Sunday, October 21, 2012

Industrial Engineering in Cement Production by Thomas Edison



Edison got a patent for efficient method of burning portland cement clinker in 1915.

In this patent, Edison suggested diameter to length ration of the kiln as one to twenty seven. This operation requires only 75 pounds of coal per barrel of clinker.

Patent details

http://edison.rutgers.edu/patents/01152613.PDF


Patent list of Edison in the area of cement
http://edison.rutgers.edu/cemepats.htm 

Saturday, October 20, 2012

20 October - Birthday Sir Frederic Charles Bartlett - Ergonomics




Birthday of Sir Frederic Charles Bartlett is 20 October, 1886

He was an English psychologist who was Britain's most outstanding cognitive psychologist between the World Wars. He wrote on practical (ergonomic) problems in applied psychology, but is best-known for his pioneering cognitive approach to understanding human memory. In forming one of the earliest models of memory, Bartlett observed that in remembering stories or events there is a tendency for distortions to occur.

His famous article on Future of Ergonomics in 1962

http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/pdf/spissue/terg-si.pdf

Engineering "Industrial Engineering" Curriculum



Industrial Engineering curriculum can have now many subjects with the term Industrial Engineering in it.

IE in Different Functions
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Product Design Industrial Engineering
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/09/product-design-industrial-engineering.html

Maintenance System Industrial Engineering - Online Book
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/09/maintenance-system-industrial.html

Information Systems Industrial Engineering - Online Book
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/09/information-systems-industrial.html

Financial System Industrial Engineering - Online Book
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/09/financial-system-industrial-engineering.html

Marketing System Industrial Engineering - Online Book
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/09/marketing-system-industrial-engineering.html

Supply Chain Industrial Engineering - Online Book
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/09/supply-chain-industrial-engineering.html

Manufacturing System Industrial Engineering - Online Book
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/09/manufacturing-system-industrial.html

Total Cost Industrial Engineering - Industrial Engineering of Enterprise Cost
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/09/total-cost-industrial-engineering.html


Quality System Industrial Engineering
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/10/quality-system-industrial-engineering.html
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IE for Different Technologies

Nano Technology Industrial Engineering
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/10/nano-technology-industrial-engineering.html


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IE in Different Sectors of Industries

Health Care - Hospital Industrial Engineering
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/10/health-care-hospital-industrial.html



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Thursday, October 18, 2012

Project Industrial Engineering


Project Industrial Engineering - An Explanation


Industrial Engineering is human effort engineering and system efficiency engineering. It has multiple techniques used to identify and eliminate waste, i.e improving efficiency or productivity and thus reduce cost from designs or plans or ongoing activities

Project industrial engineering has a role in project design, project execution and project management.

Project industrial engineering is concerned  with efficient resource use in projects.
Value engineering is applied in project design. In USA, in all civil engineering projects application of  value engineering is an important step. In the execution of project manpower is used and human effort engineering component of industrial engineering has an important role to play in manpower planning. MOST based time estimation and manpower planning is becoming popular. Construction processes can be subjected to process efficient improvement studies. Mathematical and OR based optimization needs to be utilized in project execution and as well as project management. Engineering economic analysis is applied in project design, execution and management activities.

Project industrial engineering can be organized as a separate function in project organizations and it can pay for itself as a overhead activity by identifying and eliminating waste in plans and designs developed by functional engineers and managers.


Project Value Engineering



what is the meaning of value engineer the project?
http://www.value-eng.org/pdf_docs/What_is_VE.pdf

Value engineering of public transport projects
http://publictransport.about.com/od/Transit_Planning/a/Value-Engineering.htm

Idaho Transport Department - Value Engineering Guidelines
http://itd.idaho.gov/manuals/online_manuals/current_manuals/ITD%20Value%20Engineering/FINAL%20ITD%20Value%20Engineering%20Guidance.pdf

Human Effort Engineering in Projects


Efficient Use of Personnel in a Project
https://www.e-education.psu.edu/geog584/l4_p3.html

Efficient Use of Resources


Gathering and analysis of work performance information is essential to the project management plan and should be considered a priority. Work performance information contributes to the efficient use of resources

http://project-management-knowledge.com/definitions/w/work-performance-information/


Efficient Use of Construction Resources

http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/PDU/docs/pdf/pdltnotice09.pdf


Equipment Efficiency

EQUIPMENT UTILIZATION MANAGEMENT PLAN (EUMP) GUIDE
2001
http://www.swf.usace.army.mil/pubdata/logist/Docs/EUMP.pdf

Conceptual Construction Equipment Utilization Plan
http://www.ictf-jpa.org/document_library/application_development_project_approval/App%20B.pdf

Equipment Cost - Presentation
http://www.assakkaf.com/Courses/ENCE420/Lectures/chapter3a.pdf


