Innovation Program
[ Overview of Innovation Program | Technology Roadmap | Testimonials ]
Overview of Innovation Program
The New Hampshire MEP Innovation Program helps businesses define their ability to successfully:
- Integrate new and innovative technologies
- Identify appropriate solutions
- Assist with technology transfer
- Develop product commercialization strategies
The program consists of three phases:
Phase 1 - Enterprise-wide Assessment and Roadmapping:
- Performing a gap analysis for benchmarking your business practices, production processes, and technology core competencies
- Developing a Strategic Technology Roadmap and a Professional Workforce Development Plan for your organization
"All you need is the plan, the roadmap, and the courage to press on." - Earl Nightingale
Phase 2 - Technology Matchmaking, Technology Transfer, and Professional Workforce Development:
- Utilizing the Strategic Technology Roadmap and the Professional Workforce Development Plan to match your company's needs with technologies available from other companies, universities, and federal laboratories to conduct the transfer of knowledge or technology assets
- Developing programs for incumbent professionals to integrate technology into your business
Phase 3 - Commercialization:
The Innovation Program brings bottom-line impact to your business by providing assistance in:
- Market research
- Business planning
- Marketing communications planning
Technology Roadmap
The enterprise assessment and technology roadmap process is scaleable and can be tailored to a company of any size.
Assessment teams include skilled MEP project managers with an industry expert chosen in collaboration with the client company.
The objective is to assess the business practices, technology competencies, and manufacturing processes of the company to determine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
The assessment process yields a Strategic Technology Roadmap and a Workforce Development Plan that the company can utilize for future growth and economic development.
Testimonials
"Working with the New Hampshire MEP Innovation Program was an important key to starting our new direction. In order to keep a competitive edge Felton Brush has been emphasizing its ability to create 'technology-driven market solutions.' We launched a new market driven initiative about six months ago to engage customers from the design phase to manufacturing the end product. By offering custom solutions, the company is aiming to diversify its product line and customer base. We are providing solutions rather than just brushes," said Mark Godfrey, CEO of Felton Brush Inc.
"Felton Brush is continuing to pursue new technologies and, when feasible, partner with other companies to deliver services to tailor products to suit our customers' needs" continued Godfrey. "We look at the problem they have [such as a need to seal a gap or prepare a surface] and then we work with them to solve it. To me this is the only way U.S. manufacturers are going to compete in this global environment."
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