Knol Day of Industrial Engineering

Birth Day of Frank Gilbreth 7th July is celebrated as the Knol Day of Industrial Engineering for the year 2010. Many articles on Industrial Engineering are being written for the occasion.

Students of NITIE are posting number of articles which are summaries of various articles published in Industrial Engineer magazine

Index of articles written by IE students of NITIE, Mumbai, India on the occasion of Knol Day of Industrial Engineering

Industrial Engineer Magazine Article Summaries by 2010 IE Students NITIE, Mumbai, India

All visitors are requested to write comments on various issues related to industrial engineering in comments blocks.

Knol Day of Industrial Engineering

By Narayana Rao K.V.S.S.

Industrial Engineering Concepts Course - Class 1 at NITIE

In the first class the definition of industrial engineering will be explained.
It will be emphasized that engineering knowledge gained during undergraduate course is to be retained, refreshed and developed further for successful IE career.

The assignments will be announced.

The course page will be informed.

IE is Management Service

Management of an organization is the process of establishing objectives and goals of the organization periodically, designing the work system and the organization structure, and maintaining an environment in which individuals, working together in groups, accomplish their aims and objectives and goals of the organization effectively and efficiently.

Industrial engineering is a discipline that evolved out the involvement of engineers in managing engineering departments of enterprises. Frederick Taylor and Frank Gilbreth are pioneers of this branch of engineering which is a service to management.

Narayana Rao defined industrial engineering as: "Industrial Engineering is Human Effort Engineering and System Efficiency Engineering. It is an engineering discipline that deals with the design of human effort and system efficiency in all occupations: agricultural, manufacturing and service. The objectives of Industrial Engineering are optimization of productivity of work-systems and occupational comfort, health, safety and income of persons involved." ( Industrial Engineering )

The statement "Industrial Engineering is Human Effort Engineering and System Efficiency Engineeering" appeared in the Industrial Engineer (March 2010 issue), magazine of Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), which is the global association of Productivity and Efficiency professionals.

IE is management service.

http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-k-v-s-s/management-and-industrial-engineering/2utb2lsm2k7a/2380#

Crankshaft Manufacturing - Machining Organizations - India

1. Alloy Steel Company
Plot No.-92, Pocket-M, Sec.-2, Bawana DSIDC Indl. Area, Delhi - 110039, IndiaPhone:91-11-27552620

An ISO 9001 : 2008 certified company manufacturing crank shaft under the brand name NEELKANTH GI3(regd.) since 1972

Manufacturing Facilities:


CNC Horizontal Turning Center – 3 Nos.
CNC Key Way Milling – 1 No.
Delapena Horizontal Honing Machine- 3 Nos.
WMW Surface Grinder – 2 Nos.
WMW Internal Grinder – 2 Nos. (Fully Hydraulic )
WMW Cylindrical Grinder – 2 Nos. (Fully Hydraulic )
MSO Cylindrical Grinder – 1 Nos. (Fully Hydraulic )
WMW Double drilling machine – 2 Nos. (Fully Hydraulic )
Drilling SPM – 3 Nos.
BEMCO Hydraulic Press -1 No.
Hydraulic Press SPM – 1 No.
Auto Copying Lathe – 2 Nos.
Lathe Machine – Colchester Make – 5 Nos.
Lathe Machine – Amar Make – 8 Nos.
Drilling Machine HERBERT – 3 nos.
Drilling Machine FOBCO – 1 no.
Drilling & Taping Machine – 1 no.
Horizontal milling Machine ADCOCK SHIPLY – 2 Nos.
Centering & Facing machine – 2 Nos.
Blue Star Hardness Tester – 1 No.
Milling SPM – 2 nos.

More detals
http://alloysteel.tradeindia.com/

Manufacturing Process Improvements - Ignored by Industrial Engineers?

Industrial engineering focused on manufacturing processes as well as planning and control systems right from the Taylor's days.

But in the recent days, manufacturing processes were ignored and more attention was given to postions and profiles in direct management jobs in IE programs.

There is a need to refocus on application of IE techniques in manufacturing processes and also on improving planning and control processes in the area of efficiency. The emphasis by IE has to be on improving the processes rather than on managing the planning and control processes.

It is a fact that Industrial engineering emerged out of managerial activities of engineers but as it has evolved it became a staff service that focuses on efficiency improvement of systems with the involvement of operating managers, supervisors and operators.

I am collecting information related to design and production of crankshafts to develop the topic as a basis for introducing various industrial engineering techniques in the subject Introduction to Industrial Engineering.

http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-k-v-s-s/crank-shaft-machining-for-reference-in/2utb2lsm2k7a/2319#

Any suggestions for further references are welcome

What is Industrial Engineering?

IE activities grouped into three.


1. Human effort engineering

2. Systems efficiency engineering

3. Systems design, installation and improvement management.

Articles related to all three
http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/industrial-engineering-knols-of/2utb2lsm2k7a/1674#

Industrial Engineering Definition

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING. Concerned with the design, improvement, and installation of integrated systems of people, materials, information, equipment, and energy. It draws upon specialized knowledge and skill in the mathematical, physical, and social sciences together with the principles and methods of engineering analysis and design, to specify, predict, and evaluate the results to be obtained from such systems. (Official definition of the Institute of Industrial Engineers.)

http://www.iienet2.org/Details.aspx?id=2584

I recently came across the book - Hospital Industrial Engineerig by Harold Smalley and John Freeman. In this books there is a reference to a book by R.N. Lehrer, The Management of Improvement: Concepts, Organization, and Strategy.

Do we have books dedicated to the design aspect of industrial engineering and installation aspect of industrial engineering?