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Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Industrial Engineering - Bulletin Board

New. Popular E-Book on IE,

Introduction to Modern Industrial Engineering.  #FREE #Download.

In 1% on Academia.edu. 10,700+ Downloads so far.

https://academia.edu/103626052/INTRODUCTION_TO_MODERN_INDUSTRIAL_ENGINEERING_Version_3_0


https://kamerai.ai/top-4-trends-impacting-the-practice-of-industrial-engineering/

https://operationscouncil.org/the-role-of-industrial-engineering-in-operations/

https://operationscouncil.org/2023-coo-of-the-year-awards-winners-announced/


Industrial Engineering - Increases Resource Efficiency. Increases Output of Goods and Services. Increases Income to Employees. Increases Profits and Dividends to Entrepreneurs.

#IndustrialEngineering   for   #SocietyProsperity  through #Productivity  #Improvement satisfying all constraints and limits. 

Modern Industrial Engineering and Lean in Low Volume - High Mix Production - Shahrukh Irani, Narayana Rao and Others
https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2021/09/lean-in-low-volume-high-mix-production.html


13.11.2024

Good video

Introduction to Industrial Engineering


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Generative Use Cases - Productivity is also included.

https://aws.amazon.com/generative-ai/use-cases/?trk=624e2d4f-f23a-43c7-a69d-10d3def7aa04&sc_channel=sm


Improving Operation Process Chart

Industrial engineers have to first improve operation process chart. 

In it they have to improve material transformation fist and then its quality assurance activity. Only after economical quality output is assured through the material transformation process, they have to examine storage requirement, transport requirement and planning activity for the production. Improvement of operation process chart has to be the primary activity of industrial engineers.


Process Improvement - Productivity Analysis and Productivity Engineering.

Industrial engineer analyzes each process into its ultimate, simple elements, and compares each of these simplest steps or processes with an ideal or perfect condition and modifies the element appropriately. - F.W. Taylor - Hugo Diemer.

Prof. Hugo Diemer  - Taylor's Industrial Engineering

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2020/05/prof-hugo-diemer-taylors-industrial.html


Productivity Benchmarking -  Industry  4.0 Technologies

Applied Industrial Engineering. Industry 4.0 Technologies. List of Industry 4.0 Light Houses -  Productivity and Cost Benefits Realized - WEF - McKinsey - Have You Benchmarked with the Best in Industry 4.0 Implementation?

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2024/01/list-of-industry-40-light-houses-wef.html







AUG 1, 2024
Additive manufacturing is impacting the automotive industry, from large players to custom shops
Automotive insights from RAPID/TCT 2024.
At this year’s industrial additive manufacturing event in Los Angeles, automotive applications were strongly represented by equipment manufacturers, material suppliers and software vendors.
Specialty autos that were formally contracted out for completion, such as Roush and Shelby Mustangs, may move in-house as additive manufacturing technology and capability for short runs, without added costs. 


Seminar Video - Higher Education in Industrial Engineering and Management - IE3


Politecnico di Bari

Streamed live on 2 Feb 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IihGXZtIITY




"Say Goodbye to Downtime: Revolutionize Machine Cleaning with EasyMech QC50!" Unlock the Power of Efficient Maintenance and Minimize Downtime Today.

22 August 2023



Industrial engineering departments and industrial engineers have to develop 


How to implement Jidoka in Lean Manufacturing ? Autonomation

Knowledge Factory-Lean Six Sigma
"Jidoka, also known as automation with a human touch, comes from the Japanese word for 'autonomation'. It's about creating a system where machines, not humans, identify and resolve errors."

Low-cost, easy-to-produce prosthesis

The aim of the ARM2u team is to start marketing a prosthesis that helps people with this disability at a much lower cost than that of similar existing models. This prototype is easy to produce at a low cost, since it is made of PLA plastic using 3D printing techniques.

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230516/Biomedical-engineering-students-create-low-cost-robotic-arm-as-an-alternative-to-conventional-prostheses.aspx



UWM engineering students create solution that saves company $840,000 per year

Posted on May 17, 2023

https://www.wisconsin.edu/all-in-wisconsin/story/uwm-engineering-students-create-solution-that-saves-company-840000-per-year/


Manufacturing Plants Trends

https://intelligence.eiirtrend.com/web/index.php?entityid=3009


https://www.industryweek.com/technology-and-iiot/whitepaper/21264128/autonomous-operations-embark-on-the-transitional-path-toward-a-more-autonomous-industry


https://storydesign.industryweek.com/yokogawa-industrial-automation-autonomy



Improve Operational Efficiency

https://www.identecsolutions.com/news/how-to-improve-operational-performance


New Writing Project

Industrial Engineering: Productivity Improvement of Systems and Processes - Book by Narayana Rao K.V.S.S.

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2023/04/industrial-engineering-productivity.html

Remember F.W. Taylor. Birthday - 20 March 1856.

To be remembered for Productivity Improvement System, Productivity Engineering of Machine Tools, Shop Management, Scientific Management. 


Frederick Taylor's Productivity System for Rapidly Attaining The Maximum Productivity - Part 1

#IndustrialEngineering  #Productivity

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2018/07/frederick-taylors-piece-rate-system.html


Productivity Engineering of Machine Tools and Machining - F.W. Taylor - Part 1

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2020/05/machine-work-study-machine-tool-metal.html


F.W. Taylor - Shop Management - With Appropriate Sections.

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2016/03/fw-taylor-shop-management-with.html


F.W. Taylor Scientific Management - With Appropriate Sections

#FWTaylor

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2016/03/fw-taylor-scientific-management-with.html



Blog Readers During the year 2022.

Page views (Analytics): 59,528.
Unique page views: 54,720.
Average time on page: 3.21 minutes.

Users: 33,318.

Improving Operation Process Chart

Industrial engineers have to first improve operation process chart. 

n it they have to improve material transformation fist and then its quality assurance activity. Only after economical quality output is assured through the material transformation process, they have to examine storage requirement, transport requirement and planning activity for the production. Improvement of operation process chart has to be the primary activity of industrial engineers.



Process Improvement - Productivity Analysis and Productivity Engineering.

Industrial engineer analyzes each process into its ultimate, simple elements, and compares each of these simplest steps or processes with an ideal or perfect condition and modifies the element appropriately. - F.W. Taylor - Hugo Diemer.

Prof. Hugo Diemer  - Taylor's Industrial Engineering

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2020/05/prof-hugo-diemer-taylors-industrial.html








Lesson 162 of  Industrial Engineering ONLINE Course.


Lesson 161 of  Industrial Engineering ONLINE Course.




Lesson 158 of  Industrial Engineering ONLINE Course.

Analysis of Flow -  Delays in the Processes - Part of Flow Process Chart Analysis
Lesson 156 of  Industrial Engineering ONLINE Course.

Analyze the Current Method of Process/Operation to Find Improvement Opportunities. - Machine Tool Setup Time and Cost Analysis.  - Lesson 93 of Industrial Engineering ONLINE Course.

