Industrial Engineering articles from December 1989

Industrial Engineering archives from December 1989

Hughes Aircraft manages total quality control in a DOD environment. (Department of Defense)
December 1, 1989... Hughes Aircraft Manages Total Quality Control In A DOD Environment "Made in Japan" has become synonymous with quality. Thousands of managers have read and listened about the methods and success stories of Japanese companies since World War...

Take a close look at EMS and its role in today's manufacturing environment. (Engineering Management System)
December 1, 1989... Take A Close Look At EMS And It's Role In Today's Manufacturing Environment Today's world-wide manufacturing environment is requiring companies to develop products more quickly and inexpensively to remain competitive. In recent years,...

Handheld computers do the job for logging and bucking operations.
December 1, 1989... Handheld Computers Do The Job For Logging And Bucking Operations Handheld computers have achieved acceptance in numerous fields such as traffic engineering and time and motion study for use in data logging and computation of summary...

Here's a pc-based system for financial transit retrieval operations.
December 1, 1989... Here's A PC-Based System For Financial Transit Retrieval Operations Financial institutions are faced with the same issues of productivity, competitiveness and efficiency as manufacturing and service firms in other industries. In retail...

SEMATECH: IE at work in the trenches to meet worldwide competition. (Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology Initiative; Industrial Engineering) (includes related article on engineering's role)
December 1, 1989... SEMATECH: IE At Work In The Trenches To Meet Worldwide Competition SEMATECH, the Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology Initiative is a recently formed industry - government coalition whose goal is to propel American semiconductor...

Design methodology and industrial engineering.
December 1, 1989... Design Methodology And Industrial Engineering In recent years (or months, depending on one's perspective), considerable attention has been focused on "engineering design" -- as it is practiced, taught in universities, and researched. ...

Catalog showroom profits from its integrated system.
December 1, 1989... Catalog showroom profits from its integrated system In 1985, Canadian catalog showroom merchandiser Consumers Distributing decided it needed a fully integrated computer system to support the activities of its 200 store-warehouses nationwide. The...