Main Areas IEs Work In
at The Boeing Co.
• MANAGE PROJECTS
– Project Management
– Project Scheduling
– Risk Management
• PROCESS IMPROVEMENT
– Lean Manufacturing
– Engineering Economic Analysis
– Process Modeling
– Root Cause Analysis
– Statistical Methods
– Six Sigma
– Time Studies
– Work Sampling
• SUPPLY CHAIN ANALYSIS
– Supply Chain Alignment
– Material Logistic
– Inventory Control
– Supplier Support
– Make/Buy Mfg Process
• OPERATIONS IMPROVEMENT
– Ergonomics & Human Factors
– Operating Plans
– Recovery Planning
– Capacity Planning
• INTEGRATED SYSTEMS
– Value Stream Analysis
– Facilities Layout
– Production System Design
– Manufacturing Process Design
– Systems Thinking
• DIRECT SUPPORT TO PRODUCTION
– Production Scheduling
– Theory of Constraints
– Budgets & Forecasts
– Crew Empowerment
– Defect Analysis
– Benchmarking Analysis
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 Industrial Engineering
Product
Engineering
Functional Work Areas Project Management
Finance Quality

- Team Facilitation - Resource Planning

- Product Development - SPC/SQC - Risk Analysis
- Make/Buy Analysis - Project Scheduling
- DOE
- Comparison of Alternatives
- Supplier Quality
- Cost Estimating
Production - Queuing Theory Training
Control - Six Sigma
Facilities Transportation

Factory Operations
- Course Facilitation
- Job Scheduling
- Expedite procedures - Logistics Planning
- Layout Design
- Material Handling
- Process Flow Analysis

IE Methods
- Production Simulation
Tooling - Theory of Constraints Inventory
- Systems Integration
- OSHA Regulations
- Safety Management - Inventory Management
- Linear Programming - Supplier Selection
- Workstation Design -Tool Fab process
- Lean Manufacturing - Material Requirements Planning
- Ergonomics - Tool Offload procedures - Supply Chain Management
- Methods Engineering - Tool Repair process
- Tool Room procedures
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