Tuesday, June 8, 2021

GlaxoSmithKline - GE - Industrial Engineering Activities and Jobs


New:  Industrial Engineering ONLINE Course


Industrial Engineering - Productivity Improvement - Process Improvement - Product Redesign - Continuous Improvement


Industrial engineering is improvement in various elements of engineering operations to increase productivity. Along with engineering elements, industrial engineers evaluate and improve many other elements also as they are responsible for productivity and cost of items produced in a process. Through assignments of improving productivity and efficiency of information technology and software engineering processes, industrial engineers specializing in IT were given responsibility for business processes also. Thus industrial engineers with focus on various branches of engineering provide their services to companies and society to improve various elements of the products and processes on a continuous basis over the product life cycle. They are active in engineering or production-maintenance-service-logistic processes and business processes.

Productivity improvement always focuses on quality and flexibility issues as productivity improvement should not lead to any deterioration in quality or flexibility. Delivery and cost are always at the core of industrial engineering. Thus when QFCD paradigm came, that is attention to quality, flexibility, cost and delivery became prominent, many industrial engineers were given the responsibility of managing this function of continuous improvement.


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Focus Areas of Industrial Engineering - Brief Explanation


Productivity Science: Science developed for each element of machine operation and each element of human tasks in industry.
Productivity Science - Determinants of Productivity

Product Industrial Engineering: Redesign of products to reduce cost and increase value keeping the quality intact. (Value analysis & engineering, Design for manufacture and assembly)
Product Industrial Engineering


Process Industrial Engineering: Redesign of processes to reduce cost and increase value keeping the quality intact. (Operation Analysis, Process Analysis, Process Analysis for Six Sigma, JIT - Lean, SMED, Poka-yoke)
Process Industrial Engineering

Industrial Engineering Optimization: Optimizing industrial engineering solutions created in Product Industrial Engineering and Process Industrial Engineering.
Operations Research - An Efficiency Improvement Tool for Industrial Engineers

Industrial Engineering Statistics: Using statistical tools like data description, sampling and design of experiments in industrial engineering activity. (Six Sigma)
Statistics and Industrial Engineering

Industrial Engineering Economics: Economic analysis of industrial engineering projects.
Engineering Economics is an Efficiency Improvement Tool for Industrial Engineers


Human Effort Industrial Engineering: Redesign of products and processes to increase satisfaction and reduce discomfort and other negative consequence to operators.
Motion Study - Human Effort Industrial Engineering

Productivity Measurement: Various measurements done by industrial engineers in industrial setting to collect data, analyze data and use the insights in redesign: Product Industrial Engineering and Process Industrial Engineering.
Industrial Engineering Data and Measurements

Productivity Management: Management undertaken by industrial engineers to implement Product Industrial Engineering and Process Industrial Engineering. Management processes industrial engineering is also part of productivity management.
Productivity Management

Applied Industrial Engineering: Application of industrial engineering in new technologies, existing technologies, engineering business and industrial processes and other areas.
Applied Industrial Engineering - Process Steps

How many Industrial Engineers can a Company Employ for Cost Reduction?
For $100 million cost, there can be one MS IE and 6 BSIEs.
https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2020/03/value-creation-model-for-industrial.html

Industrial Engineering - Lean Manufacturing - Parent - Child Relationship

05 FEBRUARY, 2020
Applied Industrial Engineering at GSK: 
Application of industrial engineering in new technologies, existing technologies, engineering business and industrial processes and other areas.

Productivity Improvement at GSK Using Industry 4.0 Technologies


The GSK plant has applied advanced technologies throughout its manufacturing operation, using advanced analytics and neural networks.  This has improved line speeds at the site by 21%, cut downtime, increased yields, and delivered an OEE (overall Equipment effectiveness) improvement of 10%.

GSK has applied deep-learning image recognition to detect quality defects, and is using artificial intelligence to optimise machine throughput. By implementing digital twin technologies, it has boosted capacity by 13%, while cycle time monitoring and the use of digital visualisation tools have cut cycle times by 9%.
https://drivesncontrols.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/6259/UK_plant_is_the_first_to_join_global_Industry_4.0_elite.html

GSK joins continuous manufacturing platform ‘grand challenge’
14-Oct-2019

GSK is funding  CPI which  aims to create a direct compression platform for continuous manufacturing of oral solid dosage drugs. This will increase efficiency.