Labor, Material and Equipment Utilization in Construction Projects
http://pmbook.ce.cmu.edu/04_labor,_material,_and_equipment_utilization.html

CKGP/PW Industrial Engineers - Consultants



CKGP/PW & Associates, Inc. All Rights Reserved
989 Chicago Rd., Troy, MI  48083
Program Management  •  Manufacturing & Paint Process Engineering  •  Productivity Improvement



http://www.ckgppw.com/template.php?pid=43

http://www.ckgppw.com/template.php?pid=35

http://www.ckgppw.com/template.php?pid=36

http://www.ckgppw.com/template.php?pid=37

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Cement Technology and Industry Industrial Engineering







Maintenance Practices in Cement Industry
Hani Shafeek, Faculty of Engineering ,Industrial Engineering Department
, King Abdulaziz University, Rabigh Branch, KSA
Faculty of Industrial Education, Suez Canal University, Egypt
2012 paper
http://www.asian-transactions.org/journals/vol01issue06/ate/ate-70115068.pdf




Technological Trends in Cement Industry - Energy and Environmental impact
http://www.energymanagertraining.com/Journal/Technological%20Trends%20in%20Cement%20Industry.pdf

Seminar on Energy Conservation in Cement Industry 1994
http://www.unido.org/fileadmin/import/userfiles/puffk/cement.pdf

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Operations Industrial Engineering


Operations of a manufacturing company include research and development, product design, process design, manufacturing, supply of materials and components, quantity, quality and cost planning and control, maintenance and distribution. Operations of service companies also have  similar activities.


Product Design Industrial Engineering
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/09/product-design-industrial-engineering.html

Maintenance System Industrial Engineering - Online Book
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/09/maintenance-system-industrial.html

Information Systems Industrial Engineering - Online Book
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/09/information-systems-industrial.html


Supply Chain Industrial Engineering - Online Book
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/09/supply-chain-industrial-engineering.html

Manufacturing System Industrial Engineering - Online Book
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/09/manufacturing-system-industrial.html

Total Cost Industrial Engineering - Industrial Engineering of Enterprise Cost
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/09/total-cost-industrial-engineering.html


Quality System Industrial Engineering
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/10/quality-system-industrial-engineering.html
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Sunday, October 14, 2012

Financial Industrial Engineering - Scope




IE is strategic. That is why even today Taylor is part of all management text books. But the contribution of IEs after Taylor era is not significant.

Cost is strategic. Cost provides you the competitive advantage. Porter clearly stated it.
But what is the contribution of IEs to this strategic dimension? You can't find any from the published material. Either IEs are not contributing much or they are not making it visible.

IEs have a role in New product/service design. Target costing brought this role into much more focus. Once again I do not see any IE contributions in published material in this initiative. IEs are not contributing significantly in their core strategic area of importance to the organization. Bottom line improvement given a budgeted top line is extremely important strategic function every period and if IEs contribute to it by providing well laid out plans understood by managers, they will be appreciated, recognized and will be given board positions. IEs have to contribute significantly to the management of the Total cost of the enterprise and this may be called Total cost industrial engineering. You may make it a component of the Financial industrial engineering. Engineering economic appraisal can also become part of the financial industrial engineering. Engineering economic appraisal is techno-economic evaluation of the engineering proposals from the industrial engineering point of view - that is efficiency point of view.

It is the contribution of IE department to the bottom line in every period and in every project and in every new product and service that gives brand value to the profession. Financial Industrial Engineering has to be the contribution of IE function expressed in financial terms and the subject must have the tools to make IEs understand the scope for their activities, and to state the results of their activities in financial terms.

There is separately Financial System Industrial Engineering, which is application of IE tools and expertise to the financial and accounting system of the organization.

My comment in Linkedin Group of IIE
http://www.linkedin.com/groupAnswers?viewQuestionAndAnswers=&discussionID=57146433&gid=75670&commentID=99294355

Functional Industrial Engineering Subjects


The idea was mooted in September 2012.

Industrial engineering has a focus in system efficiency and will help every business function to improve efficiency of effective system designed for it by functional specialists of that discipline. Industrial engineers have actually shown results in every business function with their methods, tools and techniques. The IE tools and techniques are getting enlarged, improved and enriched by the involvement  of all in the area of efficiency improvement. IE department and professionals are always willing to learn new things and methods that help in improving the efficiency of systems and apply them in practice.

