ADVANCED ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT

Engr. Rey Robles, MM-EM/REE

Head, Operations (Shop Floor Management)
February 13,2010

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 Introduction

● Engineer. Latin ingenium which means talent, natural capacity

or clever invention.
● Engineers apply the theories and principles of science and
mathematics to the economical solution of practical
technical problems. Engineers design
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machinery, products, systems and processes for
efficient and economical performance
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Machinery and equipment for manufacturing goods
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Design defense and weapons systems for the Armed
Forces
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Design plan and supervise the construction of
buildings, highways and rapid transit system
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Design and develop consumer products and systems for
control and automation of mfg, business and mgt
process
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 MANAGERIAL SKILLS

SKILLS CATEGORIES

● Technical
● Human Relations
● Conceptual
● Decision-making skills

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 SKILLS CATEGORIES

TECHNICAL SKILLS

● Translate the skills and abilities of staff members

into successfully met organizational goals
● Specialized mechanical or scientific knowledge

● Simply involve knowledge of particular

procedures required in your workplace.

Example:

 You give task instructions to one of your staff,

stating how you would like a job to be done
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 SKILLS CATEGORIES

HUMAN RELATIONS SKILLS

● Ability to communicate with others

● Understand the people you work with
● Motivate them
● Resolve that inevitably arise
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 Example:
 You Stop to chat with one of your staff
members at the water cooler and ask how the sore
leg is coming along
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 SKILLS CATEGORIES

CONCEPTUAL SKILLS

● Translate broad organizational goals into

departmental targets
● Influence staff to perform their daily tasks in
ways that will best meet organizational goals
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 Example:
 You explain to your staff how new procedure
for processing shipping requests is going to help
both your own departmental and the shipping
department meet organizational goals
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 SKILLS CATEGORIES

DECISION-MAKING SKILLS

● How you can best match the efforts of your

staff with overall goals and structure of
your organization
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 Example:
 You finalize the holiday sked for your
staff
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 Engineering Manager

● Engineering Manager is distinguished from the other

managers because he or she possesses both an
ability to apply engineering principles and skills in
organizing and directing people and projects. He is
qualified for the
 1.management of technical functions (such as
design or production)
 2.management of broader function (such as
marketing or top management)

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 Today's Factors Affecting Engineering Managers

● Global Competition
● Quality, Customer Service, and Cost Challenges
● Rapid Expansion of Advanced Technologies
● Continued Growth of the Service Sector
● Scarcity of Operations Resources
● Social-Responsibility Issues

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 Manufacturing Operations
How to Improve Productivity (per Steiner)
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Improve
Processes

Technology Human Resources

(Capital (& Organization)
Investment)

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 Establishing Priorities:
The Pareto Phenomenon

A vital few things are important for reaching an objective or solving a

problem
For example, “80/20 Rule” - 80% of problems are caused by 20% of the

activities.
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 So …… How do we identify the “vital few”?

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Happy Heartz Day…..

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 Thank you…..

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