (joint with U.S. EPA)
• Treatment technologies
• Compliance assistance
• Energy audits

Technical Solutions

• Process/product improvements
• Design for manufacturability and lower costs
• Failure analysis
• Materials
• Design reviews
• Machinery/automation
• Safety, Health and Ergonomics

UMMAP Impact

From January 2000 through September 2008, UMMAP helped manufacturers:

• Increase sales by: $73.5 million
• Retain sales of: $151.8 million
• Save in costs: $17 million
• Save on investments made by: $8 million
• Avoid unnecessary investments of: $10.6 million
• Increase investments, plants or equipment by: $30.9 million

Total impact: $291.8 million

UMMAP helped manufacturers create or retain 1,427 jobs:

UMMAP worked with 145 companies in 2008 alone

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