Overview of Manufacturing Partners

1. Manufacturing Partners, Inc.

2. Company Overview
 Founded in 2002
 Operated as 2 separate companies until they
merged in 2008
 Located in Big Lake, MN
 Occupy 11,000 ft2 facility
 Employ Approx. 30 people
 Production Oriented Contract Manufacturing
 ISO 9001:2008
 14 CNC Machines

3. Leadership Team
 Keith Klein – President
 Brent Knutson – Engineering/Estimating
Manager
 Christopher Schneider – Scheduling /
Assembly Manager
 Brent Betzler – Machine Shop / Quality
Manager

4. Company Focus
 Production: CNC Milling, CNC Turning, and
Assembly
 High-Volume Production
 Continuous weekly production
 Short-Run Production
 Lot size of 50-500 pieces or more
 Bridge to production
 Small lot size of parts that will move to higher production
 Most Materials; parts up to 16x12” and 2” dia.
* MPI can make parts larger than these, ask for details

5. Business Unit Focus
 MPI operates as 3 distinct business
units
 Customers fall into one of the 3
business units based on:
 The complexity of their parts
 Specific requirements/documentation/
certifications
 Volume

6. MPI Business Units
 High-Volume Production
 General Industrial Equipment
 Specialized/Regulated Industries
 Short-Run Production
 General Industrial Equipment
 Capital Equipment Mfg
 Distribution
 Short-Run Production
 Specialized/Regulated Industries
 Medical
 Aerospace
 Extra-ordinary customer specifications

7. Why A Business Unit Focus?
 Everyactivity/process undertaken is
meant to support & reinforce that
business unit’s focus
 Equipment type
 Equipment capability
 Employee capability
 Capacity/lead-time management
 Amount of internal processes required
 Etc.

8. What does this mean for You?
 Lower Prices
 By focusing on production
volumes only, all of MPI’s
attention is focused on
delivering these volumes at the
best market price.
 By not applying any more (or
less) processes than what you
specifically require we do not
make you pay for features you
do not need.
 By saying “no” to certain
activities, we can offer
consistent delivery and prices
Bell Curve of Market Prices of production quantities.
& MPI’s position relative to
our competitors

9. Equipment
 High-Volume Production
 Horizontal CNC machining centers
 Pallet changing machines – operator loads/unloads parts while the machine is
cutting
 Swiss-Style Lathes & Twin Spindle/Twin Turret Lathes
 The potential for “lights-out” manufacturing. Machines run bars of material with
little operator intervention

10. Equipment
 Short-Run Production
 Pallet changing Vertical CNC Machining Centers
 Machine runs while operators loads/unloads
 Twin-Spindle Vertical CNC Machining Centers
 Machine cuts 2 parts at the same time
 Bar-fed Lathes with Live Tooling

11. Equipment
 Bridge To Production
 “Traditional” Vertical CNC Machining Centers
 Machine doesn’t run while the operator is loading/Unloading
 CNC Slant Bed Lathes

12. Contact Us
Manufacturing Partners, Inc.
301 County Rd. 43 NW
PO Box 69
Big Lake, MN 55309
763-263-9053
Sales@mfg-partners.com
www.mfg-partners.com