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The Org Chart
In this issue
Featured Stories
2018: A Better Year Than We Hoped .......................... 1
KSU Chapter President ................ 3
Bringing the Kansas Chapters Together ........... 4
Next Tour: Kansas Food Bank ...... 10
The Org Chart — 2018 Platinum Newsletter........... 10
Regular Features
Our Next Big Chapter Event ........ 1
A Message from the President .... 2
Chapter Leaders and Contacts .... 2
Chapter Membership .................. 2
ISE Education in Kansas ............... 3
Student Chapters ........................ 3
IISE On-Line ................................. 4
Get to Know ................................ 4
Recent Chapter Events ................ 5
From IISE .................................... 5
Chapter Standards ...................... 6
Regional Conference Planning .... 6
Upcoming Chapter Events ........... 6
CAR - Analytics About Us ............. 7
Practicing ISE ............................... 8
Upcoming STEM Events .............. 9
Professional Opportunities ......... 9
About Chapter 56 and the Chapter Newsletter ........ 10
2018: A Better Year Than We Had Hoped The Wichita Chapter of IISE held its bi-annual general members meeting on Friday evening January 25 ,
2019 at the Experiential Engineering Building on the Innovation Campus at Wichita State University.
During the meeting, the State of the Chapter was presented. Analytics about the chapter’s health were
reviewed by the attending members. Since adopting a five-year “return to health” plan in 2014, key
health factors have been used by the chapter to compile the State of the Chapter report. The data used
to assess the factors of the chapter’s health directly relate to line items in the Chapter’s Activity Report
(CAR). The CAR is provided each February to IISE headquarters and the Regional Vice President (see
Chapter Activity Report—Analytics About Us column on Page 7).
Year 2013 found the Wichita professional chapter in a precarious state. Things immediately improved
with the additions of new events to the chapter’s operating plan. Increased support from local corpo-
rate members and IISE headquarters helped rescue the chapter. In the intervening years, the chapter
returned to a honored status within IISE. IISE headquarters recognized improvements to the chapter
awarding a Silver recognition for 2014 and Gold recognitions in each of 2015 through 2017.
2018 closed out the original five-year improvement plan with its outcomes indicating that the year was
“better than we had hoped”. Nearly every health category showed improvement that exceeded prior
expectations. The exceptional progress of the chapter in 2018 gives hope for a retention of its high
status in IISE for the year (currently, the 2018 CAR is in review). Article continued on Page 4
Our Next Big Chapter Event Arena football is fast, fun, and (most importantly with our recent weath-
er) indoors. Wichita’s arena football team — The Wichita Force — kicks-
off its season in March. Our chapter is supporting their drive to a champi-
onship by holding an IISE Night at one of their home games.
Event: Arena Football
Wichita Force vs. Texas Revolution
Date/time: Saturday, March 30, 2019 at 7:00 PM Meet at door at Entrance C (box office
at 6:30 PM
Place: Intrust Bank Arena (downtown Wichita)
Admission: $16 (sideline seats) Note: If we can get more than 50 attendees, the price drops to $12 per seat.
RSVP, please, to [email protected] by March 27, 2019.
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Winter edition
February 2019
February 2019
Chapter Leaders
President — Dr. John Huffman
Vice-President — Ms. Kirsten Jensen
Secretary — Mr. David Logback
Treasurer — Ms. Tina Tomas
Directors:
Membership — Mr. Lloyd Wittman
Events/Activities — Ms. Kelsey Cleaveland
Communications/Media — Mr. Tate Lampe
Education Relations — Dr. Deepak Gupta
Board:
Mr. Randall Allenbach
Mr. Brent Garber
Ms. Charity Kennedy
Ms. Virginia Youse
Mr. Joseph Schmidt
A hearty Welcome to
our new member &
Congratulations to
our upgraded
member!
“Our diversity has spawned many specialized and sometimes duplicate societies or interest
groups. We get along just fine, but we are also in competition with each other.”
