UPS follows best route: company's IEs develop system that
guides drivers.(front line)
It looks like Brown can avoid getting stuck in traffic for you.
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All UPS deliveries are now planned with the help of a $600 million
computer system that was implemented . . .
Bottled water drops.(PRIME NUMBER)
Think twice before hitting the button for bottled water on the
office vending machine. According to Beverage Digest, U.S. consumers
spent $16.8 billion on bottled water in 2007. While it's a . . .
Build a lean and green vocabulary.(SITE TO SEE)
The ties between lean manufacturing goals and U.S. environmental
policy are more apparent than ever, thanks to the growing adaptation of
"green" conservation and waste approaches among a wide . . .
ASQ offers input to white house; Society lauds executive order on
performance improvement.(Front Line)
A professional quality group wants to assist in driving efficiency
throughout the executive branch of the U.S. government.
The American Society for Quality (ASQ) welcomed an executive . . .
$100 million supercomputer unleashed: world's first
"hybrid" technology uses green engineering, video game
chips.(NEWS, TRENDS &
It's not a Mac. It's not PC. It's the world's
fastest computer and it goes by the name of "Roadrunner."
Named after the state bird of New Mexico, where the computer is
based at Los Alamos . . .
Shaking off illness.(editor's desk)
Wellness accounts for billions of dollars in services, products,
research and development, technology and labor hours. Often thought of
as being separate from health care, the business of wellness . . .
Dilbert.(Cartoon)
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I THWARTED THE HOSTILE TAKEOVER BID, BUT YOUR CEO DIED IN THE
PROCESS.
I'LL FIND YOU SOMEONE ELSE TO BLATHER ABOUT QUALITY WHILE
BEING GROSSLY OVERPAID.
I LIKE YOUR . . .
Work perfect: the day we strive for.
Santee Cooper is a nonprofit electric and water utility serving
more than 2 million South Carolinians. Our mission is to be the
state's leading resource for improving the quality of life for . . .
SHS conference prescribed ... keynoters, intensive workshops
energized attendees.(KEEPING PACE WITH IIE)(Conference notes)
Keynote speakers Laura Adams, president and CEO of the Rhode Island
Quality Institute, and Joseph Duhig, senior vice president of the Juran
Institute and Juran Healthcare, roused professionals and . . .
IIE on Facebook.(KEEPING PACE WITH IIE)
South Central Regional Vice President Joan Wagner gave the
Institute of Industrial Engineers an identity on Facebook, one of the
largest networking portals on the Web. . . .
Wanted: nominees! Call for Board of Trustees and Networking
Leadership Council positions.(KEEPING PACE WITH IIE)
IIE is seeking nominees for various positions to be filled. Members
who are elected to the Board of Trustees are required to attend four
meetings per year. Spring, summer, and fall meetings are . . .
Texas trio's urban agenda: student team honored for 2008
Future City Competition entry.(KEEPING PACE WITH IIE)
In the year 2311, the city of Varvara will be the world leader in
technological innovation to improve the overall quality of life for its
citizens. The city's use of nanotechnology will . . .
Robot-powered results.(INNOVATIVE TOOLS OF THE TRADE)
Seegrid Corp. is paving the way for materials handling techniques
of the future. Famous for their creation of the first industrial mobile
robot equipped with a vision-guiding camera, Seegrid's . . .
From the toolbox.(ANSWERS TO YOUR TECHNICAL QUESTIONS)
Q: How can you implement industrial engineering tools in a
construction project?
A: Historically, IEs have not been extensively involved in the
construction industry. But here are a few examples . . .
Job hunt refreshment.(ANSWERS TO YOUR TECHNICAL
QUESTIONS)
Q: I completed my master's degree in industrial engineering in
India two years ago. I'm now in New Jersey, but I don't have
any previous job experience. I need some advice about which area . . .
Costly data.(ANSWERS TO YOUR TECHNICAL QUESTIONS)
Q: I am developing a dissertation on intelligence agent systems for
problem solving in manufacturing for my M.S. in manufacturing systems
engineering. My background is the industrial engineering . . .
The right takt.(ANSWERS TO YOUR TECHNICAL QUESTIONS)
Q: I am working on a lean layout for finished parts storage. Right
now I am struggling with a current layout that contains a split of flow
through design and FIFO lanes. I would like to know about . . .
P.E. vs. green belt.(ANSWERS TO YOUR TECHNICAL QUESTIONS)
Q: Which certification do you feel is more important in terms of
job security, upward mobility, and salary increases: the FE
[Fundamentals of Engineering exam] or the Six Sigma green belt? . . .
DFSS to the rescue.(ANSWERS TO YOUR TECHNICAL QUESTIONS)
Q: I am working in a steel manufacturing plant in China, and I was
recently assigned to the new product development team. I really
don't have any idea about how this process works. Even the . . .
Drawing up the right map.(ANSWERS TO YOUR TECHNICAL
QUESTIONS)
Q: We are going to start to streamline our front-end operation made
up of the product development center and the merchandising sections.
Could you describe the steps we should follow to streamline . . .
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