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SEMShare : Operational Excellence

The SEMS Knowledge Sharing Program (SEMShare) continues with more topics regarding the industrial engineering world. This week,  one of our alumni, Mr. Ricky Tjok, gave a lecture regarding Operational Excellence in Organization. Slightly different from the last event, this time, students who are taking the QCAS class are mandatory to attend this discussion.

Mr. Ricky Tjok graduated from IE UI in 2008, and has been working for Accenture ever since. He has done some consulting project and now ready to pass on his experience to the younger generation of IE UI Student. The discussion start with a brief explanation of Accenture and what the company does. Then, Mr. Ricky continued by explaining the definition of  Operational Exellence. Because most of the attendants are from the QCAS class, Mr. Ricky then tried to link the term “Operational Excellence” to many quality improvement methods such as Six Sigma.

The Q&A session was alive with some question from the student regarding the topic, but the focus was on the Six Sigma project since they are currently conducting that kind of project for their Final Assignment in the QCAS class.

SEMShare is a regular program from SEMS Lab in which we invites experts for open discussion within small groups to expand our horizon of thinking.


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SEMShare: IErs & Innovation Process

To mark the start of SEMS Knowledge Sharing Program (SEMShare), we invite Ms. Amalia Suzianti to lecture on the topic of Industrial Engineers and Innovation Process: Opening Possibilities for new Research. Ms Amalia has joined our faculty staff after finishing his Dr.Ing from Germany and also after spending time there as professional working for Accenture.

The discussion started by introducing the various definitions of innovations, and how it could be applied into not just product, but also processes and organizations. We also discuss that the word innovation has been loosely translated by most people, however these translation fails to includes certain characteristics that innovation could be recognized, which is new substantial change for the target of innovation implementation, either be the target market or the target define by the innovation. We also discuss the difference between innovations and inventions, which basically innovations concerns with the whole process of creating and implementing of inventions.

The discussion continues on the process of innovations, and how each of the process or combinations of process could opened up new possibilities of research for IErs, from idea generating methods, concept development, product design to finally deployment. The Q&A is alive with so many questions regarding innovations and different approaches of innovation.

SEMShare is a regular program from SEMS Lab in which we invites experts for open discussion within small groups to expand our horizon of thinking.

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Movie Gathering Event

As part of introduction on the scope and area for the New Industrial Engineering Students, SEMS Lab assistant coordinates a movie gathering event (Nonton Bareng – NoBar) in the Undergraduate Student Center  of our laboratory building. The event will play DVDs of a television series “Ultimate Factories” from the National Geographic Channel, which started with the state of the art Ferrari Factory.

The event was opened by Bu Anna, Vice Head of Department and Introduced by Pak Akhmad, Head of SEMS Lab. Bu Anna reminds the students that they need to be able to explain the role of Industrial Engineers to other engineering students in particular, and all students in general. She hoped that by watching this series together, they can catch a glimpse on the complexity of their roles as industrial engineers in the future.

Pak Akhmad also introduce the events by asking the audience to ask themselves “how can I design and built a factory like that”. This question is important to generate curiosity and understanding of how subjects in their curriculum are related. He also reminds the students that even though manufacturing is a key aspect that they must master as Industrial Engineers, they must also master another key aspect as “UI” Industrial Engineers which is the service operations.

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SEMS 2010 Assistant Development Program (SEMS-ADP)

Entering the 2nd stage of the ADP program for enhancing the capability of our Assistant, we focus on developing their interpersonal skills. This session is started this week by introduction of interpersonal skills and intrapersonal skills.

To highlight the importance of developing the ability of reading body language, we all watch the “lie to me” pilot series together. Lie to Me is a TV series that surround team of body language experts. Even-though a little bit exaggerated,  the series is an eye opener for all the student, on how important is to at least have the basic skills of reading body language

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U Theory Learning Journey – Stage 2

As part of our mission to expand the horizon of thinking for our lab assistants, we are introducing the concepts of Otto Scharmer’s Theory U to reignite the understanding of our nation’s founders.  The stage 2 consists of visits to the Museum Penyusunan Naskah Proklamasi (Independence Proclamation Script Museum) to reflects the conditions and situations during our crucial moments of independence proclamation, and based on these reflections, the create new dreams for the future through sculpturing. The sculpturing session is conducted in the nearby Taman Suropati (Suropati Public Park), which draws attention from the surrounding people. The sculpture they produce shows the dreams of future Indonesia.

Video of SEMS Assistant Field Learning 2010

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