Engineering Training


Lean Certificate - Healthcare
Feb 11, 2026
Program Description:

Our team of lean experts ensure that you gain the skills and training necessary to plan and launch a lean healthcare initiative in your organization. You will receive kaizen project experience and certification training in essential Toyota Production System (TPS) tools, which will benefit your hospital, physician practice, nursing home, clinic, laboratory, or health service.

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Visual Dashboard Development using Power BI
Feb 11, 2026
Course Objective:

With the increasing amount of data being generated from Industry 4.0 equipment, dashboards are a useful way to visualize and analyze this data. This workshop focuses on the visual exploration of this data and the development of digital dashboards to provide usable information and aid decision making for management, engineers and shop floor personnel. We will utilize Microsoft Power BI to extract data, transform data and generate visuals to help analyze industrial systems. The workshop will be highly interactive and include practical hands-on examples.

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Ergonomics Essentials
Feb 18, 2026
Course Objective:

This workshop will provide in-depth exposure to ergonomics definitions, goals and background along with discussions and examples of ergonomics tools for ergonomic evaluations and improve the ergonomics of a company.

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Introduction to Industry 4.0
Feb 24, 2026
Description:

This one-day workshop offers attendees an introduction to seven key technologies driving the fourth Industrial Revolution, commonly known as Industry 4.0. Participants will be guided through each topic, exploring various technologies and their applications in industry. Hands-on activities are included to provide practical experience with the technology discussed. By the end of the workshop, attendees will have a foundational understanding of Industry 4.0 technologies and insight into how these innovations could benefit their company.

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FANUC Collaborative Robot Operations and Programming
Mar 10, 2026
Course Objectives:

This 3-day (24 Hours) course covers the tasks that an operator, technician, engineer or programmer needs to setup, record and/or troubleshoot programs on a FANUC CRX-Series Collaborative Robot.

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SPC 101 - Statistical Process Control
Mar 12, 2026
Course Objective:

This two day workshop is structured so that participants gain a solid understanding of the use of Statistical Process Control to drive process improvement. The class is taught through a balance lecture, class discussion, class exercises, and follow-on participant projects. Specific topics include both variables and attribute control charting. Specific variables control charting tools include X-BAR and R charts, as well as X and Moving R. Specific Attribute charting techniques are also presented including P, C, and U Charts. Also process capability indexes are presented and explained (i.e., Cp, Cpk, Pp, Ppk). Throughout the class a strong emphasis is placed on how to connect SPC with root causes oriented problem solving. Key concepts are reinforced through the use of catapults to simulate the real world linkage between SPC and process improvement.

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Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) Basics
Mar 18, 2026
Description:

This TPM workshop provides students with a high-level introduction of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM). The information shared in this session will provide an understanding of TPM (definition, importance, and key components), explain the benefits of TPM implementation, review the TPM tools and techniques, discuss real-world applications of TPM, and provide examples of successful TPM implementations.

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Introduction to Steel Processing
Mar 24, 2026
Course Objective:

Three-day hands-on course covering the fundamentals of steel processing and its interaction with end-product structure, properties, and performance. Topics to be covered include:

  • Chemistry-Process-Structure-Property-Performance (CPSPP) paradigm for material development
  • Alloying elements and their effects
  • Fundamentals of various steel processing methods
  • Overview of steel phases, transformations, and microstructures, and their connection with properties and performance
  • Live demonstrations of steel processing including vacuum induction melting, ingot casting, hot rolling, forging/pressing, etc.
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153 Mississippi Parkway
Canton, MS 39046
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