A Message from the President
Chapter Membership
* 2017, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated
As reported in the State of the Chapter during our general meeting
in January, Chapter 56 has a lot for which it should be proud. In
2018 our membership increased 22%, our treasury grew 8%, the
2020 Regional Conference Fund reached $800 in contributions, we
doubled financial support to the students, held more events than
ever and participation in those events reached new highs. In its first
year, The Org Chart was recognized with the highest award in the
IISE Newsletter Competition. We will likely retain our high standing
among the IISE professional chapters. Our chapter’s health is good.
The table above presents a different picture — and it is sobering.
Take the level of U.S. practitioners and multiply it by 10; that’s an
approximate number for the planet. Industrial Engineering is even
bigger when you include Systems Engineering and the myriad of
related disciplines or specializations. We might be the biggest engi-
neering discipline on Earth! But we only have 13,236 members in
the Institute - 5,361 of which are students. The Institute lost 16% of
its members 2018. Only 5% of graduating students joined that year.
Sobering.
What is causing the disparity in IISE’s membership number com-
pared to other societies? I think the answer is obvious. It’s because
we are a diverse discipline. Our diversity has spawned many special-
ized and sometimes duplicate societies or interest groups. We get
along just fine, but we are also in competition with each other.
The four Kansas IISE chapters (Wichita, Kansas City, KSU and WSU)
have strikingly larger membership portions than many chapters. We
seek to continue our growth and retention momentum.
In the months to come, we will be announcing new col-
laborative efforts to reach out to prospective members in
Kansas. Please consider participating in these efforts.
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Chapter Contacts
email: [email protected]
Phone: (316) 516-2249
Our chapter’s membership profile as of February 1, 2019.
New Member Company
Kevin Sweeney (transfer) Carlson Products
February 2019
Engineering Discipline
Practitioners * (thousands U.S.)
Society Members (thousands world-wide)
Mechanical 291 110 [ASME]
Civil 288 152 [ASCE]
Industrial 265 13.2 [IISE]
Electrical 183 400 [IEEE]
All others 573
Upgraded Member New Level
Brent Garber Senior Member
Company Members % Members
Spirit AeroSystems 37 46.84%
Textron Aviation 17 21.52%
Wichita State University 13 16.46%
RETIRED 5 6.33%
UNKNOWN 1 1.27%
ESci Compliance Associates 1 1.27%
Premier Progressing, LLC. 1 1.27%
Carlson Products 1 1.27%
Kansas State University 1 1.27%
Excel Industries 1 1.27%
Center Industries 1 1.27%
Grand Total 79 100.00%
Grade Members % Members
Member 64 81.01%
Senior Member 14 17.72%
Fellow 1 1.27%
Grand Total 79 100.00%
Age Group Members % Members
20-29 10 12.66%
30-39 21 26.58%
40-49 22 27.85%
50-59 11 13.92%
60+ 15 18.99%
Grand Total 79 100.00%
ISE Education in Kansas
Kansas supports the ISE profession by
readying the next generation of
engineers involved in Industrial,
Systems, Manufacturing, and Engi-
neering Technology through formal
education starting in K-12 programs
and leading to professional degrees
from its leading universities. Primary
among the university programs lead-
ing to ISE related degrees are:
Industrial, Systems, and Manufactur-
ing Engineering at Wichita State
University (WSU).
Engineering Technology at WSU.
Biomedical Engineering at WSU.
Industrial and Manufacturing Sys-
tems Engineering at Kansas State
University (KSU) - Manhattan.
Engineering Technology, Construc-
tion Engineering Technology, and
Computer Systems Technology at
KSU -Manhattan.
Computer Systems Technology at
KSU-Poly — Salina.
Student Chapters
Chapter Leaders for 2018-2019
Kansas State University
President — Ms. Sarah Peterson
Vice-President —
Ms. Madeline Triggs
Admin Assistant —
Ms. Madison Tischhauser
Treasurer — Ms. Kayla Paulson
Advisor — Dr. Margaret Rys
Wichita State University
President — Mr. Josh Kempke
Vice-President —
Ms. Thanushika Rupasinghe
Admin Assistant — Ms. Boluwatife
(Victoria) Kehinde
Treasurer — Mr. Mostafa Hasan
Media — Ms. Esther Daniels
Advisors —
Dr. Krishna Krishnan
Dr. Mehmet Bayram Yildrim
KSU Chapter President In the Autumn 2018 edition of The Org Chart, we presented an interview with the President of the
Wichita State Student Chapter, Joshua Kempke. In this issue, we pose the same interview to Sarah
Peterson, the President of the Kansas State Student Chapter of IISE.
Your current degree program/area of study? Bachelor in Industrial Manufacturing Systems Engineer-ing with a minor in Business Administration.
Years in your student chapter? 4 years.
Your hometown? Houston, Texas.
Your family background? My dad was born in Topeka, KS and my mom was born in Hutchinson, KS. They met each other at K-State and moved to Houston right after graduation. My family ties back to K-State, are what brought me back to the Uni-versity. My dad graduated with a degree in Construction Science and now owns his own HVAC sales company. My mom graduated with a degree in Business Management and has been a homemaker since I was 3. I am an only
child and we have 2 cats .
Your high school, participations, and awards received? I went to Stratford High School, where I graduated Valedictorian. I was a member of the drill team and also involved in National Honor Society. I served as the President of Juniorette’s, a volunteer organization.
Your dream job growing up? As a child, my dream job was to own a dog ranch. By middle school, that morphed into interior design until I found Industrial Engineering as a junior in high school.
Any other special memories or events from your youth? I had a very idealistic childhood in my suburbia bubble. I look back on those years quite fondly, as it was a simpler time. However, trying a new state and environment has been so great for me and I’ve grown in so many ways.
Who was your biggest influence on your choice to become an ISE? My aunt, Janet Hummell, first told me about IE, as she has a marketing degree from K-State but has been able to become a pseudo-IE in her career, doing analytical marketing. After she in-formed me of how applicable it is to business, my mom called the K-State IE department to ask if there were any alumni in the Houston area that I could talk to. Within about 20 minutes, I had received an email from Jennifer Tryon, asking to get together. Since then, Jen has been a men-tor for me and a great friend. What sealed the deal, was K-State IE’s Department Head, Dr. Brad Kramer, who made this choice seem much less daunting. He’s been a great sounding board and career/academic advisor for me during my time at K-State.
Your plan for the future (e.g., more school, type of job, etc.)? In the spring of 2018 completed a Co-op with Walt Disney Industrial Engineering in Orlando, FL. At Disney I functioned as an internal business consultant, optimizing all aspects of the Parks to make the Guest Experience better. It was by far the coolest experience I have ever had and has really ignited my passion for serving humanity. This summer, I will return to Disney to complete a second internship with the IE department and I hope to begin my career there. Eventually, I hope to pursue an MBA and move into a higher level business strategy role.
Who has been the biggest influence in your academic studies? My peers as well as my future goals, they both keep me motivated.
What ISE subject do you enjoy the most? Operations Research.
Best part of being in IISE? Being a leader in our department and assisting underclassmen students.
Your major goal as President of your chapter? To continue the forward progress set in the last few years to increase student involvement.
Your biggest challenge as President of your chapter? My biggest challenge is getting students to engage with the department and see the value of being in a professional society.
What is the most important thing that the Greater Wichita Chapter can do to support your chapter? Stay connected with us and keep fostering a relationship. We love having networking partners and professional contacts for our students.
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Sarah Peterson
KSU Chapter President
IISE On-Line
The Institute provides many on-line
resources for its members. Please
take the time to explore these web-
sites.
IISE :
http://www.iise.org/Home/
IISE Connect:
https://connect.iise.org/home
IISE on LinkedIn:
http://www.linkedin.com/
groups/75670
IISE on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/iisenet/
IISE South Central Region:
http://www.iise.org/Details.aspx?
id=11798
IISE Chapter 56 (Greater Wichita):
http://
iiechapter56greaterwichi-
ta.shutterfly.com
IISE Chapter 56 on Connect:
https://connect.iise.org/
communities/community-home?
CommunityKey=d75200d2-f7b3-
4b4a-ba1c-bfa88b123d7b
IISE Chapter 56 on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/
IIEWichita/
IISE Kansas State University:
http://www.engg.ksu.edu/iie/
2018: A Better Year Than We Had Hoped
Kirsten was born and raised in Wichita, KS. She graduated from Bishop Carroll Catholic High
School, and was awarded a Wallace Scholarship to attend Wichita State University. She graduat-
ed with her Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering in May 2010, and a Masters of
Science degree in Industrial Engineering in December 2014 — both from Wichita State.
Kirsten became an Industrial Engineering intern at
Hawker Beechcraft in January 2008. Upon gradua-
tion in 2010, she was hired on full-time as a member
of Hawker’s Lean Challenge team. Over the last 10
years, she has held various ISE roles throughout
many areas of Hawker Beechcraft, Beechcraft, and
now Textron Aviation. In early 2015, she completed
Textron’s Achieving Performance Excellence (APEX)
program.
As an active member of IISE for the last four years,
Kirsten has served on the Wichita Professional Chap-
ter’s Board of Directors. She recently became the
Vice-President of the chapter. She enjoys the many
tours that are made available by the chapter, as well
as our community involvement.
Kirsten resides in Wichita with her husband Jordan, two dogs, and two cats!
Get to Know Kirsten Jensen
4 February 2019
Among the chapter improvements noted during the 2018 State of the Chapter presentation are:
Expansion of leadership roles and a new term of office for chapter leaders aligned with the fiscal year. This will help future leadership succession.
Increased membership with added support from each corporate membership.
Another yearly budget surplus.
Generous contributions from members to the students and the new students/regional conference fund (see Fundraising Thermometer at the top of Page 1).
Age-rightsizing with a more diverse age membership. Members in both the youngest and oldest age categories are on the rise (meaning more students are becoming professional members and more long-time members are retaining membership in retirement).
The Org Chart recognized as a Platinum-level newsletter in its first year of circulation.
A new approach to chapter awards for outstanding student work at both WSU and KSU.
Continued from Page 1
Bringing the Kansas Chapters Together
Ian Geist, formerly a member of the IISE Greater Wichita Professional Chapter and now a member of
the IISE Greater Kansas City Professional Chapter, has proposed holding an All-Kansas summit. The
conference, to be held at Flint Hills Technical College, will include the Wichita and Kansas City profes-
sional chapters, and the student chapters from Kansas State University and Wichita State University.
The leaders of all the chapters hope this summit could lead to regular collaborative efforts.
Leaders are working to identify a date in the late summer of 2019 for the conference. Ian has proposed
some tours of local industry in the Emporia area. We would also use some time to coordinate on a
possible Kansas sponsorship of one of the events at the 2020 IISE South Central U.S. Regional Confer-
ence to be held at Wichita State in March of that year (see Regional Conference Planning on Page 6).
President Emmett Hull from the Greater Kansas City Professional Chapter has already communicated
this proposal to his chapter and has received positive feedback. Emmett estimates at least 25 of the KC
chapter members will attend. We hope to draw as many to represent Wichita. More information about
this summit of the Kansas IISE chapters will be communicated to members as plans progress.
Recent Chapter Events
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Event Date Location
IISE Professional Chapter—
General Meeting
January 25, 2019 Experiential Engineering Building, Wichita State U.
Innovation Campus — Wichita, KS
The Bi-Annual Chapter General Meeting was held at the Experiential Engineering Building on the Innovation
Campus at Wichita State University. At the meeting the State of the Chapter was reviewed with the assess-
ment that "we are doing excellent" evidenced by the considerable increase in our chapter's activity report
(CAR) score for 2018. The improvements were mainly due to: 1) greater than predicted membership
growth, 2) increased support of student chapters, and 3) reception of our new chapter newsletter The Org
Chart.
After the State of the Chapter presentation (which included the treasury report), plans for the 2019-2020
timeframe were presented. Significant attention will be given to readiness for the 2020 IISE South Central
U.S. Regional Conference at WSU. Many of our events for 2019 will center around organizing and raising
funds for the conference. There will still be the usual activity that our members so highly value.
