All staff members have relevant practical experience in the private sector as well as strong academic credentials. Each has direct responsibility for working with companies to design and implement customized projects to meet identified needs, using the Bevill Center’s own resources or those of service providers from its wide support network. The Center’s structure and financial base allow it to focus solely on getting the appropriate help to its industrial partners with minimum cost and delay.

Examples of partnership activities include on-going apprenticeship programs; multi-year continuous improvement projects; ISO, QS and TS registration project implementation; LEAN manufacturing; measurement systems; work cell integration; continuous flow development; computer integrated machining; automation; and asynchronous interactive employee training systems to serve multi-shift facilities. From automating fabrication and assembly operations to teaching high-end CAD techniques, the Center provides the best services available and ensures that the desired results are obtained.

The Center is the Southeast regional center of the National Institute for Metalworking Skills.

Available facilities include: computer and electronic labs, flexible classrooms, flexible manufacturing space, and satellite and video conferencing.