Operations Management Key Terminologies

ABC analysis is an inventory categorization technique. ABC

analysis divides an inventory into three
categories—"A items" with very tight control and
accurate records, "B items" with less tightly
controlled and good records, and "C items" with
the simplest controls possible and minimal records.
Advanced planning refers to a manufacturing management process by
and scheduling which raw materials and production capacity are
optimally allocated to meet demand.
Assembly line is a manufacturing process in which parts are
added as the semi-finished assembly moves from
workstation to workstation where the parts are
added in sequence until the final assembly is
produced. By mechanically moving the parts to the
assembly work and moving the semi-finished
assembly from work station to work station, a
finished product can be assembled faster and with
less labor than by having workers carry parts to a
stationary piece for assembly.
Backflush is a certain type of "postproduction issuing", it is
accounting a product costing approach, used in a Just-In-
Time (JIT) operating environment, in which
costing is delayed until goods are finished.
Base stock model is a statistical model in inventory theory. In this
model inventory is refilled one unit at a time and
demand is random. If there is only one
replenishment, then the problem can be solved
with the newsvendor model.
Bill of is a list of the raw materials, sub-assemblies,
materials (BOM) intermediate assemblies, sub-components, parts,
and the quantities of each needed to manufacture
an end product.
Build to is a production approach where products are not
Order (BTO) built until a confirmed order for products is
 received. Thus, the end consumer determines the
time and number of produced products.
Build to stock is a build-ahead production approach in which
(BTS) production plans may be based upon sales
forecasts and/or historical demand.
Business is the activity of making one's living or making
money by producing or buying and
selling products (such as goods and services).
Business is the harvesting of value from assets owned by a
operations business. Assets can be
either physical or intangible. An example of value
derived from a physical asset, like a building, is
rent. An example of value derived from
an intangible asset, like an idea, is a royalty
Business process re- is a business management strategy, originally
engineering pioneered in the early 1990s, focusing on the
(BPR) analysis and design of workflows and business
processes within an organization. BPR aimed to
help organizations fundamentally rethink how they
do their work in order to improve customer
service, cut operational costs, and become world-
class competitors.
Business-to-business is a situation where one business makes a
(B2B) commercial transaction with another.
Capacity is the process of determining the
planning production capacity needed by an organization to
meet changing demands for its products.
Cellular is a process of manufacturing which is a
manufacturing subsection of just-in-time manufacturing and lean
manufacturing encompassing group technology.
The goal of cellular manufacturing is to move as
quickly as possible, make a wide variety of similar
products, while making as little waste as possible.
Changeover is the process of converting a line or machine from
running one product to another. Changeover times
can last from a few minutes to as much as several
 weeks in the case of automobile manufacturers
retooling for new models.

Consumer-to- is a business model in

business (C2B) which consumers (individuals) create value and
businesses consume that value.
Cross-training also known as multiskilling, involves training
employees for flexible response to changing
production schedules.
Customer is the recipient of a good, service, product or
an idea - obtained from a seller, vendor,
or supplier via a financial
transaction or exchange for money or some other
valuable consideration.
Demand forecasting is a field of predictive analytics which tries to
understand and predict customer demand to
optimize supply decisions by corporate supply
chain and business management.
Direct-to- refers to selling products directly to customers,
consumer (DTC) bypassing any third-party retailers, wholesalers, or
any other middlemen.
Economic order is the order quantity that minimizes the
quantity (EOQ) total holding costs and ordering costs. It is one of
the oldest classical production scheduling models.

Enterprise is the integrated management of main business

resource processes, often in real time and mediated by
planning (ERP) software and technology. ERP systems track
business resources—cash, raw materials,
production capacity—and the status of business
commitments: orders, purchase orders, and
payroll.