IISE Movie Night February 9, 2019 Hubbard Hall, Wichita State U. Campus — Wichita, KS
Around thirty members of both the Wichita Professional Chapter and Wichita State Student Chapter - and
their guests - feasted on a delicious spaghetti dinner and enjoyed an evening of ‘educational entertainment’
as the chapters hosted an IISE Movie Night at WSU.
Attempting to revive a tradition from the 70s and 80s, the chapter presented the original Cheaper By The
Dozen—the 1950 film classic starring Clifton Webb and Myrna Lloyd as Industrial Engineering pioneers
Frank and Lilian Gilbreth. The feature is a comedic-drama about the Gilbreths and their rather large family.
The event was partly a fundraiser to help the professional chapter to meet its goal of supporting the finan-
cial needs of WSU and KSU students chapter members. Raffle tickets were offered for a nice set of prizes.
An Engineering Movie Trivia contest was also held. In all, around $230 was raised to aid the students.
Wichita Council of Engineers
Banquet and Mini-Fair
February 21, 2019 Wichita Marriott — Wichita, KS
IISE members Kirsten Jensen and Tina Tomas attended the 30th annual Wichita Council of Engineering Socie-ties (WCES) banquet at Marriott. The evening began with a mini-fair having twelve organizations in attend-ance including IISE. Different engineering societies were present including representatives from WSU and KSU, BEST Robotics, and The SpaceShip Company. It was an hour of mingling with old and new friends.
The featured speaker for the evening was Steve Ericson, Director of Advanced Design for The SpaceShip Company, a company of Virgin Galactic. After watching a video of WhiteKnight and SpaceShipTwo taking the historic journey into space, Steve shared more about his past experiences in aircraft development at various companies. He provided details of SpaceShip’s path making concept become reality for commercial space flight, contrasting the commercial venture with more familiar military path.
Interestingly, there are 500 customers who have paid $250,00 for a flight into space. After pre-approval, the customers will receive training for the flight and experience space!
February 2019
From IISE
Some facts about the ISE profession
Median income $85 - $86K
Growing at 10%
States with the largest concentration
of IISEs: Michigan, California, Texas, Ohio, Illinois
Industries with the most IISEs: Aero-
space (#1), Automotive (#2), Semi-conductor (#3)
Healthcare and Supply Chain are grow-
ing as focus areas in our field
May 2017 USA Bureau of Labor Statis-
tics on IEs wages, locations, trends, etc. https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172112.htm#nat
On the IISE Website
About IISE
“Systems world view. Productivity. Efficien-
cy. These are words that describe the dis-
tinctive attributes of industrial engineering,
and IISE is the world's largest professional
society dedicated solely to the support of
the industrial engineering profession and
individuals involved with improving quality
and productivity. Founded in 1948, IISE is an
international, nonprofit association that
provides leadership for the application,
education, training, research, and develop-
ment of industrial engineering. ISEs figure
out a better way to do things and work in a
wide array of professional areas, including
management, manufacturing, logistics,
health systems, retail, service and ergonom-
ics. They influence policy and implementa-
tion issues regarding topics such as sustaina-
bility, innovation and Six Sigma. And like the
profession, ISEs are rooted in the sciences of
engineering, the analysis of systems, and the
management of people.”
IISE Webinars
Members can register for free upcoming
webinars or access the webinar archive at
https://www.iise.org/Details.aspx?id=643
After “a 60 second planned rocket motor burn which propelled VSS Unity to almost three times the speed of sound and to an apogee of 51.4 miles [the] VSS Unity coasted upwards through the black sky and into space, [followed by] a Mach 2.5 supersonic re-entry into the atmosphere, which utilized Unity’s unique “feathering” configura-tion.” The aircraft inverts to provide a spectacular view of the earth.
Chapter Standards
Our Driving Vision
As a society representing major
engineering disciplines practicing in
Greater Wichita, IISE Chapter 56 will
realize technical and business excel-
lence through the skills, knowledge,
diversity, and participation of its
members.
