Today, Governor Henry McMaster, alongside leadership from South Carolina’s business community, announced the launch of CONNEX South Carolina, a free online platform that provides one-stop access to manufacturers in the state to connect with each other, find local suppliers, discover new business opportunities, and manage their supply…
Lean Manufacturing has been a game-changer for numerous manufacturing plants in the United States since its inception in the 1990s. These practices have led to remarkable improvements in both profitability and operational efficiency. However, the majority of manufacturers have yet to fully embrace Lean principles, missing out…
The South Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership (SCMEP), The South Carolina Department of Commerce, and the South Carolina Manufacturer’s Alliance (SCMA) are making a US supply chain platform available for free for manufacturers in South Carolina in July 2023. The database, CONNEX Marketplace, allows manufacturers to create company…
Many manufacturers still question the effectiveness of lean manufacturing and whether it brings tangible benefits to a company’s bottom and top lines. However, during a recent OpExChange plant tour hosted by SixAxis in Andrews, SC on May 16th, 2023, these doubts were addressed. The primary focus of…
Reliable Automatic Sprinkler Corporation (RASCO), the leading global supplier of fire safety products, recently hosted a plant visit for the OpExChange in Liberty, South Carolina to showcase their implementation of Training within Industry (TWI), a training technique that has been successful for multiple decades. RASCO has been…
Carolina Food Service in Loris, South Carolina has done exceptionally well since opening in 2009. This broadline food distributor specializes in supplying products to Latino and Mexican restaurants across the Carolinas. From their very beginning, the leadership team focused on the most important factor to their future…
The annual year-end review and awards ceremony for the OpExChange was held in early December. Mike Demos, coordinator for this collaborative group of manufacturers in South Carolina, led this virtual event with participating companies from across the state. Mike began this session by announcing that this is…
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Finding, training, and retaining employees is probably the hottest topic among manufacturers and distributors in South Carolina. At most OpExChange plant visits this year, this is raised as the most crucial problem manufacturers are facing. Many companies are turning to workforce solution providers to help in various…
The OpExChange virtual event on October 18, 2022, “Lean Logistics: Making Material Flow” had the highest attendance this year and the second highest of all time. A total of 91 participants from 42 organizations joined this broadcast. Justin Goethe, President of Allied Logistics, presented on the importance…