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Message from the President
This is an exciting year for the division. Evolved from the Lean Division (2003-2019), the recently renamed "Operational Excellence Division" strives to serve all industrial engineers who have been practitioners, researchers, or learners in the domain of Lean, Six Sigma, and various other operational excellence methodologies. Being the new elected team of the division officers, we are proud and humbled by the fact that the Lean Division was one of the early division established at IISE with more than 3,000 members for many years. Following
this tradition, the Operational Excellence Division will continue supporting the Engineering Lean & Six Sigma (ELSS) Conference in September and the IISE Annual Conference in May with a Lean Six Sigma Track. During the Annual Conference, the division will recognize your great effort in Operational Excellence via three competitions/awards: Best Practice Award, Best Student Paper Award, and Best Teaching Award. Would you like to be recognized? Do you have someone to recommend? We want to hear from you! We will be ready for your nominations and submissions soon.
With this new team of division officers, we are increasing our communication efforts with division members through social media (IISE Connect, LinkedIn OpEx Division Group) to be more interactive and engaging. We are eager to provide more information and better technical content, and more importantly, we would love to hear your stories, too! Come join us in the discussions, and you may find some useful tips or good information to boost your operational excellence work. In addition to social media, webinars, and newsletters, the division holds Town Hall meetings at the IISE Annual Conference and ELSS Conference which is coming up soon. We look forward to meeting many of you in person at the ELSS Conference on September 23-25 in Houston!
Hung-da Wan
President, Operational Excellence Division
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Come Join Our Board By Being an Operational Excellence Volunteer
Board Members at the Annual IISE Conference & Expo 2019
Contact Hung-Da Wan for volunteering information
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Congratulations to the 2019 Operational Excellence Winners
- Rafid Janahi , Jeremy Heyward and Maziar Lotfizadeh win the 2019 the Operational Excellence Best Student Paper Award
- Bill Edwards of Kettering University wins 2019 the Operational Excellence Teaching Award
Do you want to win next year? Read the details below to enter.
This award recognizes organizations for innovative and effective implementation of lean principles and practices that deliver exemplary business performance improvement.
Operational Excellence Division Best Student Paper Competition
This award, open to graduate and undergraduate ISE students, honors outstanding papers in the field of lean research and practices.
This award recognizes excellence in teaching lean concepts.
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In Memory of J Temple Black
On
May 16, 2019 the Institute lost a long-time member, colleague, contributor and friend as J Temple Black died just 25 days short of his 81
st
birthday. J was active over his career with the Manufacturing and Design and Operational Excellence (Lean) Divisions of the Institute. A Professor Emeritus at Auburn University, he will be remembered as lead author of
Degarmo's Materials and Processes in Manufacturing
and for his pioneering research in metal cutting and lean manufacturing. His scholarship and professional contributions were recognized when he was elected a Fellow of IISE in 1999. Additionally, he is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and Society of Manufacturing Engineers.
Born in Rahway, NJ he developed a passion for industrial and manufacturing engineering as an undergraduate at Lehigh University and subsequently received an MS from West Virginia University and Ph.D. from the University of Illinois. While his early work was in materials processing be became interested in manufacturing systems from his observations of how Japanese automobiles were produced. This led to his research and books on lean manufacturing. J's enthusiasm for the subject caused him to teach his lean course in retirement and continue to provide guest lectures as late as fall 2018. He also had a creative side that saw him author poetry and record his own songs.
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Upcoming Webinar
Best Practices and Tools for Using Standards in Your Lean Process
Presented by ELSS Conference Committee, Laubrass Inc. and G.H. Bishop Global - Open to All
Aug. 22, 2 p.m. Eastern time
Presenter: George Bishop, Laubrass Inc. and G.H. Bishop Global
This webinar will teach you best practices and applications for work measurement and labor standards management. Understand how these techniques can improve your processes. Take away steps to implement at your organization to better plan, predict and manage labor standards for optimized processes.
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Virtual Career Fair Coming Oct. 1
Grow your network and get leads for open job positions at the
IISE Student Virtual Career Fair
on Oct. 1. IISE student members can upload their resumés, browse current job openings with leading employers and chat one-on-one with recruiters to advance their job search. IISE professional members can host a booth for their organization and connect immediately with interested, talented students who are actively seeking job opportunities in the field. Mark your calendars and register for the IISE Student Virtual Career Fair today!
Are you an
IISE Corporate Partner
? Be one of the top 10 registrants to get
FREE
booth! When they are gone you qualify for a deeply discounted rate.
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The 2020 IISE CUP.....
Coming Soon
A new addition to the IISE Annual Conference & Expo is the
IISE CUP
competition. The
IISE CUP
provides an exciting opportunity for companies/universities to highlight their successful solutions. The general theme across all
IISE CUP
categories is innovation. Faisal Aqlan is the committee chair and if you have any questions contact him @ fua11@psu.edu. Stay tuned for more exciting updates...
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UL and IISE Team Up for Lean Six Sigma 4.0
22 modules, 6 belts and 5 certificates have been created. Add it up and you have the customizable, flexible Lean Six Sigma training Industry 4.0 requires. Pick the online coursework that fits your workforce needs; scale up as they advance through your organization - with Lean Six Sigma Green Belt prices starting below $1,000, and further discounts for IISE members and Corporate Partners.
Visit
www.iise.org/UL
for more.
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IISE now offers digital badging for Lean and Six Sigma certificates and belts.
Share your credentials online and on social media. You can see all that we offer at certificates.iise.org
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Podcasts Launched!
Last year, many of you asked IISE membership staff about the potential for launching a podcast. Well, "ask and you shall receive!" The IISE Podcast features engineers from diverse backgrounds in both academia and industry discussing a wide range of topics about the work they do as industrial and systems engineers as well as some off-beat topics that will fascinate you, the audience. If you are interested in participating in a future episode or would like to contribute suggestions for topics or guests, then please contact David Brandt.
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IISE
Connect
allows IISE members to easily interact and communicate online, empowering you to have better access to your member benefits. Newsletters are now available in one spot to allow you easy access and frequent reference.
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How To..........
Participate in Connect Discussions
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Click 'Participate -> Post a Message' from the menu
*Select the community to post to
*You can also Cross-Post to a second community if the message is relevant to both communities
*Enter your message then click 'Send'
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