Hosted at Leidos’ operation near Charleston, this OpExChange Lean manufacturing Kaizen brought together 19 participants from six companies, representing a diverse cross-section of South Carolina manufacturing. The event took place inside a relatively new, high-tech environment – a 150,000-square-foot facility supporting advanced manufacturing and system integration for security technologies used around the world. From the […]
Focus, Simplicity, and Operational Discipline In manufacturing, complexity often creeps in quietly. More product variants. More options. More engineering changes. More processes layered on top of processes. Left unchecked, that complexity can slow an organization down. At ITW Hartness, the philosophy is different. Focus on the critical few. Simplify the rest. On March 3rd, OpExChange […]
Last week, Harsco Rail welcomed a full house of manufacturing peers from across South Carolina to its West Columbia facility for an OpExChange tour focused on operational transformation. The visit followed the familiar OpExChange format — presentation, plant tour, and peer collaboration — with Harsco Rail providing a refreshingly honest look at their ongoing transformation. […]
The OpExChange held a phenomenal event this week — and it was a little different than what we’ve done in the past. This was our first-ever “Plant Manager Exchange,” a pilot format built specifically for plant leaders to collaborate in a safe, peer-to-peer environment and trade ideas on the challenges that exist in every operation. […]
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Generative AI is no longer a future concept reserved for tech companies. It is quickly becoming part of the operational toolkit for manufacturers across South Carolina – and leaders are working to separate meaningful opportunity from marketing hype. On February 3, OpExChange hosted a virtual session titled Demystifying GenAI, drawing one of the strongest webinar […]
On January 13, members of the OpExChange gathered at Timken’s Tyger River plant for a deep dive into the next evolution of the Timken Manufacturing Operating System (TMOS 2). More than a traditional plant tour, the visit offered an inside look at how a 125‑year‑old company continues to evolve – combining disciplined systems, advanced data […]
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