Welcome! The Iowa Lean Consortium is a member-driven organization that helps train your workforce by connecting you to a broad network of continuous improvement professionals and learning opportunities designed to help you improve your people, processes, and your organization’s competitiveness.
Our membership consists of organizations from all sectors of the economy, including, but not limited to, manufacturing, healthcare, finance, service/transaction, construction, government, and education.
How to join:
- Review the membership levels and benefits at each level (see below). Click here for PDF.
- Complete an application.
- Learn more about all member benefits via our Member Kanban Board and Members Only Page.
- View the current member listing.
If you have questions, please refer to our FAQ page and/or reach out to us at iowalean@iastate.edu
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| BENEFITS | BRONZE $500 |
SILVER $975 |
GOLD $1,975 |
PLATINUM $3,750 |
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| Number of individual employees who are members | 1 Named Individual | 1-3 Named Individuals | 1-10 Named Individuals | Unlimited – ALL employees are members | |
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| Priority registration and waiting list priority (including our Annual Conference) |
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Access to Lean Learning Hour | |
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Access to live & recorded online events | |
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| Lean Jobs Board | View | View | View and post | View and post | |
| Website access to library and tools | |
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Access to Members Shared Calendar | |
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Access to Members Forum | |
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Access to ISU Capstone Projects with Students | |
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Personalized visit to explore maximizing a capstone project |
| Recognition on ILC website | Organization Name | Logo | Large Logo | Large logo linked to your organization’s website | |
| Transfer membership to new employee in the event of job changes | |
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| Transfer event registration to another ILC member in your organization | |
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Access to Mentorship Program | |
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| 5% Discount on CIRAS productivity services | |
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| Annual Visit from CIRAS staff to review continuous improvement programs (offered, not required) | |
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| All employees are members and receive all member benefits | |
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| 5% off ALL CIRAS services | |
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| Press release written by CIRAS marketing to announce ILC membership and promote your organization as one that values a culture of continuous improvement. | |
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| Special invoicing (i.e. split invoice between departments) | |
Download a PDF of the Benefit Chart
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What others are saying about being members of the ILC:
| The ability to transform our business and remain agile is a competitive advantage in this current work environment. Because of Lean and our relationship with the Iowa Lean Consortium, Vermeer has been able to quickly reconfigure both our manufacturing and business processes to match the way we need to work today. —Larry Ehlinger, Vermeer |
| We have a very small Continuous Improvement team, so access to ILC’s readily available resources is an important part of our CI journey. We appreciate that the ILC is a member-driven organization. They want to hear from us regarding our needs, and they work to meet those needs. This has allowed Grinnell Mutual to suggest specific training topics and targeted experiences that have improved the quality of education for our CI leaders and accelerated our overall implementation timeline. —Jeff Martin, Grinnell Mutual |
| Muscatine Power and Water is a founding member of the ILC. We continue to participate because it provides us with a way to connect to other organizations across the state—build relationships, learn from others, and share our successes and opportunities. The training opportunities we receive as a member of the organization pay for themselves many times over. —Jennifer Peterson, Muscatine Power & Water |
| Mary Greeley values its membership with the Iowa Lean Consortium because it brings valuable, cost-effective training to our workforce. ILC membership also provides us opportunities to collaborate and benchmark with peers, both within our industry and outside. This is important as we continue our journey toward organizational excellence using the Malcolm Baldrige framework. —Karen Kiel Rosser, Mary Greeley Medical Center |
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