Leadership & Workforce Training for Manufacturers
SCMEP’s second-largest archived training area. Frontline supervision, leader development, and structured on-the-job training for the people who run shifts and teams, not just the people who run the plant.
What’s included
- Leader Standard Work
- Training Within Industry (TWI)
- Effective Leadership Development
- Women in Leadership virtual series
Why this matters
A sustainable leadership routine
Leader Standard Work gives supervisors and managers a real, repeatable cadence for confirming the process — not a one-off workshop that fades in a month.
A proven frontline method
Training Within Industry is a well-established method for turning good operators into people who can actually teach the job to someone else.
Development at every level
From first-time team leads to plant managers, with a dedicated track for women in manufacturing leadership.
Frequently asked questions
Who is Leader Standard Work for?
Team leaders through plant managers — the routine and cadence change by level, but the underlying discipline is the same. Read our related article on how leader standard work keeps daily management from going reactive.
What is Training Within Industry (TWI)?
A structured method, developed originally for wartime industrial training, for teaching a specific job skill consistently and safely — still one of the most effective ways to standardize on-the-job training today.
Is this only for people who are already managers?
No. Several of these courses — including TWI — are aimed at experienced operators who are about to start training others, not just people with a supervisor title.
Related training
Explore related areas: Project Management, Lean & Continuous Improvement, or see the full learning paths and complete training catalog.
How to enrol
Most SCMEP courses can be delivered virtually, at an SCMEP location, or on-site at your facility. Availability and scheduling change through the year, so the training team is the fastest route to current dates.
- Tell us what you need — the area, roughly how many people, and whether you’d prefer on-site or virtual.
- We confirm what’s scheduled — or what it takes to run it for your team.
- Your team trains — with follow-up through the OpExChange peer network where it helps.
SCMEP offices
Greenville
250 Executive Center Drive, Suite 200Greenville, SC 29615
Columbia
250 Berryhill Road, Suite 115Columbia, SC 29210
A NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership affiliate serving South Carolina manufacturers since 1989.