Industrial Engineering articles from September 1991

Industrial Engineering archives from September 1991

Chapter leadership development is key to improved member service. (Institute of Industrial Engineering)
September 1, 1991... IIE is actively involved in improving member service quality. One of our most important services is an active local chapter which provides opportunities for continuing education and networking among IE professionals. While we have many...

Is this a new way of solving problems? (an examination of the claims made in the book 'Breakthrough Thinking')
September 1, 1991... An article in the June issue of Industrial Engineering entitled "Breakthrough Thinking - Improving Project Effectiveness" by Michael Rigg discussed some of the concepts and methodology presented in the book Breakthrough Thinking by Gerald...

Distribution function is now supply-chain integrator. (managing distribution operations)
September 1, 1991... Today's leading companies know how important a total supply chain perspective is in achieving financial and marketplace success. But not as many companies have accepted the pivotal role that distribution plays in helping to achieve those goals....

New cost management tools offer competitive advantage.
September 1, 1991... Ralph has been working on the JIT/TQM program for nearly a year now. It was going great. He has spent the last three weeks gathering information on his results for presentation to top management. He was excited. To date the program had freed up...

IEs as auditors are project implementation's missing link. (industrial engineers)
September 1, 1991... Today's engineers design engineering projects that solve complex and interrelated complex and interrelated problems. Everyone strives to install Just-In-Time systems. This principle of continuous flow interrelates every task in the project to...

Six-step approach to planning warehouse space without drafting a facility layout.
September 1, 1991... Have you ever been asked to estimate how much space would be required to warehouse a given amount of material without drafting a facility layout? Or, "how much additional inventory can we handle by reducing our aisles from 12 to 8 feet?" These...

A moving experience: relocation plan has minimal disruptions for medical center. (Montefiore Medical Center in New York City expands and renovates)
September 1, 1991... There is a lot of talk today about the effects of corporate mergers, consolidations, and foreign competition on U.S. industry today. One such effect is the need for facility modernization programs which are required to meet the new...

Organizations can apply quality function deployment as strategic planning tool. (total quality management)
September 1, 1991... A cultural change that has pervaded the U.S. Department of Defense in the form of total quality management (TQM) has introduced an array of tools, from simple to complex, into the workplace. One tool receiving notice as a result of the...

Carnation aims for smooth and creamy process with state-of-the-art systems. (factory automation)
September 1, 1991... Carnation's Bakersfield, California ice cream plant, completed in 1988, is the largest ice cream plant in the world with productivity capacity in excess of 30 million gallons of ice cream per year. The 225,000 sq. ft. plant sits on 30 acres of...

IEs can improve management decisions using activity-based costing. (industrial engineers)
September 1, 1991... Managers have to make decisions. This includes making decisions about how to spread available resources, how to price products, when to drop a line, to add new machine processes, and to change strategies. Information is the basis for these...

Training program a winner at Hewlett-Packard. (Technical Leadership training program)
September 1, 1991... Can a leadership training program change the way project managers work with engineers and other technical professionals? Can its results be documented? Scott Beth, manager of project management training for Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo...

Acquisition forces information system overhaul. (Schindler Elevator Corp changes information system)
September 1, 1991... As information systems become increasingly decentralized, organizations worldwide are forced into the position of having to link a multitude of incongruous financial accounting systems. Schindler Elevator Corp., Morristown, NJ, a subsidiary of...