61st Annual IIE Conference & Expo Applied Solutions Sessions May ...

61 st Annual IIE Conference & Expo Applied Solutions Sessions May 21 – 25, 2011 – Reno, Nevada as of May 17 

Monday 23‐May 

8 a.m. 9:15 a.m. Keynote Speaker ‐ Jack Scott, Founder and President, Applied Systems and Technology Transfer (AST2) 

9:15 a.m. 10:30 a.m. Exhibits Only – Continental Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall 

10:30 a.m. 11:20 a.m. Keynote Speaker ‐ Louis A. Martin‐Vega, Dean of Engineering, North Carolina State University 

11:30 a.m. 12:45 p.m. Lunch available for purchase in Exhibit Hall 

12:55 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 

1:35 p.m. 2:10 p.m. 

Meeting room Carson 1 Carson 2 Crystal 1 Crystal 2 Crystal 3 Crystal 4 Crystal 5 

Track Lean Industry Advisory Board Operations Research Simulation Aerospace & Defense Global 

Supply Chain & 

Service Engineering 

Moderator Martin Nazareth Dennis Oates Ed Williams Majid Abab Greg Watson MD Sarder 

Profitable Advantages of 

VeSM (Value & Energy 

Stream Mapping) 

Part 1 of 2 

Kirk Prather and Saeed 

Majidi, California 

Manufacturing Technology 

Consulting 

All levels 

Taking Your Career to New 

Heights ‐ A Panel Discussion 

Part 1 of 2 

Kazuo Takeda, Disneyland 

Resort, Severn McMurtry, 

FedEx Ground, Roman 

Hlutkowsky, Doug Rabeneck, 

Accenture, Kim LaScola 

Needy, University of 

Arkansas 

All levels 

Simulation and Advanced Analytics to Improve American 

Red Cross Systems 

Amy Brown Greer, Don Albright and Robin Estabrooks, 

American Red Cross 

Basic level 

Joint presentation with the Operations Research 

and Simulation Track 

Knowledge Capture 

Activities used 

by Boeing IEs 

David Skoor, Majid Abab 

and Steve Snelling, The 

Boeing Company 

Basic level 

IIE Global Strategy 2010‐ 

2013 ‐ IIE Benchmarking 

Study Summary 

Gregory Watson, Business 

Excellence Solutions, Ltd. 

All levels 

Analysis of Cold Chain 

Logistics of Panamanian 

Vegetables for Domestic and 

International Market 

Tulio Sulbaran, University of 

Southern Mississippi 

Intermediate level 

Moderator Martin Nazareth Dennis Oates Melanie Barker Ed Williams Majid Abab Greg Watson MD Sarder 

Profitable Advantages of 

VeSM (Value & Energy 

Stream Mapping) 

Part 2 of 2 

Kirk Prather and Saeed 

Majidi, California 

Manufacturing Technology 

Consulting 

All levels 

Taking Your Career to New 

Heights ‐ A Panel Discussion 

Part 2 of 2 

Kazuo Takeda, Disneyland 

Resort, Severn McMurtry, 

FedEx Ground, Roman 

Hlutkowsky, Doug Rabeneck, 

Accenture, Kim LaScola 

Needy, University of 

Arkansas 

All levels 

Experiences in Applying 

Operations Research – 

A Panel Discussion 

Brandy Heyde‐Montague 

and Melanie Barker, 

Operations Research 

Committee Chairs 

Part 1 of 2 

Applying Simulation in a 

New Era of Professional 

Practice 

Malcolm Beaverstock, 

Flexsim, Allen Greenwood, 

Mississippi State University 


NASA's Launch Services 

Program (LSP) Business 

Operating Success 

Strategies (BOSS) 

Elaina McGhee, NASA 

Basic level 

IIE Global Strategy 2010‐ 

2013 ‐ IIE International 

Strategy 



All levels 

Applying Time Standards in a 

Call Center or a Varying 

Process 

Drew Harris, D & L Harris 

and Associates 

Intermediate level


2:20 p.m. 2:55 p.m. 

3:00 p.m. 3:35 p.m. 


Track Lean Industry Advisory Board Operations Research Simulation Aerospace & Defense Global 



Moderator Martin Nazareth Dennis Oates Melanie Barker Danny Pavan Majid Abab Greg Watson MD Sarder 

BPR of a Printing Company: 

A Competitive Alliance (How 

to Sleep with the Enemies) 

Part 1 of 2 

Rumel Atienza, De La Salle 

University, Noemi Atienza, 

Katayama International 

Basic level 

Managing Your IE Future ‐ 

What Strategies Will Help 

You Succeed? 

Kevin McManus, Great 

Systems! 