Industrial engineering and management, problems and policies, ...
About this Item
Barnes, Ralph Mosser, 1908-
386 page scans
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b27038&view=1up&seq=165


Fundamentals of Lean Manufacturing
by Don T Phillips (Author), Berna E Tokgoz .
Read the first chapter in Amazon site.

New Concepts, Methods and Techniques in Industrial Engineering.
Facilities Industrial Engineering - Product Industrial Engineering - Process Industrial Engineering -
Human Effort Industrial Engineering





Online Free Access Handbook of Industrial Engineering includes all modules of IE Online Course Notes.


Process Improvement using engineering knowledge to reduce cost through increasing productivity of machines and men by reducing machine time and man time is the main activity of industrial engineering.

Many other disciplines help industrial engineers to achieve their objectives. But the main discipline that is the foundation for IE is engineering of products and processes.


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Joe Biden
@JoeBiden
28.4.2023
By investing in manufacturing and building out our supply chains, we are creating good-paying jobs that you can raise a family on, lowering the costs of energy and the internet, and making sure that no community is left behind.



Replying to @JoeBiden Ask industrial engineers to work on sectors where costs are high? #IndustrialEngineering #CostReduction.

Posts

Top  Posts of the Month on 17.8. 2022
Surface Grinding - Technology & Productivity - Bibliography
Posted by Narayana Rao K.V.S.S.
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Industrial Engineering Principles, Methods Tools and Techniques
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Origin of Industrial Engineering and Productivity Management - Piece Rate System & Shop Management by Taylor - Summaries
Posted by Narayana Rao K.V.S.S.
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Low Cost Materials and Processes - Information Board - Database for Industrial Engineering and Value Engineering
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Special Promotion - September 2022

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Industry 4.0 - IIoT - Productivity Management Implications and Applications.

From IE Department, have you sent a report on IIoT based Productivity Improvement to your management. Have you made a presentation? Was the opportunity brought to the notice of your board?
Industry 4.0 - IIoT - Productivity Management.
   


328.
Manufacturing System Losses Identified in TPM Literature - Principles of Machine Economy


Equipment Efficiency - Machines Related  Losses - Identification and Prevention.

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Productivity Management - Improving Productivity   

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Business Process Efficiency Engineering - Industrial Engineering Through Information Technology.


Are You Aware of These 100 New Technologies in Industry 4.0 Era - How Many Do You Know?


IE Redesign Implementation - Principle of Industrial Engineering

You are not just planner. You are an Engineer and Manager. Implement the Redesign of Engineering Systems - IE Redesign Principle of Industrial Engineering.

Redesign Products and Processes. Implement. IE Redesign Principle of Industrial Engineering.

Industrial Engineering is Redesign of Products and Processes in Different Technologies for Productivity Improvement.


System Level Focus - Principle of Industrial Engineering


Selection of Operators - Principle of Industrial Engineering.
Selection of Equipment is also an Important Principle of Industrial Engineering.


Design for Manufacture for Injection Molding - Important Points
Lesson 250 of IEKC Industrial Engineering ONLINE Course Notes.

DFMA - Design for Manufacture for Die Casting - Important Points


DFMA - Design for Manufacture Notes on Selection of Materials and Processes






News and Information to Facilitate Productivity Analysis of Machining Elements in Milling

http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2020/03/milling-machining-elements-for.html




Milling - Estimation of Machining Time
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2019/11/milling-estimation-of-machining-time.html

Production Industrial Engineering - Industrial Engineering in Production Activity -  Scope

http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2015/03/production-industrial-engineering.html



2018 Machine Shop Engineering & Technology - Productivity Improvement and Cost Reduction News
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2020/04/2018-machine-shop-cost-reduction-news.html



Alternative Lubricants and Productivity - Case Study
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2020/06/alternative-lubricants-and-productivity.html


The principles of Methods Efficiency Engineering are fundamental, and they can be applied to any class of work. It makes no difference if a plant is manufacturing toys, tools, trains, or tractors ; the principles apply equally to all. - H.B. Maynard.
Scope and Limitations of Process Industrial Engineering - Methods Efficiency Engineering.
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2013/11/scope-and-limitations-of-methods.html

METHOD STUDY.
The principles of Methods Efficiency Engineering are fundamental, and they can be applied to any class of work. It makes no difference if a plant is manufacturing toys, tools, trains, or tractors ; the principles apply equally to all. - H.B. Maynard.
They are applicable to job shops as well as mass production shops. There are also applicable to all engineering branches.
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2013/11/scope-and-limitations-of-methods.html



STANDARDIZED CONDITIONS PRINCIPLE OF EFFICIENCY - Harrington Emerson
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2013/10/chapter-11-ninth-principle-standardized.html

STANDARDIZED OPERATIONS PRINCIPLE OF EFFICIENCY - Harrington Emerson
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2013/10/chapter-12-tenth-principle-standardized.html




Productivity Incentives - Principle of Industrial Engineering
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2017/06/productivity-incentives-principle-of.html



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EFFICIENCY REWARD PRINCIPLE OF EFFICIENCY by Harrington Emerson

http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2013/10/chapter-14-twelfth-principle-efficiency.html
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Learning Curve - Experience Curve - Bibliography
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2013/06/learning-curve-experience-curve.html





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News - Information for Industrial Engineering Analysis of Delays in Processes - Lean Inventory Design in Processes

http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2020/07/news-information-for-analysis-of-delays.html

Flow Manufacturing and Product Families.

Product families help you to create flow manufacturing cells. Flow manufacturing has many benefits compared to job shop or job queue manufacturing shops. Jobs have inherent delays in material flow.
News - Information for Industrial Engineering Analysis of Delays in Processes - Lean Inventory Design in Processes

http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2020/07/news-information-for-analysis-of-delays.html

Lean Thinkers have to use Industrial Engineering Tools - especially process charts. [VSM] analysis is at a high level, without many details. To uncover every instance of every type of muda requires a detailed analysis using a portfolio of tools drawn from industrial engineering ... The most important of these are process mapping (to identify and categorize each step together with the time, distance and effort involved)... Womack and Jones, 1996.
Lean Management - Introduction - Evolution.
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2014/02/lean-management.html

New Lean Principles for an Industry 4.0 World
#IndustrialEngineering  #Productivity  #CostReduction   #Lean
https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2022/08/new-lean-principles-for-industry-40.html

Systems Engineering - Designing entire value stream; that is, every step required to deliver value to your customer – instead of your product in isolation – is the defining characteristic of LPPD. - Jim Morgan, Lean Enterprise Institute.
New Lean Principles for an Industry 4.0 World.
#IndustrialEngineering  #Productivity  #CostReduction   #Lean
https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2022/08/new-lean-principles-for-industry-40.html

Lean thinkers reiterate what F.W. Taylor said earlier.
Robert Martichenko and Kevin von Grabe  say:
"Make decisions that will meet customer expectations at the lowest possible total cost."
Compare Taylor's management definition with the above explanation of lean management. They both mean the same.

