IIE Blogs

No matter where you live and work, weather can create fluctuations in a day-to-day operation if the circumstances force the company to temporarily take a different approach. And if IEs have to make changes on cue, then IIE wants to follow suit.

The merging of management engineering with quality improvement is a logical and natural blend. Quality comes from perfected processes - and a focus on quality generates the need for improved operations. 

People in charge of projects must be keenly aware of their interpersonal relationships if they wish to operate effectively. And since so much of our work today is done via some technological instrument, so many opportunities for discussion are missed.

It occurred to me that an organization’s continuing lean efforts to reduce waste can often provide the “excess” capacity to provide the production capability “margin” that enables responsive and flexible production systems.

This climate of reform provides the opportunity for those charged with performance improvement responsibilities in healthcare delivery to make a real difference.

The democratization of industrial engineering concepts has served to raise awareness of the profession and its expertise.

Pierce Story takes a break from discussing healthcare in order to organize the process that can sometimes be the Christmas holiday.

While many professionals are wrapping up those last-minute tasks and students complete their final exams, IIE headquarters has been actively preparing for things to come in the new year.

Whether out of political ideology, desire for glory, or simply the financial gain of continuing to receive research grants, we must admit that there are those who will lie and cheat. For industrial engineers, this may mean questioning data that is far from what we expect.

Both CIEADH and CIE play important advisory roles to the Institute of Industrial Engineers. These organizations help define association products and services that benefit IEs in academia and industry.