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Join IISE 2016 National Conference – SCHEDULE AT-A-GLANCE Chapter Involvement

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Join IISE for Chapter involvement 

May 20-23, 2016

SCHEDULE AT-A-GLANCE

Conference events and educational sessions will be held in the Disneyland Resort Hotel. The Disneyland Resort Hotel consists of three towers – Fantasy, Adventure and Frontier. View the Presentation Schedule below.

Schedule at a glance Day1 Schedule at a glance Day2

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Schedule at a glance Day3

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Schedule at a glance Day4

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Schedule at a glance Day5

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Announcements, Events

Oct 4, 2012 IIE LA Chapter Meeting at Disneyland

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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…

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iPhones and IE’s: Why China Over USA

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Charles Duhigg and Keith Bradsher shed light on some of the reasons behind the continued reliance on China for major manufacturing.  Note this quote: Another critical advantage for Apple was that China provided engineers at a scale the United States could not match. Apple’s executives had estimated that about 8,700 industrial engineers were needed to…

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IE’s in Demand

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This article in the Wall Street Journal posted Oct 2, 2011 quotes Monster.com to highlight that the demand for IE’s is growing! http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204138204576605421471180568.html Quoted in the article: Some occupations in which online ads over the past 120 days are up strongly from a year earlier: Industrial engineers, up 28%. First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers and…

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What IS An Industrial Engineer?

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From the Bureau of Labor Statistics comes this definition: Industrial engineers determine the most effective ways to use the basic factors of production—people, machines, materials, information, and energy—to make a product or provide a service. They are concerned primarily with increasing productivity through the management of people, methods of business organization, and technology. To maximize…

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