Leverage your industrial engineering degree to integrate principles of business, statistics and engineering to achieve tangible results in any organization. Open to industrial engineering degree holders* and members of IISE People likely to attend are in an industrial engineering role: “Early†in their career wanting to increase their contribution level to a CI team OR …
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Career Development, Jobs, Learning
How Will the Tax Bill Affect Manufacturers?
by Ted Mayeshiba • • 0 Comments
Industry Week ran an interesting story for those of you who are involved in the capital cycle. This is a major revision to what you learned in your Engineering Economics course, and may affect your planning cycles for the next 5 years at least. 100% expensing of capital expenditures for equipment back to September 27…
Announcements, Career Development, Chapter Activities, Events, Joint Event with local organization, Learning
SHIP Meeting 1/17/2018 (Healthcare) Long Beach MemorialCare
by Ted Mayeshiba • • 1 Comment
The MemorialCare Lean Resource Office will be sharing their breakthrough improvements and learning from their 10 Year Lean Journey.  Spaces are limited so please register ASAP at the following link: https://goo.gl/forms/pVsPWWlMQKyVdkfC2 When: Wednesday, January 17, 2018 Time: 1:30-5pm Where: MemorialCare – Long Beach Medical Center 2801 Atlantic Ave, Long Beach CA 90806 (Accessible by Metro Blue Line…
Career Development, Chapter Activities, Jobs, Learning, Volunteer
FILTEC Facility Tour – July 19, 2017, 6p.m.
by Stella Marie Mahakian • • 0 Comments
Join us in any of the facility tours and discover industry best practices. I hope you can attend one or all. This will be a good opportunity to connect and to share relevant upcoming events that might be of value to your career and personal growth. Highlights: IoT Applications; “In-Line Inspection for beverage,…
Career Development, Chapter Activities, Events, Learning, Volunteer
Kaiser Central Refill Pharmacy Facility Tour – June 22, 2017
by Stella Marie Mahakian • • 0 Comments
Join us in any of the facility tours and discover industry best practices. I hope you can attend one or all. This will be a good opportunity to connect and to share relevant upcoming events that might be of value to your career and personal growth. Highlights: New automation technology – Reserve…
Chapter Activities, Community Service, Events, Joint Event with local organization, Joint Event with Local Universities, Learning, Strategic Plan, Volunteer
Millennials in the Workplace – Event Highlights
by Stella Marie Mahakian • • 1 Comment
The majority of millennials entered the workforce between 1998 and 2016. There is a perception that millennials are struggling in the workplace. With the support of the Cal Poly Pomona IME Department and their Industry Advisory Council, the IISE LA-OC professional chapter, inspired by Kaz Takeda, sought to answer the question: “Why are the Millennials…
Career Development, Chapter Activities, Events, Learning, Volunteer
Boston Scientific Facility Post Tour
by Stella Marie Mahakian • • 0 Comments
Our tour guides, Carolina, Alyssa and Chris, showed us the process flow of two critical parts of the Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) System, the small implanted pulse generator (or IPG) and thin wires (known as leads). These parts are placed into the body to convert pain into a tingling feeling. The process of assembling the IPG and…
Career Development, Chapter Activities, Events, Learning
User Experience Design from an IE Perspective
by Stella Marie Mahakian • • 0 Comments
Meet one of the minds behind the Innovation Cell. Facility Location: Boeing Innovation Cell Room, Bldg. 16, Huntington Beach, CA August 22, Monday 5-6 pm; Check in 4:45pm Must be a US Citizen RSVP by August 18, Thursday 12 noon. Boeing Visitors: Visitors at the Boeing facility will be required to check in at the security by 4:45 pm,…
Career Development, Chapter Activities, Events, Learning, Volunteer
IISE LA-OC Vendor Presentation 2017
by Stella Marie Mahakian • • 0 Comments
We have the opportunity to invite vendors to demo their products using an actual case study. This is a great way to introduce our members to the latest ISE tools available. The tools can aid us in time study, simulation, planning, leveraging macro in excel just to name a few. There are currently 5 vendors…
Chapter Activities, Events, Learning
June Networking Opportunity & Event: Webinar & Speaker Presentation
by Stella Marie Mahakian • • 1 Comment
Meeting Place: Hummus House, 12211 Hawthorne Blvd., Hawthorne, CA 90250 Date & Time: June 25, 2016, 3:00 p.m. Webinar: Watch an IIE previously broadcasted presentation on “Data Analytics†Speaker Presentation: “Financial Planning” by Linda Dorfmont Dinner: Order up before, while watching or after RSVP: In our meetup site or email – events@iiela.org  to provide Hope to see you there!