IIE Solutions articles from April 2002

IIE Solutions archives from April 2002

Out of this world.(Jane Gaboury, IIE Solutions)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
April 1, 2002... News is inherently more intriguing when you feel a personal connection to it -- a story from your hometown that makes the national headlines or news about a person who you know to be a friend of friend -- it's always a bit more relevant....

Winning with kaizen. (News).(lean manufacturing industry technique)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Learning is easier when you actively participate, and manufacturing techniques are no exception. TBM Consulting Inc. has turned learning about kalizen and lean manufacturing into a winning situation for itself, its clients, and those who want...

Patient tracking system improves service. (News).(by NaviCare Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare can keep tabs on patients more efficiently these days thanks to a new patient tracking system. The system, NaviCare Systems Inc.'s dynamic workflow management solution, is primarily used to track and...

Simple links connect factory to boardroom. (News).(manufacturing industry and ethernet research, United Kingdom)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Researchers in the United Kingdom are working on a system that will allow companies to use the Internet to create simple computer links for control and integration of factory-floor technology with every level of a business. The development is...

Jeffrey Kenny. (Newsmakers).(appointed Standard Register Co.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Jeffrey Kenny joined Standard Register as president of its label solutions business unit. Kenny obtained his bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from West Virginia University and his master's degree in business administration from...

E-Security Inc. (Newsmakers).(appoints Kate Brew)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... E-Security Inc., a provider of real-time threat management software, hired Kate Brew as vice president of product development. Brew brings more than 20 years' experience in information security systems to her new position. She graduated from...

Saint-Gobain. (Newsmakers).(Ed Kilby promoted at Saint-Gobain Technical Fabrics)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Saint-Gobain Technical Fabrics promoted Ed Kilby to director of marketing for its composites business. He is a veteran of the company with more than 23 years' experience since his first position as an industrial engineer. His previous titles...

H.J. Heinz Co. (Newsmakers).(appoints Peter H. Coors)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... H.J. Heinz Co. elected Peter H. Coors to its board of directors. Coors earned a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from Cornell University as well as a master's degree in business administration from the University of Denver. He serves...

Herman Estrada. (Newsmaker).(appointed Advanced Integrated Technologies Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Herman Estrada became executive director of Advanced Integrated Technologies Group's expansion office in Mexico. He brings experience in inventory and product data management to the branch. Estrada completed his master's degree in industrial...

Intermagnetics General Corp. (Newsmaker).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Intermagnetics General Corp. appointed Philip J. Pellegrino sector president of energy technology and president of Superpower LLC. Pellegrino received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the City College of New York and a...

J. Michael Stinson. (Newsmaker).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Conoco announced the promotion of J. Michael Stinson to senior vice president of government affairs. His background includes multiple management positions during more than 35 years with the company. Stinson graduated from Texas Tech University...

Philip L. Frederickson. (Newsmaker).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Conoco named Philip, L. Frederickson senior vice president for corporate strategy and business development. Frederickson obtained his industrial engineering degree from Texas Tech University and has worked with Conoco for more than 24 years. He...

William G. Rorick. (Newsmaker).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... William G. Rorick joined ID Tech to act as group vice president for sales, marketing, and engineering. Rorick held previous senior positions with American Magnetics and Brick Engineering. He received his bachelor's degree in industrial...

Science Applications International Corp. (Newsmaker).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Science Applications International Corp. chose Michael A. Mark as senior vice president of its health solutions group. Mark has more than 25 years' experience in the field. He holds a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Detroit...

Raymond Mannion. (Newsmaker).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Rheologics designated Raymond Mannion chief operating officer. Mannion completed his M.B.A. at Shippensburg University and his B.S. degree in industrial engineering at Rutgers University. As a member of the executive management team, Mannion...

Anne Bonaparte. (Newsmaker).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Bom.com selected Anne Bonaparte as a new member of its board of directors. Bonaparte works as a management consultant for Buzzsaw.com, which she co-founded. She attended Harvard University, earning a master's degree in business administration,...

