NEWS

2017 Annual Conference

We again had a great annual conference, weather was definitely better than on our originally planned date back in Jan! A big thank you t...

April Meeting - Poet Bio-refining

We nearly filled the roster for this meeting at Poet, and they delivered. Poet presented their company background, shared some thoughts ...

December Meeting - Link Manufacturing

Link Manufacturing in Sioux Center, IA hosted their first SLC monthly meeting. Over 40 people attended and were treated to a short prese...

October Meeting - Demco Manufacturing

Demco Manufacturing hosted our October joint meeting with the South Dakota Lean group. We had great attendance with 56 attending, some a...

August Meeting - Interstates Electric

A first time meeting host! After a company overview presentation the group divided up to see more detail in 3 areas: a Prefab Lean Tour,...

June Meeting - Mercy Medical

Mercy gave an overview of their lean Journey to date and then focused on Managing for Daily Improvement (MDI). Attendees attended one of ...

Polaris Industries

Thanks to the team at Polaris Industries in Vermillion, SD for hosting our April joint meeting with the South Dakota Lean Group. Over 60...

SLC 3rd Annual Lean Conference

The conference was a great success, 127 people attended this year.

Quatro/Pizza Ranch

Thank You to the Quatro and Pizza Ranch teams for hosting the Dec meeting.

Demco Manufacturing

Great turnout at the recent Demco meeting in October. They showed results of the Global Kaizen Events they held last year.

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