Management is  knowing exactly what you want men to do, and then seeing that they do it in the best and cheapest way. - F.W. Taylor in Shop Management.
Lean Management - Introduction - Evolution.
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2014/02/lean-management.html

How to Lead Lean Systems?
John Shook - Former Toyota Manager. 
YouTube Videos on #Lean Systems and Practices
https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2013/08/youtube-videos-on-lean-systems-and.html



Lean is subset of IE with increased focus on flow and special focus on pull.
Lean is a Subset and Sub-brand of Industrial Engineering.
#IndustrialEngineering  #Productivity  #CostReduction   #Lean
https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2021/06/lean-is-sub-brand-of-industrial.html







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Industrial Engineering - Hand Tools, Cutting Tools and Machine Accessories for Productivity
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2018/04/industrial-engineering-hand-tools.html









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Information Systems Industrial Engineering - Information Systems Engineering
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2020/07/information-systems-industrial.html


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Business Process Improvement - Industrial Engineering Through Information Technology - Bibliography
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2013/06/business-process-improvement.html






































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Process Improvement Industrial Engineering

Operations in the Process - Material Processing - Inspection - Material Movement - Storage - Production Planning and Control


Material Processing Improvement

For each manufacturing process, industrial engineers have to identify the process parameters that have an effect on productivity and do experiments to find the relation between the parameter and productivity. The increased understanding of these relations leads to productivity engineering and more productivity.
Electrochemical Machining - Productivity Science - Engineering

Production Industrial Engineering - Scope.
Basic Production Processes and Technologies and Industrial Engineering.
Developing basic production processes and technologies in the direction of increasing productivity is the responsibility of industrial engineering discipline.

Inspection

For inspection operation also, equipment, gauges and persons are used. Productivity improvement has to be attempted based on the engineering knowledge of IEs.

Material Handling, Transport and Material Movement

Motorized Equipment, Man operated trolleys, implements like shoves  and persons are used. Productivity improvement has to be attempted based on the engineering knowledge of IEs.

Storage and Warehousing

Receiving, breaking the bulk or separating items, counting, moving to shelves and placing in shelves are to be done. Similarly, there are activities when material is to be issued. Full automation of warehousing is possible now. Productivity improvement has to be attempted based on the engineering knowledge of IEs.

Production Planning and Control

If it is not proper, wrong batch quantities and safety stocks are employed. Lots of delays take place. Material lies idle and resources become idle.

Hence productivity science is needed in each step of the process of manufacture of a part or a complete product.






Principles of motion economy for human effort industrial engineering. Principles of machine economy for machine effort industrial engineering.

Productivity Improvement in Machine Shop - F.W. Taylor

Engineering in Industrial Engineering -  Machine work study or machine effort improvement, value engineering and design for manufacturing and assembly are major engineering based IE methods. All are available as existing methods.



Process Improvement - Process Industrial Engineering - Methods and Techniques

PROCESS IMPROVEMENT STUDY
Question the choice of the machine for the operation in each process improvement study.
Do the replacement analysis in each facilities improvement study.
Production Equipment Productivity Analysis. 












My advocacy now is IEs must first concentrate on improving engineering elements and then move into productivity managerial elements and non-engineering areas. Machine work study or machine effort improvement, value engineering and design for manufacturing and assembly are major engineering based IE methods. All are available as existing methods.


SME 2021 Geoffrey Boothroyd Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineers

14 Geoffrey Boothroyd Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineers, age 35 or younger, are being recognized for their exceptional contributions and accomplishments in the manufacturing industry. 

Each year, the award is named in honor of a specific individual who has made lifelong contributions to manufacturing and SME. The 2021 award namesake is University of Massachusetts Professor Geoffrey Boothroyd, PhD, FSME, and founder of Boothroyd Dewhurst Inc. Boothroyd and his colleagues began research on what would become the basis for the design for manufacture and assembly (DFMA) methodology, "which has dramatically reduced costs, improved product quality and enhanced the competitiveness of major U.S. manufacturers."


Lilian Gilbreth - Cal Graduate - Cal's First Industrial Engineer
https://ieor.berkeley.edu/cals-first-industrial-engineer/

Industrial Engineering @ Oakland ISE - Prof Robert Van Til

J. Jack Watson : Engineering Hall of Fame - 2001

Graduation Year: 1950
BSIA 1950 - MIME

Jack Watson graduated with a BS in Industrial Administration in 1950, then worked as an industrial engineer and supervisor with The Boeing Company in Seattle for nine years, and three years at Thiokol Chemical in Brigham City, Utah. He then spent 25 years in executive management at Wilton Corporation in Shiller Park, Illinois; Walworth Company in Braintree, Massachusetts; Medalist Industries in Oshkosh, Wisconsin; Pressed Steel Tank in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Grove Valve and Regulator in Oakland, California. In 1987, Watson co-founded and served as Chairman and CEO of NEWFLO Corporation in Austin, Texas. NEWFLO acquired nine subsidiary companies during the next nine years and sales grew from $34 million in 1988 to $232 million in 1996. The company was sold to Portland, Oregon's Precision Castparts in 1996.
https://engineering.oregonstate.edu/j-jack-watson-2001-engineering-hall-fame

Jack Watson - Biography - Book - Page 156 Boeing job starts
Page 177: 300 person industrial engineering department at Boeing (1950-1959)
https://books.google.co.in/books?id=HtZizrKbb-AC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false


For each 100 million dollars cost of production, there can be one MS IE and 6 BSIEs.
Value Creation Model for Industrial Engineering - Productivity Engineering https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2020/03/value-creation-model-for-industrial.html

Industrial Engineering in Top Global Manufacturing Companies - Top 100
https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2020/03/industrial-engineering-in-top-global.html

Understand skills and knowledge required for IE Jobs in Top 100 Global Manufacturing Companies
Industrial Engineering Jobs - Top Global Manufacturing Companies - 2020
https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2020/03/industrial-engineering-jobs-top-global.html



Industrial Engineering - Core Task


The core task in Industrial Engineering (IE) is continuous engineering change in product and processes to increase productivity. Other activities are additions to this core. If it is not done, engineering term has no meaning and IE has no competitive advantage.

"Industrial Engineering is System Efficiency Engineering and Human Effort Engineering. It is an engineering discipline that deals with the system efficiency."

The core design teams are first concerned with effectiveness and then with satisfactory efficiency. Industrial engineers evaluate and increase efficiency over the life cycle of the product and process based on intensive search of existing knowledge, creative application, efficiency related measurements and analysis, new technology developments, experience, and involving every body in operations as well as design in efficiency improvement. Improvements done by IEs are fed back into core design for the future products and processes.

