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Creation Of A Graduate Program In Engineering Management: Application Of Basic Six Sigma Principles To Curriculum Design

Conference Session
Engineering Management Program Design
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Anoop Desai, Georgia Southern University; Jean-Claude Thomassian, State University of New York, Maritime College
Tagged Divisions
Engineering Management
preparestechnical professionals to deal with topics such as cost management, world-class manufacturing,workplace safety and ergonomics, leadership, and quality control. A curriculum developmenteffort was recently undertaken at a university in the southeast United States for development ofjust such a graduate program in Engineering Management. This paper describes the need for theprogram, its salient features as well as introduces the reader to how basic six sigma principles inapplied to curriculum development for the said program.A degree in Engineering Management is primarily designed for working engineers,technologists, scientists and professionals who are in leadership/management positions or whoare planning to advance their careers into the management
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Teaching Process Improvement Using The Mouse Factory

Conference Session
Engineering Management Program Design
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Douglas Timmer, University of Texas, Pan American; Miguel Gonzalez, University of Texas, Pan American; Connie Borror, Arizona State Universtiy; Douglas Montgomery, Arizona State University; Carmen Pena, University of Texas, Pan American
Tagged Divisions
Engineering Management
AC 2010-881: TEACHING PROCESS IMPROVEMENT USING THE MOUSEFACTORYDouglas Timmer, University of Texas, Pan AmericanMiguel Gonzalez, University of Texas, Pan AmericanConnie Borror, Arizona State UniverstiyDouglas Montgomery, Arizona State UniversityCarmen Pena, University of Texas, Pan American Page 15.1185.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Teaching Process Improvement using the Mouse FactoryIntroductionThe American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM)1 defines engineering managementas “the art and science of planning, organizing, allocating resources, and directing andcontrolling activities which have a technical component.” Quality-related
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Engineering Management Improvement Programs Implemented By Manufacturers To Become More Competitive

Conference Session
Frontiers in Engineering Management
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University
Tagged Divisions
Engineering Management
a time.Traditionally little time was spent during the product definition phase, instead considerable timewas exhausted throughout the design phase, and even more time was expended redesigning theproduct. “The key to shortening the overall design time is to better define the product and betterdocument the design process” (Morse & Babcock20, 2007, p. 221). Concurrent engineering (CE)spends more time initially planning and designing the product in order to avoid laterinterruptions and speed up the entire process. Concurrent engineering can be “defined as theearliest possible integration of the overall company’s knowledge, resources, and experiences indesign, development, marketing, manufacturing, and sales into creating successful new
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Achieving Organizational Sustainability: An Engineering Management Challenge Or Opportunity?

Conference Session
Frontiers in Engineering Management
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Andrew Czuchry, East Tennessee State University; Michael Parker, Bristol Tennessee Essential Services; Robert Bridges, B&W Y-12 Technical Services, LLC
Tagged Divisions
Engineering Management
literature refer to atriple bottom line comprised of financial, environmental, and societal factors.5 Hitchcock offersa guide for creating and implementing sustainability plans.6 When Dr. Harry Hertz gave hispresentation at the 2009 Excellence in Tennessee Conference, the lead author was frustrated by Page 15.119.4the “simple” change in the Baldrige definition of sustainability in the 2009-2010 “Glossary ofKey Terms”; because Dr. Hertz went on to say that there was no corresponding change in thecriteria themselves.7 In a hallway conversation, Dr. Hertz was kind enough to explain that the“triple bottom line” had been around for a long time. The
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Engineering Management Performance Monitoring Methods Utilized By Manufacturers To Become More Competitive

Conference Session
Frontiers in Engineering Management
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University
Tagged Divisions
Engineering Management
rationale behind the use of performance measurement (PM)techniques, “If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it” (p. 22). Gregory and Myers23 (2002)stated that the objectives of any performance management system were to monitor, identify, andimprove the operations and activities of an organization in order to improve profitability. Thiscan be associated with Deming’s Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle of continuous improvement(Deming16, 1982). Industrial performance concerns durability, operational improvements, andthe ability to control processes and Berrah, Mauris, and Vernadat6 (2004) found that from 1945to 1975, purely financial terms were used to judge performance, while after 1975 quality levelsand delivery dates were being used.Bourne8 (2005
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Engineering Management Actions Taken And Changes Made By Manufacturers To Become More Competitive