Basic level 

Experiences in Applying 

Operations Research – 


Brandy Heyde‐Montague 

and Melanie Barker, 

Operations Research 

Committee Chairs 

Part 2 of 2 

The Simulation of High 

Volume Claims Processing 

Thomas Brady, Purdue 

University North Central 


Zonal Work Measurement 

and Improvement in 

Commercial Aerospace 

Final Assembly 

Ahmed Elayouty, The 

Boeing Company 

Basic level 

IIE International Council 

Global Townhall Meeting: 

Imagineering an IIE Global 

Certification 



All levels 

Track Lean Industry Advisory Board Operations Research Simulation Aerospace & Defense Construction 

The Growing Role of GIS 

Technology Systems at 

FedEx Ground 

Part 1 of 2 

Gary Burns, FedEx Ground 




Moderator Martin Nazareth Dennis Oates Melanie Barker Danny Pavan Majid Abab Lincoln Forbes MD Sarder 

BPR of a Printing Company: 

A Competitive Alliance (How 

to Sleep with the Enemies) 

Part 2 of 2 


University, Noemi Atienza, 

Katayama International 

Basic level 

3:35 p.m. 3:55 p.m. Break in Exhibit Hall 

3:55 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 

Winning the Recruiting 

Game ‐ An Employers 

Perspective 

Brad Parrish, FedEx Ground 

Basic level 

Wind Generation 

Integration Using Ensemble 

Weather Forecasting and 

Stochastic 

Jeremy Bloom, IBM 


Simulation Analysis of 

Material Handling AGVs in 

an Automotive 

Don Hart, Nissan North 

America, Travis Hill, 

Mississippi State University 

All levels 

Using Object‐oriented 

Technology to Develop a 

Data Model to Analyze the 

Data 

India Jacobs, Morgan State 

University 

All levels 

Managing Construction Risk 

through Project Pre‐ 

Operations Planning 

Peter Furst, Liberty Group 

All levels 

The Growing Role of GIS 

Technology Systems at 

FedEx Ground 

Part 2 of 2 

Gary Burns, FedEx Ground 


Moderator Martin Nazareth Dennis Oates Melanie Barker Ed Williams Majid Abab Lincoln Forbes MD Sarder 

The Lean ‐ You Can Do 

Yourself 

Part 1 of 2 

Kalikathan Krishnamoorthi, 

Bradley University 

Basic level 

Integrating Lean Sigma 

Certification into 

Undergraduate ISE Programs 

Part 1 of 2 

Scott Sink, The Ohio State 

University, Curtis Burnett, 

John Deere, Bopaya 

Bidanda, The University of 

Pittsburgh 


Estimation of New 

Automobile Demand in 

Countries Around the 

Globe 

James Wendelberger, 

Urban Science Applications, 

Inc. 

All levels 

Shortening the Timeline to 

Build Assembly Line Logistics 

Simulation Model 

Ravindra Lote, PMC 


Framing Simulation in 

Value Stream Maps to 

Effectively Communicate 

Change 

Anant Bhushan, The Boeing 

Company 

All levels 

Facility Design Using the 

Toyota Production System: 

Preemptive Waste 

Elimination 

Part 1 of 2 

Brock Husby, Altarum 

Institute / University of 

Michigan 

All levels 

Inventory Optimization and 

Network Design for after‐ 

Market: A Case Study 

Part 1 of 2 

Deepak Bartwal, National 

Institute of Industrial 

Engineering India 

Intermediate level


4:35 p.m. 5:10 p.m. 

5:15 p.m. 5:50 p.m. 

5:55 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 


Track Lean Industry Advisory Board Operations Research Simulation Aerospace & Defense Construction 



Moderator Martin Nazareth Dennis Oates Melanie Barker Ed Williams Majid Abab Lincoln Forbes MD Sarder 

The Lean ‐ You Can Do 

Yourself 

Part 2 of 2 

Kalikathan Krishnamoorthi, 

Bradley University 

Basic level 

Integrating Lean Sigma 

Certification into 

Undergraduate ISE Programs 

Part 2 of 2 

Scott Sink, The Ohio State 

University, Curtis Burnett, 

John Deere, Bopaya 

Bidanda, The University of 

Pittsburgh 


Smart Maintenance 

Decision Support Systems 

(SMDSS) 

Dan Bumblauskas, 

University of Missouri and 

Iowa State University 


Using Monte Carlo 

Simulations in a Value 

Stream Mapping Process 

Thomas Seitz, Northrop 

Grumman Electronic 

Systems 


Visual Analytics in Injury 

Data and Cost Analysis 

Melissa Findlay, The Boeing 

Company, Vinnie Ahuja, 

Bureau Veritas North 

America, Inc. 


