The ice ring
Industry-Specific Professional Development
The career is an orbit — every revolution climbs.
Three topic areas, one compounding path — manufacturing careers, supply chain and logistics, leadership and communication. Thirty programs built for the professionals who keep climbing, one revolution at a time.
30 programs · 3 topic areas · inner ice ring
The 3 topic areas
Every station on the ice ring.
30 programs across 3 topic areas — each one a station on the Professional Development ring. Open a topic area for its full program list.
Manufacturing Excellence
Manufacturing Process Control · Work Instruction Development · Standardized Work
Supply Chain & Logistics
Automotive Supply Chain Basics · Material Planning · Production Scheduling
Leadership & Professional Development
Frontline Supervisor Training · Quality Leadership for Supervisors · Communication in Manufacturing
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Who grows here
Two ways into this ring.
Industry-Specific Professional Development isn't only for individuals charting their own path — teams grow the same way, together. Both draw from the same 30-program curriculum.
Individuals
Build the communication, leadership and workplace skills that move a career forward — one program or a full track, at your own pace.
Start your own track →Business
Grow your bench — frontline supervisors, future leaders, whole teams — with the same structured path, delivered on your schedule.
Grow your team →How we deliver
Four ways to enter the ice ring.
However your people learn best, it draws from the same 30-program Professional Development curriculum.
In-person
On-site workshops for frontline supervisors and team leads — practice the conversation, not just the theory.
Live-virtual
Instructor-led sessions on communication and leadership in manufacturing — wherever your people are.
Structured programs
Multi-week tracks that build a career step by step, from first supervisor role to plant leadership.
On-demand
Self-paced modules for individuals — build a skill on your own schedule, revisit any time.
The ice ring, by the numbers
Thirty programs. One trajectory.
Part of one larger orbit: 94 programs in total, across 10 topic areas and 2 tracks, delivered 4 ways. No inflated claims — built in Southfield, Michigan.
Next cohort
The ice ring opens again soon.
Cohorts open on a rolling basis — in-person and live-virtual, individual and team seats both. Dates are announced soon; the fastest way in is a conversation about where you want to grow next.
Dates announced soon — reach out to reserve your place.
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