Industrial Engineering articles from October 1991

Industrial Engineering archives from October 1991

Performance key to workplace effectiveness. (Newscope)
October 1, 1991... Human performance can make or break advanced new technology in the workplace, according to a recent article in Technical & Skills Training magazine, published by the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD). "Human performance...

Manufacturers must prepare for international quality initiative. (Business Integration)
October 1, 1991... Informed executives are slowly beginning to realize that a day of reckoning for them ma be the date that an international initiative, ISO 9000, becomes effective. For computer and telecommunication manufacturers, that may be as early as January...

Simulation model's level of detail determines effectiveness. (Simulation)
October 1, 1991... When I started my career in simulation modeling in the early 1970s, I thought that the statistical issues in simulation (e.g., output-data analysis) were certainly the most difficult. These issues are still troublesome aspects of a sound...

Rapid prototyping offers three-dimensional model design. (Competitive Edge)
October 1, 1991... Developing superior products that fill specific needs, preserving quality, and shortening the time it takes to bring them to market are all top priorities in today's race to bring better products to the marketplace. Meeting these priorities,...

Major industries work to consolidate auto ID components. (Special: Automatic Identification) (Cover Story)
October 1, 1991... During the past 10 years, the use of Automatic Data Collection (ADC) technology has grown rapidly in many industries. Acceptance of ADC, especially bar coding, has led many industrial engineers, and as a result many companies and manufacturers,...

The wave of application generation software is breaking on auto ID. (Trends in Auto ID)(automatic identification systems)
October 1, 1991... Many of you are aware that it's possible for a person to write" a control program for some device without knowing a programming language. While this may sound like "power to the people," don't shoot your programmers just yet. Auto ID...

Software provides much-needed solution. (Intersoft Systems Inc.'s Concourse-TP computer-aided software engineering software) (Product Overview)
October 1, 1991... Software provides much-needed solution The ultimate industrial information system is one in which management knows everything that goes on throughout the organization - as it happens - and has the opportunity to react immediately, based upon...

The competitive marketplace of the 90s: a perfect setting for EDI. (electronic data interchange)
October 1, 1991... It's been said many ways by industry insiders that to survive in the 90s, the use of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) will be essential. Both retailers and manufacturers alike have realized great efficiencies to data from the use of this...

Automobile carrier uses bar code to speed delivery. (E&L Transport Co.)
October 1, 1991... Imagine having to keep track of thousands of vehicles produced in dozens of assembly plants so they can be delivered to automobile dealers throughout North America. That's the task faced every day by E&L Transport Co., a Wayne, Michigan based...

Data collection system improves shop floor tracking. (Hugo Bosca Company Inc.'s data collection system)
October 1, 1991... A wallet is a basic necessity of life-small, compact and hidden from view until needed. Despite its simplicity and small size, the production of a single wallet requires six weeks and 80 different operations at Hugo Bosca's Springfield factory....

Engine manufacturer achieves dream of a paperless factory. (Coltec Industries Inc. Fairbanks Morse Engines Div.'s computerized labor control and inventory system)
October 1, 1991... Fairbanks Morse knew exactly what it wanted to accomplish when it turned to computer automation to improve the process of production tracking and eliminate error-prone card-type transactions between its plant floor, financial and manufacturing...

Step-by-step procedure provides a beginning in developing an expert system. (Expert Systems) (Tutorial)
October 1, 1991... Successful development of an expert system usually involves at least four different, sometimes independent, categories of people: the expert, the knowledge engineer, the system programmer (computer scientists), and the end user. Each of these...

It's time to start pointing a finger at the real problem: management. (Industrial Management)
October 1, 1991... If you have won or are well on your way to winning the Malcolm Baldrige Award, don't bother reading the rest of this article-you don't need it. However, if your quality improvement effort is going in hopeless circles or is pedestrian...

American management must change its view of quality as a 'necessary evil.' (Total Quality Management)
October 1, 1991... It is no secret that American industry has been in decline in recent decades, and there are hardly any signs of abatement. Undoubtedly, there are many reasons for this decline, not the leas of which is the cost advantage that foreign...

What systems integration certification can offer both the industry and you. (Institute of Industrial Engineers Focus supplement)
October 1, 1991... As business systems have become increasingly complex over the past decade, systems integration SI) has emerged as a prominent and growing area of expertise. SI professionals are in demand now more than ever. Consulting firms are reporting solid...