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Regardless of the focus of your Tennessee business, UT CIS offers relevant and informative consulting and networking services to benefit your bottom line.
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UT CIS courses are available throughout the state. View our course schedule to see which will be available near you over the next several months.
Discover MoreWhether you want to improve productivity on the plant floor, comply with safety or environmental regulations, navigate the federal procurement process, introduce a new product, or improve your economic development potential, the University of Tennessee Center for Industrial Services has the expertise to help you succeed.
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The University of Tennessee Center for Industrial Services provides consulting solutions to help companies improve and grow. The UT CIS philosophy is to assess the company needs and provide only services that are value added. We utilize the most experienced consultants and most recent technologies. Resources with industry experience and University professors are available through the coordination of CIS Solutions Consultants as needed.
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Recent Posts
Smart Technologies
By Michael Codega, Solutions Consultant I recently conducted an internet search on “2019 manufacturing trends”. Each resulting article focused on the same concepts: automation, block chain, smart manufacturing, connected devices…
Read MoreUT-RMC Presents MARCON 2019
UT Center for Industrial Services will be hosting an informational booth at the 23rd Annual Reliability and Maintainability Conference in Knoxville on March 4-7. This conference is unlike any other you will attend this year…
Read MoreTN Small Manufacturer’s Advantage Program
Developed specifically with our small (less than 100 FTE’s) companies in mind, the TN Small Manufacturer’s Advantage Program is funded through a cooperative agreement with the National Institute of Standards and Technologies (…
Read More800,000 missing more than their paychecks
Written by Tim Waldo, UT CIS Workforce Development Consultant Originally posted on https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/800000-missing-more-than-paychecks-tim-w… Jobs matter. If you’ve ever been without one, you know the inescapable…
Read MoreI See What You're Saying...Maybe
Originally posted on Workforce Development Specialist Tim Waldo's LinkedIn page. We can’t find people with basic soft skills! This seems to be among the top three challenges regularly reported by manufacturers everywhere. By…
Read MoreWorkforce Development Comes Home
By Tim Waldo, CIS Workforce Development Specialist Find Tim on LinkedIn Home is where the heart is. We seldom think of this old adage when it comes to developing a workforce. But we should because we all know that home life…
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