Frequently Asked Questions
Read our FAQs to get a feel for who we are and what we do. Our FAQs should give you a good introduction to Enterprise Minnesota.
Who is Enterprise Minnesota and what does it provide?
What are Enterprise Minnesota’s areas of business expertise?
Who is a typical customer of Enterprise Minnesota?
What does your MEP partnership bring to manufactures?
What is the value to customers in operating as a not-for-profit entity?
What is Enterprise Minnesota's guarantee?
What is the size of your organization? And, what size organizations do you work with?
How do I start a working relationship with Enterprise Minnesota?
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Who is Enterprise Minnesota and what do they provide?
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Enterprise Minnesota is a non-profit business consulting organization. We help small and medium-sized manufacturing companies in Minnesota use expert business solutions to profitably compete and grow.
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What are Enterprise Minnesota’s areas of business expertise?
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Enterprise Minnesota’s team of specialists work closely with clients to improve their business by employing a combination of the following tools:
Lean Enterprise and Lean Office – includes a storehouse of business process solutions that help organizations become operationally efficient.
Training Within Industry (TWI) – is a big contributor to helping your organization become lean and positioning it for growth. In other words, it helps you get greater efficiency out of your supervisors and employees. TWI provides new supervisors with essential skills to quickly and effectively transform a workforce to meet and exceed its current demands.
Business Growth Solutions – Designed to give customers a comprehensive view of every vital function of a business – from the shop floor to the front office to the sales force to the CEO – Enterprise Minnesota offers exceptional services to contribute to business growth.
Supply Chain Management – a key to any viable manufacturing business is its ability to efficiently manage all facets of the supply chain. Enterprise Minnesota offers Accelerate!, a service that helps suppliers strengthen relationships with OEMs to improve production and delivery time. These advantages help manufacturers grow and be more efficient.
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Who is a typical customer of Enterprise Minnesota?
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Enterprise Minnesota serves manufacturing industries in Minnesota and also works with education and government. |
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Enterprise Minnesota has a unique affiliation with Manufacturing Extension Partnership, a federal partner that brings tremendous value to its customers. What does this partnership bring to manufacturers?
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Enterprise Minnesota is privileged to be the Minnesota center of the US Department of Commerce’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program. Enterprise Minnesota is one of 59 centers throughout the US. All centers are chartered to work with manufacturers, typically smaller firms, to help them invest in their businesses to achieve top-line, bottom-line and employee growth. The MEP affiliation only comes to centers that are non-profits tied to, and/or funded by, their respective states. |
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Enterprise Minnesota is a non-profit 501(C)3 organization originally chartered by the State of Minnesota. What is the value to customers in operating as a not-for-profit entity?
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Enterprise Minnesota represents a connection point between business, government and non-profits. Through our longstanding relationship with the State of Minnesota, we focus on contributing to Minnesota’s economic prosperity. As a result, companies grow and continue their commitment to Minnesota as employers, job creators and economic contributors to local communities. Find out more about Enterprise Minnesota. |
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Enterprise Minnesota guarantees its work. What is the guarantee?
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We are required by NIST/MEP to do independent follow-up surveys with each of our clients. We do this to prove our return on investment to clients. Customers of Enterprise Minnesota receive that information. You know what your return on investment will be up front. We go back to each client annually through independent third-party survey research to confirm each client’s individual successes in sales increases, cost reductions, and profitable investments. MEP, our federal partner, requires this data as evidence of our value to each manufacturing client. Learn more about the unique advantage of working with Enterprise Minnesota.
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Enterprise Minnesota offers business efficiency and growth solutions. What is the size of your organization? And, what size organizations do you work with?
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Enterprise Minnesota employs 32 professionals, 22 of whom are business specialists working with clients throughout the state of Minnesota. We typically work with small to medium-size customers with between 10 and 500 employees. We’re a mid-size consulting organization with highly skilled people and we’re quite comfortable working with a wide range of company sizes. |
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How do I start a working relationship with Enterprise Minnesota to help my organization compete and grow?
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Please fill out our Quick Response Form or call (612) 373-2900 or (800) 325-3073. We look forward to serving you. |
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