While Dr. Jordan B. Peterson’s advice is widely applicable in a variety of areas, there are snippets that are particularly in line with industrial engineering principles. Make at least one thing better every single place you go. One way of describing the goal of industrial… Read More
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TRIZ, the Russian Problem Solving Methodology
I was asked by someone if TRIZ was the Russian equivalent to Six Sigma or Lean or some other continuous process improvement (CPI) methodology. My response was, “What is TRIZ?” And given all the various CPI acronyms out there, why hadn’t I heard of this… Read More
Quality Has a Quality All Its Own, the Implications for IEs
I heard the statement that quantity has a quality all its own. This quote has been attributed to several major figures, but the rebuttal “quality has a quality all its own” matters more to me as an industrial engineer. What are the implications of quality… Read More
The Understated Importance of Incremental Changes
To paraphrase Peter Drucker, there is romance in innovation and invention, but flashes of genius usually don’t take you far; what carries you far is hard, organized and purposeful work. There are too many projects that never leave the drawing board, fail to be implemented… Read More