Principles of Industrial Engineering With Supporting Articles https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2019/11/principles-of-industrial-engineering.html


The earlier Blog URL:  http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/02/industrial-engineering-bulletin-board.html

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Industrial Engineering Knol Books by Narayana Rao


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Industrial Engineering Knowledge Revision - One Year Plan

January - February - March - April - May - June

July - August - September - October - November - December


The Purpose, Philosophy, Principles and Methods of Industrial Engineering
Masters in Industrial Engineering Program Orientation Address 2016
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Knowledge Base for Process Productivity Improvement - News - Information for




2022

40 continuous improvement tools
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6970934647950098432 

New Concepts, Methods and Techniques in Industrial Engineering.
Facilities Industrial Engineering - Product Industrial Engineering - Process Industrial Engineering -
Human Effort Industrial Engineering

IEs have to learn: Action-based modeling: What’s behind what’s happening?

Mario Ventresca, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Industrial Engineering,
College of Engineering, Purdue University

5.7.2022
Happy. 250 lessons got minimum 50 views in a year.
Industrial Engineering FREE ONLINE Course. 

The Next 50 Years of Industrial Management and Engineering

hakan butuner
2015, Proceedings of International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Dubai, United Arab Emirates


Trends and Proposals for European Industrial Engineering

June 2021
Conference: IEM Teaching and Research at the Crossroads of Innovation, Digitalisation and Sustainability. Proceedings of the 14th EPIEM Conference 2021. Editors Assoc. Prof. Priv.-Doz. Dipl.-Ing. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Bernd Markus ZUNK Univ.-Ass. Amila OMAZIC, BSc MScAt: Graz University of Technology (virtual conference)Volume: ISBN (e-book) 978-3-85125-827-1
Authors:
Jabier Retegi, Mondragon Unibertsitatea
Juan Ignacio Igartua-Lopez, Mondragon Unibertsitatea

The Efficiency Magazine - 1911 to 1916
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000057303

Efficient Manufacturing - Web Magazine

Creative machine fixturing ability enables Parkn to produce large batches of parts very quickly if needed. They can also set up the fixtures to run separate parts on the other side, if smaller batches are required.

Machine fixture design is a balancing act to see how many parts you can fit into the machine at once without disturbing the tool path or exceeding the limitations of your machine tool.

Managing to Learn: Using the A3 Management Process to Solve Problems, Gain Agreement, Mentor and Lead

John Shook
Lean Enterprise Institute, 2008 - Business & Economics - 138 pages

"The process by which a company identifies, frames, acts and reviews progress on problems, projects and proposals can be found in the structure of the A3 process ... follow the story of a manager ... and his report ... which will reveal how the A3 can be used as a management process to create a standard method for innovating, planning, problem-solving, and building structures for a broader and deeper form of thinking - a practical and repeatable approach to organizational learning"--Publisher's description.

Gemba Keiei by Taiichi Ohno, Chapter 33: The Difference Between Production Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering
By Jon Miller

Industrial Engineering 4.0 - 2022







Using process mining to improve productivity in make-to-stock manufacturing
Rafael Lorenz et. al., International Journal of Production Research, Volume 59, 2021 - Issue 16.

How is 3D Animation impacting the new age of Engineering Animation?
The new world is all about technology. Every industry across the globe is manifesting to switch to new technological methods that can catalyze their business productivity and functionality.





2021


2020


Artificial Intelligence Replacing the Human Effort by 4 times.
when people don’t know about the use of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots they are four times more effective at selling products than inexperienced workers
ByElets News Network,  September 24, 2019
https://cio.eletsonline.com/news/artificial-intelligence-replacing-the-human-effort-by-4-times/63313/

ISO 9241-11:2018(en)
Ergonomics of human-system interaction — Part 11: Usability: Definitions and concepts
https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:std:iso:9241:-11:ed-2:v1:en

Modern engineering: why do organizations transform?

JANUARY 15, 2020

Antonio De La Prieta

MANAGING DIRECTOR AT THE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY CENTER IN SPAIN

Lead of custom software engineering, digital, and Salesforce practices at the Advanced Technology Center in Spain.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonio-de-la-prieta-antoli/

Jorge Hidalgo

SENIOR TECHNOLOGY ARCHITECT AT THE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY CENTER IN SPAIN

Global Java practice co-lead, and custom software engineering, architecture & DevOps lead at the Advanced Technology Center in Spain.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/deors/

https://www.accenture.com/us-en/blogs/software-engineering-blog/prieta-hidalgo-modern-engineering


Productivity Improvement Service of Sandvik Coromant
https://www.sandvik.coromant.com/en-gb/services/manufacturing/pages/pip.aspx

Stanford researchers demonstrate major advance in dynamic charging
May 19, 2020

Stanford engineers report that they have taken a big step toward a practical system for dynamic charging, which would allow EVs to recharge while hurtling down the highway.

Stanford Professor Shanhui Fan has been working on dynamic charging for some time. In 2017, Fan and graduate student Sid Assawaworrarit built a working prototype. Now they  demonstrated a system that could be scaled up to enable highway dynamic charging, and that could see a practical application in the nearer term, wirelessly recharging robots as they move around warehouses and factory floors. This is a significant research step toward a practical and efficient system for wirelessly recharging automobiles and robots, even when they are moving at high speeds.
https://chargedevs.com/newswire/stanford-researchers-demonstrate-major-advance-in-dynamic-charging/


S-in motion provides smart steel solutions for EVs
Posted May 7, 2020

ArcelorMittal introduced its first S-in motion study for ICE vehicles ten years back. The company has now released a new set of S-in motion solutions for EVs. The S-in motion online car configurator shows how advanced high-strength steels (AHSS) and smart solutions can be deployed to meet the weight, safety, cost and sustainability performance targets of EV producers.
https://chargedevs.com/newswire/s-in-motion-provides-smart-steel-solutions-for-evs/


Manufacturing Education
https://books.google.co.in/books?id=pqNPDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

November 2017

November - Industrial Engineering Knowledge Revision Plan
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2015/01/november-industrial-engineering.html

Empowerment and Productivity
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2017/11/empowerment-and-productivity.html


Engineering Materials for Cost Reduction
Posted by Michael Pfeifer, Ph.D., P.E.
One approach to cost reduction is to re-engineer products to use less expensive materials or reduced quantities of higher priced materials.  This approach can have a significant impact on a product’s costs, since the materials used in a product account for a large part of its total cost.
https://www.imetllc.com/engineering-materials-for-cost-reduction/

Interesting work in Industrial Engineering being done by

https://www.linkedin.com/in/spmishra16/




Industrial Engineers - Share at least one productivity idea of yours every year


Contribute Brainstorming Bits for Productivity Improvement.

