PROGRAMS & SERVICES

HTDC MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PARTNERSHIP (HTDC-MEP)

Reduce costs & lead-times while improving your quality, productivity, capacity and profits.

MEP

The High Technology Development Corporation Manufacturing Extension Partnership (HTDC-MEP) is a federal program administered in Hawaii by the State’s High Technology Development Corporation and designed to bring best practices to small businesses at an affordable cost.

HTDC-MEP works with small and medium-sized businesses. Almost every business in Hawaii that develops products can take advantage of our services. We serve all industries and all companies who are willing to invest time, money, and people to improve their business.

HTDC-MEP acts as your general practitioner in providing a wealth of knowledge and meeting various industry-specific needs. We have worked in the food processing, construction materials, management consulting, electronics, metals, secondary wood, textile, biotech and many other industries applying our expertise to a broad base of
industries in Hawaii.

We can help increase your profitability & competitiveness in the following business areas:

  • Process design and improvements
  • Lean Manufacturing
  • Plant Layout
  • Value Stream Mapping
  • Business Planning
  • Strategic Planning
  • Marketing Research and Planning
  • Product development
  • Supply chain management
  • E-commerce and web development
  • Quality control issues
  • Business operations and management coaching
  • Training (Lean, Value Stream Mapping, TQM, etc..) and more!