Kia Motors - Industrial Engineering Activities and Jobs

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.
Product Industrial Engineering

Process Industrial Engineering: Redesign of processes to reduce cost and increase value keeping the quality intact.
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.
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

Kia Motors - Industrial Engineering Activities and Jobs

zwashu nemukula - Industrial Engineer at KIA Motors South Africa

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Experience
KIA Motors South Africa
Industrial Engineer
Dec 2019 – Present
Location: Germiston

FEDERAL MOGUL
Industrial Engineer
Sep 2018 – Dec 2019
Location: Durban Area, South Africa

Hulamin
Industrial Engineer Trainee
Feb 2017 – Mar 2018
Location: Pietermaritzburg Area, South Africa

Education
Durban University of Technology
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Field Of Study: Industrial Engineering
 graduation 2018 – 2019

Durban Institute of Technology
National Diploma Field Of Study Industrial Engineering Grade National Diploma
graduation 2014 – 2017

https://www.linkedin.com/in/zwashu-nemukula-760427a8/

Baek Kyung Shin - Industrial Engineer at Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc.

United States

Experience
Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc.
Industrial Engineer
Jan 2016 – Present

LocationGeorgia
• Optimize headcount by standardizing work processes while eliminating unnecessary movement and idle time.
• Maximize efficiency of logistics flow between Kia and logistics center; includes carts, containers and best route. 

• Work closely with Overseas Supplier and Overseas Packing Center to improve quantity per container and material to minimize transportation cost and break down manpower while preserving overall parts quality.

Education
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)Field Of StudyIndustrial and Systems Engineering
Dates attended or expected graduation2011 – 2015

Activities and Societies: IIE (Institute of Industrial Engineers) at Virginia Tech (2013 ~ 2015) Alpha Pi Mu (Industrial Engineering Honor Society) (2013 ~ 2015)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/baek-kyung-shin-5991718a/

Shaik mahammad rafi
Senior Continuous improvement and lean manufacturing at Kia Motors India
Ananthapur, Andhra Pradesh, India
https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaik-mahammad-rafi-b4a319a1

2019 October
https://www.automotiveworld.com/news-releases/kia-motors-announces-2019-3q-business-results/

2019 September

https://www.hyundai.com/worldwide/en/company/news/news-room/news/hyundai-motor-group-develops-wearable-vest-exoskeleton-to-alleviate-burden-in-overhead-work-0000016300


March 2019

https://news.hyundaimotorgroup.com/Article/Hyundai-Kia-Motors-3rd-Generation-Platform-a-step-into-the-future

Reducing Preparation Time of District Managers for Dealer Meetings
https://optimuminfo.com/Home/KiaMotorsAmerica

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

Online Handbook of Industrial Engineering