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The Service Engineering Enterprise Initiative at the Pennsylvania State
University aims to make students and practitioners aware of emerging opportunities
for industrial and systems engineers in the service industry. Let’s take a look at
the emerging sharing economy, what’s driving it, its strengths, weaknesses and how
industrial and systems engineers fit in.
By Vignesh Ramanathan, Naren Gursahaney, Paul Funari, James Wilk,
Charles R. Schneider and Vittal Prabhu
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For most folks, that venture into Frank Sinatra-land would be the end. The sweet
refrains of define, measure, analyze, improve and control would dissipate into the
hotel rafters. But unlike other process improvement experts, Daniel Mekis, a lean
Six Sigma black belt and regional assistant plant manager for Granite Construction
in
San Francisco, has a friend, Ben Sobaje. And this friend has a home studio.
By Michael Hughes
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As workplaces and equipment become smarter, faster and more efficient, so must the
processes we use to manage this change. Eye tracking can be a valuable tool to help
businesses manage this transition. The key to its value lies in the type of
information it uncovers.
By Mike Bartels
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With the shorter lead-times and excellent delivery record, combined with their
reduction of expediting activities and costs, two companies experienced
significant increases in sales as well as profitability. And thus they joined the ranks of the pioneers of POLCA in both the new world and
the old one.
By Rajan Suri
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Product wheel scheduling is a powerful way to address operational challenges. In
this article, we recap some basic wheel concepts, highlight recent successes and
describe analytical tools that simplify and enhance
the daily use of wheel scheduling.
By Peter L. King and Alan H. Nall
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