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Discover MoreThe 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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The “Quality Core Tools” are considered a standard throughout the automotive industry but the tools are not just for automotive companies. The five tools that are used throughout a product’s lifecycle, from development to…
Read MoreMike Rother (lean guru and author) defines Toyota Kata as “a skill-building process to shift our mindset and habits from a natural tendency to jump to conclusions, to a tendency to think and act more scientifically”. This…
Read MoreWaymon Scroggs looks at his job as “more of a craft, than it is a vocation.” Scroggs is plant manager of White Oak Stave, LLC., a sawmill business in Medon, Tenn. that has operated since 1962. In 2004, it was bought by…
Read MoreBy Kenny Smith, Solutions Consultant Workforce is the number one priority on many, if not most, manufacturers' minds these days. Would you like employees who have a proven record of showing up on time, everyday? Employees who…
Read MoreDid you know that hackers can penetrate your IT network, gain access to production machine software and download a tampered program? That tampered program could instruct your equipment to change one very small detail during a…
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