John La'Gere, Industrial Engineer

11/01/2020

It’s certainly going to be a challenge for Industrial Engineers and Operations Researchers.

Theme-park designers, architects, and engineers have been fighting against queues for decades. COVID-19 could finally kill them for good.

08/12/2020

The best professors I had always incorporated history, about the people and their challenges, into their lesson plans. Helped to nurture my curiosity into why things in engineering are the way they are.

Research shows that students feel motivated when they learn more about the struggles and failures of the world's greatest scientists.

12/04/2019

Occam’s razor is one of the most useful, (yet misunderstood,) models in your mental toolbox to solve problems more quickly and efficiently. Here’s how to use it.

08/19/2019

"What types of behavior patterns are driving your key performance indicators?" Performance columnist Kevin McManus () describes how to "Understand creatures of habit" in this month's issue. Read his full column at: https://link.iise.org/ISEAug19_McManus

07/24/2019

06/12/2019

Increasingly, companies are using AI in the screening and hiring process, and that means the way you look for and land a job needs to evolve as well. Understanding the dos and dont's in today's AI-centric world is key to landing your dream job.

05/22/2019

Want to thrive as an industrial engineer? It's just a matter of systems and numbers, according to Sylvia Acevedo, CEO of and this morning's keynote speaker at . "Math is my superpower."

02/19/2019

Life is a lot easier when you can plug in to any socket.

01/29/2019

Let's say you're working on a greeting card assembly line. First, you stamp down the puppy cartoon on the outside, then you flip it over and stamp the ...

10/06/2017

Recently witnessed an adaptation of this at a remodeled Walmart where the self-check stations were arranged in a cellular configuration like this. They doubled the stations, with only one employee overseeing the operation, and no queue. Adjacent to the cell, there were two self check stations with extended belts for customers with more items. Looked incredibly more efficient than traditional check out methods.

The assembly line is no longer the cheapest, most efficient way to produce mass produce goods. In Japan, the electronics industry has switched to a cellular assembly method called seru.