MPI's culture has always embodied a passion for excellence. Through the use of Lean principles we relentlessly pursue innovation, discipline, and the highest standards of performance on behalf of our customers.

As one example, every MPI employee has been trained and certified by Central Connecticut State University in Continuous Improvement and Lean Manufacturing principles. As a result, we fully embrace a culture committed to eliminating defects, overproduction, downtime and excess inventory, enabling us to be very cost-competitive even when compared to offshore manufacturers.

We encourage our employees to take ownership of their workplaces and reward them for making process improvements. As a result, we are obsessed with identifying efficiency and process improvement opportunities. In parallel we are affecting change beyond our walls by embedding these principles in our procurement activities and encouraging our suppliers to participate.

Our metrics-driven culture is driven by goals and expectations for continuous improvement, and benchmarking for performance evaluation. The effect has been marked improvement in our ability to service our OEM clients efficiently, thereby dramatically increasing our value as their preferred EMS partner.

MPI's Lean accomplishments include:

• The definition and communication of a comprehensive and strategic lean vision
• Robust continuous improvement through employee empowerment
• Lean-certified workforce and training programs, including "Lean Champion" certification
• Vigorous Kaizen events process
• Integrated lean work cells/self-directed work teams
• Pull-driven, 1-piece flow technology
• Matriculated 5S program
• Aggressive value-added customer focus
• Advanced employee-driven metrics program
• Dynamic, integrated lean-based SRM/CRM systems

MPI and our customers have realized a myriad of benefits by the implementation of a Lean culture, including:

• Dramatic reductions in inventory, space requirements, manufacturing cycle times, and waste
• Dramatic increases in throughput, labor productivity, quality levels, equipment and capacity utilization, and employee satisfaction

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