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The IIE Board of Trustees is issuing a call for nominations for editor-in-chief of IIE Transactions for a four-year term beginning Jan. 1, 2009. Nominations will be accepted until Nov. 1. Nominees must be members of IIE and self-nominations are encouraged. See details here.
Do you know a young IIE member whose contributions to the industrial engineering profession are making an impact? Are you that member? The New Faces of Engineering promotes the accomplishments of young engineers. Please look around you and nominate exceptional young IEs you know for this honor. Details and the nomination form are here.
Suppliers, manufacturers gain from quality improvements in grocery presentation.
Summer is well underway, fall is on the horizon, and it's time to begin nominating outstanding professionals and students for IIE honors and awards. Nominations must be received via e-mail or postmarked by Dec. 1. Different deadlines for some chapter, region, division and society awards are in the individual award descriptions.
An industrial engineer working in information technology shares her insights on taking IE skills to the world of IT.
With gas prices predicted to continue to go higher, raw materials costs increasing and the possibility of recession looming, reactive management is getting a workout. Factors outside organizations’ direct control are having huge impacts on future productivity and profit.
The recording of this complimentary webcast previewing IIE's new Sustainability for IEs seminar is now available on the IIE Web site.
Beckman Coulter Inc. is one amalgamation of systems and processes. Its products – medical equipment intended for cell analysis, disease management and immunology – simplify and automate laboratory processes. Its people – scientists and industrial engineers that belong to “departments of product solutions” (not just departments) – follow a process-oriented culture that was established by the company’s founders. The Power of Process is the company’s operations mantra.
What it's like being an industrial engineer for Disney.