IIE Los Angeles Chapter Las Vegas Meeting 2013

January 19, 2013 by 1 Comment

About the Event

March 1-3, 2013 in Las Vegas

IIE Los Angeles welcomes Western Region members to Las Vegas! Join us for a weekend of ideas, professional development and entertainment. Meet IIE members from across the Western United States. Special hotel rate available until 2/6/2013 (see below for details).

Register today

Visit http://iievegas2013.eventbrite.com to register.

Agenda

March 1-3, 2013

Friday (6:00 PM – Close) – Reception and networking

Saturday (9:00 AM – 5:00 PM) – Speakers and extended workshop sessions

Advanced Leadership Track – This track will explore how to understand and manage social demographic attributes within a work group, showing how Meyers-Briggs style frameworks can be factored into Engineering Management methods.

Big Data Track – Participants will learn how industrial engineers can leverage Geographic Information Systems (GIS) tools within their work. Free and paid tools will be explored. Using services like Google Earth, industrial engineers can visualize and model social geographic information.

Saturday Evening Social (9:00 PM) – Penn & Teller

Known for their outrageous blending of comedy and magic, that often skewers the genre of traditional magic, Penn & Teller’s live show has been a hit on Broadway and around the country and now has a permanent home in Las Vegas at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. Every guest gets to meet Penn & Teller in the theater lobby after every show!

Sunday (9:00 AM – Noon) – Engineering Tour

Hotel

$89 Special IIE Conference Hotel Rate

Click here to reserve your room online by 2/6/2013

Every room is a suite at the Rio! The Rio hosts more than 2,500 suites, providing spectacular views of Las Vegas. Every suite offers more than 600 square feet of spacious luxury, including a separate dressing area, couch, 32-inch TV, table with chairs, hairdryer, in-suite refrigerator, iron, ironing board and complimentary in-suite safe.

Problems reserving your room? Contact the hotel reservation desk at 888-746-6955 on or before 2/6/2013 to enjoy IIE’s discounted rate of $89/night. Use the Group Code “SRIIE3″.

Hotel accepts Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, or Diners Club.

Check-in time is 4:00 PM and check-out time is 11:00 AM. Any departures after 11:00 AM are subject to the full day charge.

Each guestroom must have at least one registered guest twenty-one (21) years of age or older.

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How To Avoid Job Interview Brain Freeze

January 13, 2013 by Leave a Comment

contributed by guest writer, Deborah Walker

Have you ever experienced brain freeze during a job interview? You are asked a question and your mind goes blank—it’s horrifying. You lose composure as well as confidence. Your interview goes down hill from there. Brain freeze most often happens as a result of   Read more of this post

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Dec 7 LA IIE Holiday Mixer – UPDATED

November 8, 2012 by Leave a Comment

IE Networking Mixer & Experiences Exchange - UPDATED: New Venue

Meet Local Industrial Engineers From; Industry, Academia & Consulting

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When: Friday, Dec 7th, 2012, 6-8:30 pm
Where: Geezers Restaurant  - New Venue
12120 Telegraph Road, Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670
(Off the 605 and 5 Fwy by the Santa Fe Springs City Hall)  |  Directions

Last event of the year to meet other IEs, Productivity and Quality Improvement Professionals !!!…FREE to LA Members.

Bring a picture of a recent life event; travel, family, pet, school or hobby.
We also encourage to bring a print out of IE tips, share a best approach to problem solved, a school project or a problem where you want to hear different approaches.
Share and exchange with IEs, Productivity and Quality Professionals.

  1. Networking and IE Exchange: 6:00 to 7:15 pm
    Reach out to Industrial Engineering Professionals from Local Industries such us: Edwards LifeSciences, Boeing, Disney, Barksdale etc., from Academia; USC and Calpoly, from IE Consulting Companies, IE Students, other Productivity and Quality Improvement Professionals
  2. Fun Networking Contest: 7:15 to 8:30 pm
    PRIZES at the end of the meeting!

