Central Iowa Section &nbs= p; = ; = =20 =20 &nbs= p; = ; = &= nbsp; &n= bsp; =20 Mississippi Valley Section

JOINT SECTION MEETING =96 ASME & = SAE=20

Friday, 20 September = 2002

Iowa State University Memorial Union, = Campanile=20 Room

Ames , Iowa

Meeting Chair =96 Max Gassman (515) 294-4587

4:00 =96 5:00 pm = Technical=20 Seminar =96 Professor Howard Meeks, Iowa State University =

&nbs= p; = ; =20 =93Throughput = Financial=20 Analysis and Production Planning=94

5:00 =96 6:00 pm = Social=20 Hour

6:00 =96 7:00 pm = Dinner=20

7:00 =96 8:00 pm = Technical=20 Seminar -Rick Brimeyer , Product Manager, = Sauer-Danfoss

"Changing=20 Paradigms for a 250 Defects per Million (DPM)

Manufacturing=20 Environment"

Cost=20 (meeting and meal)=96 Members/Guests $16.00 =20 Students - $2.00

Meal Choices: =20 Beef, Chicken, or Ham =96=20 Specify choice when registering and meal = choice.

SAE=20 Registrants please use the electronic registration from the SAE = WEBSite

Throughput financial analysis is a technique that = will aid in=20 economic decisions of buying new equipment. The analysis will also be = helpful on=20 "improvement" projects. = The 5=20 focusing steps presented give effective guidelines for approaching the = strategic=20 managerial financial decisions and the day-to-day tactical decisions of = an=20 organization.

Howard D. = Meeks

Howard is an Academic Associate of the Abraham Y. = Goldratt=20 Institute (AGI). He is a Jonah's fellow certified to deliver AGI = programs in=20 Production, Project Management, Distribution, and Management Skills. He=20 presently teaches interdisciplinary TOC courses in the Industrial and=20 Manufacturing Systems Engineering Department for the Colleges of = Engineering,=20 Business, and Education at ISU. He has been involved in teaching = Production,=20 Project Management, Distribution, Management Skills and a course that = includes=20 the Jonah Program. He has been teaching these courses since Fall = semester=20 1997.

Howard received a BS in = Aeronautical=20 Engineering from Iowa State University in 1960. After graduation he = worked at=20 Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio. He was involved in research and = the=20 evaluation team (F AA, NASA, and USAF) for the Supersonic Transport = (SST). He=20 completed an MS in Mathematics at Ohio State University in 1966. He then = worked=20 at North American Aviation, Columbus Division as an aerospace engineer = and=20 received his Ph. D. in Industrial Engineering with a specialization in=20 Operations Research from Ohio State in 1970.

In 1970 Howard became a faculty member in the = Industrial=20 Engineering Department at Iowa State University. He is a co-author of = the text,=20 Applied Linear Optimization, and developed graduate = courses in=20 mathematical programming for the IE Department. He has consulted with = Ruan=20 Transportation, Iowa Department of Transportation, and Johnson Wax of = Racine,=20 Wisconsin.

7:00 Seminar - "Changing Paradigms for a 250 = Defects per=20 Million (DPM) Manufacturing Environment"

Rick Brimeyer has been with Sauer-Danfoss 20 years, = working=20 in Product Engineering and Manufacturing environments. He is presently = in the=20 final stages of training for a "Black Belt" in Six-Sigma Quality = Control.