The NGM Study was conducted by the Manufacturing Performance Institute (MPI) with the American Small Manufacturers Coalition (ASMC), an association of manufacturing extension centers that work to improve the innovation and productivity of America’s manufacturing community. One ASMC program of primary focus is the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) program. MPI, ASMC, and MEPs across the country promoted the NGM Study.
U.S. MEPs include:
- The Dakota Manufacturing Extension Partnership
- Florida MEP
- Illinois Manufacturing Extension Center
- Kentucky Manufacturing Assistance Center
- Missouri Enterprise
- New England — Maine MEP
- Massachusetts MEP
- New Hampshire MEP
- Rhode Island Manufacturing Extension Services
- Vermont Manufacturing Extension Center & Process Strategies Group
- New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program
- Ohio: MAGNET and TechSolve
- Oklahoma Manufacturing Alliance
- Pennsylvania Industrial Resource Centers (IRC) Network
- South Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership
- Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center
- Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership
