IIE NEWSLETTER

Issue 1

San Jose State

University:
Institute of
Industrial
Engineers

October 2015
NO FRISBEE, NO PROBLEM: IIE PICNIC FALL 2015
Front of the T-shirt

Welcome!
This is the first official newsletter of San Jose
State Universitys Institute of Industrial
Engineers (IIE) for the 2015-2016 academic
year. The goal of this newsletter is to further
inform our members of updates and
opportunities within IIE and the Industrial
and Systems Engineering (ISE) department.
If there is a topic you would like to see in
future newsletters, please email
aniharnur@gmail.com. Thank you!

In this newsletter:

Overview of ISE 101 Workshop

(taught by alumnus Franklin Davis)

Interview with an ISE Intern

Reflection on semester's events

T-Shirt Design Contest Winner!

In mid-October, IIE members voted online for
their favorite T-shirt design of the annual IIE
T-shirt. Way to go Tiffany for creating the
winning design! We would also like to thank
the other designers for their submissions as
well, the more options we have the better.
.

Jnuar5
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Overview of ISE 101

On October 10 2015, the IIE officers
organized a workshop, ISE 101, taught by
SJSU and IIE alumnus Franklin Davis. Davis is
an Operational Excellence Leader at
Genentech, with a BS in ISE from SJSU and
an MS in Engineering Management from
Santa Clara University, while also being
involved in IIE in his student and professional
career.
His goal for this workshop was to help
students, alumni, and even those in the
industry become more familiar with ISE
concepts such as 5S and Lean. Noticing a gap
between Industrial Engineers and Lean
Manufacturing, he wanted to teach us what it
means to go/be lean in the industry to be
better prepared for job interviews when
entering the workforce.
5S

Davis' workshop began with an introduction

of 5S (Sort, Set-in-Order, Shine, Standardize,
and Sustain) and how he has used it in a
professional setting. Throughout the
workshop, he would call on students at
random to make sure that we would never
forget the 5S's after his lecture.
A brief description of 5S is as follows:
Sort - keep what we need
Set-in-Order - put everything in its proper
place.
Shine - clean the workstation/environment
Standardize - there is a right way to do
something.
Sustain - making the process last.
He highlighted that this technique increases
efficiency and can save millions of dollars
when applied correctly. Simply put, Davis
described 5S as "A place for everything, and
everything in its place."

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Seven Wastes

Another important topic that Davis covered

was the 7 Wastes. An easy way to remember
these wastes is to remember TIM WOOD(S),
each letter in the acronym representing one
of the wastes.

Franklin Davis: Industrial Engineer, Guest

Lecturer, Fellow Spartan

Transportation - moving resources

Inventory - products not shipped out
Motion - movement when doing nothing
Waiting - idleness
Overproduction - making too much (the
Mother of all Wastes)
Over processing - too many steps taken
Defects - faulty products made
Smarts - not utilizing smarts correctly
Workers during simulation
Davis emphasized the importance of being
able to recognize these wastes when
analyzing a business/manufacturing process.
He coupled the wastes concepts with value
added versus non-valued activities. The
difference being that a value-added activity
benefits the customer while also
transforming (physically, informational) the
good/service while a non-value added
activity is associated with the wastes.
Simulation

Davis ended his lecture with a live simulation

allowing us to apply what we learned
throughout the day.

Managers and time- keeper during simulation

The lab involved moving Legos through 3

different work stations and trying to
maximize the amount of "units produced"
while also minimizing cost.
As a class, we analyzed the cycle time and
throughput at each station while also
figuring out ways to make the layout more
conducive to productivity.
Thank you to Franklin Davis for taking time
out of your Saturday to help us become
better IEs. We hope to see you in the future
continuing these guest lectures.

Thank you Franklin Davis!

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An ISE Students Internship Experience

Danny McLane Jr. is currently an
undergraduate student in Industrial and
Systems Engineering (ISE) from Richmond,
California. He has been a club member since
spring '15 and agreed to this interview to talk
about the internship he had this past summer.

[Ani]: So Danny, give us a little background

about where you interned this past summer.
[Danny] I was a project manager at a startup
in San Francisco for a company called Project
Frog. It's a small company of only about 50-60
people and we deal with constructing greener
elementary schools and buildings.
One of our projects also included building a
data center for Facebook in Altuna, California.
What separates Project Frog from other
startup construction-based companies?
The company's main pitch was that we made
predesigned structures, like portables for
elementary schools, which were built to
establish an environment more conducive to
learning. For example, the portables would
have more windows to utilize natural light and
make it feel more open rather than a small
box.
What was a typical day like for you?
Well, everyday was different, which I really
enjoyed. Working in a startup is a very
dynamic environment. I was involved in value
stream mapping or the company, and I dealt
with all areas of the company from Finance,
Supply Chain to Construction.
To add on, when I worked with the different
departments, I had to coordinate what inputs
and outputs each department was responsible
for, inputs being what they needed (resources,
money) and outputs being what they were
making.
What sorts of classes were most similar to
what you did at work?
The classes which topics I saw most in the
workplace were ISE 102, 140, and 115. I'm
taking 140 and 102 right now, so work was
also a huge learning experience for me.
What type of software programs did you use
for work?
I mainly used two programs for work, Visio and
Excel. I used Visio mainly for my process
mapping visuals and Excel for general work
functions.

Did you gain more responsibilities as the

internship progressed?

Left: Danny McLane Jr. after his end of

internship presentation

.Yeah, throughout my internship I found

myself getting more opportunities to display
my leadership and analytical skills. For
example, one of our vendors was not getting
us the product we needed in time, so I visited
their site to perform a root cause analysis to
figure out why their shipments were coming in
late.
What skills did you gain while working there?
Many of the hard skills I learned dealt with
money and time management. Learning how
to manage a project and meet a deadline while
also learning how to work efficiently. I also
gained some soft skills, improving my
communication skills, as I had to coordinate
between the different departments in the
company on a daily basis.
Why do you think they hired you?
Well, out of 20-30 people interviewed for the
job position, only 4 were hired, including me. I
think they hired me because I was enthusiastic
and confident during my interview process.
When I asked why myself, they told me they
were looking for people with good soft skills
and for someone who could grow during this
job. They also mentioned they wanted to give
opportunities to people locally, and I was the
only SJSU student to interview for the
position.
Thanks for agreeing to this interview Danny.
Good luck this semester.
Thanks for giving me the opportunity to speak
about my internship.

If you have an internship

experience you would like to
share on an upcoming IIE
newsletter issue, please email
aniharnur@gmail.com.

Right: Danny with the Vice President of

Supply Chain

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Previous Events of Fall 2015

Industry Tours

Social Events

Executives take Nashville

One of the benefits of joining IIE includes the

different industry tours the club organizes
throughout both semesters.

The first social event of the school year took

place on the 3rd Friday of the school year
with the club's popular Welcome Back Picnic.

On October 2, Asteel Flash opened up their

plant to our club for National Manufacturing
Day. Wow!

Highlights included eating from the many

different options of food to playing different
sports and icebreaker games encouraging
new and old members to get to know one
another.

From May 30 to June 2 your IIE President and

Executive Vice President, Diane Licardo and
Tiffany Vuong respectively, went to Nashville
to attend the IIE Annual Conference & Expo
2015.

Headquartered in France, but located in

Fremont as well, the company is an
electronic manufacturing service that makes
chips for companies such as Tesla and HP.
Before guiding the groups, the each group
was required to wear gowns and anti-static
strips on their shows before they could enter
the plant floor.

Tennis

Diane and Tiffany were also able to engage

with the Nashville community. They took
part in the Hands on Nashville Urban Farm
project enabling them to inspire the youth to
engage in farming and sustainability in
communities that lack access to fresh foods.
They were also able to tour the Metro
Nashville Airport where they saw the process
of where and how approved baggage gets to
the appropriate destination.

The company's IE focuses include the 5 Pillar

Excellence System: Quality, Human
Resources, Lean Manufacturing,
Technology/Design, and Supply Chain.
Among their IE division, include SJSU ISE
alumni, some of whom started as interns.
The tour took us through the entire
production floor, from the starting to
finishing stations for different product
components. This also included the prep to
packing as well as inventory locations as well.

Soccer

Thank you Asteel Flash, for opening your doors

to us on National Manufacturing Day!

Next year's conference will be from May 21 to May 24 2016 in Anaheim, California at the
Disneyland Resort Hotel. Your IIE officers are
hoping to continue the trend of sending our
executive officers to this conference.
Executive officers farming

Chef Deirman firing up the grill

Group 1 after the first tour.

The conference had presentations and

seminars that covered a breadth of industrial
engineering topics from simulation to life
cycle costing to healthcare and sustainability
that were beneficial to both students and
professionals in the industry.