Supply Chain Management

The Florida MEP works with your suppliers to develop an integrated, virtual, rapid response manufacturing supply chain initiative. We help you to create a "Demand Pull" system; to identify, address, and find solutions for shortages; and to match surge requirements to existing, available industrial capacity.

Supplier Improvement

Become a role model Lean customer by making the decisions and following the practices that have a positive effect throughout your enterprise, from internal processes to supplier interactions. Identify your core competencies so logical choices can be made about which resources are needed for your make-buy decisions. Outsourcing involves more than make-buy decisions; it also includes choosing the right suppliers and developing the right supply chain processes, both of which have far-reaching impact on your bottom line. Be sure that your core suppliers and their systems and philosophies are compatible with yours, and that they are at a comparable level of operational excellence. Communication, continuous improvement through training, and an interlocking structure are key components to a successful supply chain model.

SupplyPoint®

SupplyPoint® is a validated web-enabled database that tracks technology and manufacturing capabilities of our growing number of top notch CNC machine shops. MEP Project Managers access SupplyPoint® data to assess the technical potential and organizational readiness of a manufacturer to participate in defense and commercial supply chain contracting opportunities. MEP Project Managers working with defense agencies and prime contractors utilize SupplyPoint® to identify qualified and capable suppliers. Registering in SupplyPoint® will provide your company greater visibility to major supply chain opportunities and working with the MEP will better position your company to respond to new opportunities for product diversification and revenue growth. Registration in SupplyPoint® is free.

Center for Supply Chain Integration and Risk Management

The Center for Supply Chain Integration and Risk Management provides advanced CNC programming and engineering services that rapidly facilitate the drop down of technical requirements to SMEs. We can reduce your quote response time significantly by supplying your technical data, program data, program plans and/or contract data, and requirements listings. As a result, small advanced machine shops can now submit several competitive quotes on a daily basis that will greatly increase their chance for a contract award. Before the Center for Supply Chain Integration and Risk Management, many of these SMEs could not realistically participate in defense and commercial solicitations because of time, cost, and risk factors.

The Center for Supply Chain Integration and Risk Management Features:

     •  Rapid Transformation of any type of data files into 3D models (C4, Tif, Pdf, Dwg, Dxf, Igs, Slddrw, etc.)
     •  Custom G-Code programming for machines and controllers
     •  Set-up sheets that include feeds, speeds and tool selection
     •  Fixture design and process maps
     •  Reverse Engineering of any machined part
     •  Assistance with First Article Testing
     •  Rapid Prototyping

The Center for Supply Chain Integration and Risk Management's services are especially useful for supply chain contract solicitations involving hard-to-source parts that are no longer made. Such parts can be reverse engineered by scanning the actual part on a coordinate measuring machine (CMM) and then translating this information into an actionable technical data package. Having an accurate data package enables an SME to submit a very precise and timely solicitation response.

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