Purdue TAP provides high-value solutions that help Indiana businesses maximize their success by increasing profits, reducing costs, and implementing growth and innovation engineering systems. Our organization serves more than 500 companies annually by implementing continuous improvement principles in the areas of productivity, growth and technology. Purdue TAP has helped our clients collectively achieve over $1 billion of economic impact in Indiana since

LIFETIME* ECONOMIC IMPACT Description Totals Jobs Created and Retained 9,971 Sales Created and Retained $906 Million Cost Savings $106 Million Investment $242 Million Total Impact$1.255 Billion *July 1, 2005 to December 31,

TAP QUICK FACTS 3 Source: FY14 TAP Annual Report  Services are offered statewide  Assistance available from all Purdue faculty and grad students  Main Campus  9 Purdue Polytechnic Institute Campuses  4 Metropolitan & Regional Campuses  Training on-site or in regional workshops  Professional staff in 5 offices  Volume of services in one year  > 700 Indiana employers served  > 7,000 employees trained  > 150 faculty assistance projects  > 100 subject matter experts engaged

Increasing companies’ profitability through:  Objective assessments that identify priority-improvement targets in workforce, manufacturing, plant, engineering, and office processes.  Integrated project implementation and management–– your team and ours working toward the same goal.  Customized Purdue training curriculum for associates, engineers, and management.  Access to Purdue expertise to address acute technical needs. 4

“Hiring a large engineering company was going to be expensive. And we couldn’t afford to spend that kind of money if it wasn’t going to work. The experts at Purdue helped us analyze the hurdles we would have to clear as a small company before launching into this product.” - Rex Alton, President, Founder and Owner, Midwest F.A.S.T. Structures CAMPUS RESOURCES – FACULTY PROJECTS 5

MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PARTNERSHIP “Myers Spring Co. has had fantastic success through our collaboration with Purdue MEP. We've increased sales and profit each of the last 3 years by implementing lean improvements using Kaizen events. Our facilitator comes in monthly and keeps us on track with follow ups, action items, and confirmation of productivity gains! The program has paid back 2x's the cost via ongoing savings, and we will continue to contract through the Purdue MEP program.” - Jim Parsons, Vice President, Myers Spring Co. 6

“We are beyond pleased with the outcome of our IN-MaC experience. Purdue has drastically expanded the capabilities of our engineering department, and we are now able to provide some of the most sophisticated engineering services of any bellows manufacturer. The technical expertise and quality of the Purdue faculty is among the best in the nation, and I would recommend their services to any Indiana business in need of technical assistance.” - Nate Schaefer, Application Engineer IN-MAC 7

"Purdue TAP has been a very good resource to help the Indianapolis Zoo reduce its energy consumption as we continue efforts to empower people, resources, and communities locally and globally to advance animal conservation." — Mike Teague, Director of Facilities, The Indianapolis Zoo ENERGY EFFICIENCY & SUSTAINABILITY 8

“Some of the project results have actually validated changes that we had felt were needed but lacked the analytical data to support. For instance, one work team created a simulation of patient flow in our ambulatory surgery center and found that the addition of an anesthesiologist would significantly increase our daily throughput of patients.” - Ann Keyes, R.N. Director of Surgical Services, IU Health Arnett, Lafayette, Ind. PURDUE HEALTHCARE ADVISORS 9

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Carly Turow Purdue TAP Projects Specialist Purdue Manufacturing Extension Partnership (direct)