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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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UT-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…
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…
Read MoreLean Leadership Qualities
Lean Leadership Qualities by Norma Wilcox, Solutions Consultant I recently came across an Industry Week article from 2013 which speaks to the importance of developing strong lean leaders. In the article, author and…
Read MoreLean for Success: Going Beyond the Tools
Achieve Sustainable Continuous Improvement in Your Organization By Dan Brown, independent consultant, UT CIS There are very few companies who have not dabbled in Lean since 1990, the year that “The Machine that Changed the…
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 MoreEconomic Development Practitioners Complete UT Training Course
More than 50 economic development professionals from Tennessee and 10 other states graduated from the 12th annual Tennessee Basic Economic Development Course (TBEDC) on May 10 in Nashville. This week-long course is one of 10…
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