How can my facility benefit from Connecticut’s PRIME Program?
Process Reengineering for Increased Manufacturing Efficiency (PRIME)
Connecticut manufacturers: Here’s a proven, no-cost or low-cost method to reduce your facility’s wasted resources and energy.
As certified consultants for the Connecticut Energy Efficiency Fund’s PRIME (Process Reengineering for Increased Manufacturing Efficiency) program, Daniel Penn Associates works with your company’s teams to conduct Lean events at your business. The goals? Streamline product flows, reduce waste, optimize processes and improve efficiency to reduce the cost of your supply chain and enhance your competitiveness.
How does the PRIME Program work?
Who is eligible for Connecticut’s PRIME Program?
- Connecticut businesses served by Eversource or United Illuminating (UI) on commercial/industrial electric rates.
- Manufacturers and other energy-intensive facilities, as well as large commercial, institutional, and municipal sites.
- Facilities are willing to create an internal cross-functional team and implement identified improvements.
- Gas savings opportunities may also be addressed if an eligible gas utility serves your facility.
How can my company benefit?
- Utility-subsidized expert guidance: PRIME underwrites much of the cost to bring in Daniel Penn Associates to find and fix process deficiencies and waste.
- Measurable improvements and cost reductions: Streamlined processes that often start with no- and low-cost actions.
- Productivity gains: Lean/continuous-improvement methods reduce downtime, improve throughput and quality, and strengthen process reliability.
- Staff capability building: On-the-job training, Kaizen events, and standard work help your team sustain results.
- Roadmap to bigger savings: Create a prioritized pipeline of operational changes and other projects that may qualify for additional utility incentives.
How can the PRIME program help me realize cost savings for my facility?
- As a PRIME consultant, Daniel Penn Associates helps company teams target the biggest, fastest-payback opportunities across operations, such as:
- Simplifying business processes by eliminating production constraints that create wasteful steps.
- Improving delivery commitments by shortening lead times and creating highly flexible processes.
- Reducing energy consumption per product produced.
- Lowering operating costs.
- Improving manufacturing productivity.
- Reducing work-in-process inventory.
- Freeing up floor space and/or reducing travel time by improving workflows and layout.
- Establishing a safer and cleaner workplace by implementing 5S principles.
- Improving Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) through set-up reduction and TPM activities.
- We verify results: Baseline, measurement, and tracking to make savings visible and durable.
- We also deliver broader operational improvements, including reduced maintenance emergencies, scrap/rework, improved equipment reliability, and operator engagement.
How does my company qualify for the PRIME program? What happens once we do?
- Confirm eligibility: You’re an Eversource or UI commercial/industrial electric customer in Connecticut.
- Get a screening: Contact Daniel Penn Associates for a no-cost discussion/site walk-through to gauge fit.
- Utility approval and scope: The utility reviews your opportunity and confirms the level of PRIME support available.
- Commit to implement: Assign an executive sponsor and a cross-functional team, provide access to relevant energy/production data, and agree to act on the prioritized opportunities.
- Launch and sustain: Participate in facilitated events and training, implement quick wins, plan capital projects where warranted, and track outcomes.
Want help getting started?
Daniel Penn Associates is an approved PRIME implementation partner and can guide you through eligibility, utility coordination, and a practical roadmap to savings. Call DPA at 860.232.8577 or email info@danielpenn.com to schedule a no-cost survey/tour.