SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE


8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. Welcome Larry Aft, IIE


8:45 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. “Methods for Improving Work and Production Flow in a High Mix Job Shop” Mark Schrader, Quality Manager, Guardian Automotive


Production flow analysis is typically used to improve process efficiency in a high product mix job shop. Metrics used for work measurement in a job shop are critical for scheduling orders, developing part families, identifying factory layouts, controlling production flows, calculating capacity utilization, identifying waste, and other strategies to improve the flow of products. This presentation will describe efforts to measure work and improve production flow in a job shop.


9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. “Defining and Measuring Work for People with Disabilities” Bill Trevathan, Senior Program Manager, and Blaine Robinson, Senior Training Program Manager, NISH


NISH creates employment opportunities for people with significant disabilities by securing federal contracts through the AbilityOne Program for its network of community-based, nonprofit agencies. More than 600 participating organizations employ these individuals and provide quality goods and services to the federal government. Accurately measured worker productivity is a key issue for these contracts, and NISH assists with time study training, technical assistance and process/productivity improvement.


10:45 a.m. – 11 a.m. Break 11 a.m. – Noon


“Work Sampling – A Technical Perspective” Richard Elliott, Manufacturing/Industrial Engineer, Boeing Defense, Space & Security


Work sampling is a standardized method for collecting data within the industrial engineering discipline and has been used for many years. This session will explore and document the technical aspects of work sampling, examine related technology in use, and provide example applications.


Noon – 1 p.m. 1 p.m. – 2 p.m.


Lunch


“Methods and Measurement for Package Flow” Cortez Martin, Central Region Industrial Engineering Coordinator, and Harith Mitchom, Central Region Industrial Engineering Coordinator, UPS


All work measurement must be based on maximizing the utilization of facilities and people. UPS governs its operations based on “Work Measurement Consistency Rules.” All generated work measurement has to follow the consistency guidelines to be considered for certification. While explaining how UPS inside operations uses work measurement to design its operating plans, the presenters will explain how work measurement is used daily at UPS.


2 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Break


2:15 p.m. – 3 :15 p.m. “Measuring Order Flow Times in Complex Production Systems” Paul Mittendorff, director of manufacturing systems, Hoerbiger Corp.


When the “work” in a production system involves many different orders being processed on dispersed work centers, it becomes a challenge to track and progress all of these orders. This task can be facilitated using an integrated system that combines a finite capacity scheduling system and a manufacturing execution system. This presentation will address the implementation of one such system, the benefits it has yielded and the difficulties/problems that remain to be solved.


3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. “Simple Schedules for Simple Work Cells” Shahrukh A. Irani, Associate Professor, Department of Integrated Systems Engineering, The Ohio State University


Work systems that involve many jobs, many resources and many constraints often present challenging problems for schedulers. Accurate and precise time standards are certainly an essential component of these scheduling challenges, but more is needed to produce efficient and effective workflows. This session will examine an application in work cell design that integrates several standard practices and methods to produce simple but effective workflows.


4:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Closing Remarks Larry Aft


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