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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
PTAC Is Here For You 'Round the Clock
Sometimes there just aren't enough hours in the day. This is even more true for small businesses during COVID-19. The PTAC team at UT CIS understands that procurement counseling during 9-5 hours is not always an…
Read MoreDeveloping Your Business Growth Strategy
Many companies are facing the need to develop strategies to pivot their product offerings and diversify their target markets in effort to grow the business. Here is information about two programs that can assist…
Read MoreThinking Anew About Manufacturing
By Michael Codega, Solutions Consultant The last couple of months have caused manufacturers to think anew about many things — supplier, customer and workforce relationships; the economy; outsourcing, insourcing, and reshoring;…
Read MoreE2E: Diversity/Equity and Inclusion Webinar Series
First Tennessee Development District will be hosting the Education to Employment (E2E) Summit this fall with two virtual sessions on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI). A strength of the E2E summit is…
Read MoreComing in January 2021 - A New Initiative for Executive Manufacturing Leaders
Leadership does not happen in a vacuum. Leading others to produce, to excel, and to improve happens in many contexts and within complex, interconnected systems. In today’s business environment, the importance of organizations and…
Read MoreUT CIS Receives EDA CARES Act Funding
The University of Tennessee’s EDA University Center (UTUC) program has received $300,000 in additional funding from the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) under the “CARES Act” Recovery Assistance initiative. The UTUC…
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