The Central Savannah River Area Lean Alliance is a membership-based group of area manufacturing companies that share best practices in Lean techniques and principles by opening their plants to each other to study and learn to implement Lean tools more effectively.

The alliance is sponsored by the SC Manufacturing Extension Partnership
(SCMEP).

The alliance holds monthly “events” at member plants, typically observing Lean techniques at the host plant. After touring a facility, a group discussion is facilitated to identify strengths observed during the tour as well as opportunities for improvement. This discussion gives the host plant valuable objective feedback.

Members are required to pay dues, host an event about once a year, and participate in SCMEP's annual survey administered by NIST.

For more information, contact Chris Klasing at jckassoc@bellsouth.net or Wade Pitts at wpitts@scmep.org.

Central Savannah River Area Lean Alliance Steering Committee

Chris Atkinson, Kimberly-Clark

Chris Klasing, JCK Associates, Inc.*

Robert Kneece, SC Metal Products

Joe Kucharski, Glaxo SmithKline

Leondra May, Shaw - Aiken

Nikki Moore, Trantech Radiator

Vincent Muller, Solvay

Wade Pitts, SCMEP*

*Ex-officio