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Teaching Time Standards in a Practical Way: How ET Students Were Taught the Importance of Time Standards in the Real World

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Conference

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Location

Portland, Oregon

Publication Date

June 23, 2024

Start Date

June 23, 2024

End Date

July 12, 2024

Conference Session

Innovative Pedagogical Strategies II

Tagged Division

Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

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Rajesh Balasubramanian The University of Memphis

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Completed 4 year diploma in Tool and Die making, BS in Engineering Technology, MS in Engineering Technology and MS in Engineering Management. Six Sigma Black belt certified. Worked in the industry for 27 years across India, Singapore and US. Taught adjunct for 8 plus years, currently an Assistant professor at the University of Memphis for last 3 years.

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Abstract

Standardization is all around us - traffic lights, weights, and measures to name a couple. However, time standards offer challenges in many ways. These are standards Industrial/Manufacturing engineers must establish all the time for workers/operators. Given the many factors that need to be considered, this paper explores a holistic way of teaching students to appreciate, experience and develop skills to embrace time standard studies. A lot of what is discussed here comes from proven industrial practices and developing student ability to get acquainted to real life work. Coming from the industry, real life examples were brought into the classroom to teach the challenges associated with the setting of standards. Three different types of simulators were run by the students for them to understand the importance of details and structure - Mailing campaign, Car parking and Robotic simulation. The text around time standards is very limited and theoretical but the hands-on simulators truly drive the point across.

Balasubramanian, R. (2024, June), Teaching Time Standards in a Practical Way: How ET Students Were Taught the Importance of Time Standards in the Real World Paper presented at 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, Oregon. https://peer.asee.org/48071

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