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And one of the most difficult challenges for LeCreuset maker of cookware, bakeware, kitchen and bar toolsis packing boxes per customer order, because their wholesale customer base has very diverse needs. For more than ten years, our flexible work force and work training center network have helped LeCreuset fulfill orders that would otherwise be time, labor or cost prohibitive. Theres no job too small or too large for us because we network between our 24 training centers, says Melissa Weber, Center Manager of SCVRDs Beaufort work training center. Trucks from LeCreuset arrive at our training centers, where the products they carry are unloaded, sorted and custom packed by our clients to fulfill each order. The quantity and number of orders vary year round, with peak times around holiday seasons. But large orders can come at any time. When they do, we put more clients on that order, bring in additional clients from nearby training centers, or split the work between two or more training centers. Between Beaufort and Walterboro training centers, we do 90% of the Williams-Sonoma orders for LeCreuset, says Weber. If you go into a WilliamsSonoma store, JCPenney or Macys, youll find products we packaged and shipped to them. For Shealy, its been an incredible experience coming from a background of no third party assistance to doing much of our business via third party. Its a win-win for us and for the state of South Carolina, states Russell Cope, Distribution Manager at Le Creuset. Weber agrees. We use LeCreusets work to train our clients to return to the community as employable citizens. On the business side we guarantee 100% quality, flexibility and cost effectiveness. Everybody wins.

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More than 400 businesses outsource work to our work training centers and/or hire our clients, including A.O. Smith Water Products AM Conservation Group, Inc. Bic Corporation Boeing Company Bridgestone/Firestone Crown, Cork & Seal, USA, Inc. Cytec Engineered Materials Dunline Rubber Products Ebtron, Inc. Electrolux Hubbell Power Systems INA USA Corporation Inergy Automotive Systems Kaydon Custom Bearings Kohler Company Koyo Corporation Michelin Tire Corporation Oak-Mitsui, Inc. Racor Division Parker Hannifin Corporation Rempac Foam Corporation Robert Allen Group Rieter Automotive North America Rotorion North America Savannah River Nuclear Solutions Siemens Industry, Inc. Stanley Tools Stealth Concealment Solutions Velux-America

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Enabling eligible South Carolinians with disabilities to prepare for, achieve and maintain competitive employment

Departments (SCVRD) work training centers are the outstanding resource for businesses and industries needing to complete jobs that are time or labor intensive or too costly to complete in-house. People with disabilities are one of our nations most significant employee resources but represent its greatest unemployed minority. Almost 350,00014 percentof S.C. citizens are in this category. Many can work but are held back due to concerns and even misconceptions about their abilities. SCVRDs mission is to help them get into the workforce. In our 24 work training centers, people with disabilitiesour clientslearn the job skills they need to succeed in todays competitive job market while working on outsource contracts we have with more than 400 small and large businesses statewide. This means our work training centers are your ultimate outsource resource. Some of the work we do includes kitting, light assembly, light manufacturing, building, bundling, collating, fabricating, folding, gauging, grinding, inspecting, mailing, packaging, shipping, warehousing and distribution, and recycling. And we are a 15+ year NISH affiliate, fulfilling federal contracts for the military around the country. Our flexible workforce and statewide network of training centers allow us to scale to meet your specific needs, no matter how small or large, or how quickly they change. You receive outstanding quality work; additional floor space, pickup and delivery services; quick turnaround times; and very flexible, competitive pricing.

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advocate of the quality of craftsmanship and dedication demonstrated by people with disabilities given the chance to prove themselves in the workplace. In 2005, when our partnership with NAR began, we provided 5,000 square feet of space and a workforce to kit, assemble, package and distribute their line of combat lifesaving equipment.

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clients that they have hired several as fulltime employees. This is the culmination of our mission to return local residents to competitive employment,says David Turnipseed, SCVRD Area Supervisor for Greenville County.North American Rescue provides our clients with invaluable training opportunities in high quality production positions that prepare them for re-entry into the modern workplace. Its a total win-win-win for NAR, our clients and the community. Our clients fulll their desire to do meaningful work and be successful, continues Turnipseed, and businesses get well-trained, pre-screened employees with an entire support network behind them.And the community benefits from thriving businesses andindividuals on the road to independence.

Because we didnt have to invest significant funds in infrastructure, we were able to put our money into research and development, says Jim Carino, Vice President of Operations at NAR. As the company quickly grew, our flexibility to maneuver workers and resources allowed us to meet rapidly increasing production schedules, product demand and warehousing needs. We can change and adjust what we do every day to meet their needs, something industry generally cant do. I dont believe North American Rescue could have grown anywhere close to the pace we have without SCVRD, affirms Carino. The partnership works so well because of their ability to match services to needs, attention to detail, customer service excellence, and frank communication. And, he adds, Its cost effective for us and an effective use of tax dollars. NAR purchased and up-fitted a 100,000 square foot facility in Greer in 2008, featuring 25,000 square feet of climate controlled space plus warehousing that can be expanded for contingency storage and kitting. SCVRD leases a portion of this facility as a training center, where we continue kitting and assembling the variety of combat medical supplies produced by NAR and used by the military, tactical law enforcement professionals, fire fighters and emergency health care responders around the world. Up to 45 SCVRD clients a day assemble litters, create subassemblies for products, and pack backpacks and smaller kits that can be attached to the belt or leg. Our clients and staff meet demanding standards and quality control, knowing the work they do helps save lives. Carino states that having workers with disabilities completing their products in a typical work environment has increased quality due to unparalleled accountability and pride in workmanship. NAR has been so pleased with our

have to think outside the box and not be afraid Y ou to do so, says Steve Cain, Materials and Logistics Manager at
Freightliner Custom Chassis in Gaffney. Thinking out of the box brought Freightliner and SCVRD together. Freightliner builds custom chassis for large recreational vehicles and school buses. Because each chassis is customized, there may be 90-100 different chassis with differing combinations of parts needing to be pulled together each day. Our appeal to Freightliner is that instead of having their salaried and hourly employees run all over their plant to try to find parts for a particular chassis, we can do that much more cost-effectively, says Cole Gallman, SCVRD Spartanburg Area Supervisor. We not only warehouse chassis parts, we create the assembly kits used in Freightliners production line. For each individual chassis order that comes in, our clients gather, label, kit and rack the appropriate components including radiator shrouds and fans; air conditioner hoses and hydraulic hoses; positive and negative battery cables; air dryers; and engine baffles. We also do engine trim, such as starters and alternators, and repackaging.

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SCVRD trucks make 8-10 trips back and forth to Freightliners plant each day to keep up with demand, delivering completed orders and bringing back new materials to warehouse. And in the process, our clients gain warehousing, shipping and receiving, forklift, and assembly experience they can utilize when entering the job market. Over the past six years, weve grown from warehousing and managing 7,000 square feet of parts and components for Freightliner to more than 32,000 square feet, and were continuing to expand. Weve helped Freightliner lower their costs, improve quality, increase throughput and utilize their resources more efficiently. We dont come in and tell you how to do things, explains Gallman. We find out what your needs are and provide a customized solution. The result, says Cain, is that Freightliner gets exactly the services we need.

Our 24 facilities can handle surge contingency kitting, packaging and shipping; we can change and adjust what we do every day to meet your needs.