Our Mission
Industrial and Systems Engineering is
vital to the economy and physical
growth of Greater Wichita. IISE
Chapter 56 seeks to promote the
continuous use of safe and sound
industrial and systems engineering
practices, while growing the reach of
the Industrial and Systems Engineer-
ing profession in Greater Wichita, in
the Great State of Kansas, and the
South Central Region of the United
States.
Our Purpose
IISE Chapter 56 is the professional
affiliation for Industrial and Systems
Engineering practitioners in Greater
Wichita. We serve members in in-
dustry, government, civic enterprises
and academia. We partner with the
Wichita State University student
chapter of IISE. We support the
Kansas State University student
chapter of IISE. We also collaborate
with related engineering and profes-
sional disciplines in Greater Wichita.
Our Objectives
Our chapter seeks opportunities and
earnestly plans improvements for
these activities:
Professional Networking
Professional Development
Chapter Growth
Succession Planning
Civic Leadership
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Event Date/Time Location Sponsored By
2019 IISE South
Central U.S. Region-
al Conference
March 1-3, 2019
Lamar University, TX IISE WSU Student Chapter
Wichita Force—
Indoor Arena Foot-
ball
March 30, 2019
7:00PM
Intrust Bank Arena
Wichita, KS
IISE Chapter 56
Tour of the Kansas Food Bank
April 5, 2019 1919 E Douglas Ave, Wichita,
KS
IISE Chapter 56
IISE Night at Wichita State Baseball
May 10, 2019 6:00 P.M.
Eck Stadium—WSU Wichita, KS
IISE Chapter 56
IISE Annual Confer-ence
May 18-21, 2019 7:00PM
Rosen Creek Resort Orlando, FL
IISE
In-work: All-Kansas Conference and Summit Meeting
Late Summer 2019 Flint Hills Technical College Emporia, KS
All the Kansas IISE chap-
ters
February 2019
Upcoming Chapter Events The following are the near-term events and activities of the chapter. E-mail notices will be sent to all
members as reminders and to communicate updates.
Regional Conference Planning
The Wichita State University Student Chapter of IISE kicked-off its planning for the 2020 IISE South Cen-
tral United States Regional Conference on February 9, 2019. The students identified the committees and
committee leaders for the threads of activity for the event. In the coming weeks, plans will be drafted
and tasks will be assigned to committee members. Committees will include principals from the Wichita
Professional Chapter. Among the tasks which the professional chapter will aid include devising the pro-
gram, organizing sessions, advertising the conference and sending invitations, soliciting sponsorship, and
raising funds. The chapters will co-host events and topics for both students and professional attendees
during the conference.
The conference will tentatively offer a professional panel session. The topic for the panel is Modern
Systems Engineering. Panelists from local industry involved in Systems Engineering will participate in a
discussion of how modern Systems Engineering practice is influencing industry.
The popular student paper competition will be the central activity of the conference, but the conference
will also offer many other tracks – some new. Among those are: tours of local industry and WSU, career
development counseling, job placement services, vendor booths, academic booths, a poster session,
networking mixers, keynote speakers, and an awards banquet at the end of the conference.
The conference will take place at Wichita State University from March 6th through the 8th. Student chap-
ters from our region expected to take part in the conference include Kansas State University, Lamar
University, Oklahoma State University, St. Mary's University, Texas A&M University, Texas A&M
University-Commerce, Texas State University-San Marcos, Texas Tech University, University of
Arkansas, University of Houston, Missouri University of Science and Technology, University of
Missouri-Columbia, University of Oklahoma, University of Texas at Arlington, University of Texas
El Paso, and host Wichita State University. The Wichita Professional Chapter will reach out to the
other professional chapters in our region to encourage their attendance.
As always, besides monetary contributions to the cause, chapter leaders are asking the professional members to help with the many tasks of the conference. Volunteers can indicate their desire to partici-pate through [email protected].
All IISE chapters are required to submit a Chapter Activity Report (CAR) each February assessing the health of the chapter based on key indica-
tors from the previous year. Below is a summary presented in the recent State of the Chapter meeting (see 2018: A Better Year Than We Hoped
on Page 1). This data is used to create the CAR for the Greater Wichita Chapter. It also provides a comparison of chapter performance to previ-
ous years (since 2013). It also includes a projection of the CAR results for 2019.
