Understanding Just In Time Manufacturing

A Redwood City, California resident, Rotimi Aderohunmu graduated from the Southern Methodist University and holds a PhD in production systems. Rotimi Aderohunmu is an experienced professor and previously served at Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver, among other institutions. He specializes in operations research and just in time manufacturing.

Just in time, manufacturing is a methodology and concept that aims to help with workflow. Using this methodology, companies can increase production efficiency and avoid storing inventories with unnecessary items. The process only aims to create products to match the demand and not waste resources by creating more output than necessary.

For example, if 100 products are demanded, with JIT manufacturing, companies only create 100 products. The manufacturing process works in three stages. First, a customer places an order for a company’s product. Then, the company orders the materials needed to create the merchandise. After that, the firm can assemble the product and ship it to the customer. In this way, a company does not overproduce while reducing its waste.

Basics of Operations Research

Once voted as the outstanding professor of the year by The Women’s College students, Rotimi Aderohunmu is a retired associate professor of business information and analytics who taught at the Daniels College of Business, University of Denver. Professor Rotimi Aderohunmu, PhD, taught and performed research in subjects including mathematics for business, systems simulation, operations management, and operations research (OR).

An applied science, OR deals with decision-making that commonly involves the appropriation and management of limited resources. These problems are typically encountered in the operations of organizations, including financial institutions, health care entities, industrial firms, transportation networks, and government. OR is an analytical method of problem-solving. Problems are dissected into fundamental elements and then solved in prescribed procedures using mathematical analysis.

Operational research analysts develop a mathematical system model and then evaluate and forecast the outcomes of different approaches to running the system. The analysis may use probabilistic and statistical methods, mathematical optimization techniques, computer simulations, and experiments.

Role of Colorado Women’s College in Empowering Women and Girls

Retired associate professor of business information and analytics, Dr. Rotimi Aderohunmu’s career spanned nearly four decades. An accomplished academic, business, and engineering professional, Dr. Rotimi Aderohunmu previously worked as a management consultant, production planner and design engineer before focusing on his teaching career. In 1998, he was voted “Outstanding Professor of the Year” by the students of The Women’s College, now Colorado Women’s College.

Colorado Women’s College aims to promote the advancement of women in the 21st century through leadership development, transformative education and research. The college became part of the University of Denver (DU) in 1982 and has since then, shared DU’s vision which is focused on achieving academic excellence, community engagement, global responsibility and coming up with creative approaches to solving problems.

Colorado Women’s College empowers women and girls by supporting innovative approaches that prepare them to be self-sufficient by offering leadership development and life-long learning opportunities. The goal of the institution is to ensure women are not only decision-makers, but social change leaders in all aspects of the society. Additionally, Colorado Women’s College creates opportunities for women and girls to realize their full potential both locally and globally through organizing training, collaborative work and public dialogue.

Operations Research and How Beneficial it is to Organizations

Dr. Rotimi Aderohunmu is a retired associate professor of business information and analytics who served at the University of Denver’s Daniels College of Business for over two decades before retiring. Dr. Rotimi Aderohunmu has a PhD in operations research from Southern Methodist University, in Dallas, Texas. His teaching courses covered numerous management subject areas including Operations Research.

Operations Research (OR) is a vital analytical technique used for decision-making and problem-solving in the management of organizations. Operations research involves breaking down of problems into basic segments which are then solved in steps using mathematical analysis. OR relies on various analytical methods such as mathematical logic, queuing theory, network analysis, game theory and simulation.

A large set of possible solutions to a problem is developed and various alternatives analyzed separately with an aim of narrowing down to the most effective solutions. After identifying the best solutions to a problem, they are subjected to simulated implementation and eventually tested in a real-world scenario.Operation research analysts also help managers to decide how resource allocation should be done, manage the supply chain and develop production schedules.

OR Society Conferences in 2019

 

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Dr. Rotimi Aderohunmu holds a master of science in mechanical engineering from the University of Denver and a doctor of operations research and production systems from Southern Methodist University. Over the course of his career, Dr. Rotimi Aderohunmu has published papers with a variety of professional organizations, including the Operational Research Society.

The Operational Research (OR) Society holds several professional meetings every year. The most recent meeting was the OR60 Anniversary Conference, which took place in September of 2018. The highly popular conference, celebrating six decades of OR Society operations and services, attracted approximately 500 OR professionals from around the world. The anniversary conference was comprised of a multitude of plenary sessions and keynote addresses catering to both the academic and professional aspects of OR.

The three-day OR61 Conference has been scheduled to begin this year on September 3rd at the University of Kent in Canterbury, England. The OR Society will also a host a New to OR Biennial Conference in 2019. Held from April 10 to 11 at the Aston Conference Centre at Aston University, the conference is ideal for those new to the field who are interested in sharing their work and ideas with a group of peers. More information about both conferences can be found at www.theorsociety.com.

The Fulbright Scholarship Program’s History and Selection Criteria

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Rotimi Aderohunmu retired in 2014 from his position as an associate professor of business information and analytics at the Daniels College of Business, University of Denver, in Denver, Colorado. A native of Nigeria, Rotimi Aderohunmu began his college career in his homeland, earning a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. Just months later, he was admitted to the master’s degree program in engineering at the University of Denver with a full scholarship and a Fulbright grant.

The grant’s namesake, Senator J. William Fulbright, introduced a bill that called for surplus war property to be used to fund a student exchange program to promote international goodwill. President Harry S. Truman signed the bill into law in 1946, thus creating the Fulbright Program. From its inception, the program has fostered mutual relationships between the U.S. and other countries.

The selection of Fulbright grant recipients is based on criteria such as the applicant’s academic record and personal qualifications, language preparation, preference factors established by the Fulbright scholarship board, and the degree to which the applicant will help advance the Fulbright goal of promoting a mutual understanding between nations.

An Explanation of Just-in-Time Manufacturing

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A mechanical engineer with a PhD from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, Dr. Rotimi Aderohunmu conducted research and served as an associate professor of business information and analytics at the University of Denver for more than 20 years. Dr. Rotimi Aderohunmu’s research concentrations include just-in-time manufacturing.

Just-in-time, or JIT, manufacturing is a production model focused on fabricating and preparing an item only to the extent that it is required, without surplus. Using the JIT model, companies can prevent waste of excess materials and products. JIT manufacturing was first acknowledged by automobile mogul Henry Ford in a book that outlined the path to his company’s discovery that over-purchase of materials was not cost effective.

Some elements of JIT manufacturing involve the removal of aspects that do not add to the product’s value, quality control at each step of the manufacturing process, and preventative maintenance. Today, JIT manufacturing can refer to this specific method, or waste-minimizing production in general.