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By Robert Mazzuca, Sr. Engineering Manager

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Energy costs are one of the most significant expenses of any manufacturing enterprise. Conserving energy directly translates into increased profitability. By downloading our complimentary info sheet,9 Quick Energy and Sustainability Tips for NJ Manufacturers, you can learn more ways to reduce your energy-related expenses.

NJMEP is excited to present the Marketing Self-Assessment, to better help you identify where your strengths and weaknesses in marketing lay. Follow the link below to download the assessment, complete it to the best of your ability, and gain a better understanding of your company’s marketing position.

Whether you are a small medical device developer or manufacturer or a supply chain partner to larger FDA regulated medical device companies, there are practical steps you can take to assess and define a growth strategy and make the necessary incremental changes to meet the FDA, ISO or other regulatory bodies’ requirements. Applying a simplified Six Sigma DMAIC model to evaluating your Quality System and ISO related business processes is a good way to grow your program in alignment with your business goals.

Content marketing is hot, and it’s an important tool to take advantage of. As a manufacturer, your time is limited, and online content marketing allows you to broadcast regular updates at a very reasonable cost.  Click the link below and see how you can take advantage of this modern technology to help support and grow your business.

The federal research and development (R&D) credit gives manufacturers conducting qualified research the ability to generate a net research tax credit of 13 percent (9.1 percent under an alternative simplified method) of incremental qualified R&D spending* in order to lower their regular tax bill. This credit can result in significant tax savings for manufacturing companies; however studies have shown that it is surprisingly under-claimed.

Manufacturing companies that develop new products, make improvements to existing products and develop or improve manufacturing processes are likely to qualify for the R&D credit. Middle market companies are among those least likely to take advantage of this beneficial credit.

For small to medium-sized manufacturing companies, the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) ever changing maze of regulations, requirements and guidelines can seem impossible to take on, let alone successfully navigate. As a responsible business owner, it is essential that you determine the risk involved in taking on any growth strategy and assess the value of the reward. What many New Jersey companies are learning is that making small, strategic, incremental and affordable changes to your Quality System, business processes and procedures to meet FDA compliance demands can yield significant long and short terms rewards.