Facility Design Using the 

Toyota Production System: 

Preemptive Waste 

Elimination 

Part 2 of 2 



Michigan 

All levels 

Inventory Optimization and 

Network Design for after‐ 

Market: A Case Study 

Part 2 of 2 

Deepak Bartwal, National 

Institute of Industrial 

Engineering India 


Moderator Martin Nazareth Dennis Oates Melanie Barker Danny Pavin Majid Abab Lincoln Forbes MD Sarder 

Using Quality Tools to 

Design Efficient Pharmacy 

Delivery Systems 

Part 1 of 2 

Valentine Boving, MD 

Anderson Cancer Center 


Industry Advisory Board 

Town Hall 

Part 1 of 2 

OR and Uncertainty in 

Facility Location Models: 

Comparing Stochastic 

Programming, Robust 

Optimization and Chance‐ 

Constrained Programming 

to a Deterministic Model 

Theresa Barker, The 

University of Washington 

All levels 

The Application Of 

Simulation Modeling at 

ArcelorMittal Dofasco 

Part 1 of 2 

Daniel Pavan and Scott 

Baylis, Arcelormittal Dofasco 

Basic level 

How Tightly is Your IE 

Workgroup Tied to 

Universities Where You 

Will Find IE Grads? 

Gregory Brown, The Boeing 

Company 

Basic level 

Construction Division 

Town Hall Meeting 

Part 1 of 2 

State‐level Strategic National 

Stockpile Logistics Network 

Design: Location and 

Assignment 

Yepeng Sun, University of 

Louisville 


Moderator Martin Nazareth Dennis Oates Melanie Barker Danny Pavin Majid Abab Lincoln Forbes MD Sarder 

Using Quality Tools to 

Design Efficient Pharmacy 

Delivery Systems 

Part 2 of 2 

Valentine Boving, MD 

Anderson Cancer Center 


Industry Advisory Board 

Town Hall 

Part 1 of 2 

IBM ILOG CPLEX 

Optimization Studio: The 

Complete Optimization 

Development Toolkit 

Mary Fenelon, IBM 

All levels 

The Application Of 

Simulation Modeling at 

ArcelorMittal Dofasco 

Part 2 of 2 

Daniel Pavan and Scott 

Baylis, Arcelormittal Dofasco 

Basic level 

777 Standard Hardware 

Kitting Cells Optimization 

Zeyed Al Aqrabawi and 

Roberto Lu, The Boeing 

Company 

All levels 

Construction Division 


Part 2 of 2 

Leagile ‐ The New 

Framework for the Supply 

Chain Management 

Alexandre A. Boschi, 

UNIP 

All levels


Tuesday 24‐May 

8 a.m. 9:15 a.m. Keynote Speaker ‐ Matthew Gardner, General Manager, Bombardier Transportation, North America Propulsion and Controls Division 

9:15 a.m. 10:15 a.m. Exhibits Only – Continental Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall 

10:15 a.m. 10:50 a.m. 


Track Lean Industry Advisory Board Engineering Management Simulation 

Moderator TBA Dennis Oates 

Industrial Engineering Led 

Operational Excellence & 

Supply Chain Activity Drives 

Significant Sustainable 

Results – 


Martin Nazareth, OpEx 

Solutions 

Part 1 of 2 

Partnering to Shape Future 

IE Graduates: How Industry's 

Emerging Needs Get 

Communicated to Academia 

and the Ways We Can Jointly 

Improve Output? 

Part 1 of 2 

Susan Sinclair Steadman, 

The Hershey Company 

Stan Settles, University of 

Southern California, Rakesh 

Nagi, State University of 

New York at Buffalo (SUNY), 

Julie L. Higle, The Ohio State 

University, Jose A. Macedo, 

California Polytechnic State 

University, San Luis Obispo, 

Bob Pudlo, FedEx Ground, 

Majid Abad, The Boeing Co., 

Roman Hlutkowsky, The 

Hlutowsky Group, Helmut 

Welke, John Deere 

Worldwide Parts 

Distribution 


Michele Dekelbaum, 

David Stephens 

Maintaining Your Technical 

Skills As You Progress in 

Your Career – A Panel 

Discussion 

Part 1 of 2 

Michele Dekelbaum, The 

Methodist Hospital, Alex 

Mironoff, University of 

Arkansas, David Stephens, 

The Rheem Company, Tony 

Veith, Spirit AeroSystems, 

Gillian M. Nicholls, 

University of Alabama at 

Huntsville, Don Wittke, UPS 

Basic level 

Danny Pavin, 

Ed Williams 

A Simulation Study of 

Logistics Operations at San 

Pedro Bay Port of Long 

Beach and Los Angeles 

Zhaohu Fan, James E. Moore 

and Mansour Rahimi, 

University of Southern 

California 


Social, Environmental & 

Sustainability 

Construction 

Supply Chain & Service 

Engineering 

John Corliss Lincoln Forbes MD Sarder 

Becoming the "Go‐to" 

Expert on Corporate 

Conservation / Recycling 

Part 1 of 2 

John Corliss, PEER 

Consultants, Rajiv Saxena, 

APL Logistics, Jan Evans, 

University of Tennessee at 

Chattanooga, Theresa 

Barker, The University of 

Washington 

All levels 

Construction Production 

System Design: Improving 

Flow by Managing Queues 

Part 1 of 2 

Matthew Horvat, Lean 

Project Consulting 

All levels 





Results – 




Part 1 of 2 

A joint panel discussion with 

the Lean and Supply Chain 

Track – The session will be 

held in Carson 1


10:55 a.m. 11:30 a.m. 


Track Lean Industry Advisory Board Engineering Management Simulation 

Moderator TBA Dennis Oates 





Results – 




Part 2 of 2 

Partnering to Shape Future 

IE Graduates: How Industry's 

Emerging Needs Get 

Communicated to Academia 

and the Ways We Can Jointly 

Improve Output? 

Part 2 of 2 

Susan Sinclair Steadman, 


Stan Settles, University of 

Southern California, Rakesh 

Nagi, State University of 

New York at Buffalo (SUNY), 

Julie L. Higle, The Ohio State 

University, Jose A. Macedo, 


University, San Luis Obispo, 

Bob Pudlo, FedEx Ground, 

Majid Abad, The Boeing Co., 

Roman Hlutkowsky, The 

Hlutowsky Group, Helmut 

Welke, John Deere 

Worldwide Parts 

Distribution 


11:30 a.m. 12:45 p.m. Lunch available for purchase in the Exhibit Hall 



Maintaining Your Technical 

Skills As You Progress in 

Your Career – A Panel 

Discussion 

Part 2 of 2 

Michele Dekelbaum, The 

Methodist Hospital, Alex 

Mironoff, University of 

Arkansas, David Stephens, 

The Rheem Company, Tony 

Veith, Spirit AeroSystems, 

Gillian M. Nicholls, 

University of Alabama at 

Huntsville, Don Wittke, UPS 

Basic level 

Danny Pavin, 

Ed Williams 

Warehouse Optimization 

with Dynamic Simulation 

Hosni Adra, Create A Soft 

Inc. 

All levels 



Construction 


Engineering 

John Corliss Lincoln Forbes MD Sarder 

Becoming the "Go‐to" 

Expert on Corporate 

Conservation / Recycling 

Part 2 of 2 


Consultants, Rajiv Saxena, 

APL Logistics, Jan Evans, 

University of Tennessee at 

Chattanooga, Theresa 

Barker, The University of 

Washington 

All levels 

Construction Production 

System Design: Improving 

Flow by Managing Queues 

Part 2 of 2 

Matthew Horvat, Lean 

Project Consulting 

All levels 





Results – 




Part 2 of 2 

A joint panel discussion with 

the Lean and Supply Chain 

Track – The session will be 

held in Carson 1


12:55 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 

1:35 p.m. 2:10 p.m. 


Track Lean Industry Advisory Board Engineering Management Process Industries 

Moderator Valentine Boving Dennis Oates 

Implementation of the 

Technique Total Productive 

Maintenance (TPM) in the 

Stamping Press Area 

Part 1 of 2 

Adan Valles, ITCJ 


Path Ahead ‐ Life Beyond the 

Campus 

Kaiwen Cheng, John Deere 

Basic level 

Moderator Valentine Boving Dennis Oates 

Implementation of the 

Technique Total Productive 

Maintenance (TPM) in the 

Stamping Press Area 

Part 2 of 2 

Adan Valles, ITCJ 


2:10 p.m. 2:30 p.m. Break in Exhibit Hall 

Your First Job: First Day and 

First 100 Days 

Kevin Drevik, LG‐USA 

Basic level 



A 9‐step Enhanced 

Business Management 

System with Predictive 

Scorecards 

Forrest Breyfogle, Smarter 

Solutions, Inc. 




