PERSPECTIVES

Kevin McManus 

Performance by Kevin McManus

Inclined to change
Industrial and systems engineering is a change-oriented profession, so we practitioners tend to expect change versus avoiding it. Without a desire to change – to make things better – our profession would not exist. Conversely, we live in a world that resists change. People like their structure, habits and rules, even if they choose at times to ignore many of them.
Paul Engle 

Management by Paul Engle

Avoiding data breaches
Data breaches increase by double-digit percentages each year despite widespread education and hundreds of millions spent on software and services. Breaches threaten to undermine hard work and investment required to put valuable web services at your fingertips. Verizon's 2016 Data Breach Investigations Report clearly illustrates the threats facing organizations around the world.
Amanda Mewborn 

Health Systems by Amanda Mewborn

Establishing healthy relationships
We’ve all heard the adage that two heads are better than one. Having more people with diverse experiences and perspectives work together makes it more likely that they will solve a problem faster. Collaboration is essential for success in many environments and only happens when there is trust.
Nabil Nasr 

Innovation by Nabil Nasr

NNMI and the changing research landscape
As the trend of overseas manufacturing increasingly separates the site of R&D efforts from the site of production, developing and deploying advanced and sustainable manufacturing solutions becomes more difficult and less economically attractive. The National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI) aims to change that.