Industrial Engineering: Theory, Practice & Application - 2013 Book by Jack Greene - Information

Industrial Engineering: Theory, Practice & Application: Business and Production Management, Productivity and Capacity Paperback – September 15, 2013
by Jack Greene (Author)

A wide spectrum of tools and techniques exists to manage business cost, output, utilization, cycle time, performance. This objective book explains strategy, benefits and application of tools, and how they fit and reinforce each other Basic IE principles apply widely, to support efficiency and productivity not only in manufacturing but also in the office, lab, maintenance shop, warehouse; service industries, military, medical services, construction.

The 400 plus pages of this book present:

Seven chapters on Industrial Engineering. Theory, practice, application; how it all fits together,

Four chapters on industrial engineering within a broader management structure; labor, materials, overhead, risk management. Eleven chapters on Cost Reduction; Survive, Recover, or Thrive. Basics, management, accounting, cherry pick, beyond cherry picking, do operating practices interfere, value added, motivation.

Thirteen chapters on Work Measurement. What, Why, and How-To. Measurement techniques, incentives, time study, work sampling, construction piece rates, a model plan to establish work measurement, methods checklists, glossary, useful forms.

Twenty seven chapters on Plant layout, facility design, floor planning. Benefits, concepts, work flow and productivity, sequence, relocation, relationships between elements of a layout, master plan, many tools to use, glossary. Sixteen chapters on Facility Relocation, Merger, and Consolidation. A plant instead of or in addition to, is it time to expand? to relocate? Justification, the relocation marketplace, incentives and taxes, site search, confidentiality, sequence. Examples of layouts within different building shapes.

Five chapters on Capacity, Utilization, Constraints. Determine constraints, manage them, optimize capacity.

Four chapters on Lean, or the Toyota Production System (although the author does not claim to be an expert). Lean Manufacturing and its predecessors, Just In Time or Just In Case, What the real Lean experts say, push or pull supply chain. A chapter, Made in (the name of your country here). Good reasons to keep manufacturing near the home market.

For management and for the practitioner, IE Theory, Practice and Application presents what, why, benefits to expect, how to manage and how to practice the discipline; with checklists; and forms. Practical, real-life actions, on the production floor but also from the boardroom, are suggested to support business and production management, productivity and capacity.

IE tools do not all perform the same function. Furthermore, none of these tools is automatically valuable or useful; each has pros and cons as you consider potential cost and benefit in your circumstance. Select those actions that will bring the most benefit to your circumstances and objectives and which can be implemented by your organization. "Most benefit" often refers to cost but not always; targets may in your situation include output volume now or future growth, fast reaction time, customer service, new products, new technology, quality, technical innovation or excellence, market share. IE tools can help attain all of these objectives.

Paperback: 412 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (September 15, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1482301792
ISBN-13: 978-1482301793

https://www.amazon.com/Industrial-Engineering-Application-Production-Productivity/dp/1482301792

Time Study and its Application to Engineering Manufacture - 1925 Article

This is an interesting article


Time Study and its Application to Engineering Manufacture
David M. Smith, B. Sc., Graduate.First Published June 1, 1925 Research Article
https://doi.org/10.1243/PIME_PROC_1925_108_011_02

The author says it has four functions

1. The Securing of Manufacturing Efficiency
2. The Improvement of Design
3. The Reduction of Fatigue
4. The Fixing of Piece Work Prices

The first one is the most important function.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1243/PIME_PROC_1925_108_011_02


Would be good to read the full article.

Principles of Industrial Engineering With Supporting Articles

Industrial Engineering is System Efficiency Engineering and Human Effort Engineering. 

It is an engineering discipline that deals with the design of system efficiency and human effort  in all occupations: agricultural, manufacturing and service. The objectives of Industrial Engineering are optimization of productivity of engineering work-systems and occupational comfort, health, safety and income of persons involved. (Narayana Rao)

Industrial engineers redesign engineering products and processes based on measurements during operations to increase productivity and cost effectiveness. Whereas engineers design products and process plans for each product as a synthesis based on customer requirements and designs, industrial engineers do fine adjustments to those designs based on the measurements taken during actual production and also factor price or resource price changes that take place in the market. Industrial engineers try to respond quickly to developments in new technology that are beneficial to the organization. Also they respond quickly to suggestions and problems of operators to improve the process. In every branch of engineering, industrial engineering has utility and industrial engineers are working. It will be ideal, if industrial engineers specialize in various branches of engineering and work in close cooperation with them to improve the products and processes on a continuing basis. Continuous engineering improvement is the function of industrial engineers.

Industrial Engineering Principles - Taylor-Narayana Rao

https://www.proquest.com/docview/1951119980

Presentation at 2017 Annual IISE Conference, Pittsburgh, USA
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1. Productivity science

Develop a science for each element of a man - machine system's work related to efficiency and productivity. The productivity science developed is the foundation for industrial engineering in productivity engineering and productivity management phases.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pU8CdWfZZdU

Productivity Science of Machine - Machining - F.W. Taylor
https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2019/09/productivity-science-of-machine.html

Productivity Science of Human Effort - F.W. Gilbreth
https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2019/09/productivity-science-of-human-effort-fw.html

2. Productivity engineering

Industrial engineering is concerned with redesign of engineering systems with a view to improve their productivity. Industrial engineers analyze productivity of each  resource used in engineering systems and redesign as necessary to improve productivity.

It has to be ensured that the increase in productivity due to the use of low-cost materials, processes and increasing speed of machines and men, should not lead to any decrease in quality of the output.

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

Process Industrial Engineering
https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2017/02/process-industrial-engineering.html

Human Effort Industrial Engineering
https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2017/09/human-effort-industrial-engineering.html

Product Industrial Engineering - Study Materials - Notes
https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2019/07/product-industrial-engineering-study_18.html

Process Industrial Engineering - Study Materials - Notes
https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2019/07/process-industrial-engineering-study.html

Human Effort Industrial Engineering - Study Materials - Notes
https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2019/07/human-effort-engineering-study.html

3. Industrial Engineering of Every Engineering Branch

Industrial Engineering is applicable to all branches of engineering.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pU8CdWfZZdU

Industrial Engineering in Civil Engineering
https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/01/industrial-engineerning-in-civil.html

Industrial Engineering in Computer Engineering and Information Technology
https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/01/industrial-engineering-in-computer.html

Industrial Engineering in Electrical Engineering
https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/01/industrial-engineering-in-electical.html

Industrial Engineering in Electronics Engineering
https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/01/industrial-engineering-in-electronics.html

Industrial Engineering in Textile Engineering
https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2016/07/industrial-engineering-in-textile.html

Productivity Science of Machine - Machining - F.W. Taylor

Productivity Science - Principle of Industrial Engineering

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2017/06/productivity-science-principle-of.html

F.W. Taylor is the pioneer of scientific management. He advocated strongly that science in management of work in production shops did not exist and there is an immediate need to develop science for every element of production work. He himself conducted studies and experiments to develop science of machine tool work/effort and human effort. He contributed to the development of science in both the areas. But in the area of human effort, Frank Gilbreth followed Taylor with a more elaborate framework for productivity science of human effort.

F.W. Taylor did the pioneering research study on productivity science of machines for over 30 years. He did it on machine tools. The description Taylor's work on machining is as follow.