Inside Influence: Leading 

Change from the Middle 

Heather Stagl, Enclaria LLC 

All levels 



Construction 


Engineering 

Joe Paris John Corliss Lincoln Forbes MD Sarder 

5S as a Component of Visual 

Management in Process 

Plants 

Part 1 of 2 

Vincent Howell, Corning Inc 

and Peter King, Lean 

Dynamics, LLC 

All levels 

Challenges of Applying IE 

Tools to Public Sector 

Decision Making 

Part 1 of 2 


Consultants, Luis Camilo 

Caicedo López, Universidad 

de los Andes, Caitlin 

Augustin Marina, 

University of Miami, Marc 

Resnick, Performance 

Solutions, William Harp, 

ESRI 

All levels 

Lean & Green ‐ Construction 

Opportunities 

Part 1 of 2 


All levels 

Integration of Continuous 

Improvement Project 

Management Systems and 

Supply 

Part 1 of 2 

Martin Stein, Martin Stein & 

Associates 

Basic level 


5S as a Component of Visual 

Management in Process 

Plants 

Part 2 of 2 

Vincent Howell, Corning Inc 

and Peter King, Lean 

Dynamics, LLC 

All levels 


Tools to Public Sector 

Decision Making 

Part 2 of 2 


Consultants, Luis Camilo 

Caicedo López, Universidad 

de los Andes, Caitlin 

Augustin Marina, 

University of Miami, Marc 

Resnick, Performance 

Solutions, William Harp, 

ESRI 

All levels 

Lean & Green ‐ Construction 

Opportunities 

Part 2 of 2 


All levels 

Integration of Continuous 

Improvement Project 

Management Systems and 

Supply 

Part 2 of 2 

Martin Stein, Martin Stein & 

Associates 

Basic level


2:35 p.m. 3:10 p.m. 

3:15 p.m. 3:50 p.m. 

3:55 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 


Track Lean Health Systems Engineering Management Process Industries 

Moderator Bennett Foster Marci Jackson 

Determining Appropriate 

Supermarket Levels in a High 

Variability Environment 

Part 1 of 2 

Peter King, Lean Dynamics, 

LLC 

Basic level 

Ambulatory Surgery Process 

Improvement ‐ A How‐To 

Presentation 

Jose Sepulveda, University of 

Central Florida 



Determining Appropriate 

Supermarket Levels in a High 

Variability Environment 

Part 2 of 2 

Peter King, Lean Dynamics, 

LLC 

Basic level 

Red Cross Blood Collections 

Using Lean Standard Work 

and Flow 

Part 1 of 2 

Don Albright and Trevor 

Easton, American Red Cross 

Basic level 



Transforming UPS through 

Technology ‐ The Road to 

Optimization 

Part 1 of 2 

Jack Lewis, UPS 




Transforming UPS through 

Technology ‐ The Road to 

Optimization 

Part 2 of 2 

Jack Lewis, UPS 




Construction 


Engineering 


Value Stream Costing for 

Quantifying the Financial 

Benefits of Lean 

Part 1 of 2 

Dirk Van Goubergen, Ghent 

University 



Tools to Non‐Profit 

Organizations/ 

Corporations 

Part 1 of 2 


Consultants, Diana Berry, 

UPS, Amy Brown Greer, 

American Red Cross, Dulce 

Sanchez, University of 

Miami 

All levels 

Applying Lean and IE 

Techniques to a Solar Farm 

Project 

Part 1 of 2 

Jan Evans, University of 

Tennessee Chattanooga 

All levels 

Delivery and Quality 

Kaiwen Cheng, John Deere 

Basic level 


Value Stream Costing for 

Quantifying the Financial 

Benefits of Lean 

Part 2 of 2 

Dirk Van Goubergen, Ghent 

University 




Employing the Lean/Six 

Sigma DMAIC tools to 

Reduce WIP Inventory 

Part 1 of 2 

Joseph Ogabi, Triumph 

Aerostructures 


Red Cross Blood Collections 

Using Lean Standard Work 

and Flow 

Part 2 of 2 

Don Albright and Trevor 

Easton, American Red Cross 

Basic level 



Making the Transition from 

I.E. to Project Manager 

Vincent Howell, Corning 

Inc. 

All levels 


Tools to Non‐Profit 

Organizations/ 

Corporations 

Part 2 of 2 


Consultants, Diana Berry, 

UPS, Amy Brown Greer, 

American Red Cross, Dulce 

Sanchez, University of 

Miami 

All levels 



Applying Lean and IE 

Techniques to a Solar Farm 

Project 

Part 2 of 2 


Tennessee Chattanooga 

All levels 

Construction 

Symbiotic Industry‐Academe 

Supply‐Chain ‐ Why a Chair 

is Still a Chair..? 


