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Teamwork in Manufacturing: How an Industrial Engineer and Friends Revived a Factory

In the fast-paced world of manufacturing, where deadlines are tight, margins are thin, and pressure is constant, it’s easy to believe that only hard data and systems drive success. But sometimes, what truly turns things around is leadership built on trust, friendship across departments, and the silent strength of a well-bonded team. At the center […]

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How Industrial Engineers Work

Leave a Comment / INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING / Melvin Vincent

Industrial Engineers makes things better than anyone and they have a secret way of working to achieve this. Wondering How exactly do industrial engineers work? What systematic approach do they follow to bring improvements in factories, offices, hospitals, and even in services? Lets discuss in this article. Let’s break down their method into simple stages

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Standard Work Instruction (SWI) for Manpower Optimization

6 Comments / INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING, Lean Manufacturing, Operational excellence / Ashish Rathore

This article is contributed by Ashish Rathore. He is presently driving continuous improvement projects and he is a Mechanical Engineer with MBA in HR and marketing Standard Work Instruction (SWI) is a document which is displayed in the work station which helps operator to do the work considering quality, productivity and safety. In this article

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What will happen if you don’t hire an Industrial Engineer

4 Comments / INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING / Melvin Vincent

If you don’t hire an industrial engineer, you might be missing out on a crucial opportunity to optimize your business processes, improve efficiency, and ultimately save both time and money. Industrial engineers are professionals who specialize in finding ways to make systems and processes work better. Here are some compelling reasons why hiring an industrial

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A Factory leader with Industrial Engineering Background

Why a candidate with Industrial Engineering background is most suitable to lead a factory

2 Comments / INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING / Melvin Vincent

I prefer candidates with an Industrial Engineering background to lead factory Operations or similar higher roles for several below compelling reasons. In addition to their traditional responsibilities, an individual with this background brings unique skills and perspectives to the role, fostering enhanced efficiency and innovation across the entire organization. Industrial Engineers are adept at optimizing

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How to grade operators in a factory and Why

Leave a Comment / Human Resource (HR), INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING / Ugendhar Bairy Venkata

Grading of the operators is categorizing or grouping the operators according to the various factors which is essential to do the job. In this article we will be discussing on how to grade operators along with the factors to be considered. So, stay tuned… We are explaining everything with practical examples. Before moving to our

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Formula for calculating manpower required from takt time - Know Industrial Engineering

Manpower calculation using takt time

3 Comments / INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING / Melvin Vincent

In this article we will discuss and learn manpower calculation using takt time. This method is very simple and quicker, if we know takt time.

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How to calculate headcount required in Excel

13 Comments / INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING / Melvin Vincent

Optimum allocation of resources is the key to the success of every business or manufacturing. So, every business owner should know how to calculate headcount required in Excel. Also, Excel is most popular software and is easy to learn. In this article we learn how to calculate headcount required using Microsoft Excel and also you

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Load Chart – For Scheduling, Monitoring and Tracing of production

6 Comments / INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING / Abin Antony

If you have thought about how to optimize the production of low volume products, which requires highly skilled operators or costly machines, you might end up search with load chart. So read on to get a complete understanding on this topic. Load chart is a tool for scheduling, monitoring and tracing of production. You will

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How to do capacity analysis for manufacturing

6 Comments / INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING / Melvin Vincent

In this article we will discuss basics of capacity analysis. After reading this article you will be able to do capacity analysis for a manufacturing plant. I got a request in for uploading this article in the page, ‘request an article’. Hence this article. Ok lets move forward. What is capacity Capacity means ability to

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