NIST MEP Awards Emergency Funding to Help Manufacturers Recover From Hurricane Harvey
The funding will allow two of the MEP National Network Centers, the
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Smaller manufacturers are often important suppliers in vital national supply chains. Helping them recover quickly will limit the repercussions felt up and down the supply chain and across the country. The MEP centers will identify obstacles keeping affected manufacturers from returning to normal operations and help them develop plans to recover. TMAC and
Longer term, the centers will work with NIST to develop the best way to disseminate disaster preparedness information and best practices for what manufacturers should do before, during and after a disaster. This information will also be used by NIST and the MEP National Network to develop strategies that support recovery planning and risk mitigation for manufacturers across
"Smaller companies in supply chains do not have much time to recover from disasters such as this before they start to lose customers," said
Since 1988, MEP has worked to strengthen
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