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Engineering Management: Recent submissions
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Quality from the Start: A Training Manual for the Engineering Division of Peridian Group, Inc.
(2005-12-16)Peridian Group, Inc. is a small sized consulting firm, with offices in Lawrence, KS and Gardner, KS, providing engineering, planning, surveying, construction, information technology, and graphical animation services. Rapid ... -
Skills Profile and Training Delivery Review for Engineering Production Support - Cessna Aircraft
(2005-12-16)The purpose of this field project was to lay the foundation for technical skills improvement for Cessna Engineering Production Support (EPS) through a training objective statement and defining the skills profile for the ... -
Effective Motivation during Recessions in the IT Client Services Industry
(2005-12-16)The role of a manager in an organization is to get work done through his or her employees. A good manager must be able to motivate his or her employees in order to perform his or her own job function. Thus, it is important ... -
Market Technical Analysis for the iMarket Meter Data Management System
(2005-12-16)Based on recent success with Swift’s iMarket Meter Data Management System (MDMS) product in the Southwest Power Pool (SPP), additional wholesale energy markets need to be analyzed to determine the feasibility of marketing ... -
The Impact of Civil Rights Legislation on Classroom Acoustics
(2005-12-16)The Americans With Disabilities Act is a civil rights law prohibiting discrimination against persons with disabilities, ensuring equal opportunity for usage and accessibility to public and governmental buildings and ... -
HelpMe Telecom - Service Support Organization (SSO) Operating Plan
(2005-12-16)Introduction: HelpMe Telecom is a leading telecom company, and has had a string of highly successful quarters. The company’s revenues are increasing mainly due to the explosive growth in the wireless sector. HelpMe Telecom ... -
Communication Standards for the Female Technical Sales Professional
(2005-12-16)Communication techniques to be used by female technical sales professionals (FTSP) with clients were explored by researching gender communication, technical communication, and sales communication. It was found that by ... -
Starting and Operating a Woman-Owned Mechanical Engineering Consulting Firm in Kansas: Business and Operations Plan
(2005-12-16)Venture Description: The proposed business is a mechanical engineering consulting business that designs heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC), plumbing and fire protection systems for commercial and industrial ... -
Analysis of a Management Buyout Opportunity
(2005-12-16)This report documents the procedure and analysis used to investigate an opportunity to orchestrate a buyout of a small technology business unit from Swift. This buyout is unique in that the person contemplating the buyout ... -
Centrifuges Replacement Study Proposal
(2005-12-16)Primarily this paper was written to provide a general understanding of centrifuging phenomenon, invention and brief historical developments of centrifuges and their application in industrial world. Part of this paper is ... -
Large Sheet Process Consolidation Project
(2005-12-16)The purpose of this project is to reduce labor costs through the consolidation of large sheet processes into the Beta and Alpha manufacturing plants. The consolidation of equipment and departments will allow for the ... -
Improving Inventory Control Using Forecasting
(2005-12-16)This project studied and analyzed Electronic Controls, Inc.’s forecasting process for three high-demand products. In addition, alternative forecasting methods were developed to compare to the current forecast method. The ... -
Management and Labor Relations Techniques of Japanese-Owned Automotive Assembly Plants in the United States
(2005-12-16)This field project involves a study of the Japanese-owned automotive assembly plants, or “transplants,” in the United States and the management and labor-relations techniques that have made them successful. The management ... -
Engineering Management Approach to Software Production Plan, based on the Principles of Software Product Lines
(2005-12-16)The concept of the software factory and discussions over its realization dates back more than three decades; however it is still only a vision for medium and large size Information Technology [IT] organizations on an earnest ... -
Improving Consumer Complaint Reporting by the Development of a Relational Database
(2005-12-16)Consumer complaints are an important indicator of the perception of a product by consumers. It is also in some instances a regulatory requirement that such systems are in place. For those two reasons it is very important ... -
Engineering Management and Gender
(2005-07-29)The stereotypical roles of women and men in engineering management remain what they were first seen to be with the Gilbreths in the 1920’s: men focus on the mechanics while women tend to the human element. This study ... -
Objective Project Prioritization for Information Technology
(2005-07-29)One consummate problem that faces industry on a daily basis is how to prioritize. How do you prioritize the day? How do you prioritize the tasks for personnel? How do you prioritize what projects to work on? This ... -
Precision Web 4 U: A Business Model for Selling Websites
(2005-07-29)The Internet provides a seemingly limitless set of opportunities to conduct legitimate and profitable business. There are many types of businesses that can use the Internet in a variety of ways to sell or conduct business. ...