Class 1 — Now Enrolling

AI Masterclass for MFG Executives

Walk away with a clear, actionable AI implementation plan you can greenlight Monday morning. Built exclusively for CEOs and leadership teams at mid-market manufacturers.

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Thursday, July 30, 2026
3.5-hour session
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RLA Conference Center
Cranberry Twp, PA
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Live Demos
Run live, in real time
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Take-Home Kit
Prompts + plan + project
Reserve Your Seat — $499 See What’s Included

Built for CEOs, COOs, CFOs, and VP-level leaders at manufacturers with $10M–$500M in revenue who want to lead on AI — not just read about it.

Why This Matters for Manufacturers — Specifically

This isn’t a generic AI seminar. Kevin has spent 20+ years inside manufacturing companies and built this masterclass around the problems he sees every day.

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Data Locked in Legacy Systems

Your ERP, CRM, and shop floor systems hold years of valuable data — but it’s trapped in silos nobody can leverage without a six-figure integration project.

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Failed AI Projects That Burned Trust

Maybe you tried a chatbot, a “smart” dashboard, or an automation pilot that went nowhere. Now leadership is skeptical and your team is gun-shy.

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Consultants Advising Caution While Competitors Move

Your advisors say “wait and see.” Meanwhile, your competitors are using AI to quote faster, forecast better, and respond to customers in hours instead of days.

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Tribal Knowledge Walking Out the Door

Your best operators, salespeople, and engineers are retiring. Their decades of expertise live in their heads — not in any system your next generation can access.

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The Gap Between AI Hype and Your Reality

Most AI content assumes cloud-native startups with open data. You have restricted environments, on-prem systems, ITAR/CUI requirements, and real compliance constraints.

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No Clear First Step

You know AI matters. You just don’t know where to start, what to trust, or how to evaluate what your team is telling you. This masterclass gives you that starting point.

What You’ll Be Able to Do Monday Morning

Three outcomes that matter — not a certificate that doesn’t.

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Lead AI Conversations with Confidence

  • Use AI tools in your actual role — not just watch a demo
  • Know where AI helps and where it does not, so you stop guessing
  • Speak the 10 key terms without sounding scripted or clueless
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Speak Clearly to Your Board and Team

  • Explain what your company should (and shouldn’t) be doing with AI
  • Describe automation vs. generative AI in plain English
  • Evaluate vendor pitches and team proposals with real understanding
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Greenlight Your First AI Project

  • Identify the highest-ROI AI opportunity in your business
  • Assign an owner and first three actions before you leave
  • Walk out with a plan you can execute — not just inspiration

Everything You Get — and What It Does for You

Every deliverable is tied to a concrete result. You won’t just receive materials — you’ll leave knowing exactly what to do with them.

Live 3.5-Hour Masterclass

What You Get
Up to four live AI demos with realistic manufacturing data, hands-on prompt training, the CO-STAR framework, and safety rules — led by a practitioner, not an academic.
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What It Enables
Gain enough AI fluency to speak intelligently with your team, board, and technology partners.
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Business Result
Stop being the bottleneck on AI adoption decisions. Lead the conversation instead of delegating it.

AI Prompt Playbook — 80 Prompts

What You Get
80 ready-to-use, copy-paste prompts across 16 manufacturing topics — strategy, sales, finance, procurement, HR, compliance, and more. Each works at three levels.
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What It Enables
Run a 2-hour facilitated session with your leadership team and identify your first high-ROI AI project — within a week of attending.
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Business Result
Identify and prioritize AI projects without hiring an outside consultant. Move from “we should look into AI” to “here’s the project and the owner.”

Team Discussion Plan + Scoring Workbook

What You Get
A structured facilitation guide with an Excel scoring workbook. Inventory your data, match it against 16 proven AI use cases, score and rank opportunities.
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What It Enables
Pinpoint your single highest-ROI AI opportunity with team buy-in. Walk out with a one-page brief, an owner, and three next actions.
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Business Result
Leave with a concrete project to greenlight — not just theory. Your first AI initiative has a name, an owner, and a deadline before you walk out.

What This Would Cost Separately

We priced each component against what consulting firms, AI workshops, and prompt libraries charge today.

Live Executive AI Workshop (3.5 hours)
Comparable executive AI workshops: $1,000–$5,000 per seat
$1,500
AI Prompt Playbook — 80 Prompts
Custom prompt engineering: $150–$300 per prompt × 80
$2,347
Team Discussion Plan + Scoring Workbook
Strategy facilitation & project scoping: $5,000–$15,000 per engagement
$2,494
Total Value
$6,341

Total value: $6,341

$499

per seat — everything included

You save $5,842 (92% off)
Reserve Your Seat — $499

How the Half-Day Works

No lectures. No death-by-slides. A fast-paced session built to keep executives engaged.

Core Concepts & Key Terms

The vocabulary, the 3 levels of AI, and a prompt framework you can use immediately.

