Editor's Note: This is first article in a series that will look at the importance of understanding the components of building construction and design. This column is designed to assist firefighters ...

The strategic administration of production processes and personnel to maximize output, minimize errors and continually enhance product quality come under the general banner of "operations management." ...

As professor and director of graduate studies in UB’s Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Dr. Li Lin specializes in facility layout – in addition to the research areas of computer ...