MEPOL is a statewide sponsored program of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette
| How are your sales doing? |
Are your profits great? Is your pipeline full? Would you grade your company an A on process improvements, sales and marketing, or developing new products/services? If you answered "no", can you spare a day to get start taking action? MEPOL’s new Eureka! Jump Start program gets you moving immediately on:
Eureka! Jump Start is a one-day working session and follow-on coaching that gets your company started with ideas, plans and most importantly: action for profitable growth. The program focuses on any or all of three areas:
Read more about Eureka! Jump Start here or contact MEPOL Growth Coach Dave Thomas at 337-482-5844/ dave.thomas@mepol.org. |
| Energy and Cost Savings through Green IT |
Information and communications technology (ICT) has become a significant source of energy consumption. ICT equipment now makes up about 5.3 percent of global electricity use and more than 9 percent of total U.S. electricity demand. The International Energy Agency (a unit of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris) predicts that the energy consumed by ICT worldwide will double by 2022 and increase three fold by 2030 to 1,700 tera (trillion) watt hours. This will equal the current combined residential electricity use of the United States and Japan and will require the addition of nearly 280 giga (billion) watts of new generating capacity over the next twenty years, presenting a great challenge to electric utilities throughout the world. On the other hand, ICT also enables greater energy efficiency. It has played and will continue to play a critical role in reducing energy waste and increasing energy efficiency throughout the economy. U.S. businesses have realized that the rising cost of energy is a pressing issue and have begun to invest in Green ICT. |
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| Triton Industries' oil recovery work featured on area news broadcasts |
Lottie-based Triton Industries, a MEPOL client, has been featured on three area TV stations for its role in providing lightweight industrial vacuums for recovery work in the BP oil spill operations. Featured on New Orleans-based WVUE, WBRZ in Baton Rouge, and Lafayette's KLFY, the company's history and current oil spill recovery demands are highlighted. The video above is from KLFY. "Thank goodness MEPOL helped us get to a position where we could respond quickly to this unexpected development," said Mike O'Rourke, Triton's General Manager. MEPOL project director Carly Lousteau worked with Triton to implement 5S Workplace Organization principles, improving the efficiency of the company's manufacturing personnel. "I can't imagine where we would be right now if we hadn't worked together," O'Rourke said. Read more about MEPOL's work with Triton here. |
| No-cost, on-line safety management training available |
New to safety management? Or maybe you need a refresher to keep up with changes in best practices? If so, convenient on-line training is available to help from our sister organization in North Carolina. The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) provided a grant to North Carolina State University for the development of an on-line basic safety management training program. The new program provides a good introduction to the fundamentals of implementing a safety management program in any organization. The online training is available at no cost. A CD-based version is also avilable at a nominal price. You can learn more about the program and register at the NCSU Safety and Health Management Systems for Small Businesses website. |