Industrial Engineering and Industrial Management Presented by Dr. Joan Burtner

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Industrial Engineering and Industrial Management
Presented by Dr. Joan Burtner

• Department Faculty
• Dr. Joan Burtner
• Dr. Laura Moody
• Dr. Ramachandran Radharamanan
• Dr. Scott Schultz

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What is Industrial Engineering?
Industrial engineers (IEs) figure out how to do
things better. They engineer processes and
systems that improve quality and productivity.
IEs make significant contributions to their
employers by saving money while making the
workplace better for fellow workers. In addition
to manufacturing, industrial engineers apply
their skills in a variety of settings.
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What is Industrial Engineering?
Example IE Positions As a management engineer
in a hospital, you may help doctors and nurses
make the best use of their time in treating
patients. You may also design procedures for
optimum use of medical facilities to help bring
the cost of healthcare down.As an ergonomist in
a television manufacturing plant, you may change
the tools workers use to assemble televisions to
reduce the risk of repetitive stress
injuries.As an operations analyst for an
airline, you may design a bar coding system for
identifying and transporting passengers luggage
to ensure that it does not get lost.As a
quality engineer for a public gas and electric
company, you may improve customer satisfaction by
designing a process to schedule service
calls. As a manufacturing engineer for a
manufacturing company, you may be managing the
purchase and installation of new manufacturing
equipment.
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What is Industrial Engineering?
Sample Projects of IEs Discovering a new way to
assemble a product that will prevent worker
injury Designing the admissions procedure at a
hospital  Converting a major production line to
JIT and kanban system Representing a company in
the design and construction of a new
manufacturing plant Using motion and time
studies to predict productivity and identify
opportunities for improvement. Developing
prototype units for the cellular phone car
adapter market Simulation modeling Developing a
hardware protection program for spacecraft
Developing a supplier quality program
Implementing lean manufacturing concepts
Developing and launching a complete material
handling system for a new automobile Developing
the conceptual layout of a dockyard and ship
repair maintenance facility Working on a design
project to make a medical device to treat sleep
apnea Representing manufacturing and purchasing
issues on a design team Teaching industrial
engineering courses
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What is Industrial Management?

• An Industrial Management degree will lead to very
  similar positions as an Industrial Engineer.
• Types of Industrial Management Positions
• Industrial Engineer
• Production Manager / Supervisor
• Plant Manager
• Quality Engineer / Manager
• Process Improvement Engineer

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Industrial Engineering Curriculum
Math core courses emphasizes Probability and
Statistics over Calculus and Differential
Equations
Core Courses Management Science / Operations
Research Modeling and Computer Simulation Ergonomi
cs / Work Methods Quality Control Manufacturing
Processes Production Planning and Control Human
Factors Engineering Computer Assisted
Manufacturing Facility Planning and
Design Financial Accounting
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Industrial Management Curriculum
Engineering and Business mix of Industrial
Engineering and Business courses.
Core Courses Financial Accounting Managerial
Accounting Cost Accounting Industrial
Psychology Principles of Management Quality
Management Management Science / Operations
Research Principles of Marketing Principles of
Finance Money/Credit and Banking Production
Planning and Control
Core Courses Manufacturing Processes Human
Resource Management Management Information
Systems Legal Environments of Business
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Jane and Al Grum Scholarship

• Requirements
• Rising Freshman to Sophomore.
• Declared ISE specialization.
• One page application (why I am choosing to
  specialize in IE) during Spring of Freshman year.
• Awarded by IE faculty.
• Approximate award of 1500 per year for next
  three years while enrolled in ISE.
• Could vary significantly from year to year
  depending on University endowments ROR

