Understand Client's Business
You, the client, are central to our business model. We won't sell you a solution just because we offer it. Instead we take the time to learn about you and your business and offer the best solutions for your company.

"CMC took time to study our company. Their business advisors know about small operations." Chuck Nashan, Director of Operations, Chicago Export Packing.

Discover "What Is"
We have had this learning culture since the firm was launched in 1994. That means our consultants ask questions-lots of them. We believe in investing time in the front end to produce results at the back end. We discover "what is."

Define "What Could Be"
We aren't going to recommend a solution until everyone agrees on the problem. We define "what could be" and will advise solutions that focus on gaining meaningful results for your business.

Present Profit Proposal
Don't be surprised if our recommendations for improvement focus on your entire operation-from the front office to the shop floor and everything in between. Our experts come from manufacturing backgrounds. We bring that specialized experience and knowledge to benefit your competitive position.

Implement/Track Solution
Recommending solutions is one thing. Implementing them is another. Our advisors don't stop with handing you a report. They take the time to explain the ramifications of every recommendation on your business. They work alongside your team to make sure no detail is missed. They monitor and track how the your solution is progressing. And they stick to your budget.

"With a lot of consultants when it comes to implementation they are gone. Having a relationship with CMC's team gave us a level of trust that they would lead us in the right direction."
Richard Hulfeld, Manufacturing Director, American Ingredients.

Present Results and Impact
The CMC team is committed to getting results. For example, with a bank deadline looming the experts at CMC helped a wire assembly manufacturer go from red to black in less than one quarter. For a candy company facing the threat of overseas competition, in one week the CMC advisors helped the company shave enough waste from its processes to beat its competition's price by 50 percent. That's powerful impact.

CMC is part of the highly regarded Manufacturing Extension Partnership. MEP is a division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the U.S. Department of Commerce. MEP is a nationwide network of not-for-profit centers in over 400 locations. MEP's mission-and CMC's-is to provide small and medium sized manufacturers with the help they need to succeed.

"MEP Centers make it possible for even the smallest firms to tap top-level manufacturing and business specialists. If you are in manufacturing, don't miss this great resource."
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In the last decade CMC's experts have assisted more than 3,000 Chicago area manufacturers. When you combine our experts' extensive first hand experience in manufacturing with the similar credentials of the 2,000 advisors across the MEP network, we have encountered-and solved-most manufacturing challenges.