Consultative Services That Increase Client Competitiveness & Profitability
NEPIRC is a not-for-profit consulting resource for regional businesses. Our goal is to help our clients maximize their competitiveness, productivity, profitability and long-term viability by availing them to world-class business consultants that get results.
NEPIRC’s consulting services are designed to help clients:
• experience profitable growth through increased sales to new and existing clients in current and future markets;
• eliminate waste through continuous improvement and more efficient processes;
• reduce quality issues and eliminate the occurrence of errors and defects;
• develop future leaders within their organizations;
• innovate through prudent investments in new technologies that promise a quick return on investment; and
• be responsive to the environment and become more “green”.
NEPIRC’s consulting services get results. Over the past three years, despite a recessionary economy riddled with business challenges, our clients reported the following returns on their investment in NEPIRC services:
• $46.7 million of increased sales from new and existing customers;
• $140.6 million of retained sales that would have otherwise been lost to competition;
• $61.6 million of cost savings due to improved operational efficiencies;
• $85.1 million of strategic investment in new technologies and equipment; and
• 4,839 jobs created or retained as a result of increased profitability.
NEPIRC provides services to manufacturers throughout northeastern Pennsylvania under its flagship NEPIRC brand. Services to non-manufacturing clients are delivered through our Palladium Business Growth Services division.
About NEPIRC
NEPIRC is a non-profit corporation that provides strategic consulting assistance to small and mid-sized manufacturers in the northeastern Pennsylvania region. Since 1988 we have been helping our clients develop strategies to grow their business, enhance their competitive performance and increase their bottom line. Through our in-house staff of experts and network of professional contacts, we work with our clients to identify opportunities for improvement and implement solutions that yield immediate as well as long-term sustainable benefits. NEPIRC is one of seven Industrial Resource Centers in Pennsylvania, a program funded by the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) and a member of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NIST/MEP). NEPIRC is an ISO registered company. NEPIRC is your first choice for manufacturing solutions.
Read more...PA Made
In this troubling economic time, policymakers are looking for quick ways to kick-start the state’s economy.
PA Made is a state-wide initiative focused on expanding our state’s manufacturing base — resulting in private sector growth, more family-sustaining jobs, and a rising tax base. And, this happens quickly, because our manufacturing companies are in place and ready to gear up.
Manufacturing (all sub-sectors combined, including food processing) is already the single largest sector of Pennsylvania’s economy, accounting for approximately 14% of the gross state product (GSP) in 2008.
Despite national news reports that decry the shift to manufacturing overseas, many companies in Pennsylvania are finding ways to adapt, thrive and grow through the challenges. Developing innovative new products, streamlining processes, and increased employee training have helped many companies stay successful.
The pay-offs for families, companies, and the state as a whole have been tremendous.
Numbers at a glance…
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Approximately 16,000 manufacturers statewide
- 562,000 Pennsylvanians work in manufacturing
- Average wage is $53,000 — 20% higher than the state’s average
- Manufacturing accounts for 14% of the total GSP – the highest of any sector
- 92% of PA exports are manufactured products
- At the forefront of innovation — manufacturers account for 70% of all private sector R&D
It’s crucial that policymakers recognize the importance of manufacturing to our state – now and in the future. By investing state funds in manufacturing programs that are proven to work, and adopting industry-friendly policies, “PA Made” can continue to be true for decades to come.
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