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Advantages of ISE/IDM
Starting Salary -- competitive with the average
starting salary for MUSE graduates Average
Salary -- about average for all Engineering
Nationally. Demand 2007-08 Bureau of Labor
report indicates Industrial Engineering job
outlook is faster than average, or about a 20
percent increase over the decade. Move to
Management IEs and IDMs are likely to move
quickly into management, .
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Advantages of ISE/IDM
From Bureau of Labor Standards In 2006,
engineers held about 1.5 million jobs. The
distribution of employment by engineering
specialty follows Civil engineers 256,000 Me
chanical engineers 227,000 Industrial
engineers 201,000 Electrical
engineers 153,000 Electronics engineers,
except computer 138,000 Aerospace engineers
90,000 Computer hardware engineers
79,000 Environmental engineers
54,000 Chemical engineers 30,000 Health and
safety engineers, 25,000 Petroleum
engineers 17,000 Nuclear engineers
15,000 Biomedical engineers 14,000 Marine
engineers and naval architects 9,200 All
other engineers 170,000
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Recent Mercer ISE/IDM Graduates
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Recent Mercer IDM/ISE Graduates
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Recent Mercer ISE/IDM Graduates
Cleveland Erin Hoover Precision Products cummings,GA erin.e.cleveland_at_gmail.com Spring - 06
Ferguson Brian McCann Aerospace Athens, GA Spring - 06
Newsome Daniel HC Brill Tucker,GA Daniel.Newsome_at_hcbrill.com Spring-07
Elrod Drew Medical Center of Central GA Macon, GA Spring-07
Amato Daniel GE Greenville, SC Spring-07
Sun Frank McCann Aerospace Athens, GA Spring-07
Fithian Paul MERC Warner Robins, GA Spring-07
Teague Paul Civil Engineering Consultant Savannah, GA Spring-07
York Crystal Lithonia Lighting Cochran, GA Spring-07
Mayes Chris Frito Lay Warner Robins, GA Fall-07
Odom Stevie Georgia Medical College Augusta, GA Spring-08
Mullis Steven Trane Macon, GA Spring-08
Zapata Nelson USNavy Washington, DC Spring-08
Taylor Ken Heatcraft Refrigeration Tifton, GA facebook Spring-08
Fry Tristan Fall-08
Eaton Erica RAFB Warner Robins, GA Spring-09
Hudnall Eric RAFB Warner Robins, GA eric.hudnall_at_cox.net Spring-09
Ngyuen Jennifer Frito Lay Warner Robins, GA Spring-09
Bass Crystal Kraft Columbia, SC Spring-09
Jones Shelly Consulting Company? Atlanta Spring-09
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Student Success
Kasie Johnson (IDM, Sp 04) Good afternoon! I
haven't spoken with either of you in a while, but
I want to make a point to always keep in touch
and make sure that all is going well! I also
wanted to keep you updated on what's going on in
my career and pass on a special thanks b/c of
much my success is owed to you! I received my
MBA in May '06 and have recently been promoted to
an Operations Manager position here at
Gulfstream, where I am responsible for managing
the production of the forward section A/C panels
and 40 employees. I was in an IE position prior
to that.
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Student Success
Charmorge Miller (ISE, F 04) I haven't
emailed you guys in a while, so I decided give
everyone an update of what is going on in my
professional career. I am now working at
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Division in New
Orleans, Louisiana as a Manufacturing Engineer. I
am responsible for providing the support needed
to manufacture the external tanks for the NASA
space program. Although I enjoyed my time at
BellSouth with all of the traveling, I grew tired
of the corporate environment. ... The job at
Lockheed lacks the red tape and allows me to get
back into the area of industrial engineering I
enjoy the most Manufacturing. ..."
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Student Success
Roy Jackson (IDM, Sp. 06) - Things could not
have worked out better for me coming out of
Mercer with an IDM degree. I came straight out
of school with a good job in my major related
field. I started working June 5, 2006 at
Southwire in Carrollton Ga. I must say that my
college courses were great exposure to what I
could expect in my job as an industrial engineer.
I have only been working for 3 months, but so
far, I have been quick to relate all engineering
concepts on the job to concepts in the
classroom. My first week as an industrial
engineer, I was sent to a Southwire plant in
Kentucky to be part of a Kaizen event using Value
Stream Mapping to improve a wire making process.
The event was led by Jim Price of the University
of Kentucky Center for Manufacturing. As part of
the class, he went pretty in depth on lean
manufacturing theory, which was a basically a
review of my college experience. I was the
youngest person there and knew nothing of the
wire making industry, but I was completely
comfortable discussing lean concepts and leading
discussions among a group of older, more
experienced engineers. I have since become the
Carrollton Building Wire Plant guru for Value
Stream Mapping. We are currently making the
transition to lean manufacturing that we call OPS
(Operation Perfection at Southwire). I am quite
comfortable discussing lean concepts and have
helped with the implementation of several
projects in our plant. We have used the Value
Stream Mapping exercise to set a priority list
for addressing improvement projects ranging from
machine scheduling to supermarket WIP control to
more accurate sales forecasting.
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Contact Information

• Dr. Joan Burtner
• Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering and
  Industrial Management
• Burtner_J_at_Mercer.edu
• 478 301-4127