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A few members of the IIE Young Professionals Group reveal the gifts they hope to receive this year. Read this article to find out whether you want to add any of these items to your own holiday shopping list.
By Monica Elliott
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Many consumers pay attention to whether the companies they buy things from and get services from are addressing waste and sustainability issues. They want environmentally friendly products and services. An increasing number of companies now pay attention to reverse flows and green concepts within their logistics systems. But they don’t always have the models necessary to determine how to employ green reverse logistics.
By Ali Haji Vahabzadeh and Rosnah Binti Mohd Yusuff
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According to Alice Smith of Auburn University, the West has a lot to learn from the Republic of Turkey about promoting women in industrial engineering academia. That’s why Smith and her co-principal investigator, Wichita State University professor Janet Twomey, both IIE members, scheduled the 2012 Workshop on Women in Industrial Engineering Academia for Istanbul.
By Michael Hughes
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Companies like 3M and Home Depot have abandoned improvement programs because they did not improve their company’s performance. Some companies have gone out of business, and others have taken huge financial setbacks because of their improvement programs. As in the Vietnam War, one reason these programs failed is because the improvement efforts followed incorrect priorities. We need correct priorities for improvement programs because incorrect priorities increase the probability of failure.
By Satya S. Chakravorty
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It is normal to have large discrepancies between predicted schedules and actual performance. Without a clear picture of the factory floor, it is difficult to generate an accurate production schedule. To protect against delays, the scheduler must buffer with some combination of extra time, inventory or capacity, all adding cost and inefficiency to the system. And to do this effectively while minimizing waste requires the scheduler to exercise significant judgment based on years of experience.
By David Sturrock
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