Industry 4.0 & Digital Training for Manufacturers
Practical adoption of digital tools on the shop floor — not a theoretical survey of buzzwords, but training built around what a plant actually needs to evaluate and adopt.
What’s included
- Digital Transformation — Are You Ready?
- IIoT: Industrial Internet of Things
- GenAI for Manufacturing
- Advanced Manufacturing Technology Adoption
Why this matters
An honest readiness check
Digital Transformation — Are You Ready? is built to assess where your plant actually stands before recommending a technology investment.
Plain-language IIoT
Industrial Internet of Things training aimed at manufacturing staff, not software engineers.
A current, practical view of GenAI
GenAI for Manufacturing looks at real, current applications on the shop floor and in operations — not speculation.
Frequently asked questions
We haven’t adopted any digital tools yet — is this still for us?
Yes — Digital Transformation: Are You Ready? is specifically built for plants at the very start of that conversation.
Is the GenAI course technical?
No coding or data science background is assumed — it is aimed at manufacturing and operations staff evaluating where GenAI is genuinely useful.
Do you cover cybersecurity for industrial systems?
Not as a dedicated course today — contact the training team if this is a priority for your plant.
Related training
Explore related areas: Automation & Robotics, Maintenance & Reliability, or see the full learning paths and complete training catalog.
How to enrol
Most SCMEP courses can be delivered virtually, at an SCMEP location, or on-site at your facility. Availability and scheduling change through the year, so the training team is the fastest route to current dates.
- Tell us what you need — the area, roughly how many people, and whether you’d prefer on-site or virtual.
- We confirm what’s scheduled — or what it takes to run it for your team.
- Your team trains — with follow-up through the OpExChange peer network where it helps.
SCMEP offices
Greenville
250 Executive Center Drive, Suite 200Greenville, SC 29615
Columbia
250 Berryhill Road, Suite 115Columbia, SC 29210
A NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership affiliate serving South Carolina manufacturers since 1989.