I suggest that all industrial engineering participating in productivity improvement contribute at least one productivity initiative of theirs every year through a blog post, social media entry or email in a group. The blog post can be in their own blog, on a blog of their company or it can be submitted to blogs of their institute or professional associations. The social media posts can be on their profile, a page, or in a community. That way the community will have multiple examples of productivity improvement in the entire global economy and some of these examples act as brainstorming particles that excite others to think and implement productivity measures in their organizations. By sharing only one idea every year, every industrial engineer engaging in productivity improvement can energize the entire profession.

I am very happy that Mr. Keven McManus, a regular author in Industrial Engineer magazine supported the idea in FaceBook Community of IISE.


NIFT should focus on Industrial Engineering http://news.apparelresources.com/events-news/nift-should-focus-on-industrial-engineering/

Low Cost Materials and Processes - Information Board - 2014 - Database for Industrial Engineering and Value Engineering

Branding for Industrial Engineering


Industrial Engineering Strategy

Industrial Engineering of Technical Processes

  Manufacturing Systems Industrial Engineering
  Material Handling Systems Industrial Engineering
Quality and Inspection Systems Industrial Engineering
Storage and Warehouse  Systems Industrial Engineering
Supply Chain Systems Industrial Engineering
Logistics Systems Industrial Engineering
  Information Systems Industrial Engineering
Lean Manufacturing Systems Industrial Engineering
    Maintenance System Industrial Engineering

Industrial Engineering of Business Processes

Marketing and Selling Processes  Industrial Engineering
Purchase Processes  Industrial Engineering
Accounting Processes  Industrial Engineering
Customer Service Processes  Industrial Engineering
Human Resource Recruitment  Process Industrial Engineering

Continued in 

Productivity and Industrial Engineering News - Bulletin Board - February 2014


November 2014
Industrial Engineering Strategy - Decisions to be taken by top management
Toyota Production Industrial Engineering updated by adding all chapters of the book


July - Industrial Engineering Knowledge Revision Plan
Industrial Engineering Knowledge Revision Plan - Started on 17 June 2014


February 2014

Shigeo Shingo - The Japanese Industrial Engineer - Contribution to Industrial Engineering  Updated on 18.2.2014

3 Feb 2014
IntelliJ IDEA 13 Wins Jolt Productivity Award for Coding Tools 2014!
Dr. Dobb’s Journal named IntelliJ IDEA 13 the winner of the Jolt Productivity Award for Coding Tools 2014, an annual award given to the best IDEs and coding tools.
http://www.drdobbs.com/joltawards/jolt-awards-coding-tools/240165725?pgno=6

https://www.drdobbs.com/

January 2014


31.1.2014

Vacuum drying - increased moulding productivity - Plastics Processing

“Vacuum drying is six times faster than with desiccant systems, which not only makes possible much shorter cold startups but also reduces the risk of material degradation, since resin is exposed to elevated temperature for 80% less time,” said Mr. Smith. “This remarkable drying speed is attributable to a far more efficient method for extracting moisture from resin pellets — so much more efficient that vacuum dryers reduce energy consumption by up to 60% in comparison with desiccant dryers.”
http://www.eppm.com/machinery/vacuum-dryer-claims-increased-moulding-productivity/


Solutions to Drive Warehouse Productivity
In this webcast, Eric Hepburn, Vice President of Distribution Center Management for Penske Logistics, shares proven techniques on how to devise a labor management strategy that can make a huge impact on your distribution operations.
http://www.dcvelocity.com/videocasts/?videocast_id=53

30.1.2014


Three reasons why blogging helps research productivity
http://www.scilogs.com/expiscor/three-reasons-why-blogging-helps-research-productivity/


Efficient cooling system improves productivity in plastic moulding


As cooling time is the biggest factor in plastic moulding cycle and one of the deciding factors for the quality requirements, better control upon the same will improve the productivity to a great extent.
Analysis of cooling performance at regular intervals is always advisable to maintain and/or improve the cooling efficiency.
The pump/s, pipe diameter and cooling tower are selected accordingly and the design is optimised. Design can be optimised for new plants and for modification of existing plant.
http://www.business-standard.com/content/b2b-chemicals/efficient-cooling-system-improves-productivity-in-plastic-moulding-114012900974_1.html



Wave Walker Boosts Productivity
WaveWalker can considerably boost productivity in tasks such as drilling and pipeline and cable-laying.
http://www.marinelink.com/news/productivity-walker363586.aspx

Bangladesh boosts garment productivity with SewEasy System for industrial engineering
The SewEasy SMV estimation system, established on PMTS technology serves factories since 1996, and is based on MTM.
http://www.ft.lk/2014/01/30/bangladesh-boosts-garment-productivity-with-seweasy-system-for-industrial-engineering/


Remarkable increase in productivity with the new SEHO SelectLine
SEHO Systems GmbH, a worldwide leading manufacturer of automated soldering systems and customer-specific solutions, will present the new SEHO SelectLine selective soldering system
http://www.globalsmt.net/smt/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21145&Itemid=413


H.C. Starck's Newton facility awarded Industry Week's 2013 Best Plants
The global supplier of technology metals was able to reduce waste, optimize productivity, streamline processes, improve efficiencies, and reduce cost.
http://www.thefabricator.com/news/shopmanagement/h-c-starck-s-newton-facility-awarded-i-industry-week-i-s-2013-best-plants



29.1.2014

Productivity and Online Learning


The Need for Greater Productivity through Online Learning, Part 1
http://wcetblog.wordpress.com/2014/01/21/greater-productivity-part-1/
The Need for Greater Productivity through Online Learning, Part 2
http://wcetblog.wordpress.com/2014/01/23/greater-productivity-part-2/
The Need for Greater Productivity through Online Learning, Further Thoughts
http://wcetblog.wordpress.com/2014/01/28/the-need-for-greater-productivity-through-online-learning-further-thoughts/


Productivity Commission of New Zealand suggests 25 recommendations that it believed would boost the productivity of the services sector
http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/9663187/Productivity-Commission-suggests-overhaul


Tap behavioural economics for productivity boost
Businesses must select leaders and managers who can engage their employees
http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/premium/editorial-opinion/opinion/tap-behavioural-economics-productivity-boost-20140129

Preparing For Productivity: The Rise Of The Maintenance Planner
http://www.facilitiesnet.com/maintenanceoperations/article/Preparing-for-Productivity-The-Rise-of-the-Maintenance-Planner--14695#

Guide to assessing productivity in your organisation - Productivity South Africa
Download the Guide to assessing productivity in your organisation - (139KB)


The Domino N600i
The only digital colour label press that combines
the productivity of flexo with the flexibility of digital printing
http://www.domino-printing.com/N600i/N600i-Colour-Digital-Label-Press.html

Resource Productivity of Japanese Manufacturing Subsidiaries in the Philippines: A Comparative Case Study.
Source: DLSU Business & Economics Review . Jul2011, Vol. 21 Issue 1, p15-28. 14p. 5 Charts.
Author(s): Cortez, Michael Angelo A.
(EBSCO Host)

