North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS)
Established in 1995, the North Carolina Manufacturing Partnership (NCMEP) is the official representative of the MEP Network in the State of North Carolina. The purpose of the partnership is to enhance the productivity, innovative capacity and technological performance of North Carolina based manufacturing firms.
Our mission, at NCMEP, is to help small and mid-sized manufacturers achieve their performance. Through combined resources and collaboration efforts, we provide solutions and services that help organizations all around our great state.
I got the chance to sit down with a few of NCMEP’s partners during this year’s mfgCON in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. In this episode, I talked to Maureen Little, Vice-President of Economic Development for the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS).
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ABOUT
Phil Mintz
Phil Mintz is the Executive Director of NC State Industry Expansion Solutions (IES) and Director of the North Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NCMEP). At NCMEP, Phil drives outreach to NC manufacturers, builds relationships with federal and state leaders and coordinates efforts to drive profitable manufacturing growth in the state. He also leads the broader IES Extension Operations outreach unit of regional managers, technical specialists and business development leaders providing business engagement, assessment and improvement tools. This includes statewide peer networks, ISO 9000 quality management systems, Six Sigma, Lean manufacturing, environmental services, and health and safety solutions.
Maureen Little
Maureen Little is the Vice-President of Economic Development for the North Carolina Community College System. She began her work in economic development in 1987 as Director of Business and Industry Services at Stanly Community College, serving her native Union County. After eleven years at the local college level, she joined the North Carolina Community College System in a Regional Director for Economic Development position, working specifically with the colleges in the Charlotte Region. In 2005, she was promoted to the Senior Regional Director position and began working with the 58 North Carolina Community Colleges. Maureen graduated with honors from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1981.
Check out the Clocking In: Voices of NC Manufacturing website.
Strengthening Workplace Attraction and Retention
E 32: Protecting Those Who Protect Us
E-31: Putting Customer Success Before Profit
E-30: Threading the Needle of Quality
East Carolina University Strives to Help North Carolina Businesses Excel
E-27: Breathing Easy with Bleep Sleep
E-26: Economic Check-Up with Dr. Walden
E-25: Providing a Beneficial Thread for a Dependable Workforce
E-24: Medical Stockings with a Higher Standard
E-23: Textiles Continues to Evolve as a Powerful NC Industry
E-22: Turning Students into Project Engineers of the Future
E-21: Manufacturing is the Family Business
E-20: Navigating Opportunities Between Furniture and Protective Gowns
E-19: Engineering the Tissue Industry With Technology
E-18: Award Winning Distillery Lends a Hand
E-17: Industrial Solutions Lab Helps Manufacturers Solve for Solutions
E-16: Precision Prototyping
E-15: Checking the Pulse of the Economy with Dr. Walden
E-14: Revving Up Manufacturing Solutions
E-13: Switching On Manufacturing
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