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COVID-19 Guidance & Resources for Small and Medium Manufacturers
RESOURCES TO HELP SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED MANUFACTURERS MANAGE DURING THE CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) PANDEMIC
There are 51 Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Centers in all 50 states and Puerto Rico which are waiting to help those small and medium sized manufacturers (SMMs) through this crisis with more than 1,400 trusted advisors and experts at approximately 375 MEP service locations. The MEP National Network can assist manufacturers with most business operations and workforce needs, which includes but is not limited to business continuity planning and supply chain assistance including supplier scouting.
The Foundation for Manufacturing Excellence works side by side with these Centers as the continuing manufacturing education entity providing the latest and most up to date information to these advisors regarding the coronavirus pandemic, how it’s impacting SMMs today, and providing resources to the Centers, SMMs and the public.
Please contact your local MEP Center for additional information, guidance or assistance. We are in this together.
COVID-19 Critical Supply Survey
Assessing & Managing Your Business
Federal Resources
- Meeting the Challenge (MEP National Network)
- Interim Guidance for Businesses and Employers (CDC)
- Guidance on the Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce (DHS)
- Coronavirus Resources (Dept. of Labor)
- Your Money and Coronavirus: Resources for Financial Relief (Dept. of Treasury)
- Revolving Loan Fund Standard Terms & Conditions (EDA)
- Regional Office Contact Info (EDA)
- Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19 (OSHA)
- Small Business Guidance & Loan Resources (SBA)
- The Three Step Process: Disaster Loans (SBA)
- SBA Paycheck Protection Program (NAM)
- Find Eligible Lenders
- Paycheck Protection Program Lender Application
- Paycheck Protection Program Borrower Application
- Trade Adjustment Assistance Centers (TAACS)
- Additional Government Resources (as of April 7, 2020)
Other Business Resources
- “Phase Three” COVID-19 Relief Bill: Key Provisions (NAM)
- Business Continuity Planning (FEMA)
- Crisis Management Self-Assessment COVID-19 (IMEC | CAPJEM)
- Responding to COVID-19 (K&L Gates)
- Congress Passes New Coronavirus Law – What It Means for Employers (Kastner Westman & Wilkins LLC)
- Coronavirus: Leading Through the Crisis (McKinsey & Company)
Supply Chain Resources
- The Importance of Supply Chain Disruption Planning (NIST MEP)
- Customer Advisory on COVID-19 (DB Shenker)
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) Supply Chain Update (FDA)
- International Trade Bulletins (FedEx)
- How Coronavirus Could Impact the Global Supply Chain by Mid-March (Harvard Business Review)
- Supply-chain recovery in coronavirus times—plan for now and the future (McKinsey & Company)
- PPE COVID Supplies Needed (MAGNET)
Food Manufacturing Resources
News & Media
- Treasury Encourages Businesses Impacted by COVID-19 to Use Employee Retention Credit (Dept. of Treasury)
- With $349 Billion in Emergency Small Business Capital Cleared, Treasury and SBA Begin Unprecedented Public-Private Mobilization Effort to Distribute Funds (Dept. of Treasury)
- ‘It’s Mass Confusion.’ Small Manufacturers Look for Leadership as They Make Medical Supplies to Fight Coronavirus (TIME)
- Labor Department Announces 30-Day Compliance Window for COVID-19 Relief Bill
- Crash Course in COVID Relief (Industry Week)
The MEP Program is a unique public/private partnership program designed to improve the competitiveness of U.S.-based manufacturing by making manufacturing technologies, processes and services more accessible to small and medium-sized manufacturers. Housed at the National Institutes of Standards and Technology, MEP is part of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
The Foundation for Manufacturing Excellence is the educational foundation for NIST-MEP Centers. The primary goal and focus of the Foundation is to assist in providing continuing education to the nationwide system of manufacturing center members.