Industrial Productivity
What determines how much a worker can produce in different periods and in different countries? The answer is found in the study of a sensitive ratio between the cost of labor and the cost of machinery
By Seymour Melman
Scientific American Volume 193, Issue 1


3M™ High Productivity Pad 7300, 20 in, 5/case
http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/Facilities-Care-Cleaning-NA/commercial-cleaning/cleaning-supplies/~/3M-High-Productivity-Pad-7300-20-in-5-case?N=4294929802+6702276&Nr=AND(hrcy_id%3AGSMS2G8GX9gs_F2TPJQMRJ6_N2RL3FHWVK_GPD0K8BC31gv)&rt=d


Value Engineering of Ventilator

Productivity and IE in Stock and Commodity Exchange Trading


Integrated production planning and control: A multi-objective optimization model
Cheng Wang, Xiao-Bing Liu
Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management
Vol 6, No 4 (2013)
http://www.jiem.org/index.php/jiem/article/view/771


A Novel Optimization Method on Logistics Operation for Warehouse & Port Enterprises Based on Game Theory
Junyang Li, Xiaomin Zhu, Runtong Zhang
Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management
Vol 6, No 4 (2013)
http://www.jiem.org/index.php/jiem/article/view/597



2014 International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Applications(ICIEA 2014)

Papers on the following topics will be presented in oral and poster sessions:
· Decision Analysis and Methods
· E-Business and E-Commerce
· Engineering Economy and Cost Analysis
· Engineering Education and Training
· Global Manufacturing and Management
· Healthcare Systems and Management
· Human Factors
· Information Processing and Engineering
· Intelligent Systems
· Manufacturing Systems
· Operations Research
· Production Planning and Control
· Project Management
· Quality Control and Management
· Reliability and Maintenance Engineering
· Safety, Security and Risk Management
· Service Innovation and Management
· Supply Chain Management
· Systems Modeling and Simulation
· Technology and Knowledge Management

Conference papers will be selected to be published in Journal of Industrial and Intelligent Information (JIII, ISSN: 2301-3745, 10.12720/jiii, www.jiii.org).


28.1.2014


Rokla Rockwheel cutting unit increases productivity in abrasive material mining
http://www.im-mining.com/2014/01/28/rokla-rockwheel-cutting-unit-increases-productivity-in-abrasive-material/

Productivity From Packaging Line Solutions
Rennco is a manufacturer of semi-automatic and fully automatic vertical bagging machines and medical device heat sealing systems
http://goarticles.com/article/Productivity-From-Packaging-Line-Solutions/8349528/

Low-cost and more versatile robots to increase productivity
Rise of the machines: Robots on the factory floor
Vanguard Plastics in Southington, Conn., has put a robot named Baxter($25,000) in its plant to work side by side with some of the 22 people on its floor.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/101362018

New Inserts Boost Productivity in a Wide Range of Tough Turning Applications
Walter's new geometries bring production efficiencies for turning high temperature alloys, titanium machining and tough roughing jobs.
http://www.fabricatingandmetalworking.com/2014/01/new-inserts-boost-productivity-in-a-wide-range-of-tough-turning-applications/

Drum Debarker — Continuous Wood Feeding And Other Productivity-Boosting Mechanisms
http://chasseurs-orages.org/drum-debarker-continuous-wood-feeding-and-other-productivity-boosting-mechanisms/

Reduce press downtime between jobs in stamping machines
http://www.thefabricator.com/article/stamping/cutting-time-between-coils

How We Increased Productivity on the Shop Floor
By PAUL DOWNS
Paul Downs founded Paul Downs Cabinetmakers in 1986. It is based outside Philadelphia.
http://boss.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/27/how-we-increased-productivity-on-the-shop-floor/?partner=rss&emc=rss

Tips for Maximizing Productivity and Decreasing Costs in Welding Job Shops
http://www.millerwelds.com/resources/articles/tips-for-maximizing-productivity-and-decreasing-costs-in-job-shops

Analysis of buffered assembly line productivity
Ryspek Usubamatov, Abd Alsalam Alsalameh, Rosmaini Ahmad, Abdul Rahman Riza, (2014) "Analysis of buffered assembly line productivity", Assembly Automation, Vol. 34 Iss: 1, pp.34 - 40
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=17104126&show=abstract


Comprehensive, quantitative bioprocess productivity monitoring using fluorescence EEM spectroscopy and chemometrics.
Analyst, 2014, Accepted Manuscript
http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2014/an/c4an00007b#!divAbstract

InfoPrint Productivity Tracker
Insights to help drive out cost
https://www.infoprint.com/internet/ipww.nsf/vwWebPublished/swip_infoprint-productivity-tracker_en


Converged infrastructure boosts Oracle DBA productivity
Converged infrastructure boosts DBA productivity, according to a new Wikibon report. Wikibon’s research examined Oracle database administrators (DBAs) in particular and found that highly converged infrastructure lowered costs and raised productivity between 40 and 50 percent.
http://siliconangle.com/blog/2014/01/27/converged-infrastructure-boosts-oracle-dba-productivity/



27.1.2014

$1 billion Soros backed fund for Supply Chain Efficiency Improvement Projects

Niedermaier, CEO of New York-based Tau Investment Management has teamed up with investor Alexander Soros— the son of billionaire financier George Soros to raise $1 billion  to revamp the vast number of firms that form supply chains for various products. He said firms participating in supply chains are full of inefficiencies and outdated equipment that can be upgraded for a nice profit. His Tau Investments has chosen as its first target textile and apparel manufacturing in emerging markets, a $1 trillion industry.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/101359907

Management and Productivity
http://www.economist.com/news/business/21594223-it-no-longer-just-plausible-theory-good-management-boosts-productivity-measuring

Decreasing workplace transparency can increase productivity.

Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Ethan S. Bernstein shows that decreasing the observation of employees can increase their productivity.  His paper "Transparency Paradox: A Role for Privacy in Organizational Learning and Operational Control"  won the 2013 Best Published Paper Award from both the Academy of Management's Organization and Management Theory Division and Organizational Behavior Division.
http://forbesindia.com/article/harvard/hiding-from-managers-can-increase-your-productivity/36859/1

Tivoli Storage Productivity Center - IBM
Tivoli Storage Productivity Center simplifies the following data and storage management processes:
Storage administration options where you can choose from an advanced GUI or VMware plug-in. It also includes Cognos® Business Intelligence and pre-designed reports.
Storage and device management to give you fast deployment with agent-less device management – while intelligent presets improve provisioning consistency and control.
Integrated performance management features end-to-end views, including devices, SAN fabrics and storage systems. The server-centric view of storage infrastructure enables fast troubleshooting.
Data replication management that enables you to have remote mirror, snapshot and copy management and supports Windows, Linux, UNIX and System z data.
http://www-03.ibm.com/software/products/en/tivostorprodcent/


Increasing  the productivity of sales force.by simplifying the Insurance form filling process

