October 2019 | Volume: 51 | Number: 10
The member magazine of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers
Mobility isn't just a traffic nuisance; it’s a life and death struggle for people traveling to receive healthcare, food or education. New research can help cities clear traffic congestion and give commuters better options to get around.
Forcing patients to move from unit to unit within a hospital for treatment can be time-consuming and frustrating. A new lean model seeks to streamline the process by grouping similar functions.
From the efforts of industrial engineering pioneers Frederick Taylor, Frank and Lillian Gilbreth and IBM's Thomas J. Watson Sr. up to the present, executives have sought the key to unlock their workplace's untapped potential.
IISE's Sustainable Development Division took on two volunteer projects at the Annual Conference & Expo in Orlando, Florida, last spring: Helping Habitat with home construction and organizing a food pantry for Rise Against Hunger.
Socially aware transit solutions focus on solving 'first/last mile' challenge By Pascal Van Hentenryck
Tracking patient flow routes yields plan to simplify travel between departments By Shahrukh A. Irani
Pioneers of industrial engineering blazed the trail toward better productivity By Adam Cywar
Sustainable Development Division works on 2 service projects at Annual Conference By Brion Hurley and Greg Weisenborn
Twenty-year dreams
Delivering bad news
Increasing industrial engineers in healthcare
The growing importance of commerce
Planning for the unexpected with a PE
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First Place ($1,000 Prize): University of Arkansas
Second Place ($500 Prize): ITESM Campus Querétaro (Mexico)
Third Place ($300 Prize): Purdue University
