FEATURES

Reducing injuries in fire departments through improved ergonomic truck design

Safer solutions result from assessing human limitations on reach, posture
By William Lenharth

Why reducing workplace injuries matters

Addressing problems early boosts productivity, morale, compliance
By Ashish Verma

Engineering performance measurement and improvement systems

Framework provides a roadmap to accelerate benefits realization
By D. Scott Sink, with Jared Frederici and Saif Zaghloul

Intelligent digital twins offer a smarter solution for supply chains

Replicas of physical systems help managers optimize operations
By Zack Kramer and Mohamed Awwad

Fostering a design-thinking culture to embrace AI

Challenges of a disruptive era require meeting customer needs
By Mostafa Sayyadi and Michael Provitera

THE FRONT LINE

Top stories in this month's news from the field

• Atlanta conference spotlights smart transit innovation
• Study uncovers gender gap in use of generative AI
• Healthcare pros say full use of gen AI is still lacking
• New robots ease load of packing delivery trucks
• Cyber threats seen as serious peril to manufacturing
• Federal safety fines reduced for smaller businesses
• Medicaid patients applaud remote health visits
• Restroom tech offers a better way to go
• Honda testing four-wheel urban delivery e-cycle
• Cities turn to tech for a healthy green roof
• ‘Jaws’ to the rescue: Sharks tagged to measure storms
• AI appeals most to novice users, study shows
• Book of the Month: Identifying one’s ‘blindspots’ to manage effectively

PERSPECTIVES

Performance by Kevin McManus

Be a tremendous ISE value advocate

Management by Cynthia J. Young

Three practical ways to effectively manage your hybrid team

21st Century Engineering by Anirudh Dhebar

Those who do – and those who might have done

Supply Chain by Jim Tompkins

A real transportation analysis goes beyond a blanket RFP process

THE INSTITUTE

This month in IISE news ...

• Join the field of experts as an Annual presenter
• Healthcare change leaders set as HSPI keynotes
• Celebrate ergo’s elite with AEC award nods
• Nominations underway for IISE Honors & Awards
• IISE Training Focus: Connect goals with reality in new course
• ISE Day: ‘I love ISE because it has all lessons of life’
• Career Zone: How to create an elevator pitch for your job search