Tata AIA Life Insurance Company Ltd today said it has implemented a host of new processes that will make life insurance simpler and increase the productivity of its sales force.
Tata AIA Life is one of the first insurance companies in India to fully switch over to a ‘Standard Proposal Form’ for all products consequently offering convenience in making completion of applications faster and easier for the customers. This also makes the agent sales kit lighter since different proposal forms for different products would not be required any further.
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/tata-aia-life-aims-to-enhance-productivity/article5620363.ece

Productivity in Germany

Highest 111.June 2012
102.3 in November 2013
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/germany/productivity

Impact of Temperature and Climate Variability on Milk Productivity of Bovines
Mitigation Measures - India
http://www.ndri.res.in/PanApps/chapters/2.pdf

22 Productivity Principles From Proverbs

http://www.churchleaders.com/worship/worship-articles/172409-eric-mckiddie-productivity-principles-from-proverbs.html?p=1

Improving field service productivity with tablet pcs
http://www.motioncomputing.com/downloads/Marketing_Brochures/industries/industry_fieldservice_web.pdf



Modern Compass Improves Oilfield Productivity, Cuts Costs

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) comments that multiple reservoirs of oil and gas can be now be accessed from a single platform by drilling vertically and then horizontally, but drill operators need to know which way their drill bits are going to maxi­mize production and avoid collisions with other wells. One way to accomplish this important task is to install a magnetometer—a sort of modern-day compass—in a drill-string instrument package that follows the drill bit.
http://www.bpnews.com/index.php/in-the-news/97-modern-compass-improves-oilfield-productivity-cuts-costs


ATC 900 the most productive tire changer solution on the market

The dual-disc bead breaker, center clamp system and automatic demounting tool make the ATC 900 the most productive tire changer solution on the market. Leverless demounting and powered wheel lift reduce technician fatigue and opportunity for injury. Dual disc bead breakers and servo positioned and electronically synchronized so the technician can efficiently maintain a safe and ergonomic bay position.
http://www.johnbean.ca/tc-atc-900.asp

December 2013

Industrial Engineering of Warehouses - Efficiency Improvement of warehouses
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2013/12/warehouse-industrial-engineering.html


The New role of Industrial Engineering  by Jan Kosturiak and Robert Debnar (Article in 2008)
Practices in USA, Europe and Japan Compared and Changing Directions Identified.

The American school of Industrial Engineering combines statistical methods in quality, mathematics and optimisation methods of operation research, simulation and  the methods for work analysis and facilities layout planning. The base of the methods of the Japanese school of Industrial Engineering is the Toyota Production System oriented on waste elimination in the entire value stream. But also Japanese universities and companies incorporated simulation, mathematics and operation research programmes into the traditional Industrial Engineering methods. In an  issue of Harvard Business review, Toyota´s President Katsuaki Watanabe emphasizes the importance of combining continuous improvement (Kaizen) with radical innovations (Kakushin).

 The traditional focus of Industrial Engineering is on process analysis and improvement.  and also the human aspects related to flexibility, productivity and creativity.

 Information technology is being increasingly integrated into IE courses and alongside the basic subjects that deal with hard facts, there are more and more classes looking at issues of teamwork, people motivation, communication skills, emotional intelligence and ethics.




USA

Europe

Japan

Focus of Industrial Engineering

Systems Optimisation, Statistical Process Control, Simulation, Bottleneck Management, Project Management  - USA

Complex process optimisation, CIM, CAD/CAM, Flexible Automation, Systems Engineering, Digital Factory - Europe

Waste Elimination, Simplification, Visualisation, Low Cost Automation,  Common Sense, Lean, TPS, Kaizen - Japan

Typical Role of the Industrial Engineer

Systems Integrator, Optimiser, Process Improvement and re-engineering - USA

Production Process Optimisation, - Europe

Lean Manager, Teacher, Trainer, - Japan

Who are the Industrial Engineers?

Industrial Engineering Department, Operation Management - USA

Department of Work and Process Organisation, Production Planning Department _ Europe

Hancho – Supervisor on Shop Floor, Every Employee from CEO to the Worker on the Line has some IE Skills - Japan


Leading  associations and organizations

Institute of Industrial Engineers, Maynard´s, Lean Institute, MIT, Purdue University, Goldratt Institute - USA

REFA, MTM, Fraunhofer - Europe

Toyota, Nissan, Omron, JMA, JUSE - Japan

Some IE  Leaders

Babbage Towne, Hasley, Gantt, Taylor, Gillbreth, Ford, Deming, Shewhart, Pritsker, White, Malcom

Fayol, Mitrofanov, Altschuller, Schulmpeter, T.Baťa, J.Baťa, Warnecke

Toyota, Suzaki, Imai, Takeda, Shingo, Ishikawa, Taguchi, Ohno, Monden





Focus on the “empolyee´s muscles” (performance – physical intelligence) and brains (kaizen – mental intelligence) shifting to  Focus on the employee´s heart (self motivation, emotional intelligence)  and soul (moral and ethics – soul intelligence)

Management philosophy
Trade Off Thinking - High Quality OR Low Cost, Affordable OR Customized to Breakthrough Thinking, High Quality AND Low Cost, Affordable AND Customized

Improvement Concepts
Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, TOC shifting to Systematic Innovation, Lean Product Development

Management principles
Management by objectives, process and project management shifting to  Management by opportunities, company as a  living organism


Mass customisation,  individualisation, global competition, fast overcoming of traditional rules and standards mean that many change processes are running in companies world wide under the slogan “give your customer what he wants – but faster than your competitors”.

There are three fundamental concepts in industrial engineering focused on customer value:

1. Lean Management

2. Theory of Constraints based Total Productivity Management

3. Six Sigma

Over the last decade, many companies have tried to copy Toyota‘s principles. They are applying methods for waste elimination from production and business processes, they compare benchmark indicators like value added index or working hours per product. But the essence of Toyota’s excellence is not yet captured . Toyota has been developing this system consistently for over 50 years. Toyota has developed a system of knowledge which creates reusable knowledge, maintains it, and leverages its use in the future. Nobody from Toyota employees wrote a handbook of the Toyota Production System, this is the business of other management gurus. The values and principles of the Toyota Production System are developed in the minds and daily jobs of all the employees. All the knowledge gained throughout the design or production process, what works and what doesn’t work, could be captured and consistently applied for all future projects. Toyota doesn´t call its system “lean”, but it is lean, Toyota doesn´t speak about knowledge management, but it does it!

The lean concept originated in Toyota is oriented on waste identification and elimination from the whole process chain (Value Stream Management). In other words – lean focus is the maximisation of added value in all the production, logistical, administrative and development processes. TOC (Theory of Constraints) is based on the identification and elimination of the system´s constraints with the goal ongoing throughput improvement. The throughput is defined as the rate at which the organisation generates money through sales. In other words, throughput is the added value in the process chain per time unit. The Six Sigma philosophy identifies and eliminates variation from the value stream so that defects approach zero and quality delights the customer. Six Sigma, Lean and TOC continuously improve knowledge in pursuit of perfection and involve and empower the employees.

