Greater Portland Inc is teaming up with Impact Washington and Oregon Manufacturing Extension Partnership to offer grants for consulting services to qualified manufacturing firms in the Portland metro area. Manufacturing companies in Multnomah, Washington, Columbia, Clark or Clackamas Counties that have been negatively affected by COVID-19 are eligible. Preference will be given to companies with 5-100 employees, owned by women, veterans or people of color and/or those that have a workforce with a higher-than-average share of women, veterans or people of color.
Consulting topics include, but are not limited to:
- Operational Excellence
- Leadership
- Sales and Marketing
- COVID Workplace Preparedness
- Workforce Solutions
- Business Strategy
- Supply-Chain Optimization
- Technology Solutions