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The IIE Process Industries Division
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The IIE Process Industries Division • Process industries are those where the primary production processes are either continuous, or occur on a batch of materials that is indistinguishable. For example, a food processing company making sauce may make the sauce in a continuous, uninterrupted flow from receipt of ingredients through packaging. Or batches may be produced depending on the cook kettle sizes, but immediately combined and re-routed. In either case, there is no concept of a unit of sauce while it is being processed. Examples of the process industries include food, beverages, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, petroleum, ceramics, base metals, coal, plastics, rubber, textiles, tobacco, wood and wood products, paper and paper products, etc. IIE Process Industries Division Accomplishments 2008 - 2014
PID Track at Annual Conference The Process Industries Division always sponsors a strong track of presentations on a wide variety of topics focused on how IE tools can be used to improve process operations. The track averages eight presentations per year, delivered by senior professionals, experienced and highly qualified in their respective fields. This year’s conference again features eight speakers, with topics including: managing variability and randomness, an innovative production scheduling methodology, measuring productivity in a process plant, and waste management in the food industry. IIE Process Industries Division Accomplishments 2008 - 2014 Industrial Engineer Magazine Articles • Making Cereal, Not Cars, Pete King, Doug Kroeger, Bennett Foster, Nathan Williams, Bill Proctor, December 2008 • SMED in the Process Industries, Pete King, September 2009 • The Bottleneck Conundrum, Pete King, January 2011 • Reinventing the (Product) Wheel, Pete King, Jennifer King, November 2013 PID Innovation Award • The Process Industries Division is creating the Award for Innovation in the Process Industries. This award will recognize the developers and architects of significant innovative business processes for their contribution to the success and viability of process industries. This is a best practice award to celebrate a process that created a change in the business model. Breakthroughs in market share, costs, innovation and patents will be considered as additional criteria.