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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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Manufacturing Day 2019
Launched annually on the first Friday in October, and with events continuing throughout the month, MFG Day helps show the reality of modern manufacturing careers by encouraging thousands of companies and educational institutions…
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Nashville Made is a social enterprise focused on building Nashville’s economic base by connecting a community of manufacturers, makers, associations, educational institutions, service suppliers, workers, and students. This …
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“Over the next decade nearly three and a half million manufacturing jobs likely need to be filled. The skills gap is expected to result in two million of those jobs going unfilled,” reads The Manufacturing Institute’s report …
Read MoreUT CIS Training and Services Catalog
We are excited to announce that the UT CIS 2019-2020 Training and Services Catalog is now available! Descriptions of all of our training courses, assessments and reviews are now in one place. View the PDF at http://bit.ly/…
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UT Center for Industrial Services (UT CIS) wants to help food manufacturers across the state identify environmental and energy savings opportunities at their facilities. Our team believes that by identifying these opportunities,…
Read More2019 East Tennessee Business Growth Conference
Written by Melissa Valerio The 2019 East Tennessee Business Growth Conference was held on Wednesday, April 10, 2019 in Clinton, Tennessee. The event brought together some 147 small businesses. The conference began with opening…
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