Final Assembly is a schedule of end items to finish the product for

Schedule specific customer orders in a make to order (MTO)
or assemble-to-order (ATO) environment.
Fixed position refers to an assembly system or situation in which
assembly the product does not move while being assembled,
this configuration is usually contrasted
in operations management and industrial
engineering with assembly lines.
Flexible is a manufacturing system in which there is some
manufacturing amount of flexibility that allows the system to react
system (FMS) in case of changes, whether predicted or
unpredicted.
Flow process chart is a graphical and symbolic representation of the
activities performed on the work piece during the
operation in industrial engineering.
Fordism is a manufacturing technology that serves as the
basis of modern economic and social systems in
industrialized, standardized mass
production and mass consumption. The concept is
named for Henry Ford.
Forecasting is the process of predicting future events, including
product demand.
Gantt chart is a type of bar chart that illustrates a project
schedule, named after its inventor, Henry Gantt.
Modern Gantt charts also show the dependency
relationships between activities and the current
schedule status.
Goods In economics, goods are items that satisfy
human wants and provide utility, for example, to
a consumer making a purchase of a
satisfying product.
Hayes-Wheelwright also known as the product-process matrix, is a tool
Matrix to analyze the fit between a chosen product
positioning and manufacturing process.
Industrial is an engineering profession that is concerned with
engineering the optimization of complex processes, systems, or
organizations by developing, improving and
implementing integrated systems of people,
money, knowledge, information and equipment.
Interest is payment from a borrower or deposit-taking
financial institution to a lender or depositor of an
amount above repayment of the principal
sum (that is, the amount borrowed), at a particular
rate.
Inventory refers to the goods and materials that
a business holds for the ultimate goal of resale,
production or utilization.
Inventory control is the problem faced by a firm that must decide
problem how much to order in each time period to meet
demand for its products. The problem can be
modeled using mathematical techniques of optimal
control, dynamic programming and network
optimization.
Job shops are typically small manufacturing systems that
handle job production, that is, custom/bespoke or
semi-custom/bespoke manufacturing processes
such as small to medium-size customer orders or
batch jobs.
Location analysis it pertains to identifying the best location for
facilities.
Management is the administration of an organization, whether it
is a business, a non-profit organization, or a
government body.
Manufacturing lead is defined as the total time required to
time manufacture an item, including order preparation
time, queue time, setup time, run time, move
time, inspection time, and put-away time.
Manufacturing is the production of goods through the use
of labor, machines, tools,
and chemical or biological
processing or formulation.
Manufacturing is defined as a method for the effective planning of
resource planning all resources of a manufacturing company. Ideally,
it addresses operational planning in units, financial
planning, and has a simulation capability to answer
"what-if" questions and is an extension of closed-
loop MRP (Material Requirements Planning).
Market is the process of dividing a broad consumer or
segmentation business market, normally consisting of existing
and potential customers, into sub-groups
of consumers (known as segments) based on
some type of shared characteristics.
Marketing refers to the process an organization undertakes to
engage its target audience, build strong
relationships to create value in order to capture
value in return.
Maslow's is used to study how humans intrinsically partake
hierarchy of in behavioral motivation. Maslow used the terms
needs "physiological", "safety", "belonging and love",
"social needs" or "esteem", and "self-actualization"
to describe the pattern through which human
motivations generally move. This means that in
order for motivation to arise at the next stage,
each stage must be satisfied within the individual
themselves.
Mass customization is the ability of a firm to highly customize its goods
and services at high volumes through its
operations management function.
Master production is a plan for individual commodities to be produced
schedule in each time period such as production, staffing,
inventory, etc. It is usually linked to manufacturing
where the plan indicates when and how much of
each product will be demanded.
Material is a production planning, scheduling,
requirements and inventory control system used
planning (MRP) to manage manufacturing processes. Most MRP
systems are software-based, but it is possible to
conduct MRP by hand as well.
Material theory is the sub-specialty within operations
research and operations management that is
concerned with the design of
production/inventory systems to minimize costs: it
studies the decisions faced by firms and the
military in connection
with manufacturing, warehousing, supply
 chains, spare part allocation and so on and
provides the mathematical foundation for logistics.

Methods-Time is a predetermined motion time system that is

Measurement used primarily in industrial settings to analyze the
methods used to perform any manual operation or
task and, as a product of that analysis, set
the standard time in which a worker should
complete that task.
Newsvendor is a mathematical model in operations
management and applied economics used to
determine optimal inventory levels. It is (typically)
characterized by fixed prices and uncertain
demand for a perishable product.
Operations research is a discipline that deals with the development and
application of advanced analytical methods to
improve decision-making.
Overheads are the expenditure which cannot be conveniently
traced to or identified with any particular revenue
unit, unlike operating expenses such as raw
material and labor. Therefore, overheads cannot
be immediately associated with the products or
services being offered, thus do not directly
generate profits.
PDCA (plan–do– is an iterative design and management method
check–act) used in business for the control and continuous
improvement of processes and products. It is also
known as the Deming circle/cycle/wheel.
Piece work is any type of employment in which a worker is
paid a fixed piece rate for each unit produced or
action performed, regardless of time.
predetermined is frequently used to perform Labor Minute Costing
motion time system in order to set piece-rates, wage-rates and/or
(PMTS) incentives in labor (labor) oriented industries by
quantifying the amount of time required to
perform specific tasks under defined conditions.
 Today the PMTS is mainly used in work
measurement for shorter cycles in labor oriented
industries such as apparel and footwear.

