The Greenwood Lean Consortium 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 consortium is coordinated by the SC Manufacturing Extension Partnership
(SCMEP) and The Center for Performance Excellence at Piedmont Technical College.


The consortium 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, Andy Carr at acarr@scmep.org or Lisa Bartanus at bartanus.l@ptc.edu.

Greenwood
Lean Consortium
Steering Committee

Lisa Bartanus, Piedmont Tech*
Andy Carr, SCMEP*

David Schwartz , Ascend Materials
Randy Gage, Cooper Industries
Chris Klasing, JCK Associates* 

Carl Rogers, Velux

* Ex-Offficio