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Prior to consulting interventions, firm owners had zero quality measurement systems; initial survey evidence from the BEMMR study confirms the primary non-adoption driver was simple lack of awareness regarding modern manufacturing practices.
By Year 3, participant annual earnings grew by $7,011 (a 40% increase, p < 0.01), driven by a 33 percentage point gain in IT sector employment (37% vs. 4%, p < 0.01) and a 9 percentage point gain in financial services (23% vs. 14%, p < 0.01) [10, 21]. By Year 5, quarterly earnings remained $1,857 higher (a 33.5% increase, p < 0.01), generating $1.66 in public benefit per $1 spent ($15,349 net benefit per participant) [10, 20].