Emerging Frontiers in Industrial and Systems Engineering by Nembhard, Harriet B.; Cudney, Elizabeth A.; Coperich, Katherine M.;

Short description:

This book brings together experts in the manufacturing, healthcare, logistics, and energy sectors to examine what enables success in innovative project collaborations between researchers and practitioners. Understanding what enables success in various industries will help organizations become more competitive through strategic partnerships.

Long description:

Success is driven through collaboration. The field of Industrial and Systems Engineering has evolved as a major engineering field with interdisciplinary strength drawn from effective utilization, process improvement, optimization, design, and management of complex systems. It is a broad discipline that is important to nearly every attempt to solve problems facing the needs of society and the welfare of humanity. In order to carry this forward, successful collaborations are needed between industry, government, and academia. This book brings together an international group of distinguished practitioners and academics in manufacturing, healthcare, logistics, and energy sectors to examine what enables successful collaborations.

The book is divided into two key parts: 1) partnerships, frameworks, and leadership; and 2) engineering applications and case studies. Part I highlights some of the ways partnerships emerge between those seeking to innovate and educate in industrial and systems engineering, some useful frameworks and methodologies, as well as some of the ideas and practices that undergird leadership in the profession. Part II provides case studies and applications to illustrate the power of the partnerships between academia and practice in industrial and systems engineering.

• Examines the success from multiple industries



• Provides frameworks for building teams and avoiding pitfalls



• Contains international perspectives of success



• Uses collaborative approaches from industry, government, and academia



• Includes real world case studies illustrating the enabling factors



• Offers engineering education and student-centric takeaways

Table of Contents:

Section I: Partnerships, Frameworks, and Leadership. Remarks on Part I—Partnerships, Frameworks, and Leadership. A Model for Industry/University Partnerships. Industry 4.0: Success through Collaboration. Enhancing Ethical Awareness in Future Generations of Engineers. Merging Literature and Voices from the Field: Women in Industrial and Systems Engineering Reflect on Choice, Persistence, and Outlook in Engineering. Designing, Developing, and Deploying Integrated Lean Six Sigma Certification Programs in Support of Operational Excellence Initiatives. How to Develop and Sustain a Lean Organization through the Use of Collective System Design. Building and Managing the Bill of Process to Streamline the Enterprise—An Emerging Technology-Enabled Systems Approach. Section II: Engineering Applications and Case Studies. Remarks on Part II—Engineering Applications and Case Studies. Value-Based Maintenance for Deteriorating Civil Infrastructures. The Emergence of Industrial and Systems Engineering Principles and Practices in Disaster Management. Very Small Entities: The Business Proposition.  Countering Human Trafficking Using ISE/OR Techniques. The Role of Manufacturing Process Design in Technology Commercialization. Improving Responsiveness in Manufacturing Centers through the Virtual-to-Reality Big Data Methodology. Cyber-Physical Real-Time Monitoring and Control: A Case Study of Bioenergy Production. Meta Change Management: Creating Productive and Continuous Initiatives at a Multinational Brewery Company. Section III: Postface. Remarks on Future Directions and Next Steps.