Product Design Industrial Engineering
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/09/product-design-industrial-engineering.html

Maintenance System Industrial Engineering - Online Book
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/09/maintenance-system-industrial.html

Information Systems Industrial Engineering - Online Book
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/09/information-systems-industrial.html

Financial System Industrial Engineering - Online Book
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/09/financial-system-industrial-engineering.html

Marketing System Industrial Engineering - Online Book
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/09/marketing-system-industrial-engineering.html

Supply Chain Industrial Engineering - Online Book
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/09/supply-chain-industrial-engineering.html

Manufacturing System Industrial Engineering - Online Book
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/09/manufacturing-system-industrial.html

Total Cost Industrial Engineering - Industrial Engineering of Enterprise Cost
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/09/total-cost-industrial-engineering.html


Quality System Industrial Engineering
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/10/quality-system-industrial-engineering.html
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Comment in Linkedin Group of IIE

I feel one channel to improve brand recognition is to create subjects in industrial engineering for each business function and sector. I am making a beginning and trying to collect papers, articles, case studies and presentations that are focused on each business function.

Product Design Industrial Engineering
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/09/product-design-industrial-engineering.html

Maintenance System Industrial Engineering - Online Book
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/09/maintenance-system-industrial.html

Information Systems Industrial Engineering - Online Book
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/09/information-systems-industrial.html

Financial System Industrial Engineering - Online Book
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/09/financial-system-industrial-engineering.html

Marketing System Industrial Engineering - Online Book
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/09/marketing-system-industrial-engineering.html

Supply Chain Industrial Engineering - Online Book
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/09/supply-chain-industrial-engineering.html

Manufacturing System Industrial Engineering - Online Book
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/09/manufacturing-system-industrial.html

Total Cost Industrial Engineering - Industrial Engineering of Enterprise Cost
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/09/total-cost-industrial-engineering.html

The idea is to collect up to 100 articles for each subject. Even though the collection looks haphazard at the beginning, we can classify them better at a later stage. I need to circulate these lists to large number of students and alumni and request them to suggestion more for inclusion.


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IE for Different Technologies

Nano Technology Industrial Engineering
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/10/nano-technology-industrial-engineering.html


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IE in Different Sectors of Industries

Health Care - Hospital Industrial Engineering
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/10/health-care-hospital-industrial.html

Saturday, October 13, 2012

Industrial Engineering Course Pages and Notes

Engineering Economy or Economics


Professor Rakesh Negi, SUNY Buffalo
Facilities Design
Professor Rakesh Negi, SUNY Buffalo


Engineering Project Management

http://www.usc.edu/dept/ise/assets/001/21165.pdf
Prof Erich Kreidler, USC
More files from USC http://www.usc.edu/dept/ise/assets/ (important source)

Human Factors, Ergonomics

Human Factors practicum
Prof. Colin Drury, SUNY Bufflalo
Introduction to Work Design
Dr. Andris Freivalds, Penn State University
Mechanics of the Musculoskeletal System
Dr. Andris Freivalds, Penn State University
Methods, Work Measurement and Employee Motivation
Dr. Andris Freivalds, Penn State University



Optimization

Operations Research - Jayant Rajagopal
http://www.pitt.edu/~jrclass/or/web.htm

NonLinear Programming Theory
http://www2.isye.gatech.edu/~nemirovs/OPTIII_LectureNotes.pdf

Probability and Applied Probability, Statistiscs
Prof. Wayne F. Bialas, SUNY Buffalo
Work Design - Productivity and Safety
Dr. Andris Freivalds, Penn State University


Production - Manufacturing Systems


Networks, Routing and Logistics
http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~nagi/courses/684/4.shortestpath.pdf


Sustainability Engineering
http://engineering.utep.edu/sustainabilityengineering/files/IE%204395%20-%20Syllabus.pdf

Friday, October 12, 2012

Lean Six Sigma Methods - MIT Course YouTube Videos - Part 3


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Accelerating Product Engineering Processes Across Semiconductor Supply Chain Using Serus' MPM Solutions for Rapid ROI.



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Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Operator Training for Productivity and Efficiency





CASE STUDIES IN VALUE IMPROVEMENT IN HARDWOOD TIMBER HARVESTING OPERATIONS IN THE
SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS (Through Training)
Hylton J.G. Haynes
2002 MS Thesis
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08282002-145228/unrestricted/hhTHESIS.pdf

Operations training - Zenith Technologies
http://www.zenithtechnologies.com/downloads/ZT%20Approach%20to%20Operations%20Training.pdf


THE IMPACT OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT ON WORKER PERFORMANCE AND PRODUCTIVITY IN PUBLIC SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS: A CASE STUDY OF GHANA PORTS AND HARBOURS AUTHORITY
2009 MBA thesis
http://dspace.knust.edu.gh:8080/jspui/bitstream/123456789/628/1/Irene%20Ferguson%20Laing.pdf

Value Engineering Tablet Computer - Design and Development of Tablet Computer for Masses



What is value engineering of IPad?

Value engineering of IPad means that current specifications of the IPad are not disturbed, the look and feel of the device is not disturbed, the customer should not feel any difference between the new instrument and the old instrument,but its cost has to come down.