University, Fe Atienza, ACS 

Furniture 

Basic level 

Work Measurement & 

Ergonomics 

Joe Paris John Corliss Lincoln Forbes Gilbert Anderson 

RFID Enabled Keg Tracking in 

the Beer and Wine Industry 

Part 1 of 2 

Andrew Liles and Tali Freed, 


University 

All levels 

Supply Chain Sustainability: 

Tools, Approaches and 

Their Applications 

Rajiv Saxena, APL Logistics 

All levels 

Winner of the Student Best 

Construction Paper 

Competition 

Improving Construction 

Quality By Combining Three‐ 

Dimensional Models and 

Visual Recognition Software 

William Croll, University of 

Southern California 

All levels 

Should We Pull The Plug On 

Standards? (Redux) 

George Bishop, West 

Monroe Partners 

All levels


4:35 p.m. 5:10 p.m. 



Moderator Bennett Foster Amanda Mewborn 

Moderator 

5:15 p.m. 5:50 p.m. 

Moderator 

5:55 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 

Employing the Lean/Six 

Sigma DMAIC tools to 

Reduce WIP Inventory 

Part 2 of 2 

Joseph Ogabi, Triumph 

Aerostructures 


Lean Division Town Hall 

Meeting 

Part 1 of 2 

Lean Division Town Hall 

Meeting 

Part 2 of 2 

Using Lean to Improve the 

Selection and Deployment of 

Technology in Healthcare 



Michigan 

All levels 

Todd Schneider 

Integration of Technology 

and Workflow 

Reengineering to Transform 

Hospital Performance 

Part 1 of 2 

Amanda Mewborn, 

CareLogistics 


Todd Schneider 

Integration of Technology 

and Workflow 

Reengineering to Transform 

Hospital Performance 

Part 2 of 2 

Amanda Mewborn, 

CareLogistics 




Leading a High 

Performance Team 

Brad Parrish, FedEx Ground 




Sustaining a Lean 

Transformation through 

Collaborative Team‐based 

Problem Solving 

Sreekanth Ramakrishnan 

and Michael Testani, IBM 

Corporation 

All levels 

Part 1 of 2 



Sustaining a Lean 

Transformation through 

Collaborative Team‐based 


Sreekanth Ramakrishnan 

and Michael Testani, IBM 

Corporation 

All levels 

Part 2 of 2 



Construction 

Work Measurement & 

Ergonomics 


RFID Enabled Keg Tracking in 

the Beer and Wine Industry 

Part 2 of 2 

Andrew Liles and Tali Freed, 


University 

All levels 

The ABC of Sustainability ‐ 

The Carbon Footprint of 

Buildings from Design 

through Use 


All levels 

Addressing Performance 

Improvement Challenges in 

a Construction Setting 

Part 1 of 2 


Systems 

All levels 

Integrating Ergonomics Risk 

Management in 

Manufacturing Design 

Processes 

Richard Gardner and David 

Smith, The Boeing Company 



Process Industries 


Part 1 of 2 

Social, Environmental and 

Sustainability Town Hall 

Meeting 

Part 1 of 2 

Joe Paris John Corliss 

Process Industries 


Part 2 of 2 

Social, Environmental and 

Sustainability Town Hall 

Meeting 

Part 2 of 2 

Addressing Performance 

Improvement Challenges in 

a Construction Setting 

Part 2 of 2 


Systems 

All levels 

Industrial Engineering‐The 

Road to Investment 

Optimization in Foodservice 

Juan Martinez and Elizabeth 

Martinez, Profitality 

All levels 

Gilbert Anderson 

Open Engineered Labor Standards 

and Work Measurement 


Danielle Woodward and 

George Bishop, West 

Monroe Partners, Charles 

Brassard, Laubrass 

All levels


Wednesday 25‐May 

8 a.m. 8:35 a.m. 

8:40 a.m. 9:15 a.m. 

9:30 a.m. 10:05 a.m. 



Moderator Joan Tafoya Amanda Mewborn 

Design of Experiments: 

Shainin Style 

Merwan Mehta, East 

Carolina University 


The Next Generation of 

Decision Support in Health 

Care 

Marc Resnick, Bradley 

University 


Moderator Joan Tafoya John Cook 

The Need for Lean 

Accounting to Complete 

Lean Enterprise Systems 


Tennessee at Chattanooga 

All levels 

Simulation Modeling of 

PHN(Public Health Nurse) 

and Dyad(new born baby 

and mother) Postpartum 

Home Visiting System 

Chowdury Rahman, Diane 

Bischak and Van Enns, 

University of Calgary 


Moderator Joan Tafoya Marci Jackson 

Lean & Operational Stability 

in Hospitals: Maximizing CPI 

Success and Staff 



Michigan 

All levels 

Health Care Retail ‐ How to 

Make it Profitable 

Part 1 of 2 

Tony Chihak, Mayo Clinic 

All levels 



Cost and Schedule Risk 

Management in Capital 

Projects 

Sigurdur Sigurdsson, 

Mannvit Engineering 




Managing Virtual Teams: 

Effective Strategies for Team 

Performance and 

Engagement 

Marc Resnick, Bentley 

University 




Performing a Hospital Labor 

Opportunity Assessment 

Utilizing Comparative Data 

Yvette Leger, Premier, Inc. 