 

LA Member FREE – Register before Nov 30th
FREE only to IIE Los Angeles chapter members RSVP (Seats are Limited)
$10 Dollar refundable at the meeting (non-refundable for no show up)

 

NON-MEMBER BY NOV 30th
All others a $20 fee
Until Nov 30th 2012

 

ALL DEC1-DEC 4
LA members and others a $25 fee
Dec 1st-Dec 4th 2012 

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Fee Includes: ID Networking Tag, IIE Bracelet, 1 Drink, Appetizers and Prizes (arrive early to sign-in) bring your membership number and a driver license ID.
Advanced RSVP required- Seats are Limited

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Nov 14 Plant Tour at Hyperion Water Treatment Plant

November 8, 2012 by Leave a Comment

LA APICSLA IIE members are invited to join the APICS LA Chapter and tour the Hyperion Water Treatment Plant.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Registration:  10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Plant Tour:  10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Optional Networking Event:  12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Hyperion Treatment Plant
12000 Vista del Mar
Playa del Rey, CA. 90293  | (facility map and directions)  | (Google map)

Optional Networking Event held after Plant Tour:
Standard Station Sports Bar & Grill
226 Standard Street
El Segundo, CA 90245
(310) 322-2255   (map)

$40 - All Late Registrations through 11/7/12 at 3:00 p.m. PST
>> REGISTER HERE

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Oct 17th Joint Meeting of IIE & INCOSE

October 6, 2012 by 1 Comment

Join us in person or online for joint meeting of INCOSE-LA (International Council on Systems Engineering), IIE-OC, and IIE-LA.
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Bo Oppenheim>> RVSP NOW!

“The Lean Enablers for Systems Engineering Project”

Presented by Dr. Bo Oppenheim
Professor of Systems Engineering
Loyola Marymount University (LMU), Los Angeles

Schedule

Wednesday, October 17, 2012, 5:30 pm to 7:45 pm
5:30 – 6:15 pm Registration, Networking, Refreshments
6:15 – 6:30 pm Welcome & Announcements
6:30 – 7:45 pm Presentation followed by Q&A
All participants are requested to register online prior to the event. 
Please RSVP by Monday, October 15th.

Host Site

Booz Allen Hamilton, LAX site - 5220 Pacific Concourse Drive, 2nd Floor, Suite 200, Los Angeles
Host - John Silvas. The speaker will be present at this site.   Open to all.  Please bring identification.
Refreshments will be provided at this site.  Please arrive early to get a visitor’s badge. Advance registration makes this an easy process. Directions to Host Site are provided on the INCOSE-LA website.   See ‘Remote Webcast Sites’ and ‘Virtual Attendance’ sections on the INCOSE-LA website for other attendance options.

Cost

INCOSE Members & IIE-LA, IIE-OC: FREE.

Register Now!

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Oct 25 IIE Webinar – Improving Packaging Operations with Simulation Modeling

October 3, 2012 by Leave a Comment

FREE WEBMINAR FOR IE MEMBERS

Date: Thursday, October 25th
Title: Improving Packaging Operations with Simulation Modeling
Time: 11-12 p.m. Pacific Time (2-3 PM E.T.)
Presenter: Luis Armendariz, P.E., MBA, LSSE
>> Register NOW!

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IIE-Process Industry Division and Los Angeles Chapter is proud to bring your this webminar on October 25th 2012

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In difficult economic times, corporations have few cost reduction options that simultaneously improve operational performance. This webinar addresses how simulation modeling tools and lean principles are used to identify and evaluate multiple value improvement opportunities in a packaging production line in order to increase capacity and reduce the facility’s operating costs.
Through the use of simulation and lean techniques, we will demonstrate how to increase capacity and evaluate the impact in operations by minimizing; WIP inventory, eliminating over-time labor and increasing throughput. Several improvement scenarios will be presented independently to provide insight into the size of the operational impact and project selection.

Note: Have your IIE Membership ID and Password ready to reserve your seat

Reserve Your Webinar Seat

This webinar is free to IE members.