Price is the quantity of payment or compensation given

by one party to another in return for one unit
of goods or services
Process layout is a design for the floor plan of a plant which aims
to improve efficiency by arranging equipment
according to its function.
Process selection is the process of identifying the unique features of
the production process that will give the product
its unique characteristics. Process selection
typically goes hand in hand with product design,
as we need to create a process that gives rise to
the particular product design desired. An excellent
product design is worthless if a process for its
creation cannot be developed.
Production is the process of combining various material inputs
and immaterial inputs (plans, know-how) in order
to make something for consumption (output). It is
the act of creating an output, a good or
service which has value and contributes to
the utility of individuals.
Production line is a set of sequential operations established in
a factory where components are assembled to
make a finished article or where materials are put
through a refining process to produce an end-
product that is suitable for onward consumption
Production planning is the planning of production and
manufacturing modules in a company or industry.
It utilizes the resource allocation of activities of
employees, materials and production capacity, in
order to serve different customers.
Productivity is the efficiency of production of goods or services
expressed by some measure.
Project production is the application of operations management to the
management (PPM) delivery of capital projects. The PPM framework is
based on a project as a production system view, in
which a project transforms inputs (raw materials,
information, labor, plant & machinery) into outputs
(goods and services).
Purchasing is the process a business or organization uses to
acquire goods or services to accomplish its goals.
Quality it's also defined as being suitable for its intended
(fitness for purpose) while satisfying customer
expectations.
Quality is a process by which entities review the quality of
control (QC) all factors involved in production. ISO 9000 defines
quality control as "A part of quality management
focused on fulfilling quality requirements".
Quality it ensures that an organization, product or service
management is consistent. It has four main components: quality
planning, quality assurance, quality
control and quality improvement.
Reconfigurable is one designed at the outset for rapid change in
manufacturing its structure, as well as its hardware and software
system (RMS) components, in order to quickly adjust its
production capacity and functionality within a part
family in response to sudden market changes or
intrinsic system change.
Safety stock is a term used by logisticians to describe a level of
extra stock that is maintained to mitigate risk
of stockouts (shortfall in raw material or
packaging) caused by uncertainties in supply and
demand.
Scheduling is the process of arranging, controlling and
optimizing work and workloads in a production
process or manufacturing process.
Scientific is a theory of management that analyzes
management and synthesizes workflows. Its main objective is
improving economic efficiency, especially labor
productivity. It was one of the earliest attempts to
 apply science to the engineering of processes to
management. Scientific management is sometimes
known as Taylorism after its pioneer, Frederick
Winslow Taylor.
Service is a transaction in which no physical goods are
transferred from the seller to the buyer. The
benefits of such a service are held to be
demonstrated by the buyer's willingness to make
the exchange.
Simulation is the imitation of the operation of a real-world
process or system over time. Simulations require
the use of models; the model represents the key
characteristics or behaviors of the selected system
or process, whereas the simulation represents the
evolution of the model over time.
Often, computers are used to execute the
simulation.
Standard time In industrial engineering, the standard time is the
time required by an average skilled operator,
working at a normal pace, to perform a specified
task using a prescribed method. It includes
appropriate allowances to allow the person to
recover from fatigue and, where necessary, an
additional allowance to cover contingent elements
which may occur but have not been observed.
Statistical process is a method of quality control which
control (SPC) employs statistical methods to monitor and control
a process. This helps to ensure that the process
operates efficiently, producing more specification-
conforming products with less waste (rework
or scrap).
Systems is an interdisciplinary field
engineering of engineering and engineering management that
focuses on how to design, integrate, and
manage complex systems over their life cycles. At
its core, systems engineering utilizes systems
thinking principles to organize this body of
knowledge.
Theory X and are theories of human work motivation and
Theory Y management. Theory X explains the importance of
heightened supervision, external rewards, and
penalties, while Theory Y highlights the motivating
role of job satisfaction and encourages workers to
approach tasks without direct supervision.
Management use of Theory X and Theory Y can
affect employee motivation and productivity in
different ways, and managers may choose to
implement strategies from both theories into their
practices.
Time and motion is a business efficiency technique combining the
study (or time- Time Study work of Frederick Winslow Taylor with
motion study) the Motion Study work
of Frank and Lillian Gilbreth. The two techniques
became integrated and refined into a widely
accepted method applicable to the improvement
and upgrading of work systems. This integrated
approach to work system improvement is known
as methods engineering and it is applied today to
industrial as well as service organizations,
including banks, schools and hospitals.
Time study is a direct and continuous observation of a task,
using a timekeeping device (e.g., decimal
minute stopwatch, computer-assisted electronic
stopwatch, and videotape camera) to record the
time taken to accomplish a task
Transfer line is a manufacturing system which consists of a
predetermined sequence of machines connected
by an automated material handling system and
designed for working on a very small family of
parts. Parts can be moved singularly because
there’s no need for batching when carrying parts
between process stations (as opposed to a job
shop for example).
Value added is a term used to describe the net increase created
during the transformation of inputs into outputs.
The OM function seeks to create value added in
the transformation process.
Wage is the distribution from an employer of
a security (expected return or profits derived solely
from others) paid to an employee. Like interest is
paid out to an investor on his investments, a wage
is paid (from company earnings) to the employee
on the employee's invested assets (time, money,
labor, resources, and thought).
Work in are a company's partially finished goods waiting
process (WIP) for completion and eventual sale or the value of
these items. These items are either just being
fabricated or waiting for further processing in a
queue or a buffer storage.
Work sampling is the statistical technique used for determining
the proportion of time spent by workers in various
defined categories of activity (e.g. setting up a
machine, assembling two parts, idle…etc.). It is as
important as all other statistical techniques
because it permits quick analysis, recognition, and
enhancement of job responsibilities, tasks,
performance competencies, and organizational
work flows.
 Lean Management Key Terminologies

