Institute of Industrial Engineers Institute of Industrial Engineers

Industry Advisory BoardIndustry Advisory BoardAnnual MeetingAnnual Meeting

Roman Hlutkowsky Chair – IIE IAB

VP, Operations Technology

FedEx Ground

May 20, 2008

AgendaAgenda

IAB Year in ReviewUpdate from Helmut Welke, SVP at

Large – Industry, review of BOT strategic plan initiatives for Industry

Proposed IAB leadership structure changes

New Business

Welcome to the 3Welcome to the 3ndnd Annual Meeting! Annual Meeting!

IAB membership now stands at over 40 active industry professionals……and open to more!

We continue to “meet” 12 times each year via conference call on the 2nd Friday of every month, 10:30-11:30, EST

And we’ve recently added 10 new members, and continue to look for more

Over the last 12 months we’ve Over the last 12 months we’ve focused on the following issuesfocused on the following issues

Outreach to students at the College, High School and Middle School levels

Strengthening relationship with local chapters Sponsor student chapter YouTube Video

contest Host an “Industry Focused” Track at the 2008

Annual Conference (yeah!!) Strategies to strengthen ties with CIEADH

Over the last 12 months we’ve Over the last 12 months we’ve focused on the following issuesfocused on the following issues

Discussed best practice Recruiting Tools and strategies

Formal structure of IAB, including participant term, chair term, leadership structure and transition

Increase number of Industry Honorees “Name Change” discussion

““Objectives for the next year” Objectives for the next year” from our 2007 Town Hall Meetingfrom our 2007 Town Hall Meeting Support IIEs marketing efforts with input on

directions and materials as appropriate Complete the High School/Middle School

recruiting tools Expand the number of active participants Expand the specific industries represented Provide a “Sounding Board” for the BOT via

quick surveys, specific agenda items Continue to add value for participants

For 2008, we will continue to focus For 2008, we will continue to focus on issues central to our membershipon issues central to our membership

Image, Branding and Differentiation of IEs Outreach to students at the College, High

School and Middle School levels Continued career planning and development

of our IE human resources Formalize strategies to help increase the

number of IEs at all levels of management, including the CXO levels

Finalize IAB orgnaization structure

Proposed changes to IAB structure Proposed changes to IAB structure focused on orderly transitionfocused on orderly transition Leadership structure of Chair-Elect and Chair

to ease training and transition– Do we want to adopt a Chair-Elect, Chair, Past-

Chair structure? Limit term of members to 2 or 3 years?

– With an Opt-In format used by the IAB, perhaps term limits aren’t as important?

Discussion of formal committees– We’ve been successful with ad hoc committee

formation, strong sentiment to continue in this manner

New BusinessNew Business

Suggestions for 2009 IAB Track?Topics for future monthly conference

calls?New members or industries we should

target?Location of 1st Annual IAB Cocktail

Party?