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IIE Solutions archives from June 1998
IE thrives in changing work environment. (industrial engineering)
June 1, 1998... In today's challenging work environment, where more and more jobs require employees to draw on a multitude of skills, Steve Cobb says his IE degree has been instrumental in helping him adapt to the "ever-changing, wide-ranging" areas of his...
The IE curriculum revisited: developing a new undergraduate program at Texas A&M University. (industrial engineering)
June 1, 1998... In 1994, the Engineering Deans' Council (EDC) formally called for a redesign of engineering curricula nationally. Industry leaders supported the deans' position by pledging to actively recruit graduates trained in the resulting new curricula....
Keeping your IE skill set on the cutting edge. (industrial engineering)
June 1, 1998... Like engineers in other disciplines, industrial engineers face the prospect of diminishing skill sets as they confront dramatic surges in the body of working technology. For example, over the last five years just one area - production planning...
Effective training: today's competitive weapon. (employee training)
June 1, 1998... Your employer, a large manufacturing company, announces it has decided to reengineer one of its key processes. Managements stated goal is to improve individual employee productivity and boost overall output in a particular area. As a team member,...
Maximizing capacity at Martin Engineering.
June 1, 1998... The need for additional capacity or production flexibility, combined with capital intensity and operational complexity, often leads manufacturers to rethink how to better use productive assets (people, facilities, and equipment). Martin...
Lean production: implementation problems.
June 1, 1998... Lean production, known originally as the Toyota production system, has been familiar to many people in the United States for 20 years. New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. (NUMMI), a joint venture between General Motors and Toyota that uses lean...