IIE Solutions articles from September 2001

IIE Solutions archives from September 2001

Learning to love technology.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Way back in the dark ages of global electronic networking (the early 1980s), the university I was attending pulled a fast one on me. I returned to campus after spring break to discover that a cherished artifact -- the massive bank of card...

Industrial engineer gets top job in Bolivia.(Jorge Quiroga)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... An industrial engineering graduate of Texas A&M University was named president of Bolivia in August. Jorge Quiroga, who had been serving as vice president of the country since he was elected in 1997, was sworn in Aug. 6 after former President...

Relief in sight for manufacturing slump.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... After nearly a year of recession-level performance and massive layoffs, the manufacturing sector is predicted to recover in the next four to nine months. A survey of 502 manufacturing companies conducted in June by the Ft. Lauderdale,...

Levi Strauss gets a leg up on reverse logistics.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Getting their blue jeans, Dockers, and Slates to retailers efficiently hasn't been a problem for Levi Strauss & Co., one of the world's largest apparel manufacturers. But the paper-laden processing system the company used to reroute returns and...

Scanning a way to better quality management.(Spectraline Inc.)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... A high-tech company in Purdue University's Research Park is taking industry to the far end of the spectrum for the purpose of online quality monitoring. Spectraline Inc. has developed an instrument that uses infrared light to monitor...

Motorcycle innovator dies.(Fabio Taglioni)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
September 1, 2001... Fabio Taglioni, the Italian industrial engineer who led the transformation of the Ducati motorcycle from a cheap way for Italians to get around after World War II to a high-performance racing machine, died July 18 at the age of 80. ...

NEWSMAKERS.
September 1, 2001... * Menlo Logistics appointed Edward Feitzinger to the newly created position vice president of technology and engineering. Formerly of Hewlett-Packard, Feitzinger earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in industrial engineering from Lehigh...

Making engineering attractive to Hispanic students.(Georgia Institute of Technology)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... The Georgia Institute of Technology is hoping to see more Hispanic students and teachers in its engineering department. The university has plans to beef up its recruitment and retention efforts of Hispanic students thanks to a $4.25 million...

SCM costs improve.(supply chain management)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... The Performance Measurement Group's latest survey of total supply chain cost management finds that best-in-class discrete manufacturers have reduced their supply chain management costs to an average of 3.6 percent of total product revenue....

Goose behavior may solve fuel cost problem.(aeronautical research)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Engineers from the University of California Los Angeles are turning to nature to help solve a very human problem: the rising costs of fuel for air travel. Researchers at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have...

Study draws relationship between personality and job safety.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... A new study finds that personality and job complexity can influence the health and safety of workers. In the study, researchers examined 171 firefighter injuries from a major Midwestern U.S. city over a 12-year period. They found that...

The Material Research Society.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... The Material Research Society will award approximately 40 Undergraduate Material Research Initiative grants during the 2001 fiscal year. The grant is designed to introduce undergraduates to breakthrough discoveries in material science and...

Worldwide shipments of collaborative production management software and services.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Worldwide shipments of collaborative production management software and services for discrete industries will reach almost $1 billion in 2005, according to a forecast by the ARC Advisory Group. Collaborative production management systems refer...

the American Society of Safety Engineers Foundation.
September 1, 2001... Bradley Evanoff, assistant professor in the division of general medical sciences at the Washington University School of Medicine and the Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St Louis, was awarded a $9,750 grant from the American Society of Safety...

Don't let suppliers off the hook for lean.(lean manufacturing)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... While automakers and large tier-one suppliers are making solid progress in implementing lean manufacturing principles within their own companies, they're missing millions -- perhaps billions -- of dollars in waste caused by suppliers, according...

Every process has a flow.(Review)
September 1, 2001... Managing process flow is the secret to success, according to consultant and author John Ballis. His newest book, Managing Flow: Achieving Lean in the New Millennium to Win the Gold, describes Ballis' proprietary methodology, which he calls...

Top producer of African American engineers.
September 1, 2001... The Georgia Institute of Technology produces more African American engineers than any other university in the United States, according to a Black Issues in Higher Education report. African American students earned more bachelor's, master's, and...

Consortium works to design factories of the future.(Next Generation Factory Layout Research Consortium)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... A newly formed research consortium of academia, industry, and government is exploring alternative factory layout configurations aimed at saving money in factories of the future. The Next Generation Factory Layout Research Consortium is...

Find it with VisIT.(graphical solution for searching the vast information )(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Brainiacs at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a graphical solution for searching the vast information dump known as the World Wide Web. "We think it can change the way people search and learn from things on the...

