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Engineering Management Field Projects: Recent submissions
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Conveying Cycle-Time Analysis in Pneumatic Conveying: A Study of Relationship between Batching & Convey Cycles in Powder & Bulk Handling Systems
(2008-12-19)The purpose of this project is to develop methods for calculating the instantaneous convey rates for pneumatic conveying systems. Process and systems engineers are often faced with the question of calculating or verifying ... -
Design Build: Should the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Kansas City District Continue to Use this Form of Project Delivery Method?
(2008-05-16)Design Build (DB) is a system in which the contractor is solely responsible for the design and construction of the project. The DB system differs from the Design, Bid, Build, (DBB) system in which the owner contracts with ... -
Integrating Customer Relationship Management and Project Lifecycle Management using Information Technology Infrastructure Library Techniques to Improve Service Delivery
(2008-05-16)Fast growing companies that acquire and merge with other companies have a challenging task of integration. Products and services offered by acquired or merging companies sometimes have different Information Technology ... -
A New Project Execution Methodology; Integrating Project Management Principles with Quality Project Execution Methodologies
(2008-07-25)On an annual basis, there are numerous reports in regards to a particular company or function’s inability to execute on a large number of projects. The reasons vary widely from a lack of an initial understanding of what ... -
Successful Pursuit of Small Electrical and Controls Projects by a Small Civil Engineering Firm
(2008-07-25)This paper determines how a small, primarily civil engineering firm possessing an electrical and controls group can successfully pursue small electrical and controls projects issued by local electrical generation utilities. ... -
Communicating Knowledge: A Case Study for Improving Technician Productivity in the Telecom Industry
(2008-05-16)Organizational success is based on productivity. Productivity at the Mountainside Moonpies Corporation is currently in decline due to the swift advancement of telecommunication technology, an aging workforce, and minimal ... -
The Laws of Documentation - Engineering Document Control for Telecommunication Systems
(2008-05-16)The purpose of this field project is to create a documentation system that allows co-workers at a telecommunication company to store files on a shared LAN and retrieve that information quickly, easily and confidently when ... -
Schedule Estimation for Web Application Development
(2008-05-16)The purpose of the project is to come up with a robust methodology for estimating hours for web application systems development. For the scope of the project, a web application system is an application which is accessed ... -
Nature's Keepers: A Feasibility Study to Conduct an Annual Adventure Camp in Various Locations
(2008-05-16)The idea for this camp was generated to share our love for the outdoors and the desire to be a positive influence on today’s youth. The interest in this potential venture has led to the following feasibility study. The ... -
Enterprise Feedback Survey Tool
(2008-05-16)Many corporations in the United States are continuously expanding and improving their ability to gather customer feedback and incorporate the feedback into their business processes. It’s fairly easy to obtain reliable ... -
Outsourcing the Design of Structural Building Components
(2008-05-16)As the outsourcing phenomenon spreads to the structural building components industry, there are exciting possibilities ahead for component manufacturers. Along with these possibilities come tough management decisions, ... -
A Guide to Display Provider Quality Information and Involving Consumers in Generating Provider Ratings for Consumer Driven Health Plans Web Site
(2008-05-16)Provider’s quality information is one of the most important pieces of information that a consumer seeks out when searching for a health care provider. Most often, a consumer finds a provider by word of mouth from friends ... -
Understanding and Managing Generation Y
(2007-12-14)There are four generations in the workplace today; they consist of the Silent Generation, Baby Boom Generation, Generation X, and Generation Y. Generation Y, being the newest generation, is the least understood generation ... -
Electronic Construction Coordination with AutoCAD
(2007-12-14)A key component to the construction process is drawing coordination. Due to the fast paced nature of today’s construction, many design firms utilize other consultants to aid in completion of the documents within the ... -
Motivating Employees in the Latter Stages of their Careers at XYZ
(2007-12-14)This field project constructs an easy to follow process for motivating senior employees at XYZ. Cookie-cutter motivational techniques are unable to motivate each individual employee, with distinctive career aspirations. ... -
Process Development Plan for the In-line Inspection and Rework of Printed Circuit Boards
(2007-12-14)PCBnation is a leader in GPS-based navigational devices for the aviation industry. The company is vertically integrated and thus assembles all of its products internally from the individual piece parts to the final product. ... -
Global Shipbuilding, Who Will be the Leader? South Korea or China?
(2007-12-14)Shipbuilding is an industry that most developing countries strategically choose as a long term development plan. South Korea has also developed the shipbuilding industry as a part of governmental plan. Since 2000, South ... -
Non-Traditional Business Plan - Developing Sustainable Programs Related to Entrepreneurial Opportunities within a Government Contractor
(2007-12-14)The U.S. Government has one of the most complex organizational structures in the world. It operates by dividing responsibilities among multiple agencies. For example, the Department of Defense is responsible for defending ... -
Empowering Employees to Design a Department Structure to Achieve Corporate Goals
(2007-12-14)Organizational structural change can be used by today’s companies as a method for improving performance. While reorganization may be beneficial, the new structural design needs to be effective and implementation may be ... -
Responding to a Changing Energy Industry : 2007 Wind Energy Business Plan
(2007-12-14)This EMGT 835 project is a wind energy business plan for Midwest Engineering, an engineering and construction company active in the energy sector. This plan was created to develop a roadmap for the company to increase ...