Organizational Excellence

An innovation culture is the best primary driver of growth in business. Find out how to continually innovate by developing new products, adopting new technologies, and improving your manufacturing processes.

Operational Excellence

Wasted time, motion, and materials are the enemy. An agile and efficient approach to eliminating waste is the only sustainable solution.

Advanced Manufacturing

AEDC-MS brings together national, state and local resources to help you identify and guide you in transitioning your company to Manufacturing 4.0.

Family Business Services

Less than 40% of businesses successfully pass to the next generation of leadership. Within the next 5 years, over 55% of family business owners expect to transition out of their business. Let our certified Family Business Advisor team set you up for long-term success.

As you seek to achieve your company’s goals, let Manufacturing Solutions be your trusted advisor and guide. From the boardroom to the shop floor, Manufacturing Solutions works with your team to develop customized and purpose driven solutions to accelerate you along your journey. Our experts provide world class training, hands on implementation and expert coaching to instill a sustainable culture of operational excellence and innovation.

Fourth Industrial Revolution

CoreValue Assessment

Discover The Untapped Growth and Value In Your Business

Begin The Discover Process Now – It’s Free

Manufacturing

What’s the value of my business?  How much more could it be worth?

CoreValue’s Discover delivers fast, high-level insights into your company’s operational health and value.

Discover is based on an industry standard framework of 18 Value Drivers, recognized by NIST, economic development counsels and industry groups nationwide.  It takes about 10 minutes  to complete, and delivers an immediate report showing the company’s current and potential value.  Discover will identify the top three areas in which to close this value gap, and highlights red flag threats.

  • Know your business value and what it could be
  • Understand why there’s a gap and what’s behind it
  • See how you compare to your peers
  • Uncover any threats to your success
Begin the Discover Process – It’s Free

CLIENTS & TESTIMONIALS

Over the past 5 years alone, AEDC-MS has helped Arkansas Manufacturers…

  • Create & Retain 7,166 Jobs
  • Increase and Retain More Than $836 Million in Sales
  • Save More Than $15 Million in Cost

It (ExporTech) provided us a means to develop a practical and mature business plan that was peer-reviewed. This allowed us to fill any gaps in the plan.

ExporTech
William Burgess – Power Technology

The help provided by AEDC-MS came at a critical time in our company’s development.  Their influence has been significant and continues even today as we are dealing with extraordinary growth.  We are grateful that they were there to help us.

Becky FosterIntimidator, Inc.
Principal

Engaging in the Manufacturing Solutions Innovation events allowed us to step outside of our comfort zone and create meaningful new products. My only regret is that we did not something like this sooner.

Jason RisnerAlliance Rubber
Strategic Marketing Manager

With the help of Manufacturing Solutions, InvoTek has received over 5 million dollars from 25 SBIR Grants allowing us to invent a broad range of innovative technologies which give people with severe disabilities the ability to live more independently.

Thomas JakobsInvoTek
President

… most impactful we have ever done. We are able to reach our sales demands on time with the accuracy expected, sustain the improvements desired, and grow our trained staff to help overcome our capacity issues.

Mark ClarkeMark Clarke
Director of Manufacturing

Due to Manufacturing Solutions, JM Eagle’s embracing and leveraging of Continuous Improvement they have risen from the bottom of the ranks among JM Eagle plants to the top, saving nearly $5MM per year now.

Chad SmithCI Solutions
Owner