AI Academy / Technical

Connect, configure, and tune.

The technical path. Stream and validate plant data, model assets and losses to match your floor, tune the intelligence, and wire the closed loop into the systems already running your lines.

§01Who it's for

Built for the Engineer.

Controls, automation, manufacturing, and integration engineers who connect, configure, and tune KaizenFlow.

Prerequisite

Familiarity with industrial data (OPC-UA / MQTT / historians) and your plant’s control stack.

§02Outcomes

What you'll learn.

By the end of this path, you'll be able to:

Stream and validate plant data via OPC-UA, MQTT, MTConnect, and the connector library

Configure the asset hierarchy, OEE definitions, and loss taxonomy to match your plant

Tune baselines, thresholds, and confidence so recommendations are signal, not noise

Configure and interpret failure-forecasting models by asset class

Integrate findings into CMMS/MES workflows and verify the closed loop end to end

§03Curriculum

The modules.

5 self-paced modules · ≈2 hr 2 min total.

01
Connecting the plant

Streaming data via OPC-UA, MQTT, MTConnect, and the connector library — and validating the feed.

26 min
02
Modeling assets and losses

Configuring the asset hierarchy, OEE definitions, and loss taxonomy so numbers mean what your plant means.

26 min
03
Tuning the intelligence

Setting baselines, thresholds, and confidence so recommendations are signal, not noise.

24 min
04
Failure forecasting in practice

Configuring and reading predictive models — MTBF, Weibull, failure-mode clustering — by asset class.

24 min
05
Integrating the closed loop

Wiring findings into CMMS/MES workflows and verifying the loop end to end.

22 min
§04The credential

What you earn.

The course is free. Certification — the applied assessment and the verifiable credential — is the only paid step: a one-time charge for a credential valid 2 years.

KF·CECERTIFIED
Credential · KF·CE
KaizenFlow AI Certified Engineer
Pass
80%
Assessment
≈120 min hands-on lab
Valid
2 yrs
To certify
$649

How it's assessed

A timed, hands-on configuration lab against a simulated line: connect and validate a live data source (OPC-UA/MQTT/MTConnect), model the asset hierarchy, OEE definitions, and loss taxonomy, tune baselines/thresholds/confidence, configure a failure-forecast model, then prove a finding flows through to a CMMS/MES work order — with a short written defense of two tuning decisions.

2 attempts included; 14-day cooldown between attempts.

What's tested

  • Standing up an OPC-UA/MQTT/MTConnect feed against a simulated source and proving the signal is clean and mapped
  • Modeling an asset hierarchy, OEE/TEEP definitions, and loss taxonomy that make the numbers mean what the plant means
  • Tuning baselines, thresholds, and confidence so a recommendation is signal not noise — and defending two choices
  • Routing a verified finding into a CMMS/MES work order and confirming the closed loop end to end

Every credential carries a unique ID and a shareable badge — verifiable by anyone, no login, valid for 24 months.

§05Questions

Answers, up front.

Do I need to replace my MES, SCADA, or PLCs?

No. KaizenFlow sits on top of your existing stack via OPC-UA, MQTT, MTConnect, and 43+ connectors. The path teaches you to connect, not rip and replace.

Is there a hands-on component?

Yes — the credential includes a configuration lab against a simulated source.

What do I earn?

The KaizenFlow AI Certified Engineer credential.

KaizenFlow AI Certified Engineer

Make the data trustworthy.

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