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AI for Manufacturing: Foundations & Applied Practice - December 17, 2026 - Chattanooga, TN
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AI for Manufacturing: Foundations & Applied Practice - December 17, 2026 - Chattanooga, TN
Date:
December 17, 2026
Time:
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST
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Event Description:
Build Practical AI Skills for Manufacturing
Artificial intelligence is already helping manufacturers improve productivity, reduce administrative work, and solve problems faster. The challenge is learning how to use it effectively, consistently, and responsibly.
This hands-on workshop helps manufacturing professionals build practical skills that will remain valuable as technology changes. Participants will work through real manufacturing scenarios, learn how to move from simply consuming AI to using it with purpose, and explore how teamwork, empathy, and good judgment support successful change.
The morning session gives participants a practical introduction to using AI with greater control and confidence. A team-based opening activity demonstrates how people work together to understand technology and recognize patterns. From there, participants learn how to write stronger prompts, evaluate results, and apply AI to common manufacturing tasks.
The session then moves beyond prompting to Retrieval Augmented Generation, or RAG, and custom GPTs. These tools can help turn one-time AI interactions into repeatable assistants that use selected information and support recurring work, such as drafting emails or answering questions from standard operating procedures. For example, an employee could ask, "I am on step 14. What should I do next?" and receive guidance based on the approved SOP provided to the assistant.
Artificial intelligence is already helping manufacturers improve productivity, reduce administrative work, and solve problems faster. The challenge is learning how to use it effectively, consistently, and responsibly.
This hands-on workshop helps manufacturing professionals build practical skills that will remain valuable as technology changes. Participants will work through real manufacturing scenarios, learn how to move from simply consuming AI to using it with purpose, and explore how teamwork, empathy, and good judgment support successful change.
The morning session gives participants a practical introduction to using AI with greater control and confidence. A team-based opening activity demonstrates how people work together to understand technology and recognize patterns. From there, participants learn how to write stronger prompts, evaluate results, and apply AI to common manufacturing tasks.
The session then moves beyond prompting to Retrieval Augmented Generation, or RAG, and custom GPTs. These tools can help turn one-time AI interactions into repeatable assistants that use selected information and support recurring work, such as drafting emails or answering questions from standard operating procedures. For example, an employee could ask, "I am on step 14. What should I do next?" and receive guidance based on the approved SOP provided to the assistant.
What Participants Will Learn
- Use a structured prompting approach to produce clearer, more reliable, and more consistent results
- Recognize common prompting mistakes and improve weak AI outputs
- Apply AI to manufacturing tasks such as quality documentation, shift reporting, continuous improvement, and supplier communication
- Understand how RAG connects AI with selected reference materials to produce more relevant and repeatable responses
- Build a custom GPT assistant for a recurring task, such as email generation or SOP guidance
- Evaluate AI outputs critically and keep human judgment at the center of decisions
- Identify opportunities to use AI while supporting employees through technological change
