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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
800,000 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 MoreCareer Quest: Region's Largest Career Fair
Would you like to participate in the region’s largest career fair? CareerQuest-TN is an effort to give eighth through twelfth graders a chance to see what manufacturing is all about. On April 11-12 …
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…
Read MoreAsset Based Planning Initiative Continues
During the months of April and May, UT CIS facilitated follow up meetings with the 23 distressed counties that participated in the Asset Based Planning (ABP) community forums in 2016. Representatives from UT CIS, the…
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