Many companies are oriented on low cost strategies. But some cost attack programmes or the transfering of production facilities to low cost countries showed that it is not the right and strategic solution. In recent years, many West European and US manufacturing firms have moved their production plants to the low cost countries. Over time, they recognised that they had lost some competitive advantages because some departments were physically separated (e.g. product design and development, production engineering, production, logistics) and the communication and co-operation between them was limited. Also many cultural differences reduced the effects of the low cost location. Not even the massive implementation of lean management, Six Sigma or other world class concepts can sometimes bring any radical improvement. Company success is not only in the optimisation of current processes (doing right things right).


 What is the new role of industrial engineering in coming years?

1. The industrial engineer will still focus on value stream improvement, but not only in manufacturing. Administrative, product development, customer service and logistical processes offer huge improvement potential.

2. The integration of traditional concepts for process improvement like Lean, Six Sigma and TOC. These concepts for waste elimination, reduction of process variation and throughput increase will be combined with concepts for customer value creation.

3. Today, the typical job position of industrial engineers is in the production and logistics departments. In the future, the industrial engineers will penetrate into the departments for product and process development and innovation management, where the higher opportunities to reduce costs, eliminate waste and improve quality rather than production are.

4. Industrial engineers have to increase their orientation on the people. Not only in the traditional sense – ergonomics, but also in the areas of emotional intelligence, co-operation, knowledge management, coaching, training, leadership, communication, etc. The companies should be able to solve the following important questions regarding knowledge management: How to share, communicate and develop the best corporate practices in the organisation? How to transfer knowledge between employees on the projects and actions in the company? How to increase and measure knowledge? How to change knowledge into innovation as fast as possible?

5. The design and development of teamwork in the entire company – this is the crucial competence of industrial engineers for the future. They need to work in  the creative teams of strong individuals, focused on innovation ability.  The other important task is to work in  multi-cultural teams in the global production networks.

6. Work analysis and measurement is the traditional competence of industrial engineers. New opportunities for this discipline are in logistics, distribution, office, and product and process development.

7. Industrial engineers will penetrate from production departments to other company areas. There are many new application fields for traditional IE methods – e.g. 5S in information systems, simulation and value stream management of supply chain networks, simplification and streamlining of management processes – waste in meetings, reporting, etc.


The most used methods and concepts of industrial eingineering in the industrial companies are  – Value Stream Industrial Engineering  (not only in production processes, but also in office, logistical chains and product development processes),  – Work Analysis and Measurement (in European companies more traditional methods are used MTM or UAS, American companies use MOST more often),  – Computer simulation (in Europe EM Plant or Witness, in US companies more often, Arena, Automod, etc.),  – TPM based waste elimination - Total Productivity Management based on TOC  – Quality in process – SPC, poka yoke, andon, jidoka, stop line  – 5S and Quick Changeover  – Different Systematic Problems Solving Approaches – Kaizen (individual improvement ideas, workshops, quick win activities, Improvement Projects with DMAIC methodology  – Planning of U shaped  Lines with one piece flow and Low Cost Intelligent Automation (LCIA) concepts  – Team work, visual management, management by objectives  – Pull systems in production and logistics (internal and external milk run concepts)  – Traditional IE problem solving methods – FMEA, QFD, Project Management, A3 reports, etc. -
http://www.ai-online.com/Adv/Previous/show_issue.php?id=2244#sthash.JUZRM87e.dpuf


Industrial Engineering Bulletin Board - Archive 1

Industrial engineering directs the efficient conduct of manufacturing, construction, transportation, or even commercial enterprises of any undertaking, indeed in which human labor is directed to accomplishing any kind of work . Industrial engineering has drawn upon mechanical engineering, upon economics, sociology, psychology, philosophy, accountancy, to fuse from these older sciences a distinct body of science of its own . It is the inclusion of the economic and the human elements especially that differentiates industrial engineering from the older established branches of the profession (Going, 1911)

IEs have to remember economists and their contribution to improving engineering economics.


Emmy Aware Winning Video on Industrial Engineering from University of Buffalo.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpPDoLX_9K4

Article on the video on IIE website
http://www.iienet2.org/details.aspx?id=24404
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26.4.2011
Department of Industrial Engineering, ICAI Engineering School, Comillas Pontifical University, Madrid
http://esd.mit.edu/careers/icai-posting.pdf  (Job advertisemet in 2009)
3.3.2011
Software for Motion Economy

Generating Economic Motion Plans for Manual Operations - Masters Thesis (Computer Engineering)
http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12606524/index.pdf


6.2.2011

IE Conference, India, February 2011

West Bengal University of Technology (WBUT)
BF 142 , Sector-1, Salt Lake City,
Kolkata 700064,

The 1st National Conference on Industrial Engineering (NCIE-2011) is being organized by the Department of Industrial Engineering & Management at West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata India. The focus of the conference is on recent advances in the area of Industrial Engineering & Management in improving the productivity of industrial firms.

Paper Submission Deadline: 5th February 2011
Registration Deadline: 12th February 2011
Conference Date: 17th and 18th February 2011

Industrial Engineering Knol Books



1.11.2010
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 New Concept to be explored
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6.2.2010

Interesting links on value engineering

DoD value engineering handbook

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District value engineering program identified more than $150 million in potential savings on projects in fiscal 2009 – the most ever identified in a fiscal year to date.
The biggest contributors to the windfall include $21 million in accepted savings from a Missile Defense Agency site in Poland and $18 million in potential savings from a family housing project at Wiesbaden.

23.1.2010

Recent Knols Posted


4.12.2009
A case study of use to industrial engineers
Handling Plastics in a Materials Recovery Facility Appendix A
Optimization of Actual Operations
Appendix A Material Recovery Facility Case Studies
28.9.2009

Job announcement for Industrial Engineering Manager in Linkedin

Industrial Engineering Manager
Extensive Meat Background (5-10 Years) with experience in Time and Motion Studies. It is a Corporate Position and is based out in KY.
Posted in linkedin around 22.8.2009
13.7.2009

Task Analysis

A small presentation on task analysis by Prof. Alan Hedge, Cornell University, 2008


Message from a Past IIE President - December 2008


Article "Leading the Way: The Future of Industrial Engineering is in our Hands", by Louis Martin-Vega, Dean of Engineering at North Carolina State University, Industrial Engineer, December 2008.

He outlined four challenges for the profession

1. All IEs need to expand their roles as advocates of IE.
2. All IEs have to try harder to intersect with sister engineering disciplines.
3. Increase domain expertise in emerging areas like energy and environment managment.
4. Use modern educational tools in IE curriculums.




BOOKS

Ergonomics in manufacturing

 By Waldemar Karwowski, Gavriel Salvendy
3/6/2009

Industrial Engineering Blogs

3/6/2009

Knols on Industrial Engineering

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