5S is a workplace organization method that uses a

list of five Japanese words and it describes how
to organize a work space for efficiency and
effectiveness by identifying and storing the items
used, maintaining the area and items, and
sustaining the new organizational system.
Andon In manufacturing, the term Andon refers to a
system which notifies managerial, maintenance,
and other workers of a quality or processing
problem. The alert can be activated manually by
a worker using a pullcord or button or may be
activated automatically by the production
equipment itself.
Bottleneck Analysis Identify which part of the manufacturing process
limits the overall throughput and improve the
performance of that part of the process.
Continuous Flow Manufacturing where work-in-process smoothly
flows through production with minimal (or no)
buffers between steps of the manufacturing
process.
DMAIC (Define - refers to a data-driven improvement cycle used
Measure - Analyze - for improving, optimizing and stabilizing business
Improve - Control) processes and designs. The DMAIC improvement
cycle is the core tool used to drive Six Sigma
projects. However, DMAIC is not exclusive to Six
Sigma and can be used as the framework for
other improvement applications.
Gemba A philosophy that reminds us to get out of our
offices and spend time on the plant floor – the
place where real action occurs. Promotes a deep
and thorough understanding of real-world
manufacturing issues – by first-hand observation
and by talking with plant floor employees.
Heijunka A form of production scheduling that purposely
manufactures in much smaller batches by
sequencing (mixing) product variants within the
same process.
Heijunka box is a visual scheduling tool of used in heijunka, a
concept originally created by Toyota for
achieving a smoother production flow.
Hoshin Kanri Align the goals of the company (Strategy), with
the plans of middle management (Tactics) and
the work performed on the plant floor (Action).
ISO 9000 family is a set of standards that helps organizations
of Quality ensure they meet customer and other
Management stakeholder needs within statutory and
Systems (QMS) regulatory requirements related to a product or
service. ISO 9000 deals with the fundamentals of
QMS, including the seven quality management
principles that underlie the family of standards.
Jidouka It means Partial-Autonomation. It is basically
automation with a human element. Jidouka
implements few supervisory functions in
preference to manufacturing functions. In this
concept, machine is automatically stopped when
defect is detected.
Just-In-Time (JIT) Pull parts through production based on customer
demand instead of pushing parts through
production based on projected demand.
Kaizen the Sino-Japanese word for "improvement", is a
concept referring to business activities that
continuously improve all functions and involve all
employees from the CEO to the assembly line
workers.
Kanban -A method of regulating the flow of goods both
within the factory and with outside suppliers and
customers. The system takes its name from the
cards that track production within a factory.
Kanban is also known as the Toyota nameplate
system in the automotive industry.
KPIs (Key Metrics designed to track and encourage
Performance progress towards critical goals of the
Indicators) organization. Strongly promoted KPIs can be
extremely powerful drivers of behavior – so it is
important to carefully select KPIs that will drive
desired behavior.
Lean is a production process based on an ideology of
manufacturing maximizing productivity while simultaneously