HTTPS://WWW.IN-PHARMATECHNOLOGIST.COM/ARTICLE/2019/10/14/GSK-AND-ASTRAZENECA-FUND-MANUFACTURING-PLATFORM

GSK opens Singapore facility to reduce production time
5-Jul-2019
GSK has officially opened the result of its US$96 million investment, new state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities built in Singapore. The plant will improve production times for the pharma giant. The new facilities are located in GSK's Jurong site and include two continuous manufacturing facilities. Further investment in digital manufacturing operations and processes will allow GSK to ensure efficient and high-quality production of medicines.
https://www.manufacturingchemist.com/news/article_page/GSK_opens_Singapore_facility_to_reduce_production_time/156115

May 2019
“If you aren’t doing anything to address productivity issues, then you are falling behind your
competition.”

“GSK ... wants to ensure that we stay competitive with all of our key business processes.”
 Jerry Rosenthal, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (LSSBB), Continuous Improvement Consultant
at GSK’s Philadelphia office.

while some companies use the standard seven sources of waste, GSK identifies nine sources. “We consider underutilization of resources as well as failure to reference historical knowledge and experiences as two additional sources of waste."

https://www.villanovau.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/gskpdf.pdf


GE going strong on Lean & Kaizen



General Electric (GE)

Lean Projects

In all Business Units of GE, lean projects are going on. They are prominently announced in the investor presentation of 2020 March.
2020 GE Investor Outlook, March 4, 2020
https://www.ge.com/investor-relations/sites/default/files/ge_webcast_presentation_03042020.pdf

Savings due to Six Sigma

1996-1999 Revenue: 382.1  Investment on projects 1.6   Benefits 4.43

4.43 billion dollars saved on 382.1 billion dollars revenue. The %savings comes to 1.2%.  The amount invested in six sigma projects is 1.6 billion dollars.
https://www.isixsigma.com/implementation/financial-analysis/six-sigma-costs-and-savings/


GE is Famous for Value Engineering. It was developed in GE during World War II by L.D. Miles
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHH-QZ29EOo
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Industrial Engineers in GE


Harshalkumar Patel
Industrial Engineer at GE Transportation
Erie, Pennsylvania Area
https://www.linkedin.com/in/harshalcpatel/

Gleice Mascarenhas
Industrial Engineer | GE Renewable Energy
Camaçari, Bahia, Brazil
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gleice-mascarenhas-7a1588125/

Xiukun LI
GE Energy Management-Industrial Engineer
Yangzhou City, Jiangsu, China
https://www.linkedin.com/in/xiukun-li-493438114/

Senior Product Cost / Pricing Manager

Company Name GE Aviation Company Location Cincinnati, OH, US

Role Summary:The Senior Product Cost/Pricing Manager is responsible for identifying and driving process improvements across the business with a focus around productivity and variable cost reduction. As part of the AOS Cost Entitlement team, this role defines and helps implement improvements in our commercial and engineering transactions across the entire lifecycle of the product. Additionally, this role focuses on Other Variable Costs (beyond the product) in our business operations.

Essential Responsibilities
Communicates business goals / programs / processes for an area or business segment
Understands current cost structure and ensure that product cost accurately reflect bill of material and manufacturing costs
Works with the relevant departments to analyze and calculate the engine and Genset costs for new and existing products
Engages and leads cross-functional teams to achieve desired cost targets including but not limited to DMP, labor cost productivity and Sourcing
Evaluates cost / benefit of proposed changes and make necessary trade-offs
Participates in discussions about the future of the business requiring frequent and thorough interaction with other functions
Develops the year plan for of the larger unit
Presents product / program strategies, technical roadmaps, risks and recommendations to senior leads across GE
Important business unit clients
Complex processes requiring involvement of many stakeholders both at the client side and internally

Basic Qualifications

Qualifications/Requirements:
Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college
Minimum of 5 years of experience in Product Cost

https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/senior-product-cost-pricing-manager-at-ge-aviation-1521330136/

The Electrical Workers: A History of Labor at General Electric and Westinghouse, 1923-60
Ronald W. Schatz
University of Illinois Press, 1987 - History - 302 pages
https://books.google.co.in/books/about/The_Electrical_Workers.html?id=Z6ypjtGZj-MC


Industrial engineers are employed and productivity improvement and cost reduction are practiced in many companies using Industrial engineering philosophy, principles, methods, techniques and tools.

Index to Industrial Engineering Practice in Top Global Manufacturing Companies - Top 100

Updated on 8 June 2021
Pub 8 April 2020

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