Chapter Activity Report - Analytics About Us
7 February 2019
Chapter 56 Scorecard for 2018—including recent past years’ data and projections for 2019
Green = improved from previous year. Yellow = maintained from previous year. Red = worsening condition. Blue = Sustained maximum.
NOTE: CAR colors reflect status of chapter with IISE Headquarters.
A Membership Ranking of
Professional Chapters in
IISE.
Chapters in the South
Central U.S. region are
indicated by Red font.
Background colors reflect
the chapter’s status by
IISE headquarters.
8 February 2019
Practicing ISE
By Tate Lampe, IISE Member and Communications/Media Director — Wichita Professional Chapter
It's allowed us to leave the house a little bit later (perhaps not dressed as well) and even resulted in drink holders being commonplace
in cars. Whether we've noticed it or not, the drive-thru has been assisting people who are hungry and late since 1947.
In recent years, the drive-thru has gone through a few obvious upgrades: TV screens in place of paper menus, two lanes in place of one,
and in some instances additional car hops to deal with rush hour. Do these exterior upgrades actually result in better throughput of
customers? Using discrete event simulation, a powerful IE tool, we can find out!
To start, a little bit of research is needed to determine rough bounds for our model. Using data from QSR (Quick Service Restaurant)
Magazine, the average time in a drive thru is 224.77 seconds, and the average number of cars in line comes to 2.99. QSR did not break
down the total time by station however, so we will take some liberties with the assignment of processing times. We will set 1/2 of the
time for ordering, 1/3 for paying, and 1/6 for getting your food. We also set the input buffers to be 2 between the stations and set balk-
ing rules if the line in front of the ordering station gets to be greater than 3 cars.
With these baselines set, we propose using three different drive-thru types. The first is the standard drive-thru with one order station.
The second is the now more common two-order station system. The third mimics restaurants such as Chick-fil-a where car hops are
incorporated to extend the buffer between the order and pay stations. The simulation is then run for 10 repetitions in each scenario
and the statistics are recorded for each. The results of which are shown in the graphs below.
By adjusting the capacity of their bottleneck station, quick
service restaurants can increase their throughput and drasti-
cally reduce the number of potential customers that select a
different location due to queue length.
All modeling was done in Simio. Data gathered from:
https://www.qsrmagazine.com/reports/2017-drive-thru-
performance-study
It can happen.
Upcoming STEM Events
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Professional Opportunities
Local Job Openings
Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. Spirit currently has 10 job openings under the title “Industrial Engineer” plus several related openings. Careers at Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
Textron Aviation Textron currently has multiple job openings in related areas of the ISE profession. Careers at Textron Aviation, Inc.
February 2019
If any member knows of a need for ISEs in our area,
please notify us at [email protected].
Chapter Openings & Help
The Greater Wichita Chapter of IISE can use help in the following areas: Event coordinators & helpers 2020 IISE SC Regional Conference planning team Chapter genealogy — unfortunately, all our charter records were lost by IISE headquar-ters. We are unsure about the origins of our chapter. The earliest evidence we have is to the early 1970s, but several long-term mem-bers believe it to be earlier than that. If you have any information about the history of Chapter 56, please contact us.
Activities in our local Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) community.