Study of Variables that have an Effect on Cutting Speed, Feed and Time of Cutting

The productivity science problem of machine tool can be solved by a careful study of the effect each of the twelve following variable elements has upon the selection of the cutting speed and feed and therefore on the cutting time.

a. The quality of the metal which is to be cut, i. e., its hardness or other qualities which affect the cutting speed;
b. The diameter of the work;
c The depth of the cut, or one-half of the amount by which the forging or casting is being reduced in diameter in turning;
d. The thickness of the shaving, or the thickness of the spiral strip or band of metal which is to be removed by the tool, measured while the metal retains its original density ; not the thickness of the actual shaving, the - metal of which has become partly disintegrated;
e. The elasticity of the work and of the tool;
f. The shape or contour of the cutting edge of the tool, together with its clearance and lip angles;
g. The chemical composition of the steel from which the tool is made, and the heat treatment of the tool ;
h. Whether a heavy stream of water, or other cooling medium, is used on the tool;
j. The duration of the cut, i. e., the time which a tool must last under pressure of the shaving without being reground; '
k. The pressure of the chip or shaving upon the tool;
l. The changes of speed and feed possible in the lathe;
m The pulling and feeding power of the lathe at its various speeds.

The ultimate object of all experiments in this field is to learn how to remove the metal from  forgings and castings in the quickest time, and that therefore the art of cutting metals may be briefly defined as the knowledge of how, with the limitations caused by some and the opportunities offered by others of the above twelve variable elements, in each case to remove the metal with the highest appropriate cutting speed.

Before entering upon the details of  experiments, it seems necessary to again particularly call attention to the fact that “standard cutting-speed” is the true criterion by which to measure the performance of various variables like tool material, dimensions etc.

To give an illustration of the practical use of "standard cutting-speed." If, for example, we wish to determine which make of tool steel is the best, we should proceed to make from each of the two kinds to be tested a set of from four to eight tools. Each tool should be forged from tool steel, say, 5- inch x 1- inch and about 18 inches long, to exactly the same shape, and after giving the tools made from each type of steel the heat treatment appropriate to its chemical composition, they should all be ground with exactly the same shaped cutting edge and the same clearance and lip angles. One of the sets of eight tools should then be run, one tool after another, each for a period of 20 minutes, and each at a little faster cutting speed than its predecessor, until that cutting speed has been found which will cause the tool to be completely ruined‘ at the end of 20 minutes, with an allowance of a minute or two each side of the 20-minute mark.

Every precaution must be taken throughout these tests to maintain uniform all of the other elements or variables which affect the cutting speed, such as the depth of the cut and the quality of the metal being cut. The rate of the cutting speed must be frequently tested during each 20-minute run to be sure that it is uniform throughout.

Throughout this paper, “the speed at which tools” give out in 20 minutes, as described above, will be, for the sake of brevity, referred to as the “standard speed.” After having found the “standard speed” of the first type of tools, and having verified it by ruining several more of the eight tools at the same speed, we should next determine in a similar manner the exact speed at which the other make of tools will be ruined in 20 minutes; and if, for instance, one of these sets of tools exactly ruins at a cutting speed of 55 feet, while the other make ruins at 50 feet per minute, these “standard speeds," 55 to 50, constitute by far the most important criterion from which to judge the relative economic value of the two steels for a machine shop.

Productivity science related research is being carried on machining processes even now also. Only thing is that it is not being presented as part of productivity science of machines. There is a need to collect all the studies under this heading and summarize these studies and present the current guidelines for maximum productivity of each of the machines.

More Details of Taylor's Experiments on Productivity of Machine Tools and Machining

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2019/06/taylor-art-of-metal-cutting-important.html


Updated on 16 November 2019, 21 September 2019

Industrial Engineering of Inputs, Process and Output (IPO)

Industrial Engineering of Output

Product  Industrial Engineering
https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2019/07/product-industrial-engineering-study_18.html

Industrial Engineering of Process

Process Industrial Engineering
https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2019/07/process-industrial-engineering-study.html

Industrial Engineering of Inputs

Machine - Machine Industrial Engineering or Machine Work Study
https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2019/06/machine-work-study-productivity.html

Material - Material Industrial Engineering
https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/09/material-productivity-improvement.html

Man - Human Effort Industrial Engineering
https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2019/07/human-effort-engineering-study.html

Energy - Energy Industrial Engineering
https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/09/energy-productivity-improvement.html

Information - Industrial Engineering
https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/09/information-productivity-improvement.html

