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Lean Division Board 2009-2010 |
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The mission of the Lean Division is to support its members by fostering networks, offering programs and maintaining resources that represent their core competencies and/or areas of specialized practice. The 2009-2010 Lean Division Board is comprised of the following members:
President: Ahad Ali, assistant professor, Lawrence Tech University
Past President: Marjorie Koch, senior industrial engineer, Nike IHM Inc.
Directors:
Fazleena Badurdeen, assistant professor, University of Kentucky
Kate Bombach, lean coach, Michigan Quality System, University of Michigan Health System
Beth Cudney, assistant professor, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Ira Dunoff, Wilmington, DE
Tomasita Louviere-Ligons, IBM
Ertunga C. Ozelkan, assistant professor, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Aman Sapra, senior logistics engineer, St. Onge Co.
MD Sarder, assistant professor, University of Southern Mississippi |
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Call for Papers: Lean Systems Track |
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2010 Industrial Engineering Research Conference
June 5-9, 2010
Fiesta Americana Grand Coral Beach Hotel
Cancún, Mexico
The Industrial Engineering Research Conference (IERC) Track on Lean Systems is a forum for researchers and practitioners to share research focused on the application of Lean Systems concepts to improve organizational performance.
As chairs of the Lean Systems Track, we invite you to organize a session, submit a research paper or submit an abstract for a research presentation in any of the Lean Systems related areas such as:
Lean Manufacturing
Lean in Service Operations
Lean Logistics
Lean Supply Chain Management
Lean Implementations in Different Manufacturing and Service Industries
Lean Business Process Optimization
Lean Simulation and Modeling
Lean Education and Simulation Games
Lean System Performance Evaluation
Organizational Culture and Value Systems for Lean
Managing Risks in Lean Systems
Global Trends in Lean and other related areas
You are invited to present your work at one or more sessions. Each session will share 75 minutes among 3 to 4 presenters. While full length paper (6 pages, peer-reviewed) submissions are strongly recommended, presentations without a paper are also acceptable.
The important deadlines for the conference are:
Abstract submissions: Nov. 20
Notification: Dec. 20
Submission of papers: Jan. 30, 2010
Notification of acceptance/declines of papers: March 15, 2010
Final paper due: March 30, 2010
Presenting author registration due: April 2, 2010
Feel free to contact us if you have any further questions.
Fazleena Badurdeen, University of Kentucky
Beth Cudney, Missouri University of Science & Technology
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Lean Teaching Award |
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Annual Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Lean Concepts
Deadline for nominations is Dec. 15, 2009
The Lean Division of IIE invites nominations for its annual national award recognizing excellence in teaching lean concepts.
The award will be presented at the upcoming IIE Annual Conference in Cancun, Mexico, June 5-9, 2010.
Nominations may be made by a faculty colleague or a student who has taken the course from the candidate
Eligibility Criteria
- The candidate must be a member of IIE.
- The course for which they are being recognized must be a lean course within an industrial engineering department or a closely related program (examples of closely related programs include systems engineering and engineering management, examples of course titles might be lean manufacturing systems, lean system modeling and simulation, lean logistics, lean supply networks, lean practice and management, just-in-time production system, lean six-sigma, etc).
- Course materials for which they are being recognized must have been developed by the candidate.
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Lean Student Paper Competition 2010 |
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Sponsored by J T and Carol S. Black
Purpose:
The Student Paper Competition will be held each year to honor outstanding papers in the field of lean research and practices.The papers should demonstrate or describe the use of techniques such as simulation, lean principle implementation, alternative designs, kaizen implementation, etc. Both undergraduate and graduate students and design teams are invited to submit papers. The award will be given each year at the IIE Annual Conference if there is a suitable recipient.
Three awards may be given upon recommendation of the selection committee. The winners must present their papers in the IERC Lean Track at the 2010 IIE Annual Conference.
First Place: $600 and complimentary annual conference registration and Honors & Awards Banquet ticket
Second Place: $300
Third Place: $100
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Operational Excellence Conference and Expo 2009 |
Oct. 26-29
Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront
St. Louis, Missouri
Registration will be available on site
Print and complete registration to submit at the Conference
In trying economic times, it is more important than ever to continue to build your skills, develop new products and stay on top of the latest developments in quality and operational excellence. This is the ideal conference to move your career and your organization upward and onward. St. Louis, with its towering monument to westward expansion in the U.S., the Gateway Arch, is the perfect backdrop to the conference.
This is the ideal conference to move your career and your organization upward and onward
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"Not everything that counts can be measured. Not everything that can be measured counts" -Albert Einstein |
| Important Scholarship Deadlines |
The deadline for nominations for all IIE scholarships is Nov. 16 with the exception of the SHS Scholarship which is due on Dec. 1.
Students must be nominated by IE department heads.
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| Honors and Awards Deadlines |
The deadline for honors and awards nominations is Dec. 1.
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Article Format
Approx. 3 to 4 pages in length, single-spaced, Times New Roman and Word format. Graphs, diagrams, pciture and charts can also be included.
The Lean Division Board of Directors strongly believes the newsletter and website provide a valuable service to our membership. Help provide current and relative articles in the areas of Lean and Six Sigma to Lean Division members!
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Lean Definition
Within-Lot Variation: Dispersion of observations or test results obtained within a lot or batch. Note: The within-batch variation may be estimated from a single batch or by pooling the estimates for several batches, as appropriate.
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| Call for Lean Division Newsletter Editor |
The Lean Division is looking for a newsletter editor. Contact Fazleena Badurdeen for more information . |
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