Industrial Engineer articles from March 2009

Industrial Engineer archives from March 2009

Modernized IE.
March 1, 2009... In the upcoming years, the value of good industrial engineering talent and knowledge becomes immeasurable, but we have to step up to the plate, market and deliver our talents to the world. I believe the three topics industrial engineers...

Energy should be the entree.(RANTS AND RAVES)
March 1, 2009... In 2009, I would like to see how industrial engineers can contribute more to the energy saving, efficiency improvement of energy systems, clean energy system design, implementation and management. I believe that industrial engineers should and...

Let it be.
March 1, 2009... It seems to me that we go through this discussion every year about what to call ourselves. Having been an IE for 38 years and always called an industrial engineer, I'm satisfied with that description of our profession. I was just going over an...

Lost in terminology.
March 1, 2009... Please leave out the word "systems" from our organization name. I am a graduate of the Department of Systems Design Engineering at University of Waterloo and proud of it. From all our training, I am very aware of the broad range of meanings in...

Toyota's shutdown foreboding? Eleven-day production halt in Japan worries auto industry experts.(NEWS, TRENDS & TACTICS)
March 1, 2009... Toyota Motor Co.'s announcement of a three-day shutdown of 12 domestic plants in Japan came days before the United States Congress passed a $13.4 billion emergency bailout proposal in December to stop Chrysler and General Motors Corp. from...

Automated lab excites third largest state: new biomanufacturing pilot plant set to advance technology.(NEWS, TRENDS & TACTICS)
March 1, 2009... Recognized as an academic enterprise for advancing sustainable development through five strategic areas--research, teaching, working with partners to create environmental solutions, reducing its carbon footprint on campus and engaging...