Assembly pacing.(ANSWERS TO YOUR TECHNICAL QUESTIONS)
Q: My shop produces heavy construction equipment. Demand sits at
approximately 50 units per month, and the total time to produce a unit
is averaging 53 hours per unit, where some are as low as 20 . . .
The 10-year plan.(ANSWERS TO YOUR TECHNICAL QUESTIONS)
Q: I graduated two years ago with a bachelor's degree in
industrial engineering and operations research and have since worked in
a manufacturing operation position. I have decided to pursue . . .
Pit crew approach.(ANSWERS TO YOUR TECHNICAL QUESTIONS)
Q: There has been an existing struggle with the transfer of product
knowledge and responsibility between manufacturing and design
engineering on a product that is approximately three years old. . . .
Cross disciplines.(ANSWERS TO YOUR TECHNICAL QUESTIONS)
Q: I studied industrial engineering but presently I am working in
the commercial department of a conglomerate as a trainee accountant. I
am in the audit section, where I go to each of the . . .
The latest in IE.(ANSWERS TO YOUR TECHNICAL QUESTIONS)
Q: I am in a master's degree program in Turkey. I graduated in
industrial engineering last year, and it is time to start my
master's thesis, but I want to study current popular topics. Can
you tell . . .
To process or not to process.(ANSWERS TO YOUR TECHNICAL
QUESTIONS)
Q: I am a cost accountant by qualification and aspiring SAP
controlling consultant. I have to submit a paper on costs in tile
manufacturing with scenarios in SAP. I am confused as to whether . . .
Research.
Complex, ever-changing requirements of physical and financial
markets in high-risk settings emphasize the importance of scheduling and
logistics. This month we spotlight two articles that address . . .
Change with care.(SOLUTIONS IN PRACTICE)
Most managers who implement lean into their operations will
probably agree that it can be a bumpy road to travel. John Smith, chief
operating officer of Michigan-based Ross Controls, can be counted . . .
Define your space: a primer on workplace layout.
IN OUR CAREERS, WE WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY BE ASKED to provide some
type of facility layout, whether for a small assembly line or a totally
new facility. It is important that the steps to accomplish . . .
Transforming supply chain performance: creation of a lean
extended value stream.
AMERENUE IS THE MISSOURI SUBSIDIARY OF AMEREN, which is
headquartered in St. Louis and serves approximately 1.2 million electric
and 110,000 gas customers. UE repairs many failed transformers that . . .
The emotionally intelligent team: understanding and developing
the behaviors of success.
THE WORLD HAS CHANGED. ONCE WE THOUGHT THAT an M.B.A. and wireless
technology would secure the future. It won't. Reams of data all
point to the need to work together in teams and the strategy . . .
Maintenance in reliability: engineering for a life cycle.
IMAGINE A CORPORATION FIGHTING AN UPHILL BATTLE to survive in the
face of growing foreign competition, an aging work force, and other
internal and external issues that seem designed to defeat . . .
Inside minds: industrial engineering departments around the world
represent compelling mix of knowledge.(Company overview)
IT'S 2008: INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERS are embedded in every industry
that contributes to humankind. A surge in the profession can be
attributed to a planet that defies old work standards and downplays . . .
Warehouse shopping.(supply chain)
WITH SO MANY COMPANIES MOVING manufacturing overseas, operating an
in-house warehousing network is complicated. As a result, public
warehousing--the short-term use of some portion of a . . .
Road to compensation.(management)
DOES INCREASING COMPENSATION result in higher levels of
productivity? A client recently posed this question to us. Our guidance
was a resounding, "It depends."
Our client owns and operates a . . .
We're IEs, not cops.(performance)
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, SOME ORGANIzations still use their industrial
engineers like a police force. These people are responsible for
enforcing work rules, catching time thieves, and making sure that . . .
Dilbert.(Comic)(Cartoon)
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Design of patient tracking tools probed.(Front Line)
Proper design of computational tools is critical if they are to be
used with success in patient-care settings, particularly in hospital
emergency rooms, according to a field study conducted by . . .
Nokia to give iPhone a run for its money: company, British
university develop nanotechnology concept device.(Front Line)
Morph, a joint nanotechnology concept, developed by Nokia Research
Center (NRC) and the University of Cambridge, was launched in February
with the "Design and the Elastic Mind" exhibition, on . . .
Spotlight on New Face: doctoral student Jessica Heier among the
chosen.(Front Line)
From developing real-time imaging systems for unmanned military
surveillance aircraft to studying coastal engineering for potential
impacts of tsunami events, young engineers two to five years out . . .
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