Live AI Demos

Realistic manufacturing scenarios — built and run on screen, in real time. You’ll see exactly what AI can do with the kind of problems you face.

Hands-On Prompt Training

Learn the framework, then build your own prompt. Walk away knowing how to get useful output from any AI tool.

Data Safety

Three simple rules that protect your company without killing AI’s usefulness.

Your Take-Home Tools & Next Steps

Walk through everything you’re leaving with and your first three actions this week.

What You Leave With

Not slides. Not notes. Tools you use the next business day.

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AI Prompt Playbook

80 ready-to-use prompts across 16 manufacturing topics. Copy, paste, and use — so you can run a facilitated AI session with your leadership team within a week and identify your first project to tackle.

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Team Discussion Plan + Scoring Workbook

A structured facilitation guide with an Excel workbook. Inventory your data, score opportunities, and pick your first AI project — so your next leadership meeting ends with a decision, not a discussion.

Plus: Take Home The Book

Every attendee receives a copy of The Manufacturing Data Problem by Kevin DiGilio — the deep-dive companion to the masterclass.

16 chapters. 238 pages. Why your factory has more data than ever and fewer answers — and what to do about it.

Manufacturing examples, not consultant fluff. Composite scenarios that show the patterns clearly without naming names. Yours to keep, mark up, and pass to your team. A $19.99 retail value — included with every seat.

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Protect your company and data while using modern AI.

We teach three simple, memorable rules — not a 40-page policy. Company names and public financials are fair game. We focus on what actually matters.

Never paste IP
Never paste regulated data
Know your tool

Built for Your World

Every prompt, demo, and example uses language and scenarios from mid-market manufacturing. Not tech startups. Not enterprise IT. Your world.

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Manufacturing AI use cases covered
80
Ready-to-use prompts in your playbook
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Take-home items you’ll use this week

What Attendees Say

Leaders who went through the masterclass with their teams.

Excellent class content and outstanding take-home materials. The book is already proving informative. Going through this as a team was absolutely the right call, and I’m glad we did it.

Gary L. Clark Chief Executive Officer, Reed Manufacturing Company

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need any technical background?
No. This is built for executives who lead companies, not write code. If you can type an email, you can use every tool in this class.
Will I have to share my company’s data during the session?
No. All live demos use example data. You take the prompts home and use them with your own data on your own terms. We also teach you the 3 safety rules so you know exactly what’s safe to share and what isn’t.
Is this one of those “AI will replace everyone” talks?
The opposite. This is about making your existing team faster, smarter, and more consistent. AI handles the drafting and synthesis. Your people handle the judgment and decisions.
Can I bring someone from my team?
Absolutely. Each seat is $499. Bringing your COO, CFO, or a key leader means you can start the Team Discussion Plan the same week.
What AI tools do you use in the demos?
We use publicly available tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini. No special software to buy. Every prompt in your playbook works with tools you can access today.
What happens after Class 1?
You leave with 80 prompts, a Team Discussion Plan, and a clear path to your first AI project. Class 2 goes deeper — but Class 1 stands on its own. You’ll get value even if you never attend another session.
Is this relevant to my industry? We’re not a tech company.
That’s exactly who this is for. Every example uses manufacturing scenarios: margin analysis, supplier scorecards, quote-to-cash, AR collections, monthly close narratives. If you make things and sell things, this is your content.

Your Instructor

Not another AI evangelist. A manufacturing technology leader who has spent his career inside companies like yours.

Kevin DiGilio

Kevin DiGilio

Founder & CEO, KMD Technology Solutions & AIBI Solutions  |  CTO, Akuret

Kevin started as an intern at Lord Corporation, where he learned firsthand how engineering, quality, and compliance come together on a manufacturing floor. That experience shaped a 20+ year career building technology solutions for manufacturers — not from the outside looking in, but embedded with operators, engineers, and leadership teams solving real problems.

He founded KMD Technology Solutions and AIBI Solutions to help mid-market manufacturers adopt technology without the friction of big-firm consulting. As CTO of Akuret, he builds AI-powered vision and analytics software that turns everyday smartphone scans into actionable intelligence — the kind of practical, results-first AI he teaches in this masterclass.

Today his focus is education: helping the leaders who build and run these companies understand AI well enough to make smart decisions about it. He believes the most successful technology is invisible to the people using it — it just makes their work easier, faster, and more consistent.

✓ 20+ years in manufacturing tech
✓ Founder & CEO, KMD / AIBI Solutions
✓ CTO, Akuret
✓ Works with AI, data & manufacturers daily
✓ Author of The Manufacturing Data Problem

Stop Reading About AI.
Start Leading on It.

One half-day. 80 prompts. Two take-home tools. Plus the book. Walk out with a clear, actionable AI implementation plan you can greenlight Monday morning.

$6,341 $499

Reserve Your Seat Now

Limited seats. Thursday, July 30, 2026 at RLA Learning and Conference Center
850 Cranberry Woods Dr, Cranberry Twp, PA 16066