Susan O. Schall, president of SOS Consulting LLC, was named a
Fellow of ABET at the organization's annual awards ceremony in
Nov
Susan O. Schall, president of SOS Consulting LLC, was named a
Fellow of ABET at the organization's annual awards ceremony in
November. The ABET Fellow Award is presented annually to . . .
Waldemar Karwowski, Ph.D., P.E., was recently named chairman of
the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
Waldemar Karwowski, Ph.D., P.E., was recently named chairman of the
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems at
University of Central Florida. His areas of expertise . . .
Sunderesh S. Heragu, Ph.D., the Mary Lee and George F. Duthie
Chair in Engineering Logistics and IIE Fellow, was recently appoin
Sunderesh S. Heragu, Ph.D., the Mary Lee and George F. Duthie Chair
in Engineering Logistics and IIE Fellow, was recently appointed director
of the Logistics and Distribution Institute at the . . .
Michael Deisenroth, Ph.D., a professor of industrial and systems
engineering at Virginia Tech, was conferred the "professor
emer
Michael Deisenroth, Ph.D., a professor of industrial and systems
engineering at Virginia Tech, was conferred the "professor
emeritus" title by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors. A member of
the . . .
'08 conference season begins: SHS members, Ergo attendees
gather separately in Florida.(KEEPING PACE WITH IIE)(American Hospital
Society for Health Systems Conference and Expo
When: Feb. 21-24
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Where: Rosen Plaza Hotel, Orlando, Fla.
Who should attend: Management engineers, health . . .
Executives put IE lessons to work: speakers for 2008 Annual
Conference emphasize broad-based knowledge.(KEEPING PACE WITH
IIE)(I
Even the most unsuspecting industrial engineers can be surprised
when they find new areas to use their knowledge and skills--even if that
new area happens to be a baseball diamond.
Chuck . . .
Heavy pallets.(ANSWERS TO YOUR TECHNICAL QUESTIONS)(movement of
engineering units by handling equipments)
Q: I'm a student, and I'm doing an internship. I'm
trying to improve a power distribution system assembly line by
implementing lean concepts. Because we need to implement flow, I must
find a simple . . .
Simulation reuse.(ANSWERS TO YOUR TECHNICAL QUESTIONS)(managing
computer simulation)(Brief article)
Q: We have been using a simulation model to do some short-term
projection (one to seven days) on work-in-process and throughput of the
machines. The model has been validated for that purpose and . . .
Lean cornerstone.(ANSWERS TO YOUR TECHNICAL QUESTIONS)(quality
control in engineering process)(Brief article)
Q: If you had to pick one tool or methodology as the cornerstone of
lean, what would it be? I've heard people say flow, 5S, etc. With
all of the tools out there, I'm wondering where to put my . . .
OEE in bulk.(ANSWERS TO YOUR TECHNICAL QUESTIONS)(Overall
Equipment Effectiveness used in pharmaceutical industry)(Brief
article
Q: I work at a pharmaceutical company and want to implement an
overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) metric in a bulk manufacturing
area. The equipment in this area does not have a production . . .
Engineering economy.(ANSWERS TO YOUR TECHNICAL
QUESTIONS)(engineering school curricula)
Q: Is the subject of engineering economy important to the
engineering curriculum? What is the importance of engineering economy to
computer engineering courses?
A: Most engineers design . . .
Research.(product specification and management)
Sometimes it's difficult to predict the moral of the story,
which is true of quality-related decisions. In the first article
highlighted below, the moral is that most of the time, a simple . . .
Contribution management.(SOLUTIONS IN PRACTICE)(James Salapatas
of provided his service for project management of St. Nectarios
When planning a new addition to their building, some members of St.
Nectarios Greek Orthodox Church may have considered it a sign from above
that a fellow member has an extensive background in . . .
On display: effective graphical representation of data drives
results.
BUSINESS MANAGERS FACE A SEEMINGLY ENDLESS stream of data. Charged
with making complex decisions based on incomplete and imperfect
information, today's managers must quickly sift through vast . . .
Picture of health: Denver Health uses 5S to deliver quality,
safety, efficiency.
CONCERNS CONTINUE TO GROW WITH REGARD TO American health care in
terms of quality, safety, and cost. The public demands that health care
institutions address these issues, but there are no simple . . .
Pride in profit: Boise Cascade CEO Tom Stephens seeks balance in
business.(Boise Cascade L.L.C. uses renewable resources)
A LARGE EMPLOYER OF INDUSTRIAL engineers and other supply chain
professionals, the forest products industry is one of the largest
renewable resource users in the world. The industry endorses . . .
Lean made your way: one method does not fit all.
TOYOTA DIDN'T START OUT MAKING CARS ON A CONVEYOR line or
establishing a groundbreaking production system, though today most lean
thinking is based in some way on this model of high volume with . . .
Direct from the source: to maintain value in global supply
chains, managers get personal.(Cover story)(Company overview)
"WHEN THERE IS A PROBLEM, WE should investigate it."
These are the words of Li Changjiang, the head of China's General
Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection, and Quarantine. They
came . . .
Lean changes mindsets.(member forum)
LEAN THINKING HAS A GREAT influence on people's mindsets,
including the following seven aspects.
Lean thinking challenges habits. People do not adapt well initially
to changes in the workplace. . . .
Unsung stars of lean.(manufacturing)(industriess rely on lean
manufacturing to control cost and inventory)
THE MANY PUBLISHED STORIES about lean often include examples,
typically, how a certain company, having started lean implementation
three years ago, has slashed its cycle times, flow . . .
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