Conference Session
Frontiers in Engineering Management
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University
Tagged Divisions
Engineering Management
causes. By breaking this process down intoindividual tasks and performing each of them more efficiently, the entire production flow can bestreamlined.Many theoretical scheduling methods exist including manufacturing resource planning (MRP)(Stevenson, Hendry, & Kingsman26, 2005), theory of constraints (TOC) (Mabin & Balderstone20,2003), longest path problem (LPP) (Choi & Yang9, 2005), disruptive (Alvarez & Diaz1, 2004),dynamic (Choi & You8, 2006), and parallel work flow (Artigues, Billaut, & Esswein2, 2005).Other methods include utilizing buffers (Litchfield18, 1995), batches (Toba29, 2005), fuzzyalgorithms (Celano, Costa, & Fichera7, 2003), and response time (Thiagarajan & Rajendran28,2005). Additional methods
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Teaching Control Charts For Variables Using The Mouse Factory

Conference Session
Engineering Management Program Design
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Douglas Timmer, University of Texas, Pan American; Miguel Gonzalez, University of Texas, Pan American; Connie Borror, Arizona State Universtiy; Douglas Montgomery, Arizona State University; Carmen Pena, University of Texas, Pan American
Tagged Divisions
Engineering Management
AC 2010-884: TEACHING CONTROL CHARTS FOR VARIABLES USING THEMOUSE FACTORYDouglas Timmer, University of Texas, Pan AmericanMiguel Gonzalez, University of Texas, Pan AmericanConnie Borror, Arizona State UniverstiyDouglas Montgomery, Arizona State UniversityCarmen Pena, University of Texas, Pan American Page 15.1169.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Teaching Control Charts for Variables using the Mouse FactoryIntroductionThe American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM)1 defines engineering managementas “the art and science of planning, organizing, allocating resources, and directing andcontrolling activities which have a technical component.” Quality
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Building Communication Skills In Supply Chain Management And Facility Logistics Curriculum Through Multi Institutional Virtual Teaming

Conference Session
Frontiers in Engineering Management
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Suzanna Long, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Hector Carlo, University of Puerto Rico; Jane Fraser, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Abhijit Gosavi, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Scott Grasman, Missouri University of Science & Technology
Tagged Divisions
Engineering Management
that studies the use of machine learning algorithms for large-scale problems commonly found in manufacturing planning and airline systems. In the past, he has been funded by NSF and the Department of Defense on using simulation-based techniques for solving supply chain problems and infrastructure rebuilding. He has recently co-authored (see Shah et al., 2009) a journal paper that provides new solution techniques for sustainable manufacturing processes. He reviews papers for a number of prestigious journals in his field of research. He is a member of ASEE, IIE, POMS, and INFORMS.Scott Grasman, Missouri University of Science & Technology Scott E. Grasman is an
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A Comparative Inventory Of Core Courses In Select Graduate Em Programs

Conference Session
Engineering Management Program Design
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Kathryn Abel, Stevens Institute of Technology; Anirban Ganguly, Stevens Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions
Engineering Management
areas of further improving thegraduate EM program at Stevens were noted based on the gathered data. The paper concludeswith the advantages of implementing a change in the graduate EM program at Stevens.A Brief History of Engineering ManagementEngineering Management, as defined by the American Society of Engineering Management, is“the art and science of planning, organizing, allocating resources, and directing and controllingactivities that have a technological component”. Therefore, as seen from the definition itself, EMhas its roots in both traditional engineering, as well as, the management disciplines, thereforemaking it important to both academicians, as well as, practitioners. EM as a formal degree hasbeen present since the mid 1940s
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