What manufacturers like Datawind have tried to do with low cost tablet computer projects ($35 per tablet) is to come out with barebone models that have different specifications but tried to provide the essential function of the tablet computer, access to internet. It may be a difficult job, but they have done it. The effort they had put into the activity could facilitate value engineering of IPad.


What Datawind has done to manufacture tablet computers at $35?

The tablet has over 800 components sourced from various places around the world[1].

While many manufacturers  buy modules or sub-assemblies, which usually have high markups, Datawind bought components and assembled them into modules.  They get a bunch of finished components and put the device together in an assembly factory.

Removing the margins on the modules and going down to the component level helped Datawind to get components at lower prices. It was able to use low cost processes for assembling them into modules. By buying the LCD screen (most expensive component) in semi-finished condition,  Datawind was able to push its cost down to under 10$. It completed the remaining processes in its assembly facility[1].

Tuli, CEO of Datawind  explained thatDataWind was able to cut down the price to US$8/unit because the firm purchased uncompleted units and did the rest of the gluing and soldering needed to finish the job[4].



Akash Tablet PC utilizes 35% components from South Korea, 25% from China, and 16% from both India and the US. Remaining components are being arranged from all over the world depending upon where the cheapest source is.




Akash Tablet PC has a 7 inch display that has a resolution of 800×400 PIXELS. It weighs around 350g. It runs on Android 2.2 Froyo and is packed with 366 MHz processor with internal memory of 2 GB. The memory can be increased using micro SD cards. The battery (2100mAh) runs for about 3 hours[2].

DataWind also opted for the free Android operating system and tweaked it to work on its devices' cheaper but weaker processors (ARM 11 – 366 MHz microprocessors in the case of Aakash)[4].

The Indian government buys the tablet from the company for US$49.98 and resells it for the subsidized cost of US$35/unit[4].


Low Cost Tablets from BEL $72 [3]

By December 2011, BEL delivered 600,000 7-inch tablets to Ministry of Rural Development  (MoRD), and an additional 40,000 units in January 2012. It cost $72,

Interview with Suneet Singh Tuli, CEO, Datawind - Developer of $35 cost tablet computer - 2011
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References and Bibliography

1. http://oobly.com/2011/10/26/at-35-a-unit-how-did-india-pull-off-the-worlds-cheapest-android-tablet_503/
2. http://www.mygadgetplanet.com/2624/india-does-it-again-with-akash
3. http://forbesindia.com/article/real-issue/what-went-wrong-with-the-aakash-tablet/33218/0#ixzz28nAkppee
4. http://www.pcworld.in/news/datawind-boss-reveals-secrets-behind-aakash-tablet-61052012


Early User Review of Akash Tablet
http://www.aakashtablet.in/2012_01_14_archive.html



Related Information

Electronic manufacturing services - Simmtronics
http://www.simmtronics.com/simtron/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=54&Itemid=41

http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/tablet-computer-parts.html

http://www.madeinchina.com/wholesale-catelog/Tablet-PC-Components_009001.shtml

Component price comparison
http://computers.pricegrabber.com/motherboards/p/40/

Monday, October 8, 2012

Performance Rating in Work Measurement - Bibliography



A Survey of Performance Rating Research in Work Measurement
1988 MS Thesis, Kansas State University
http://ia601205.us.archive.org/35/items/surveyofperforma00devo/surveyofperforma00devo.pdf

The University of Michigan - IEOR Faculty Notification - 1 November 2012 Deadline




THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering Faculty Positions
The Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan invites applications and nominations for faculty positions beginning September, 2013.
We seek outstanding candidates for faculty positions in the areas of Human Factors and Ergonomics at all levels and in Discrete Event Simulation at all levels. Applicants in research areas including cognitive and physical ergonomics, and system safety are encouraged to apply, as are applicants with research and teaching interests in simulation modeling and analysis.
Candidates must have a Ph.D. and must demonstrate a strong commitment to high-quality research and evidence of teaching potential. Experience related to manufacturing and/or service operations is desirable. Candidates for Associate or Full Professor should have a commensurate record of research publications and are expected to provide organizational and research leadership, develop sources of external funding, build relationships with industry, and interact with faculty colleagues.
Candidates should provide (i) a current C.V., (ii) a list of references, and one page summary statements describing: (iii) career teaching plans; and (iv) research plans. Candidates should have their references send recommendations to us directly at IOEFacultySearch@umich.edu. The deadline for ensuring full consideration of an application is November 1, 2012, but the positions will remain open and applications may still be considered, at the discretion of the hiring committee, until appointments are made.
We seek candidates who will provide inspiration and leadership in research and actively contribute to teaching. We are especially interested in candidates who can contribute, through their research, teaching and/or service, to the diversity and excellence of the academic community. The University of Michigan is responsive to the needs of dual career families.
Please submit your application to the following: