Industrial Engineering articles from July 1994

Industrial Engineering archives from July 1994

The basics of ISO 9000. (International Standardization Organization) (Quality)
July 10, 1994... Promulgated in 1987 by the Geneva-based International Standardization Organization (ISO), the so-called ISO 9000 standards are actually comprised of five subdivisions. ISO 9000 is a description of the standard series. ISO 9001 is for...

The U.S. source of power for the next century. (Newscope)
July 1, 1994... The source powering the United States' energy needs for the next century may be coal. The Department of Energy (DOE) is sponsoring a program called Combustion 2000 aimed at developing technologies to assure the continued use of coal to meet...

Partnership preparing inner-city youth for high-tech future. (partnership between Ricoh Corp. and George Westinghouse Vocational and Technical High School) (Newscope)
July 1, 1994... A manufacturer of business equipment has decided to put the fate of its facsimiles and its reputation for quality control in the hands of New York City high school students. Students at George Westinghouse Vocational and Technical High School...

Out-performing expectations. (Simulation)
July 1, 1994... One of the most widely accepted and proven methods of analyzing manufacturing systems and design in today's workplace is through the use of 3-D computer simulation. In this increasingly competitive world, simulation is one of the most...

The dogs don't like it. (Employee Participation)
July 1, 1994... The ad agency president was trying to get a good explanation why the client's dog food did not sell as well as the research suggested it would. He questioned all of the top aides and listened to their fact-filled, rational explanations, but...

Making money on systems: some questions to ask and planning guidelines. (Information Systems)
July 1, 1994... According to articles in Business Week and Fortune companies have spent the last decade spending billions of dollars on new information systems. Some of the money has been well spent with major payoffs. Walmart with its inventory system;...

Industrial Dynamics attacks hidden rework problem.
July 1, 1994... In an industrial organization, rework can be identified, quantified and considered as part of the quality process cost. Hidden rework, however, is not recorded. This type of rework occurs when defects or deficiencies are corrected or repaired...

Madigan's new one-stop medical shop. (Madigan Army Medical Center)
July 1, 1994... When the doors opened at the Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Wash., in the spring of 1992, the facilities management team was ready -- thanks to the computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) which had been in place since...

Bell Canada improves customer service with management software.
July 1, 1994... When it comes to customer service, today's telephone companies are providing more than a simple dial tone. In addition to providing network access, telecoms must meet a myriad of supply requests from internal and external customers....

Symbol Technologies scores at World Cup soccer games. (Symbol Technologies' wireless data communication technology)
July 1, 1994... The World Cup, hosted for the first time by the U.S., is a 24-team, 52-game tournament taking place in nine U.S. cities from June 17 to July 17, 1994. An estimated 3.6 million fans are expected to attend the games with billions more tuning in...

Corning Asahi Video Products Co. eliminates cost of errors for $2 million savings. (Business Process Reengineering)
July 1, 1994... What had been a state-of-the-art order-processing system in the mid-1970s for Corning Asahi Video Products Co. (CAV) had become a dinosaur by the early 1990s, a monster responsible for massive errors in order fulfillment. Delivery trucks...

Managing manufacturing operations in the 1990s. (Management of Technology)
July 1, 1994... Manufacturers both in the U.S. and abroad have recently been in a fiercely competitive race against time. It is a race to respond faster to customers while reducing costs and improving quality. It is a race in which the only winning strategy...

Professional enhancement. (Institute of Industrial Engineers' Professional Enhancement Board) (IIE Focus)
July 1, 1994... IIE's Professional Enhancement Board (PEB) made significant inroads in IIE's continuing education and publications activities. IE & Management Press Introduces New Products Industrial Engineering & Management Press (IE&MP) offered...

Technical operations. (Institute of Industrial Engineers' Technical Operations Board) (IIE Focus)
July 1, 1994... IIE continues to provide members with networking opportunities through their affiliation in three societies, nine divisions, and nine interest groups, each of which is designed to provide members with information on specialized industry needs...

Strengthening IIE's infrastructure. (Institute of Industrial Engineers)(includes balance sheets as of March 1993 and 1994) (IIE Focus)
July 1, 1994... Right-Sizing for the Future The initiatives that IIE leadership has identified as integral components of future Institute business require capital resources and appropriate staffing. To meet these requirements, IIE restructured its...

Modelworld - an open system for manufacturing systems analysis. (Management of Technology)
July 1, 1994... While the United States continues to be a strong technical innovator in engineering and manufacturing, it frequently fails to capture long-term economic advantage from much of the innovation. This failure seems to be particularly true for...

The crucial role of input modeling in successful simulation studies. (Simulation)
July 1, 1994... Asimulation study is a sophisticated systems analysis activity that must include careful attention to the following elements: formulating the problem; collecting system information and data; representing each source of system randomness by an...

Using simulation in the business process reengineering effort. (Simulation)
July 1, 1994... Huge gains have been made possible in U. S. manufacturing by actively embracing the concepts of business process reengineering (BPR). In the book Reengineering the Corporation, Michael Hammer and James Champy define the term as "The...

Structuring gainsharing for success. (Incentive Strategies)
July 1, 1994... "If you want the best output from your workers, you have to give them a share of the results," so says K. C. Mosier, president of Mosier Industries. To this Industrial Management, (May/June 1991) adds, "...employees begin to undergo a shift...

Industrial engineering education for the 21st century. (Education)
July 1, 1994... The 21st century is just a few years away. Strategic planners all over the world are using the year 2000 as the focal point for future business activities. Are we all ready for that time? Is industrial engineering education ready for that...

Manufacturing research and the expanding role of industrial engineering. (IE Issues)
July 1, 1994... In 1992, the government, under the auspices of the Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering and Technology (FCCSET), launched a new program to invigorate the investment of research and development in manufacturing. In a recent...