Information Productivity Improvement - Bibliography

Information Productivity: Assessing the Information Management Costs of U.S. Industrial Corporations
Paul A. Strassmann
Strassmann, Inc., 1999 - Computers - 157 pages
https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Information_Productivity.html?id=HcckKf35cIkC

14 September 2012
Defining and Measuring Information Productivity
2002
Paul Strassman
http://www.strassmann.com/pubs/cw/rankings/ip_rankings_v3.pdf

Information Payoff: The Transformation of Work in the Electronic Age
Paul A. Strassmann
Strassmann, Inc., 1985 - Office practice - 298 pages

Focusing on how electronic technology is changing the methods of the workplace, this book examines the changes from the perspectives of the individual, the organization and society as it explores ways to increase productivity, encourage economic growth, and improve life in the workplace.
https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Information_Payoff.html?id=a94RqsnuXKwC


Information Productivity Assessment
http://www.strassmann.com/consulting/ip-assessment.html




Defining and Measuring Information Productivity
By Paul A. Strassmann; Posted 2006-10-15
http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Projects-Management/5-Steps-to-Improve-Your-Information-Productivity/

American executives spend too much money on computer systems that allow them to do the wrong things faster - Information Strategist Paul Strassmann
https://www.inc.com/magazine/19880301/3102.html


The Business Value of Computers: An Executive's Guide
Paul A. Strassmann
Information Economics Press, 1990 - Business & Economics - 530 pages
The book addresses the practical needs of executives responsible for planning, budgeting & justifying information technology expenditures. Written by the former chief information executive (1956-1978) & vice president of strategic planning (1978-1985), author of the widely acclaimed & translated INFORMATION PAYOFF - THE TRANSFORMATION OF WORK IN THE ELECTRONIC AGE (Free Press, 1985), lecturer & university professor. Reviews: "A New Bible for Management Information Systems. An eminently readable book made more so by a playful sense of humor" -Information Week-; "Strips away obfuscation that has concealed the real value of computers." (The Financial Post); "A true path to the Holy Grail of business value." (Computer Weekly); "Some surprising answers to familiar questions cast new light on investing profitably in computer hardware & software." (The Conference Board); "All those either transfixed or baffled by the powers & potential of computers would do well to heed Strassmann's advice." (Daily Telegraph); "Measuring managerial productivity is the key to knowing how to invest in information technology. Strassmann's new book sets out the results of his research in detail. His argument comes through clearly." (The Financial Times).
https://books.google.co.in/books/about/The_Business_Value_of_Computers.html?id=4JFYNybuNmYC


Updated on 15 November 2019, 9  November 2018, 14 September 2012

Best Papers in Industrial Engineering

Productivity Science -  Productivity Engineering  - Productivity Management



2019

The internet of things for smart manufacturing: A review
Hui YangORCID Icon,Soundar Kumara,Satish T.S. Bukkapatnam, Fugee Tsung
IISE Transactions, Volume 51, 2019 - Issue 11
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/24725854.2018.1555383


2018

Professor Omid Nohadani's paper "Robust Optimization with Time-Dependent Uncertainty in Radiation Therapy"  1st place best paper for the IISE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering.


2017
“Nondestructive Quality Assessment of 3D-Biofabricated Constructs using Dielectric Impedance Spectroscopy”
Lokesh Karthik Narayana, Rohan Shirwaiker and Binil Starly.

2016

Jabil Singapore was presented the first place prize for their project, “Lean Culture Transformation – Next Level” which involved re-deploying a site-wide Lean culture which led to cost savings and customer satisfaction.

Jabil Penang’s team received first runner up for their project, “Solder Dross Recycling Process Optimization,” which promoted a new method and control process in recycling solder dross. They created a safer work environment while reducing costs and improving quality.
https://www.jabil.com/insights/blog-main/iise-names-jabils-walt-garvin-as-fellow-two-jabil-teams-win-the-iise-lean-awards.html