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Northern Initiatives helps rural businesses increase their sustainability and market reach through a variety of training and consulting services.

Benefits

  • Positive Performance
    • Create a positive culture where change is embraced, employees are engaged and ownership is shared.
  • Efficient Systems
    • Streamline technologies, increase productivity and connect to markets, resulting in an improved bottom line.
  • Stronger Bottom Line
    • At NI, we believe that engaged employees, efficient systems, and a stronger customer relationship all contribute to an improved bottom line.
  • Connection to Markets
    • Our team provides continued market research, highlighting your greatest market opportunities and allowing you to understand why current and potential customers make the choices they do.

 

Lean Enterprise Solutions

  

General Business Coaching
  • Manufacturing
  • Office
  • Healthcare
  
  • Cash Flow and Financial Management
  • Accounting System Development
  • Inventory Management
  • Human Resources
     

Information Technology

  

E-Commerce
  • Comprehensive System Assessment
  • Software Selection and Development
  • Application Development and Training
  
  • Web Development
  • Search Engine Optimization
  • Strategic Internet Marketing
     
Marketing   Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center (MMTC)
  • Market Research and Development
  • Customer Satisfaction Monitoring
  • Product Evaluation
  • Market Strategy Development
   MMTCNorthern Initiatives serves as the MMTC for the Upper Peninsula. The Manufacturing Extension Partnership is a nationwide network of local centers offering technical and business assistance to small manufacturers and is a program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.