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Internship in Transit Asset Management at LA Metro

October 3, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Organization: LA Metro

Location: Los Angeles, CA

This is an internship opportunity in Metro’s Systemwide Planning / Transit Corridors team where we are working on the business process to manage transit assets. The intern will assist us in analyzing life cycle costs, funding scenarios, workforce planning and business process improvement. We are looking for a student interested in these or related areas, with good communication skills and who is comfortable and proficient in working with spreadsheets, access databases, power point and enterprise systems (financial, accounting) and additionally help out on transit corridor planning studies.

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IIE LA Promotes Industrial Engineering at Local High School

September 30, 2012 by Leave a Comment

More than 500 Students and Parents attended the College Fair at La Puente High School on 9/29/12.   Thanks to LA Chapter President Luis Armendariz and Dr. Karman Abedini and IIE Student James Ko of CalPoly Pomona for representing to High School Students what IE is all about, and detailing which schools in California and throughout the US provide the Industrial Engineering Program with scholarships available for IE. This activity is in line with our LA chatper’s strategic objective of reaching out to High School communities to engage IE leaders of the future.
 La Puente High School College Fair, Sep 29, 2012 with IIE representatives from LA

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Oct 4, 2012 IIE LA Chapter Meeting at Disneyland

September 13, 2012 by 1 Comment

Meeting Follow Up:  Thank you to all our attendees and to Kaz Takeda, the Disney cast, and IIE volunteers.  The presentation had a history of Disney, several examples of what IE’s do in different business functions along with case studies. We ended the meeting with chapter news, raffle prizes, Disney mementos and with a backstage Disney tour given by Kaz and his cast.

IIE LA & OC chapters met at Disney Oct 4, 2012  Disney backstage tour with IIE LA

 UPDATE:  Registration is now closed as of 9/28.  Thank you to all who registered.

When:  Thursday, Oct, 4th, 2012, 6-8 pm
Where: Disneyland Resort, Anaheim CA (see map, registration criteria and meeting guidelines below)

Disneyland Resort

The groundbreaking Disney park has welcomed more than 500 million guests from all corners of the globe and continues to introduce new forms of entertainment and technology that fulfills Walt Disney’s vision that “Disneyland will never be completed as long as there is imagination left in the world.” Come and join us:

1 Presentation “What IE’s do at Disney” : 6:00 to 7:15 pm
By Kaz Takeda, Industrial Engineer Mgr., IIE Fellow
This presentation reveals the application of Industrial Engineering in the the theme park entertainment industry.

2 Chapter Announcements and Networking: 7:15 to 8:00 pm
Reach out to Industrial Engineering Professionals from Local Industries such us: Boeing, Edwards LifeSciences, Disney, Barksdale etc., from Academia; USC and Calpoly, from IE Consulting Companies, IE Students, other Productivity and Quality Improvement Professionals

RAFFLE PRIZE at the end of the meeting!

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IIE – Today In America

September 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Coming soon to a TV near you..

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Watch the video:
http://www.iienet2.org/media/video.aspx?id=0&Video=IIETodayinAmerica&AppURL=IIE&Type=flv

IIE and industrial engineering had an opportunity to be featured in the television show, “Today in America” hosted by Terry Bradshaw. The show does a series on American industry. It specifically focuses on meeting today’s workforce demands through training and education. We held phone conversations and interviews with two of the executive producers of the show, explaining our profession, the contributions industrial engineering has made throughout the history of American industry, the evolution of industrial engineering, IIE’s focus on education and training, our contributions and involvement in STEM education, and many other matters related to industrial engineering and IIE.

The producers were very interested in producing a five-minute segment on our association and our profession. The resulting show will run a minimum of one time on Fox Business Network and 19 times on CNN Headline News, all between the times of 6 a.m. and 11 p.m., on dates to be determined. In addition, IIE will retain the complete licensing rights to the video and can use it for any legal purpose (posting it on our website, showing it at conferences or non-IIE events where we exhibit, providing it to chapters or universities, etc.).

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