6.2 Industrial engineering applications
6.2.20 Sustainable construction
Industrial engineers can play a key role in improving the quality, timeliness, efficiency, variety, and sustainability of homebuilding. A recent study of new home quality suggests that homebuilders are struggling to maintain high quality as they respond to the unprec- edented demand for new homes. Industrial engineers can play a leadership role in qual- ity improvement efforts, helping to define housing quality goals and developing the QM systems and tools necessary to achieve these goals.
Construction waste also puts additional pressure on the environmental sustain- ability of housing. For example, 36.4% of total U.S. primary energy consumption comes from construction. It also accounts for 36% of total U.S. CO2 emissions, 30% of total U.S.
global warming gases such as methane, nitric oxide, and hydro fluorocarbons, and 60% of total U.S. ozone depleting substances. Construction waste is a major problem;
each residential building accounts for 3–7 tons of waste. Nationally, the United States produces 136 million tons of construction waste, but only 20% to 30% of this is recycled or reused. Industrial engineers can do much to reduce waste, optimizing material pur- chases and developing construction practices that increase the recycling of material waste.
Acknowledgments
The author wishes to acknowledge Dr. Behrokh Khoshnevis (University of Southern California) for special contributions on Contour Crafting, Dr. Michael A. Mullens (University of Central Florida) for Continuous Improvement in Modular Housing, and Dr.
Syed M. Ahmed (Florida International University) for Simulation.
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Biography
Dr. Lincoln H. Forbes, P.E. obtained his PhD from the University of Miami in 1999. His area of study was the improvement of quality and performance, including health care facilities design and construction. Previously, Lincoln obtained both MBA and MS in Industrial Engineering degrees at the University of Miami. He earned a BSc in Electrical Engineering at the University of the West Indies.
A Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Florida, Lincoln is a Supervisor in the Division of Facilities Design and Standards at Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Miami, FL. He oversees POE activities and provides research and investigation support on construction quality issues including systems, methods, and materials. He has also held positions in areas such as in-house construction, construction quality control, project war- ranty services, and paint program quality management.
Lincoln is currently President of the Construction Division of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE). He has previously served the Institute as Director of the Government Division and President of the Miami Chapter. He is also a member of ASQ and The American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE). He is an adjunct professor with the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department at Florida International University, Miami, FL, spe- cializing in Quality and Performance Improvement. He has served as an Examiner for the Florida Sterling Council Quality Award, and as a columnist on Construction Quality for the ASCE publication “Leadership in Management and Engineering.” Interested parties may contact him by e-mail at [email protected] and www.iieconstruction.org.
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The application of industrial engineering to marketing management
Tzong-Ru (Jiun-Shen) Lee, Yi-Yun Chang, and Yi-Shiang Shiou
Contents
7.1 Introduction... 146 7.2 Four cases... 146 7.2.1 Case 1: Application of industrial engineering to product strategy ... 146 7.2.1.1 What is data-mining technology? ... 146 7.2.1.2 Knowledge discovery in database... 146 7.2.1.3 Research methodology... 147 7.2.1.4 Results... 147 7.2.1.5 Conclusion... 148 7.2.2 Case 2: Application of industrial engineering to price strategy ... 148 7.2.2.1 Case preface ... 148 7.2.2.2 The auction process in the wholesale flower market... 149 7.2.2.3 Research approach ... 149 7.2.2.4 Research results... 150 7.2.2.5 Conclusion... 151 7.2.3 Case 3: Application of industrial engineering to place strategy... 152 7.2.3.1 Case preface ... 152 7.2.3.2 Basic concept of e-commerce... 153 7.2.3.3 What is gray relation analysis? ... 153 7.2.3.4 Research methodology... 154 7.2.3.5 Research steps ... 154 7.2.3.6 Research variables... 154 7.2.3.7 Analysis ... 154 7.2.3.8 Results... 154 7.2.3.9 Conclusion... 156 7.2.4 Case 4: Application of industrial engineering to “promotion” strategy... 156 7.2.4.1 Case preface ... 156 7.2.4.2 What is the “industry attractiveness/business strength matrix”? ... 156 7.2.4.3 Questionnaire design ... 157 7.2.4.4 Analysis results ... 159 7.2.4.5 Conclusion... 159 References... 159
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