Certified Professionals

An Ecosystem of Professionals Ready to Support Your Smart Manufacturing Initiative

The combination of internal and external resources allows a manufacturer to move faster while they are enhancing the skills of their internal team. A combined approach can provide the most flexibility to meet business objectives in a timely manner, compensate for temporary internal limitations, and take advantage of the strengths of external resources.

A proven way to accelerate the Smart Manufacturing journey is to align the business and technology strategies with a clear plan of action. CESMII’s Smart Manufacturing Acceleration Roadmap Framework and network of certified professionals can address the challenge with this comprehensive blueprint to guide innovators through assessing their organization’s current state, identifying challenges and opportunities, and establishing a strategic roadmap specifically tailored to achieve the business goals. The approach guides the manufacturer’s internal team to review six areas of business practices (strategy, culture, processes, systems, workforce, and supply chain), align the team, and establish specific programs to achieve their desired future state and practices.

Manufacturers with a strong ecosystem of collaborative partners will be better prepared to overcome future challenges by leveraging the specialized expertise of external resources while their internal team maintains the strategic business direction and coordinates execution of the initiatives.

CESMII Certified Smart Manufacturing Roadmap Professionals

The first cohort of CESMII Certified Smart Manufacturing Roadmap Professionals completed their certifications in the winter of 2024. Additional courses are being offered through 2024 with the anticipation of certifying 100+ additional professionals.

Smart Manufacturing Acceleration Roadmap Certification Course

This eight-week, online certification course is designed to educate consultants, advisors and innovation champions working with manufacturers on the CESMII Smart Manufacturing Acceleration Roadmap Framework, equip them the supporting toolkit, and prepare them to take the certification exam to become a certified Smart Manufacturing Roadmap Professional. Supported by an expert mentor, you’ll engage with hands-on projects to assess sample organization’s current and desired future states along six critical areas of world-class manufacturers.

By successfully completing the course projects, deliverables, and accompanying certification test, you will develop knowledge and capabilities to ensure your future client engagements are successful and your work is consistent with SM principles and the SM roadmap process developed by CESMII. Upon passing the certification test, you will receive a certificate from CESMII that designates you as a Smart Manufacturing Roadmap Professional.

Upon successful completion of this course and certification test, participants will be able to demonstrate competency across the following learning areas. Learning goals and competencies for each module are located in the digital classroom.

Smart Manufacturing Interoperability Professionals Certification

UNDER DEVELOPMENT

We are working on a certification offering for systems integrators and technology partners that focuses on SMIP-compliant applications for small and medium manufacturers. Smart Manufacturing Interoperability Professionals will learn about the CESMII SM Architecture Strategy and the importance of SMIP in digital manufacturing transformation. This certification will equip participants to bring innovative solutions to market and support SMMs in their digital transformation journey.