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End of Semester Items Due

End of Semester Items Due. For IE496, Spring 2008 Dr. Barnes, 415A Bonner, rebarnes@eng.buffalo.edu , 716-645-2768, x-1111 April 2008. End of Semester Items Due. Internship Report Student Appraisal Form – completed by your company supervisor Industry Success Report

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  1. End of Semester Items Due For IE496, Spring 2008 Dr. Barnes, 415A Bonner, rebarnes@eng.buffalo.edu, 716-645-2768, x-1111 April 2008

  2. End of Semester Items Due • Internship Report • Student Appraisal Form – completed by your company supervisor • Industry Success Report • Any assignment past-due that has not been already turned in

  3. Internship Report The objective of your report is to intelligently described the project(s) that you conducted for your internship. IT – • IS – a technical report of your internship assignment. • IS NOT – a chronological narrative of what you did.

  4. An Acceptable Format • Title Page • Table of Contents • Executive Summary • Introduction • Company • Product/process

  5. An Acceptable Format - continued • Problem/Design Statement • Objective • Methodology • Results • Recommendations • Conclusions

  6. An Acceptable Format - continued • References • Appendixes (data) • PPT

  7. Title Page and Table of Contents • Title Page – your name, course name & number, date. • Table of Contents – contains major headings used in report and possibly some subheadings, implies pagination. T of C also contains lists of Figures and Tables, if used.

  8. Executive Summary This is a key element in the report. • It allows the reader to understand the main problems, findings, and recommendations in concise form. • It does not allude to such things as – “work was done” and “read more to find out what happened.”

  9. Introduction • Company – carefully chosen info to orient the reader in such matters as: size - number of employees, sales; product line(s) and market; it is not long • Product/Process – especially the one(s) you are dealing with.

  10. Problem/Design Statement The difficulty/difficulties that group is facing. The product/process that is to be designed/redesigned. Objective What improvement or creation you want to make. Problem/Design Statement and Objective

  11. Methodology The What – What procedures will I use? The How – How will I measure? i.e., what data will I use?

  12. Methodology – continued The What – • An integration of the courses you have taken; selection of the best tool(s) for the job. • Might include the use of fish bone diagrams, flow charts, % acceptable plots, layout diagrams, bench marking, best practices, etc. • Can have multiple methodologies – especially if you have multiple problems/objectives

  13. Methodology - continued The How – • What evidence will you accept as to whether or not “your change(s)” is/are a good one? • How will you go about measuring what exists, and then making your change(s)? • Good results are statistically conclusive results; statistical model is presented here if used; remember Design of Experiments (DOE).

  14. Results • What you found. • The data and an explanation of what it means. (Could be existing layouts.)

  15. Recommendations • What changes you think should be made based on your results. • Why you make these recommendations. (Could be new layouts.)

  16. Conclusions • A prediction of what will happen if/when your recommendations are implemented. • Things that you observed that you think should be done next (but were not part of this investigation).

  17. Parallelism There is a parallel structure that must take place within your report. Problem/Design Objective Methodology Results Recommendations Conclusions

  18. Logical Placement of Information To be most effective, your information must be placed in the appropriate section of your report. A place for everything, and everything in its place. Problem/Design Objective Methodology Results Recommendations Conclusions

  19. Due Date Submission of two copies of your paper written report and paper power point presentation due at your assigned session; electronic versions due at same time – • Session 1: Monday, May 5, 9:00-12:30 Bell 337 • Session 2:Tuesday, May 6, 9:00-12:30, Norton 209

  20. Student Appraisal Form To be complete by your company advisor and returned to Dr. Barnes. http://www.eng.buffalo.edu/Courses/ie491/pdf/PerfAppOfStuByCompSuper.pdf Please understand that this represents 25% of your grade and I cannot submit your grade until I have your form.

  21. Industry Success Form Available on web at – www.eng.buffalo.edu/spir Select Name from drop down menu Select Degree from drop down menu Fill in Company Information Fill in Contact Person Fill in Contact Person’s Title Select the type of business Fill in Project Name and Duration Fill in Project Description and It’s Technical Impact Click Submit The form will be submitted to Dr. Barnes Team members need to coordinate and agree on a single content message with all names on one submittal

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