Title :
Some aspects of industrial and academic change
Author :
Jeffries, Michael J.
Author_Institution :
Purdue Univ., South Bend, IN, USA
Abstract :
The author discusses some of the changes that industry is addressing today, based on the author´s experience as a researcher and general manager with General Electric. Changes such as integrated design and manufacture, simultaneous engineering, continuous improvement, employee empowerment and market-back research are discussed. The author also considers some of the new skills that the graduate engineer of the 1990s requires to enter the workplace, and how some of these skills can be taught in academic institutions
Keywords :
education; engineering; industries; academic institutions; continuous improvement; education; employee empowerment; graduate; industry; integrated design and manufacture; market-back research; simultaneous engineering; teaching; Acceleration; Costs; Design engineering; Industrial training; Management training; Manufacturing industries; Product design; Productivity; Pulp manufacturing; Quality function deployment;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 1991. Twenty-First Annual Conference. 'Engineering Education in a New World Order.' Proceedings.
Conference_Location :
West Lafayette, IN
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0222-2
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.1991.187541
