Industrial Engineering articles from September 1993

Industrial Engineering archives from September 1993

What are the ISO series standards? (International Organization for Standardization)
September 1, 1993... ISO 9000 series is a set of standards that were developed during the 1980s by the International Organization for Standardization to establish basic, uniform requirements for quality assurance systems. They consist of a set of standards that...

Management of technology and the creation of wealth. (how management of technology relates to a nation's economic outlook)
September 1, 1993... Technology and the human aspiration to improve standards of 1Mng has been closely linked since the dawn of civilization. Technology is the way we do things to accomplish an objective. Technology is hardware, software, brainware and know how. It...

The 12 commandments of environmental compliance. (guidelines for implementing a corporate environmental compliance program) (Tutorial)
September 1, 1993... Companies big and small throughout the United States, in industries ranging from pharmaceutical manufacturers and high-technology to transportation, are leading the way in environmental management. In fact, according to the U.S. Office of...

Developing environmental performance measures. (ways to measure the performance of corporate environmental programs)
September 1, 1993... During the past decade the number of environmental regulations has roughly doubled. At the same time, public scrutiny of businesses' environmental performance has become increasingly acute. In response to these trends, many corporations are...

Product design for manufacture: design for disassembly.
September 1, 1993... Design for manufacture and assembly (DFMA), and its implementation with simultaneous, or concurrent, engineering practices, has made steady progress over the past decade. Published articles in both engineering and trade journals on these...

Roof cooling systems offer industry big savings. (facility engineering)
September 1, 1993... It is doubtful that facilities engineers would knowingly overlook a possibility to reduce the initial and/or operating cost of their plant's air conditioning system by a substantial amount. Yet, regardless of whether they know it or not, many...

IEs fill facilitator role in benchmarking operations to improve performance. (industrial engineers)
September 1, 1993... One of the difficulties in talking about business process reengineering (BPR) is that the term is often used loosely or incorrectly. There have been many projects called BPR that were not true reengineering, and many other projects that were,...

Call for political change could open new opportunities and challenges for IEs. (industrial engineers)
September 1, 1993... In many respects, the elections of '92 signaled the start of a new era in American politics. For the first time in many years, millions of Americans organized and resounded a call for political change -- change not just of leadership but of...

Implementing an ergonomics program: developing procedures. (Tutorial)
September 1, 1993... Employees' hands are valuable tools that are exposed to numerous hazards. They are subject to lacerations and amputations as well as other less recognized hazards. Primary among these are carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), and vibration white finger...

UNO-VEN refinery uses intelligent CAD to speed hazard and operability review. (UNO-VEN Co.'s use of EDA software company's AutoPLANT P&ID, process and instrumentation diagram, computer-aided design software package)
September 1, 1993... The UNO-VEN Co. owns and operates a refinery located about 20 miles southwest of Chicago with 750 employees and a crude oil capacity of approximately 150,000 barrels per day. The company is jointly owned by affiliates of UNOCAL Corp.'s Union...

Simulation methodology in facilities design: knowledge from a practical application.
September 1, 1993... Literature on simulation is abundant with theoretical developments, language developments and practical applications. Application areas include manufacturing environments -- testing of layouts, material handling, assembly lines, inventory...

Gainsharing: engineering the human factor of productivity. (includes related article on gainsharing programs implemented at Interstop Corp. and Huron Automatic Screw Co.)
September 1, 1993... Productivity! What is it and how do we improve it? Engineers are always being thrown into situations where their assignment is to find a better method or tool to reduce the time and effort necessary to accomplish a task. We have been brought up...

An integrated simulation modeling environment for multiple scenario analysis. (DEC uses ProModelPC, ProModel PMI and custom software to design plant assembly procedures)
September 1, 1993... Multiple scenario analysis with simulation sometimes can be quite complex not to mention time-consuming. Unless special methods are developed to aid the development, execution and evaluation of a multi-scenario analysis, the time to complete...