Event Date/Time Location About the event
GOCreate Workshops On-going WSU Experiential Engi-neering Building
http://www.gocreate.com/workshops
Wichita Aviation Exhibit: Design, Build, Fly
On-going need for volunteers
Exploration Place Training sessions for volunteers of the new aerospace exhibit. [email protected]
Wichita Council of Engi-neering Societies (WCES)
Monthly Panera Bread @ Central & Hillside
Planning for banquet/mini-fair and other activities. Contact: Dustin Tireman
Doc Tour (Restored B-29) sponsored by SAE
March 21, 2019 Time: TBD
Contact: Paul Pendleton
Engineers Expo spon-sored by SWE
March 30, 2019 9:00AM—2:00PM
Century II Convention Center
Volunteers also needed for set-up the night before and take-down/clean-up after. https://wichitaengineeringexpo.org/
Mini Maker Faire April 26, 2019 9:00AM-6:00PM; April 27, 2019 10:00AM-6:00PM
Exploration Place Contact: Amy Taylor
Engineering Open House May 10, 2019 8:00AM-5:00PM
Experiential Engineering Building — Wichita State University’s Innovation Campus
Contact: Rita Malinauskas https://www.wichita.edu/academics/engineering/openhouse/
BBQ Bingo sponsored by WSPE
August 23, 2019 5:30 pm-9:00 pm
Exploration Place
Wichita Industrial Trade Show
October 22, 2019 1:00PM – 7:00PM October 23, 2019 9:00AM – 6:00PM October 24, 2019 9:00AM – 4:00PM
Century II Expo Center http://www.witshow.org/
Kansas BEST Robotics Competition
TBD. September thru October, 2019
Finals at Koch Arena— Wichita State U.
Volunteers and judges needed.
Next Tour: Kansas Food Bank
About Chapter 56
We are a professional chapter of
the Institute of Industrial and
Systems Engineers representing
the Greater Wichita, Kansas area.
We are formally know as Chapter
56, the Greater Wichita Profes-
sional Chapter of the Institute of
Industrial and Systems Engi-
neers. We are one of six profes-
sional chapters in Region 5, the
South Central United States. This
region also includes student chap-
ters at fifteen colleges and univer-
sities, including our supported
student chapters at Wichita State
University and Kansas State Uni-
versity.
About the Chapter Newsletter
The Org Chart is the official news-
letter of IISE Chapter 56. Founded
in 2018, The Org Chart is used to
disseminate information to IISE
Chapter 56 members and friends
of the chapter. It seeks to com-
municate news and information in
a timely manner. When available,
citations to other sources are not-
ed and/or expressed in its con-
tents.
This publication is not sold and the
writers and editors are not com-
pensated. No IISE nor IISE 56
treasury funds are used in its pub-
lication unless a required physical
mailing through postal services
other than free electronic means
is required.
Corrections to erroneously report-
ed information will be made in
issues immediately after notice
and confirmation of the error.
Any IISE 56 member or friend can
author articles for The Org Chart.
If you are interested in supplying
an article, please contact the edi-
torial board at [email protected].
10 February 2019
Becky Galloway, the Director of Corporate and Business Relations for the Kansas Food Bank, has invited our IISE chapter to tour the food bank on Friday, April 5, 2019 at 4:00PM. The tour will include an over-view of their operations and a behind the scenes look at their facilities. Since 1984, the Kansas Food Bank has “provided comprehensive and compas-sionate HungerCare whenever and wherever needed”. The Kansas Food Bank supplies free and low-cost food to pantries, soup kitchens and churches who give out food to the hungry. If needing a source of food, they have a lengthy list of agencies across the state who can assist. The Kansas Food Bank depends on thousands of community volunteers to successfully distribute food to its 500+ hunger-relief partners around the state. An example volunteer effort is filling bags for the Food4Kids program. Event: IISE Tour of the Kansas Food Bank
Date/time: Friday, April 5, 2019 at 4:00 PM (tour length approx. 45 minutes)
Place: Kansas Food Bank Warehouse.
1919 E Douglas Ave, Wichita, KS 67211
Admission: Free, but any donation (including food) for the Food Bank is
welcome.
The Org Chart — 2018 Platinum Newsletter!
KS Food Bank programs.
The Org Chart — 2018 Platinum Newsletter! Chapter Name Award
Columbus BRONZE
Dayton PLATINUM
Pittsburgh PLATINUM
National Capital PLATINUM
Twin Cities PLATINUM
Milwaukee, WI PLATINUM
Greater Detroit PLATINUM
Wichita PLATINUM
Central Connecticut GOLD
Long Island GOLD
Greater Kansas City GOLD
South Jersey Dela-ware Valley
PLATINUM
2018 Professional Chapter
newsletter competition awards winners.
