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Frontiers in Engineering Management

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Management

of actions. Together these factors indicated thedominant characteristics of the tooling industry along with the leading factors currently used toincrease their competitive position.Demographics of Tool Shop RespondentsThe demographics of the responding tool shops indicate that they were truly small businesseswith almost 75% employing less than 60 workers. For almost two-thirds of the tool shops theirannual sales were in the 1 to 10 million-dollar vicinity. Sales trends over the past three yearshave decreased for over 35% of the tool shops, remained the same for over 21%, while 43% havenoticed some increase. Nearly a third of the respondents reported no international sales whileover a half were in the 1% to 20% bracket and over one-tenth were

Conference Session

Frontiers in Engineering Management

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Management

difficult by not disclosing their real needsand wants and the perception of value can vary greatly from one customer to another.An organization’s greatest strength might well be its ability to rapidly transform new ideas,technologies, and processes into improved or totally new products. Time compression has threecritical aspects: “(1) shortened product life cycles; (2) shortened development times; and (3) …decreasing payback periods” (Narayanan21, 2001, p. 48). The product must also be designed tomeet or exceed the customers’ expectations in terms of application, performance, features, cost,safety, and dependability (Chang5, 2005). These characteristics reflect a dilemma betweenreducing cycle time for the organization and improving the product for

Conference Session

Frontiers in Engineering Management

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Management

responses exceeded the 91 required to achieve aconfidence level of 90%.Demographics of Tool Shop RespondentsAlmost 75% of the 94 responding tool shops employed less than 60 workers while 16%employed 101 or more workers. Their annual sales were in the 1 to 10 million-dollar range foralmost two-thirds of the tool shops. Sales trends over the past three years were mixed with over35% of the tool shops decreasing, over 21% remaining roughly the same, and 43% with someincrease. No international sales were reported by 33% of the respondents. Another 55% reportedless than one-fifth of their sales were from international sources while none had over 60% fromnondomestic customers. The impact on business from global competition has been negative foralmost 94

Conference Session

Frontiers in Engineering Management

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Czuchry, East Tennessee State University; Michael Parker, Bristol Tennessee Essential Services; Robert Bridges, B&W Y-12 Technical Services, LLC

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Engineering Management

a total systems perspective. Extrapolating tomanagerial implications one might conclude that Systems Engineering and EngineeringManagement disciplines could make a significant contribution in resolving the “sustainability”debate in higher education.IntroductionThe purpose of this applied research is to: 1) Explore the emerging emphasis on the triple bottomline as organizations strive to survive in this turbulent decade; 2) Use relevant literature and theauthors’ practical experience to suggest a conceptual framework that could guide organizationsthrough a revolutionary process that involves disruptive or discontinuous changes to processesand business models; 3) Reflect implications of these sustainability transformation onEngineering

Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Abel, Stevens Institute of Technology; Anirban Ganguly, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Engineering Management

few. Only the graduate EM programs that were accredited / certified by ABET / ASEM Page 15.16.4were chosen to be analyzed as a part of this research. Figure 1 provides the reader with aflowchart of the research model and methodology. Figure 1. The basic research modelAs previously mentioned, the criteria for selecting the EM graduate programs were based onABET / ASEM accreditation/ certification. However, an exception was drawn in the case of oneUniversity – Western Michigan University (WMU). The rationale behind including the graduateEM program of WMU as a part of the analysis was because the graduate EM program

Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Ronald Rosenberg, Michigan State University

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Engineering Management

goals of the nation’scolleges of engineering and the societal and corporate needs for graduates of those institutions.In 2005, the guest editors of a special issue of the Journal of Engineering Education (JEE),subtitled The art and science of engineering education research, opened their foreword with thestatement “The engineering profession is currently facing an unprecedented array of pressures tochange.” [1, p. 7] The editors emphasized a recommendation from the National Academy ofEngineering (NAE) report The Engineer of 2020 [2]: “… engineering education should berevitalized to anticipate changes in technology and society, rather than lagging behind them … .”This may be taken as both a call for engineering educators to try to anticipate

Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

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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

Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

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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

Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anoop Desai, Georgia Southern University; Jean-Claude Thomassian, State University of New York, Maritime College

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Engineering Management

to real life situations.Curriculum Development:An Engineering management degree is primarily an applied degree that seeks to apply businessprinciples to the management of engineering firms. As such, it is extremely important that thevoice of different stakeholders including employers, government organizations and regulatoryagencies is incorporated into the curriculum. This can be accomplished through the extensive useof a tool referred to as Quality Function Deployment (QFD).≠ Quality Function Deployment:Quality Function Deployment (QFD) makes widespread use of the so called house of Quality.This is a matrix that converts customer requirements into product design features.Figure 1 illustrates the structure of a typical house of quality 4

Conference Session

Frontiers in Engineering Management

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

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Engineering Management

and experiences that will further enhance learning opportunities.Group projects will cross institutional and course boundaries to develop knowledge of cross-functional teams beyond textbook descriptions. Student participants are at the senior/graduatelevel; each team will include students from all partner schools and relevant course offeringsduring any given semester (see Table 1).Courses are being redesigned to add vital components necessary to implement this pedagogy. Atable of equivalent courses for partner schools is presented below. Course descriptions, syllabi,curriculum modules, and other materials will be available as completed through a projectwebsite. This table identifies relevant topics needed for the integrated curriculum