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SRNS Corporate Outreach awardees included:
Alex Agyemang, Small Business Liaison Officer
Jeff Bryan, Senior Manager, Central Procurement Material
and Construction
Chris Caldwell, Manager, Community Outreach
Fred Freeman, Director, Supply Chain Procurement
Mary Rex, Senior Supply Chain Management Program Specialist

SRNS Transformation and Operational
Excellence awardees were:
Blake Leaphart, Principal Lean Six Sigma Specialist,
Continuous Improvement
Deanna Smith, Information Technology Business Manager
Lisa Steed, Productivity Specialist/Facilitator,
Continuous Improvement
Michael Goffinet, Program Manager,
Environmental Management Operations
Andy Owens, Executive Editor, Charleston Regional Business Journal (left), South Carolina Governor Henry Perjetta “PK” Hightower, Interface Management Director and
McMaster and Tim Heichelbech, Vice President and Division Manager, Choate Construction Company (far Continuous Improvement Manager
right), present the SCMEP Transformation and Operational Excellence Finalist Award to SRNS.

Recognition for South Carolina

manufacturing excellence

D uring the recent South Carolina Manufacturing Extension

Partnership (SCMEP) Conference in Greenville, South
Carolina, SRNS employees were named as finalists
“It was exciting to receive this honor,
for the Corporate Outreach Award and the Transformation and plus it affirms that our continuous improvement program
Operational Excellence Award.
is on track and steadily progressing.”
The Corporate Outreach Award honors a manufacturer for Lisa Steed,
making a tangible and measurable impact on communities in SRNS Continuous Improvement
South Carolina.
“SRNS employees have a time-honored tradition of supporting
those in need, often donating to our local food bank, the Heart
Fund, site-wide blood drives, the United Way and Toys for Tots “In October, we were notified that we were one of three finalists
campaigns,” said Stuart MacVean. “In addition, multiple teams of for the Transformation and Operational Excellence Award. It was
employees go out into the community each year with tools, paint, exciting to receive this honor, plus it affirms that our continuous
building supplies, rakes, mops and big hearts to help the elderly, improvement program is on track and steadily progressing,” said
the impoverished and local non-profit organizations during our Lisa Steed, SRNS Productivity Specialist/Facilitator, Continuous
Days of Caring.” Improvement.
MacVean also noted that SRNS is pleased to have a significant Steed credits earning the recognition to SRNS management’s
impact on thousands of area students and educators in K-12 strategic vision and strong employee support. “Continuous
schools and regional two- and four-year colleges and universities improvement is an integral part of our company culture. Every
through an extensive array of education outreach programs, person at SRNS seems to be engaged in continuous improvement
apprenticeships and memorandums of understanding. in some form or fashion. For me, the achievement validates that my
The Transformation and Operational Excellence Award is presented chosen field of work has real value for my employer, which is not
to a company that demonstrates to the business community something I had experienced with other companies prior to joining
impressive results achieved through the adoption of continuous SRNS in 2017. I find it to be quite rewarding,” added Steed.
improvement and/or operational excellence tools and techniques.