minimizing waste within a manufacturing
operation.
Lean is a production method aimed primarily at
manufacturing reducing times within the production system as
well as response times from suppliers and to
customers. It is derived from Toyota's 1930
operating model "The Toyota Way" (Toyota
Production System, TPS)
Lean Six Sigma is a method that relies on a collaborative team
effort to improve performance by systematically
removing waste and reducing variation. It
combines lean manufacturing/lean enterprise
and Six Sigma to eliminate the eight kinds of
waste (“Muda”).
Muda is a Japanese word meaning "futility;
uselessness; wastefulness“
Muda Type I these are non-value-adding, but necessary for
end-customers. These are usually harder to
eliminate because while classified as non-value
adding, they may still be necessary.
Muda Type II these non-value-adding and unnecessary for
end-customers. These contribute to waste, incur
hidden costs and should be eliminated
Mura is a Japanese word meaning "unevenness;
irregularity; lack of uniformity; nonuniformity;
inequality“. Mura, in terms of business/process
improvement, is avoided through Just-In-Time
systems which are based on keeping little or no
inventory.
Muri is a Japanese word meaning impossible; beyond
one's power. Muri can be avoided through
standardized work. To achieve this a standard
condition or output must be defined to assure
effective judgment of quality.
Poka-Yoke (Error Design error detection and prevention into
Proofing) production processes with the goal of achieving
zero defects.
Root Cause Analysis A problem solving methodology that focuses on
resolving the underlying problem instead of
applying quick fixes that only treat immediate
symptoms of the problem. A common approach
is to ask why five times – each time moving a
step closer to discovering the true underlying
problem.
Single-Minute Enables manufacturing in smaller lots, reduces
Exchange of Dies inventory, and improves customer
(SMED) responsiveness.
Six Sigma is a set of techniques and tools for process
improvement. These strategies seek to improve
manufacturing quality by identifying and
removing the causes of defects and minimizing
variability in manufacturing and business
processes.
SMART Goals: Goals that are: Specific, Measurable, Attainable,
Relevant, and Time-Specific.
Total Productive A holistic approach to maintenance that focuses
Maintenance (TPM) on proactive and preventative maintenance to
maximize the operational time of equipment.
TPM blurs the distinction between maintenance
and production by placing a strong emphasis on
empowering operators to help maintain their
equipment.
Total quality it consists of organization-wide efforts to "install
management (TQM) and make permanent climate where
employees continuously improve their ability to
provide on demand products and services that
customers will find of particular value.
Toyota Production is an integrated socio-technical system,
System (TPS) developed by Toyota, that comprises its
management philosophy and practices. The TPS
is a management system that organizes
manufacturing and logistics for the automobile
manufacturer, including interaction with
suppliers and customers. The system is a major
precursor of the more generic "lean
manufacturing". Taiichi Ohno and Eiji Toyoda,
Japanese industrial engineers, developed the
system between 1948 and 1975.
Value Stream Mapping A tool used to visually map the flow of
production. Shows the current and future state
of processes in a way that highlights
opportunities for improvement.

