Per Vivo Labs and UT PTAC

Founded in 2012, Per Vivo Labs, Inc. seeks to solve complex problems with simple solutions.  In 2015, the company engaged the U.S Army Research Lab, Aberdeen Proving Ground regarding a product patent developed in their Lab.  The…

Tier II Reporting Team Continues to Spread Awareness

The UT CIS team has continued traveling across the state to spread awareness of Tier II Reporting. Tier II reports are used by the Tennessee Emergency Management Association (TEMA), county emergency managers, first responders,…

UT CIS Ready to Connect Manufacturers to Powerful Material Evaluation Equipment

  The University of Tennessee Center for Industrial Services signed a contract this month with the UT Center for Materials Processing.  Now small manufacturers can access essential technologies for nondestructive evaluation of…

Chattanooga Open Enrollments 2019

Have you Mapped Your Value Streams?

An often overlooked and underutilized lean tool is the value stream map (VSM). In simple terms, the VSM provides a “30,000-foot view” of the flow of goods from supplier to customer through your organization. The primary purpose…

Giving Your Team Wings (Even if they don’t play basketball)

Written by Tim Waldo and originally posted on his LinkedIn Blog Watching players on a basketball team jumping into the air doesn’t sound all that amazing nor the least bit inspiring. After all, that’s sort of what they do.…