All levels 




Developing Product Wheels 

for Process Industry 

Operations 

J. Bennett Foster, DuPont 

Operations 

All levels 

IE Tools for Telemedicine 

Implementation in Post‐ 

Disaster Response 

Dulce Sanchez, Caitlin 

Augustin, Shihab Asfour 

and Nina Miville, University 

of Miami 

All levels 


Application of Autonomous 

Maintenance in The Hershey 

Company 

Jaime Villa and Harry Shah, 


All levels 

Sustainability Score Card ‐‐ 

Nashville Long Term 

Community Recovery Plan 


Consultants, PC 

Basic level 


Process Industry Strategic 

Measurement and 

Management 

Part 1 of 2 

Bob Paladino, Bob Paladino 

& Associates, LLC 

Basic level 

Emerging Trends in Spatial 

Thinking in the Intelligence 

Community 

William Harp, Esri 

Basic level 

Latin American Quality & Six Sigma 

Fernando Mata, 

Bernardo Villarreal 

Planeación Estrategica en 

Centros de Investigación en 

México 

Fernando Mata, Fernando 

Monzon and Marijose 

Sanchez, Universidad de 

Monterrey 

Basic level 



Sinergia Universidad‐ 

Gobierno Aplicada para la 

Transformación de los 

Pequeños Negocios en 

México 

Fernando Mata, Fernando 

Monzon and Marijose 

Sanchez, Universidad de 

Monterrey 

Basic level 



Innovating Through People: 

A System Approach to 

Strategic Planning Using 

Appreciative Inquiry as a 

Tool 

Bruce Ham Rabago and 

Paula Dominguez Jimenez, 

Universidad de Monterrey 

All levels 

Larry Graham 

Changing the World Through 

Lean Six Sigma 

Tina Kovach, 

Centric Consulting 


Larry Graham 

Six Sigma Applied to 

Operational Management ‐A 

Performance Management 

Framework 


All levels 

Larry Graham 

How FIT SIGMA Can Help to 

Improve Performances in 

SMEs 

Ron Basu, Henley Business 

School 

Intermediate level


10:10 a.m. 10:45 a.m. 

11 a.m. 11:35 a.m. 

11:40 a.m. 12:15 p.m. 



Moderator Joan Tafoya Marci Jackson 

Graspable Steps for 

Establishing a Continuous 

Improvement Program 

Khaled Mabrouk, 

Sustainable Productivity 


All levels 

Health Care Retail ‐ How to 

Make it Profitable 

Part 2 of 2 

Tony Chihak, Mayo Clinic 

All levels 

Moderator Khaled Mabrouk John Cook 

Improve Equipment 

Performance by Applying 

Lean to Maintenance 

Practices 

Joan Tafoya, Intel 

Corporation 

All levels 

IE Quality Improvement 

Tools and Techniques in 

Medical Residency 

Education 

Nina Miville, University of 

Miami 

Basic level 

Moderator Khaled Mabrouk Amanda Mewborn 

Front Line Leadership 

Driving Rapid Change in 

Canadian Healthcare 

Dayna Roberts, University 

Health Network 

Basic level 

12:15 p.m. 1:30 p.m. Lunch on your own 

Mercy Hospital 7 Carroll 

Extreme Makeover Design 

Project 

Natalie Asenjo and Nina 

Miville, University of 

Miami, 




The Namakwa Way ‐ 

Sustainable Business 

Improvement in the Mining 

Industry 

Carike Bosman and Elaine 

Fouche, Exxaro 

All levels 



Best Practices in Mistake 

Proofing ‐ Systems for 

Process Excellence 


Systems! 

Basic level 



Ideation: When Traditional 

Brainstorming Just Doesn't 

Work 

Mark Jannone, Atlantic 

Health 

All levels 




Process Industry Strategic 

Measurement and 

Management 

Part 2 of 2 



Basic level 

Successfully Using the CELL 

[Conservation, Economy, 

LEEDs and LEAN ] 

Methodology 


Tennessee at Chattanooga 

All levels 


Glossary for Standardizing 

Strategic Change in Process 

Industries 

Part 1 of 2 

Martin Stein, Martin Stein 

Associates, Shiona 

Kamermans‐Brown, 

Sustainable Continuous 

Improvement Consultant 

Basic level 

Flows of Products and 

Byproducts of Glass in its 

Chain 

Natalia Vale, Universidade 

Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 

Tatiana Silva and Anderson 

Nascimento, IAG/PUC‐Rio 



Glossary for Standardizing 

Strategic Change in Process 

Industries 

Part 2 of 2 

Martin Stein, Martin Stein 

Associates, Shiona 

Kamermans‐Brown, 

Sustainable Continuous 

Improvement Consultant 

Basic level 

Reverse Logistics: 