Plum good eradicator. (News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Long the butt of jokes, dried plums (which until recently were known as prunes) possess antimicrobial properties that can help make meat products safer. Daniel Y.C. Fung, a Kansas State University professor of animal sciences and industry,...

Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport. (Business Briefs).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... The FKI Logistex Crisplant operation in Denmark won a contract to supply an integrated baggage handling system for the new Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in Guangzhou, China. The contract is valued at $22.5 million (U.S.), and the...

Penn State professor Min Ding. (Business Briefs).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... The average cost to discover and develop a new drug has risen to $802 million, according to research by Penn State professor Min Ding. He argues that development costs for new medicines are justified, and that pharmaceutical firms should spend...

Minneapolis-based Despatch Industries. (Business Briefs).(Brief Article)(Company Profile)
April 1, 2002... Minneapolis-based Despatch Industries, a designer and manufacturer of high-precision ovens for manufacturing and testing applications, celebrates its centennial this year. The company was founded in 1902 by Albert E. Grapp, whose first product...

Outsourcing trade management is good business. (News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Outsourcing global trade management to third-party providers can save global companies billions of dollars, reports a study led by researchers in Penn State's College of Business. Potential savings range from $1.2 billion for consumer...

U.S. work attitudes changed after Sept. 11. (News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... People in the U.S. workforce are more committed to their organizations, feel more positive toward the management of their organization, and are more satisfied with their benefits following the Sept. 11 attacks. The findings are based on the...

Stainless steel mystery solved. (News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Stainless steel is meant to withstand corrosion, but it doesn't always do that, which can cause serious problems for both homeowners and industrial plant managers. Until now, the reason for stainless steel corrosion has been a mystery British...

Ergo intervention alleviates injuries. (News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... A collaborative project between Cornell University professor Alan Hedge and New Jersey health and safety researchers Mary Rudakewych and Lisa Valent-Weitz has found that workers who use proper ergonomic products and are trained in their use...

Manufacturing research in the U.K. (News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... A dozen manufacturing research centers based in academic institutions across the United Kingdom will be created with government funding. They will be led by a team of academics and research specialists and will support all aspects of...

Conscientious projector. (Uncommon IE).(Brief Article)(Interview)
April 1, 2002... Raoul Peck Filmmaker New York; Paris; Port Piment, Haiti Somewhere in the midst of political activism and artistic sentience lives filmmaker Raoul Peck. Peck has taught at prestigious film schools in the United States and Europe, and...

Making manufacturing work. (Book of the Month).(Let's Fix It: Overcoming Crisis in Manufacturing by Schonberger Richard)
April 1, 2002... Many of the same leading manufacturers that were praised for reaching peaks of excellence less than a decade ago are now covering up waste and weakness. In fact, says manufacturing guru and IIE member Richard J. Schonberger, nearly 75 percent...

Advice for beginners. (Site to See).(Career Planning Center, National Academy of Sciences)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... The Career Planning Center within the National Academy of Sciences Web site is a treasure trove of advice for scientists and engineers who are just beginning their careers. Students and newly minted professionals can use the electronic...

Penn State's industrial. (Education Briefs).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... The Learning Trust, an enterprise software firm specializing in strategic forecasting, donated more than $1.1 million in software, hardware, and consulting services to Penn State's industrial and manufacturing engineering department.

Southern Methodist University's School of Engineering. (Education Briefs).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Southern Methodist University's School of Engineering has signed an agreement with the School of Business and Economics at Universidad Francisco Marronquin in Guatemala City, Guatemala, that will enable business students from Guatemala to spend...

University of Oklahoma industrial engineering professor Scott Moses. (Education Briefs).(awarded funding by National Science Foundation)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... University of Oklahoma industrial engineering professor Scott Moses was awarded a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. His research will focus on developing CRM and supply chain management software to help companies more...