Salaries on the rise despite economic downturn.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Engineers don't appear to be casualties of recent workforce woes. According to findings of the "2001 National Society of Professional Engineers Income and Salary Survey," the total annual income of engineers rose 4.6 percent. During this same...

Back on the front lines.(Kevin McManus)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Like many other people in 1993, I found myself part of a "structuring event." The company decided to eliminate its industrial engineering positions at the plant level (along with other positions), and I was given a choice: be reassigned as a...

Tireless educator, fearless leader.(Paul Torgersen)
September 1, 2001... For most people, "semi-retired" is synonymous with "one foot out the door." For Paul Torgersen, Ph.D., it just means he doesn't take work home every night Torgersen isn't used to being semi- anything, having served on the faculty of Virginia...

A Wired Education.
September 1, 2001... How do electronic diplomas compare to traditional sheepskins? In the course of two years, Juan Gutierrez, a consultant for Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, traveled to 16 countries and spent a mere two weeks at his home in Houston. He never missed...

Oh, Baby.(employee development program strengthens Ford Motor Company)
September 1, 2001... How a culture change yielded a 20 percent productivity improvement in 18 months at a once-moribund car plant A great deal is riding on the new Jaguar X-Type, a sleek and elegant sports sedan set to premiere in the United States this...

Software doesn't manage projects.(project management begins with people)
September 1, 2001... An underlying strategic framework is the basis of sound project management The way we quantify qualify portion, and dispense work has taken a decided turn toward management by project. At every organizational level -- from strategic action...

Classic tools yield rewards.(work measurement)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... Sound work measurement and good labor reporting are bedrocks of success The classic tools of work measurement can lead to significant labor savings. This is particularly apparent when the work involves a high degree of skill on the...

A modern oracle in Industrial Management.
September 1, 2001... Money matters are under a lot of scrutiny due to the downward trend of the economy. It's good to know that the United States can depend on modern oracles such as Jack Guynn, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of...

Here's to the educators and students.(Institute of Industrial Engineers conference awards students)
September 1, 2001... In honor of everyone who is going back to school this fall, we take a look at the students and educators who were honored at the IIE Annual Conference in May. Jennifer Sutherland, a 2001 IE graduate of Wichita State University, shares her...

Brush up on the lingo.(Review)
September 1, 2001... The latest edition of industrial Engineering Terminology, published by Engineering and Management Press, is available. Compiled by the American National Standards Committee, the revised edition features more than 12,000 industrial...

Winning team.(IIE/Rockwell Software Student Competition)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... University of Central Florida students Vanessa Benavente (from left), Jasun Burdick, and Scott Broadway gear up for the IIE/Rockwell Software Student Simulation Competition last May. "We were glad to be competing against such competent...

Tefen co-sponsors graduate paper competition.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Tefen, an international operations consulting firm specializing in industrial engineering and systems analysis, will co-sponsor with IIE the Graduate Student Competition of Excellence in Industrial Engineering for 2002. Competing teams,...

Thomas talks logistics in Mexico.(Marlin Thomas lectures)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... This spring, IIE President Marlin Thomas led a panel discussion at the University of Mayab in Merida, Mexico, on improving the quality of logistics functions and industrial systems. Thomas, an IE professor at Purdue University, conducted a...

Ergo conference finds a home.(Applied Ergonomics Conference in Baltimore)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... It's settled. The Applied Ergonomics Conference, scheduled for March 12-14, 2002, will be held at the Baltimore Waterfront Marriott in Baltimore. The conference brings together professionals interested in creating safe work environments...

Prominent industrial engineers die.(Morton Klein)(Earl K. Bowman)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
September 1, 2001... Morton Klein, a professor of industrial engineering at Columbia University, died of a heart attack April 26. He was 75 years old. Klein was considered by many to be a pioneer in the field of operations research. He earned his bachelor's...

Missed manners.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Rudeness and bad manners have become common in the American workplace, according to a University of Michigan researcher who found that 71 percent of workers surveyed had been insulted, demeaned, ignored, or otherwise treated discourteously by...

Failure has a way of getting you down.(psychological effects of non-conscious goals)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... If you have ever been in a bad mood that you couldn't explain, it might be because you failed at something and didn't even know it. A researcher at Ohio State University found that negative moods can occur when people don't attain a goal they...

Flexible schedules allow more work from people without complaint.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Giving employees more job flexibility enables them to work longer hours before they feel the workload is putting increased strain on their work-family balance. "Our research found that giving employees varying degrees of control over where...