Key Names and Organizations

Abraham was an American psychologist who was best known for

Harold creating Maslow's hierarchy of needs, a theory of
Maslow psychological health predicated on fulfilling innate
human needs in priority, culminating in self-
actualization.
Carl Georg is known as one of the foreman of scientific
Lange Barth management, who improved and popularized the
industrial use of compound slide rules.
Douglas He has contributed much to the development of the
Murray management and motivational theory, and is best
McGregor known for his Theory X and Theory Y as presented in
his book ‘The Human Side of Enterprise’ (1960), which
proposed that manager's individual assumptions about
human nature and behavior determined how individual
manages their employees.
Eli Whitney Eli Whitney popularized the concept
of interchangeability of parts when he manufactured
10,000 muskets which is an important leap in
manufacturing efficiency in the late eighteenth century.
Ford Whitman was an American production engineer who derived the
Harris square root formula for ordering inventory now known
as the economic order quantity, which has appeared in
countless academic articles and texts over the past 100
years.
Frank Bunker was an American engineer, consultant, and author
Gilbreth known as an early advocate of scientific
management and a pioneer of time and motion study,
and is perhaps best known as the father and central
figure of Cheaper by the Dozen.
Frederick He introduced the stopwatch method for accurately
Winslow measuring the time to perform each single task of a
Taylor complicated job. He developed the scientific study of
productivity and identifying how to coordinate different
tasks to eliminate wasting of time and increase the
quality of work.
Henry Ford He is credited with "Fordism", the mass production of
inexpensive goods coupled with high wages for
workers. Ford had a global vision, with consumerism as
the key to peace. His intense commitment to
systematically lowering costs resulted in many technical
and business innovations, including a franchise system
that put dealerships throughout North America and
major cities on six continents.
Lillian Evelyn was an American psychologist, industrial engineer,
Moller Gilbreth consultant, and educator who was an early pioneer in
applying psychology to time-and-motion studies. She
was described in the 1940s as "a genius in the art of
living."Gilbreth, one of the first female engineers to
earn a Ph.D., is considered to be the first
industrial/organizational psychologist.
Michael Martin known as one of the founders of
Hammer the management theory of Business process
reengineering (BPR).
Morris Llewellyn was an American engineer, best known for his work
Cooke on Scientific Management and Rural Electrification.
Ohno Taiichi was a Japanese industrial engineer and businessman.
He is considered to be the father of the Toyota
Production System, which inspired Lean
Manufacturing in the U.S. He devised the seven
wastes (or muda in Japanese) as part of this system.
He wrote several books about the system,
including Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-
Scale Production.
Ransom Eli The modern assembly line and its basic concept is
Olds credited to Olds, who used it to build the first mass-
produced automobile, the Oldsmobile Curved Dash,
beginning in 1901.
Sakichi Toyoda was a Japanese inventor and industrialist. He was born
in Kosai, Shizuoka. The son of a farmer and sought-
after carpenter, he started the Toyoda family
companies. His son, Kiichiro Toyoda, would later
establish Japan's largest automaker, Toyota. Toyoda is
referred to as the "King of Japanese Inventors".
Shigeo was a Japanese industrial engineer who was considered
Shingo as the world’s leading expert on manufacturing
practices and the Toyota Production System.
Walter he introduced the control chart through a technical
Shewhart memorandum while working at Bell Labs, central to his
method was the distinction between common cause
and special cause of variation. In 1931 Shewhart
published his Economic Control of Quality of
Manufactured Product, the first systematic treatment of
the subject of Statistical Process Control (SPC).
Association for Supply is a not-for-profit international education
Chain organization offering certification programs,
Management (APICS) training tools, and networking opportunities to
increase workplace performance. Formed in
1957, the mission of the organization is to
advance end-to-end supply chain management.
APICS merged with the Supply-Chain Council in
2014, and the American Society of
Transportation and Logistics in 2015.
Association of is an international network of academics and
Technology, practitioners from around the world who have a
Management and common interest in the continuing development
Applied Engineering of Operations Management. EurOMA is a
(ATMAE) European-based network with rapidly growing
international links, whereby members can share
their ideas, knowledge, and experience. It is a
communication network that bridges the gap
between research and practice.
European Operations is an international society for practitioners in
Management the fields of operations
Association (EurOMA) research (O.R.), management science,
and analytics. It was established in 1995 with
the merger of the Operations Research Society
of America (ORSA) and The Institute of
Management Sciences (TIMS).
Institute for Operations sets standards for academic program
Research and the accreditation, personal certification and
Management professional development for educators and
Sciences (INFORMS) industry professionals involved in integrating
technology, leadership and design. Its primary
mission is faculty, students and industry
professionals dedicated to solving complex
technological problems and developing the
competitive technologist and applied
engineering workforce.