Charles E. "Chick" and Joan F. Rolling of Helena. (Education Briefs).(donate funds to Pennsylvania State University Engineering Department)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... A $250,000 gift commitment from Charles E. "Chick" and Joan F. Rolling of Helena, Mont., will benefit Penn State programs in the colleges of engineering and liberal arts. The donation will support programs designed to address ethical issues...

A University of Wisconsin-Madison team lead by industrial engineering professor Pascal Carayon. (Education Briefs).(received financing to build new research center)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... A University of Wisconsin-Madison team lead by industrial engineering professor Pascal Carayon received a three-year, $600,000 grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to fund a new center. The Developmental Center for...

Management by nagging (a lot). (Performance Improvement).(human resource communications)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... More than 15 years ago, the phrase "management by walking around" (MBWA) became popular in the organizational improvement literature. The intent of this strategy was to increase employee involvement and management communication by providing...

Macro- vs. micro-ergonomics. (Ergonomics).(case study)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... I fell off my ergonomics soapbox the other day. It was entirely unexpected and it hurt quite a bit. It was mainly my pride and ego that were bruised, but the shock of the landing did nothing to help my self-image. Let me explain. A great...

A good place to be from. (Member Forum).(industrial engineering)(Brief Article)(Column)
April 1, 2002... During a one-on-one meeting with my new supervisor, I asked if he'd had al chance to read the article about me in Industrial Management magazine ("Joseph Junguzza's Coat of Many Colors," September-October 1998). I had dropped it off for him...

Found in space: Increasingly, the 'final frontier' is where industrial engineering technologies -- and industrial engineers -- are apt to be.
April 1, 2002... From American terra firma, the road to space passes through one Earth spaceports. Efficient and effective spaceport operations are critical to meeting safety, cost, and schedule performance goals. And to achieve safe, routine human access to...

Line balancing vs. theory of constraints: You can't use line balancing to optimize a flow line.(assembly line manufacturing)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... Recently in Phoenix, a helicopter and a handful of firefighters were dispatched to save a young man who fell ill during a hiking trip. This man, who was from a cold-weather state, assumed the hike was going to be like many he had taken,...

Take it back: Remanufacturing is a viable alternative to disposal of products that have outlived their usefulness -- but only if engineers can unearth sound economic justifications.(manufacturing industry recycling)
April 1, 2002... As we move further into the 21st century, the pressure on manufacturers to produce their goods in an environmentally responsible way grows. Consumers demand "greener" products, and regulatory agencies invoke ever more restrictive policies....

Meet on your feet: Fast-paced companies benefit from fast-paced meetings.
April 1, 2002... All of us have sat through interminable meetings that seem to have no purpose, no direction, and, worst of all, no discernable end. Conversation swirls like eddy currents in a pool, dissipating energy and ultimately going nowhere. The amount of...

Lanner puts it all together for Nissan. (Simulation Advertorial).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... With Lanner's WITNESS simulation software, Nissan successfully combined the production of three high-volume car models into just two assembly lines at its Sunderland plant in the United Kingdom. In 1999, Nissan's Sunderland plant --...

Simulation for design and marketing. (Simulation Advertorial).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Span Tech LLC, a manufacturer of chain curving conveyors in Glasgow, Ky., creates conveyor designs to fit the specific needs of each client. Recently, a client required an intricate conveyor design to merge pancakes onto a single line. At given...

End-to-end solutions keep manufacturers going. (Simulation Advertorial).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Automotive assembly process planning requires coordinating data from many disciplines, including an automaker's engineering staff, production system design suppliers, and factory floor production workers. With hundreds of people needing daily...

Forward March with Micro Saint. (Simulation Advertorial).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... The United States Army of the future will require lighter and more deployable vehicles that don't compromise performance. One defense contractor was faced with designing the next generation combat vehicle along with creating the manufacturing...

ASPROVA scheduling puts manufacturers on track. (Simulation Advertorial).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... For years, an auto parts manufacturer specializing in the production of pedal assemblies, pulleys, and press parts for cabs had prepared separate schedules for each production process. This caused mismatches between processes as well as excess...

