IIE Solutions articles from May 1995

IIE Solutions archives from May 1995

Injection molder improves bottom-line by switching to MRP II software. (CD Concepts)
May 1, 1995... CD Concepts is an injection molder that is growing 30 to 40 percent per year. In the past, our company was experiencing up to ten percent machine downtime due to material stockouts resulting from poor material requirement planning. We were paying...

Creating an organizational initiative that successfully addresses ... the human side of change.
May 1, 1995... the need It's been said that there is nothing as constant as change. Without question, this axiom applies to the business manager facing the task of creating a profitable and sustainable competitive advantage. The change implied by the...

UPS's industrial engineers set new pace for change by moving at the speed of business. (United Parcel Service of America Inc.)
May 1, 1995... The United Parcel Service helped define the word "efficiency." From its earliest days in 1907, when a handful of teenagers started the company as a messenger service, UPS has continually fine tuned its work methods to become an efficiency giant...

Teams under stress: the effects of work pressures and management action.
May 1, 1995... There is a growing emphasis on groups as production units in today's organizations, and it appears this trend will continue. While quality circles and their variants have peaked, the employee involvement movement that they represent was a...

Re-tayloring the shop floor: a new approach to methods and time standards.
May 1, 1995... Following extensive bench-marking of the world's leading manufacturers, most Western automotive companies turned away from traditional, Fordian-Taylorian, scientific shop-floor management philosophies and adopted the Ohnian, Just-In-Time, Lean...

Downsizing: a guide for facilities managers.
May 1, 1995... Downsizing is no longer a business buzzword, a quick-fix for cutting out staff and facilities fat. As efforts intensify to maximize corporate efficiency, downsizing has emerged as the accurate description for a trend that continues to permeate...

Creating flexible simulation models.
May 1, 1995... Competitive pressures in the semiconductor industry have forced manufacturing companies to take a harder look at what they can do to enhance the productivity of the equipment they have on the floor before investing in new tools. In addition, the...

Institute's significant accomplishments. (Institute of Industrial Engineers)
May 1, 1995... It has been both an honor and a privilege to serve as IIE president for the past year. My only regret is that I did not get to meet more of you during that time. We face many challenges - as members of both the Institute and our profession. I...

Blue Cross generates healthy savings from energy efficient lighting. (Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association)
May 1, 1995... Energy-efficient lighting technology is evolving so rapidly that even new, ultramodern office buildings can be candidates for lighting retrofits. As energy rates soar, many businesses can't afford not to improve lighting efficiency. These lessons...