Build an AI Project
From Zero to Live.
A 6-hour intensive workshop where industrial engineers, operations managers, and university students build a real, deployed AI agent — start to finish — using the same execution system we install at manufacturing facilities.
What You'll Build & Learn
Every hour has a deliverable. You leave with something real, not just slides.
The AI-IE Mindset
- Why industrial engineers are the best-positioned professionals to deploy AI
- The execution system framework: WMS · ERP · Shop Floor · AI layer
- Real waste & defect case studies — what AI caught that humans missed
- How to identify your first AI use case in 10 minutes
Mapping Your Systems
- System inventory: WMS, ERP, TMS, shop floor, documents
- Finding the disconnected handoffs where waste lives
- Drawing your integration map (live exercise)
- Prioritizing connections by ROI impact
Building Your First AI Agent
- Introduction to the IE.AI agent framework
- Hands-on: build a defect detection agent from scratch
- Connecting the agent to a live data source
- Testing, iterating, and deploying in under 60 minutes
Document Intelligence & Vision
- Automating purchase orders, BOLs, and receiving documents
- Vision AI for shop floor quality inspection
- Building a document processing pipeline (live exercise)
- Error handling and exception routing
Integration & Deployment
- Connecting your agent to WMS / ERP via API or file drop
- Scheduling, monitoring, and alerting
- Going live: the 5-step deployment checklist
- Measuring ROI: the metrics that matter to your CFO
Your 30-Day Action Plan
- Each participant builds their personal AI roadmap
- Peer review and instructor feedback session
- Resource pack: templates, checklists, and agent library
- Q&A and next steps with the IE.AI team
Every Participant Leaves With Results
- Leave with a working AI agent built during the session
- A mapped integration diagram of your own systems
- A 30-day action plan specific to your facility
- Access to the IE.AI agent template library
- Certification of completion
- 30-day post-workshop office hours with the IE.AI team
Ideal Audiences
Available Formats
Choose the format that fits your team and timeline.
On-Site
We bring the full workshop to your facility. Ideal for teams of 8–25 people. Includes equipment, setup, and a facility-specific case study.
Virtual Live
Full 6-hour live session via video conference. Breakout rooms for hands-on exercises. Works for distributed teams across multiple sites.
Conference / Event
The 80-minute highlight version, as delivered at IISE Annual 2026. Ideal for conference keynotes, trade shows, and association events.
The "Build an AI Project in 80 Minutes" session was selected and delivered at the IISE Annual Conference 2026 in Arlington, TX — the largest industrial engineering conference in the world. The full 6-hour workshop is the complete version of that session, available for your team or institution.
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