You Just Saw Interoperability in Action.
Now Put It to Work.
CESMII offers multiple ways to engage depending on where you are in your Smart Manufacturing journey...
Join the smart manufacturing community
Membership
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Membership benefits include:
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Access to proven smart manufacturing frameworks and tools
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Collaboration with peers facing the same challenges
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Early insight into standards, APIs, and reference architectures
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Events, working groups, and pilot opportunities
DEFINING YOUR JOURNEY
SMART MANUFACTURING ROADMAPPING
CESMII's Smart Manufacturing Roadmap guides you through a clear process to align people, processes, and technology —accelerating results, minimizing risk, and delivering measurable business value through a roadmap tailored to your unique journey.
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As part of your kickoff meeting, your CESMII Certified Roadmap Professional will introduce the Smart Manufacturing Acceleration Roadmap Framework — a practical, practitioner-built guide designed to help your team move from uncertainty to action.
This working session brings the right people to the table, leaders, operators, and technology owners, to establish shared goals and shape a clear direction for your smart manufacturing future.
During the kickoff, you’ll gain:
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A clear framework – A proven blueprint for understanding where you are today and where you can go next
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Expert insights – Lessons learned from companies that have successfully adopted Smart Manufacturing
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Practical next steps – Tools to assess your current state, surface challenges and opportunities, and begin shaping a roadmap aligned with your business goals
APRIL 29 & 30, 2026
Manufacturing Information Modeling & UNS Foundations Course
The Manufacturing Information Modeling & UNS Foundations Course is designed for manufacturers who want practical, hands-on guidance for structuring operational data the right way.
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For $1,495.00 you will learn how to:
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Design and implement a Unified Namespace
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Model manufacturing data for consistency and reuse
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Reduce integration complexity across systems
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Prepare operational data for analytics, AI, and digital twins
This course is ideal for manufacturing engineers, IT and OT leaders, data architects, and transformation teams.
The next course will take place April 29 & 30, 2026.
Industrial Information API and i3X
Industrial Information Interoperability eXchange (i3X)
The Industrial Information Interoperability eXchange, or i3X, addresses a growing problem in modern manufacturing architectures: API sprawl and platform lock-in.
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i3X provides a standardized way to interact with contextualized manufacturing information across platforms, enabling:
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Scalable interoperability without proprietary constraints
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Simplified application development
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Faster deployment of AI, analytics, and digital solutions
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A future-proof approach to manufacturing data access
This initiative is for manufacturers, platform providers, and developers who believe interoperability should be open, consistent, and scalable.
additional Resources
OPC Foundation Reference Page
A central repository of the technical specifications that make up the OPC Unified Architecture (UA) standard.
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OPCFoundation/UA-Nodeset GitHub
The official OPC Foundation repository of OPC UA Nodeset files used by developers working with the OPC Unified Architecture (UA) standard.
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OPC Cloud library
A collaborative effort to host and provide access to OPC UA Information Models in the cloud.
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i3X
Information and project page for the Industrial Information Interoperability eXchange (i3X) initiative.
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SM Profiles
Public repository that explains and hosts resources for CESMII Smart Manufacturing Profiles as they apply to the ProveIt! interoperability event/namespace.
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