Designing Your Supply 

Chain for Product Recovery 

Theresa Barker and Zelda 

B. Zabinsky, The University 

of Washington 

All levels 




Systems Engineering Aiding 

Small Business Survival 

within a Global Competition 

Environment 

Paula Dominquez and 

Antonio Dieck Assad, 

Universidad de Monterrey, 

Fernando Mata, ITESM 

All levels 



Bases para un Modelo 

Educativo por Competencias 

para Ingeniería Industrial 

Diogenes Alvaraz, 

SIEMECO/ACIPI 

All levels 



Development of an 

Academic Program in Lean 

Manufacturing for the 

Industrial City Xicohtencatl 

(Tlaxcala, Mexico) 

Juan Rojas and Veronica 

Gómez, Universidad de las 

Américas, Puebla 

All levels 

Larry Graham 

Kick Down the Goalpost: 

Using Unilateral Tolerances 

Will Improve Manufactured 

Products 

Merwan Mehta, East 

Carolina University 


Larry Graham 

Engineering Quality Enables 

Retention & Rebirth of 

American Equipment 


Solutions, Inc. 

All levels 

Larry Graham 

Case Study: Using Internal 

Audits to Improve Quality at 

a Pulverizing Company 

Ryan Underdown, Lamar 

University, Gary Yentzen, 

ICO Polymers 

Intermediate level




Moderator 

1:30 p.m. 2:05 p.m. 

Moderator 

2:10 p.m. 2:45 p.m. 

Moderator 

3 p.m. 3:35 p.m. 

Moderator 

3:40 p.m. 4:15 p.m. 

John Cook 

Open Healthcare Systems 

Simulation: A Primer 

Lucien Keller, Flexsim 

Software Products, Inc. 

Basic level 

Steve Escamilla 

Open Reducing Patient Falls 

Through The Application of 

Human Factors Engineering 

Brian Fillipo, Bon Secours St 

Mary's 

Basic level 


Open ABC Costing, Lean and 

Process Simulation Applied 

to Emergency Rooms 

Francisco Ramis, 

Universidad del Bio‐Bio, 

Jose Sepulveda, University 

of Central Florida, Liliana 

Neriz, Universidad de Chile, 

Ricardo Mateo, 

Universidad de Navarra 

All levels 


Open Mercy Hospital Surgical 

Review of Pre‐Op and Post‐ 

Op Department Amada 

Alonso and 

Nina Miville, 

University of Miami 

Basic level 



Management 

Engineering/Process 

Improvement (ME/PI) 

Ellen Ermer, John C Lincoln 

Health Network 





Leveraging "Innovation" to 

Grow and Improve Value in 

the Process Industry 

Part 1 of 2 



Basic level 

Open Leveraging "Innovation" to 

Grow and Improve Value in 

the Process Industry 

Part 2 of 2 



Basic level 

Decision Making Model for 

Local Development 

Projects ‐ Community and 

Technology 

Luis Caicedo López and 

Maria Ramírez Cajiao, 

Universidad de los Andes 

All levels 


Decision Support System 

for Water Distribution 

Network Optimization by 

Non‐Technical Workers 

Caitlin Augustin and Shihab 

Asfour, University of Miami 

All levels 

John Corliss 

Open Open The Value of Industrial 

Engineers In Corporate 

Social Responsibility 

Projects 

Diana Berry, UPS 

All levels 




Análisis de una Clínica de 

Endoscopia: Resultados, 

Retos, y Oportunidades 

Martha Centeno, Florida 

International University, 

Helida Dodd, Dodd 

Consulting Group 

All levels 



Aplicación del Modelo de 

Sourcing de Autotransporte 

en Industria Mexicana 

Homero Contreras, Zelaya 

Consultores 

Basic level 



Reduction of Distribution 

Cost Through a Change of 

Strategy 

Bernardo Villarreal, Ramon 

Verdin, Luisa Cavazos and 

Andres Gracias, Universidad 

de Monterrey 


Larry Graham 

How to Improve Lean Six 

Sigma Project Management 

Across Multiple Facilities 

Dean Kirkeby, Gold’n Plump 

Poultry 

Basic level 

Larry Graham 

Brake Rotor Overheat 

Elimination Using Shainin 


Methodology (SSTM) 

Mahmoud Awad, ALHOSN 

University 

All levels 

Open Open Open Open Open 

Open

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