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Technology is a critical driver of business growth—whether your objectives include improving time-to-delivery, ensuring consistent quality, strengthening workforce training, optimizing materials management, addressing labor gaps or controlling costs.
Industry Extension Services’ Advanced Manufacturing and Technology Readiness team partners with organizations to evaluate current manufacturing processes, conduct in-depth analyses and design a clear path toward a high-performing future state. Using a structured, phased approach, we prioritize practical, cost-effective solutions that can be implemented quickly while building long-term organizational capability and operational efficiency.
Our goal is to collaborate with you throughout your transformation journey—advancing productivity, performance and sustainable growth.
Industry Extension Services offers courses and on-demand webinars designed to help manufacturers build practical knowledge, improve workforce productivity and confidently apply AI technologies across operations—from frontline teams to organizational leadership.
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AI-Driven Manufacturing: Practical Productivity for Manufacturing Teams is a one-day, hands-on course designed to introduce manufacturing professionals to the practical use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in everyday work. This beginner-friendly session focuses on helping participants understand what AI is, how it use it responsibly and where it can realistically support productivity, quality, and communication across manufacturing operations.
No prior AI or technical experience is required. Participants leave with a practical understanding of how AI can support their role and concrete examples they can apply immediately at work.
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7 hours | 1 day
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Register: https://ncstateies.com/AI-productivity
Recommended For:
Manufacturing professionals who are curious about AI and seeking a practical, low-risk introduction, including quality and continuous improvement professionals, manufacturing and operations leaders, engineers and technical staff, as well as supervisors, team leads and other support personnel.
Contact your Regional Manager to schedule.
Discover how to move beyond AI hype and begin applying practical, real-world solutions through effective prompt engineering and AI agents in this recorded webinar, Smart Prompts, Smarter Factories: AI Agents & Prompt Engineering for Manufacturers.
We’ll introduce frameworks to help you craft powerful prompts that guide AI tools like ChatGPT, and we’ll walk through a hands-on case study: designing a basic AI agent to monitor machine maintenance hours.
Learn how to move beyond buzzwords and start building real value with AI—no coding background required.
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Less than one hour
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On-demand, no cost, educational webinar
Coaching:
Customized implementation coaching services are available after course completion.
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Plant managers, engineers, quality professionals and anyone interested in understanding how artificial intelligence can be practically applied to improve operations and decision-making on the manufacturing shop floor.
Customized Transformations
Frontline manufacturing employees manage complex processes, maintain quality standards, and uphold critical safety requirements every day. This webinar explores how artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT can enhance workforce efficiency, support decision-making and help manufacturers address common operational challenges on the shop floor.
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Less than one hour
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On-demand, no cost, educational webinar
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Manufacturing professionals, frontline workers, team leaders and technology enthusiasts looking to harness the power of AI to optimize manufacturing processes and overcome industry challenges.
Are you wearing more hats than your job title suggests?
If you’re juggling HR, Safety, Quality, Training—or all of the above—is for you.
In AI Tools for Busy Manufacturers presentation, you will learn how small and mid-sized manufacturing teams are using artificial intelligence to save time, reduce stress and streamline the daily grind. No coding, no big budgets—just practical, ready-to-use tools that make your work easier and your operation stronger.
What you will learn:
This presentation will equip you with the knowledge and tools to build a robust succession planning strategy.
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Duration:
Less than one hour
Format:
On-demand, educational webinar
Recommended For:
Manufacturing professionals
Our advanced manufacturing experts perform on-site evaluations to assess your existing operations and uncover opportunities to improve efficiency before you invest in new equipment. By analyzing your processes, we help identify the technologies that will deliver the greatest value while aligning with your organization’s goals, production requirements and budget.
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An Advanced Manufacturing and Technology Assessment provides manufacturers with an objective evaluation of their current operations and identifies opportunities to improve productivity, efficiency and competitiveness through strategic technology adoption. Industry Extension Services professionals work alongside your team to assess existing processes, equipment, workforce capabilities and digital readiness to determine where advanced manufacturing technologies can deliver the greatest impact.
The assessment examines areas such as automation opportunities, data collection and analytics, machine connectivity, robotics, smart manufacturing systems, artificial intelligence applications, workforce readiness and process optimization. At the conclusion of the assessment, your organization will receive prioritized recommendations and a practical roadmap to help guide technology investments, reduce implementation risks and support long-term business growth.
The goal is to help manufacturers make informed decisions that increase operational performance, improve quality, strengthen resilience and position their organization for the future of manufacturing.
Contact your Regional Manager to schedule.
Additive manufacturing, commonly known as 3D printing, is changing the way manufacturers design, prototype, and produce parts. This self-paced, on-demand online course provides a practical introduction to additive manufacturing technologies, helping participants understand how these processes are used to drive innovation, reduce lead times and create complex components that would be difficult or impossible to manufacture with traditional methods.
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Designed for engineers, technicians, product designers, manufacturing professionals and business leaders, this flexible online course explores the fundamentals of additive manufacturing, its applications across industries and the opportunities and challenges of integrating 3D printing into today’s manufacturing environment. Participants can complete the course at their own pace while gaining practical knowledge they can immediately apply in the workplace.
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Self-paced, on-demand online course (approximately two or three hours to complete).
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Engineers, manufacturing professionals, product designers, production managers, quality professionals, technical staff, business leaders, students and anyone interested in understanding how additive manufacturing can improve product development, manufacturing flexibility and innovation.
You can access the course by completing the form below.
A 360-degree digital twin facility scan enables users to virtually navigate and explore a facility from any location. This technology supports more effective facility planning by enabling equipment relocation assessments, capital expansion planning, and enhancing the workforce training, improves operational efficiency, workflow visualization, remote collaboration and streamlining decision-making by providing stakeholders with comprehensive asset tracking.
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Industry Extension Services’ technology experts can navigate the changing tide of business and the technologies that have the greatest impact on your bottom line.
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Staying competitive in manufacturing often requires identifying the right processes, materials and technologies to meet customer expectations for quality, cost and delivery. Our Technology Scouting service helps organizations uncover and evaluate emerging solutions, ensuring your operations stay efficient, innovative and responsive to market demands.
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Duration:
Varies
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Customized consulting
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Manufacturing leaders, product development teams, and operations or quality professionals seeking to identify and evaluate emerging technologies that can improve processes, reduce costs, accelerate time-to-market and support new product development or market expansion.
Contact your Regional Manager to schedule.
Two on-demand webinars from Industry Extension Services provide a practical introduction to smart sensing technologies and their role in modern manufacturing, guiding participants from foundational concepts to advanced industrial applications.
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The “Understanding Mobile Robots…Are They a Good Fit For Your Plant Floor?” on-demand webinar breaks down the aggregate topic of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for all to understand.
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If you are new to the technology, have heard about how AMRs can boost operations but are unsure where to start, or would just like a touchstone to gauge where your operational maturity may be, join our resident automation expert for this introduction to the latest mobile robot technologies.
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Duration:
Less than one hour
Format:
On-demand, no cost, educational webinar
Recommended For:
Chief technology officers, chiefs operations officers and process engineers and technicians