The Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MassMEP) provides Next Generation Manufacturer that is better able to compete in a global economy. Our clients experience IMPACT to their top and bottom-lines after implementation of our services in performance-based training, enterprise wide resources, workforce strategies and growth solutions.

100% of our clients believed they were more competitive after working with MassMEP.


Sustainable, continuous improvement requires steady access to information and knowledge applied to innovative strategies on a regular basis.

MassMEP is your resource to be a Next Generation Manufacturer by providing growth based solutions that deliver positive, measurable, and sustainable impact to your top and bottom-lines.

MassMEP Workforce Development System

Approximately 70% of manufacturing skills are basic and universal to all manufacturing occupations. Training in these foundational skills prepares the employee for more advanced, job specific training. The employer provides the other 30% of the skills that are required to develop a technically competent employee during on-the-job training (OJT).

By preparing both the trainer and the trainee, the Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership Workforce Development System can address “foundational skill” needs through Critical Occupational REadiness Skills training (CORES) and job specific skill requirements, and assist the employer in the most effecting methods for OJT knowledge transfer.

Programs include:
- Performance Based Training
- Enterprise Wide Resources
- Workforce Strategies
- Growth Solutions

We collaborate with our partners to provide joint programs, service offerings and marketing opportunities within manufacturing to the companies in Massachusetts.

Associated Industries of Massachusetts

Established in 1915, Associated Industries of Massachusetts is the largest nonprofit, nonpartisan association of Massachusetts employers.

Association for Manufacturing Excellence

The Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1985, dedicated to helping companies with continuous improvement and their pursuit of excellence through seminars and conferences. Whether you are looking to learn about Lean manufacturing or one of the continuous improvement tools like value stream mapping, kaizen, Lean Supply Chain, Lean New Product Development, Lean Accounting, or Leadership of Lean transformation

Bristol Community College

Provides employment-oriented education in allied health, engineering and technology, and business; and workforce development from adult literacy to advanced technology skills.

Massachusetts Alliance for International Business

A research and educational foundation affiliated with Associated Industries of Massachusetts (A.I.M.), helps Massachusetts businesses identify and profit from opportunities in global commerce. MAIB educates and assists companies new to international trade as well as experienced global competitors.

Northern Essex Community College

The Corporate and Workforce Development Services is a corporate division of Northern Essex Community College (NECC) that helps companies and organizations become more competitive through customized, hands-on training, consulting and related services at affordable prices.

Time Wise Management Systems

Time Wise Solutions® provides a full suite of integrated state-of-the-art supply chain management tools, which have been demonstrated to increase productivity, revenue, and bottom line impact.

MassMEP works collaboratively with several other organizations on specific projects in an effort to provide a wide array of services to the manufacturing community in Massachusetts.

• Bunker Hill Community College
• Manufacturing Advancement Center
• Massachusettts Alliance for Economic Development
• Massachusetts Community Development Finance Corporation
• Massachusetts Office to Technical Assistance (OTA)
• Massachusetts Department of Economic Development
• MassDevelopment
• National Institute of Standards and Technology Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NIST MEP)
• New England Trade Adjustment Assistance Center, Inc. (NETAAC)
• North Shore Community College
• Quinsigamond Community College
• Small Business Development Center at Clark University
• University of Massachusetts Dartmouth


781-376-0028
500 West Cummings Park, Ste 6500
Woburn, MA 01801

Leslie Parady
Project Manager
MassMEP
508.831.7020, x17 lesliep@massmep.org