As part of its 10th birthday celebration, Google is soliciting, and offering up to $10 million to implement, innovative ideas with the potential to help a lot of people, or even change the world. If you have an idea that you believe could have this kind of impact, submit it to Google by Oct. 20.
There are hundreds of lofty titles out there about rising to the top. How to Think Like a CEO. CEO Logic. How to Act Like a CEO. Lions Don’t Need to Roar. But what about helping others get there?
Is that hand tool your line worker is about to pick up really ergonomic? Research suggests that a large number of musculoskeletal disorders can be attributed to use of poorly designed or misused hand tools.
The IIE Board of Trustees is issuing a call for nominations for editor-in-chief of IIE Transactions for a four-year term beginning Jan. 1, 2009. Nominations will be accepted until Nov. 1. Nominees must be members of IIE and self-nominations are encouraged. See details here.
Do you know a young IIE member whose contributions to the industrial engineering profession are making an impact? Are you that member? The New Faces of Engineering promotes the accomplishments of young engineers. Please look around you and nominate exceptional young IEs you know for this honor. Details and the nomination form are here.
Dec. 1 is the deadline for submitting nominations for IIE awards. If you have not nominated the outstanding professionals and students you know for these prestigious awards and honors, now is the time. Some chapter, region, division and society awards have different deadlines. You'll find these deadlines in the individual award descriptions.
Your supply chain can be a competitive advantage - or disadvantage - as one IE's experience in the everyday world clearly demonstrates.
What it's like being an industrial engineer for Disney.