Simulation dynamics puts power into SCM. (Simulation Advertorial).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... OVERVIEW If a picture is worth a thousand words, then the simulation of a complex supply chain must be worth a million. That's one of the conclusions General Mills drew after the company enhanced its conventional methods of analyzing...

Recruiting tool unveiled. (Focus on IIE).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... IIE chapters have a new resource to help them recruit members into their ranks. Even chapters without marketing specialists among their members can take advantage of the new tool developed at headquarters. In 24 pages, the. "Membership...

Vendors showcase tools at conference. (Focus on IIE).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... The newest tools for all aspects of industrial engineering will be on display at IIE's Annual Conference May 19-22. Exhibitors representing every facet of industrial engineering practice will be on hand to display the latest tools and...

Woman of many talents. (Focus on IIE).(Corporate Operations Manager)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... IIE employee Donna Calvert finds her role in the organization metamorphosing once again. Previously IIE's director of member and customer support, Calvert now oversees the daily functions of all departments at headquarters in her role as...

ABET accreditation thanks. (Focus on IIE).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Many IIE members serve their profession by participating on ABET accreditation teams. At least once every six years, every ABET-accredited program in the United States undergoes an accreditation review. According to Jay Goldman, Ph.D.,...

Celebrating 40 years of success. (Focus on IIE).
April 1, 2002... The Reading chapter of IIE, located in eastern Pennsylvania, celebrated its 40th anniversary earlier this year. The program for the commemorative evening included dinner at a local restaurant followed by a presentation about corporate...

IIE loses valued member. (Focus on IIE).(William A. J. Golomski )(Brief Article)(Obituary)
April 1, 2002... Long-time IIE member William A. J. Golomski died Feb. 17 after a brief battle with cancer. Golomski worked for more than 30 years in his own management and strategic consulting business. He served the professional community in many capacities,...

Expanding industrial engineering relations. (Focus on IIE).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... The Canadian Society for Industrial Engineering held its annual conference in Montreal in January. The conference promoted industrial engineering by developing relations between universities and facilitating the exchange of information. ...

Increase the value of membership. (Focus on IIE).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Learn how to help grow IIE membership and retain current members at a workshop being held in conjunction with the IIE Annual Conference in Orlando, Fla. The Membership Millennium: How to Attract and Keep Members in the New Marketplace takes...

Don't miss these events. (Focus on IIE).
April 1, 2002... IIE's Annual Conference May 19-22 in Orlando, Fla., promises to be the industrial engineering event of the year. See the full slate of events online at http://www.iienet.org/annual, and be sure to attend these don't-miss activities: ...

Improved Career Center launches. (Focus on IIE). www.iienet.org/careercenter.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Finding a job just got easier. IIE's newly improved electronic Career Center is an employment resource that allows job seekers to connect with job offers. Located at http://www.iienet.org/careercenter, the site provides a searchable...

Youthful enthusiasm. (Focus on IIE).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Every year, a weeklong collaborative effort among engineering associations and professionals promotes and celebrates all aspects of engineering. This year, National Engineers Week, which took place Feb. 17-23, focused on educating a younger...

Rainmaker gauge. (Punchline).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Rainmakers can help put the magic of profitable growth back into business, say the creators of a new formula that identifies people who are most likely to generate commercially profitable ideas. The Rainmaker Index identifies creative...

Dirty work is his job. (Punchline).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... It's dirty job, and Glen Kreiner wants to know why someone's going to do it. Kreiner, an assistant professor of organizational behavior in the University of Cincinnati's College of Business Administration, studies "duty work" -- jobs that...

Poetic deconstruction means safety. (Punchline).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... A technique used by academics to analysis poetry may help professionals in industry discover whether computer safety systems really are safe. University of Newcastle upon Tyne in the United Kingdom is the site of this lyrical research. Jim...