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For a comprehensive list  of events, kindly refer to:  Events Calendar   Editors Ms LEE Soon May Ms IDA Heryani Binte Sohdi Designer Ms NEO Siew Hoon Advisors A/Prof POH Kim Leng Dr NG Kien Ming	Issue # 01 : : October 2004 Dear Alumni, It is with pride that we bring to you this first issue of the ISE Alumni e-newsletter. We hope to reach out to all ISE graduates right from the early batches of the 1970s to the graduates of 2004 and beyond. As we are re-establishing lost contacts, we seek your support in updating your profiles with us, forwarding the e-newsletter to fellow alumni members and visiting the revamped ISE Alumni website. The website has been given a make-over to make it more vibrant, up-to-date and beneficial for you. These are just some of our efforts taken to revive the ISE Alumni. In July this year, the latest graduates were warmly welcomed into the alumni with a Graduation Lunch and the upcoming Alumni Brunch hopes to gather the Class of 2001 to 2004 for a networking session over a sumptuous spread. More exciting activities will be coming your way. We invite you to join us in the activities, voice your opinions and suggestions and send us your contributions. Thank you for spending time to read our inaugural issue. We aim to bring you updates on the department, interesting feature stories, self-enrichment tips and the latest on the ISE Alumni. We hope you would enjoy the news and stories that we have for you and look forward to bringing you the next issue. Best Regards, The Editor  Professor Ang Beng Wah re-appointed as Head The ISE Department would like to congratulate Professor ANG Beng Wah on his re-appointment as the Head of Department. He will continue to serve the Department in the next term from 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2007. Prof Ang joined the National University of Singapore in 1984 and was firstly appointed as the Head of Department in 2001.  ISE newsletter is now electronic! ISE newsletter is now online. You can now read the latest on the Department no matter where you are.  New Office Hours In support of the government call for more pro-family employment practices, ISE Department will go on a 5-Day Workweek with effect from 11 October 2004. New working hours: Monday to Thursday - 8:30 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. Friday - 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.  Graduation Lunch 2004 It was all smiles and congratulations as the Class of 2004 celebrated their well-deserved graduation in a Graduation Lunch organized by the Department. Held at the Kent Vale Estate on 31 July 2004, graduates from the MSc, MEng and PhD programs as well as the ISE staff gathered one last time before the former bade goodbye to the Department and NUS. [more...]  National Day Awards 2004 The Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering congratulates Mr. Low Wong Fook on being a recipient of the Public Administration Medal (Gold) at this year’s National Day Awards. Mr. Low is currently the Principal of Singapore Polytechnic. He graduated in 1975 with a Master of Science (Systems Engineering) degree. The Department also congratulates Mr. Khaw Boon Wan on his promotion to Minister for Health. Mr. Khaw graduated in 1982 with a Master of Science (Industrial Engineering) degree. The Department is proud to have them as our alumni and wishes them continual success.  The Path of Engineering Education According to a study by the National Academy of Engineering, engineering education must anticipate and adapt to the changes in engineering fields. Although the study focuses on engineers in the United States, engineers in Singapore face a similar situation. As the global economy develops, the expectation on engineers becomes more demanding as engineers are expected to be all-rounders.   In response, engineering schools of local universities and polytechnics are offering inter-disciplinary courses which combine a field of engineering with a non-engineering field which reflects the needs of changed market conditions. The direction of the path of engineering education augurs well for the field of Industrial and Systems Engineering as the application of its techniques encompasses a wide range of areas. Nonetheless, continuing education is important, so please look out for announcements of upcoming seminars, short courses etc via the ISE Alumni website!   References: http://www.iienet.org http://careers.asia1.com.sg/st_recruit/r20040703.html  Burned By IT The industry has adopted information technology (IT) very well, although with many pitfalls. Nike faced difficulty in installing supply chain software that cost US$400 million. Cisco System’s real-time forecasting system’s failure to spot an imminent freefall in demand for networking equipment led to a US$2.5 billion inventory write-down and the firing of 8 500 workers. [more...]  Inventory Decisions in Dell’s Supply Chain Based on the concept of bypassing retailers and selling personal computer systems directly to customers, Dell avoids delays and costs of an additional stage in the supply chain. [more...]
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