Introduction to IE 299 Minimum of 20 consecutive business days except for official holidays Manufacturing organization A positive evaluation by the company An interpretive technical essay

Administrative Issues (Prior to Fall 2010) You need to find a company By yourselves Relatives, friends, acquaintances, etc. Through the dean’s summer practice office Correspondence: Room No: EA412 Duygu Musaoğlu The companies requesting summer trainees contact the dean’s office Ms. Musaoğlu announces these company requests as they are received, to the students on their webpage The students are selected via a lottery draw Through our department’s resources Our department have agreements with a number of companies The name of the companies and the selection criteria will be announced through our web page

Administrative Issues (Prior to Fall 2010) Get your company approved If the company is not listed among the “approved companies”, then we MUST get your company approved by course coordinators Pick the sealed envelope from Ms. Musaoğlu “Staj Değerlendirme Formu” The latest pick up date of the envelopes is one week before your summer training start date In the first day of your summer practice, hand the sealed envelope to your supervisor in the company Your supervisor will fill in these forms and post them via mail or you can hand the sealed envelope to Ms. Musaoğlu personally

Academic Issues (During the Fall Semester) We address academic questions relating to the content of the technical report Reports are evenly distributed among all faculty members Each faculty member evaluates the reports assigned to him/her by taking assistance from a graduate student Course coordinators: IE 299: Figen Eren; IE 399: Osman Alp.

Requirements Prerequisites: IE 262 & IE 271 The sealed envelope (Staj Değerlendirme Formu) must be received by the Dean’s Office no later than the sixth Monday of Fall Semester Deadline for submitting the reports is the third Monday of Fall Semester Exact date is announced at the start the semester The students who receive an "unsatisfactory" (U) grade repeat the summer training during the next summer Re-registers to the course in the next Fall semester Summer training during the winter break is not allowed Two summer practices can be conducted in one summer

Recommendations Select a manufacturing system with a variety of different processes Family owned businesses are not recommended for the family members Mid or large sized businesses are suitable Observe as many departments of the company as possible Go over the “Summer Practice Evaluation Form” before visiting the company and writing your report so that you can understand our expectations

Grading of The Report - 1 At the end of the first evaluation, if the student receives a grade  Below 40: Fail in the report evaluation and Unsatisfactory in the course.  Between 40 and 69, inclusive or less than 50% performance in some class of criteria (i.e., Format and Organization, Language, Content): Rewrite in the report evaluation following the feedback provided.  Greater than or equal to 70 with a minimum of 50% performance in each class of criteria: Pass in the report evaluation

Grading of The Report - 2 Those students who receive a Rewrite in the first evaluation submit their revised reports in two weeks after the notification. The same faculty member evaluates their reports again  Below 70 or less than 50% performance in some class of criteria : Fail in the report evaluation and Unsatisfactory in the course.  Greater than or equal to 70 with a minimum of 50% performance in each class of criteria: a Pass in the report evaluation

Summer Practice Evaluation Form -1 FORMAT AND ORGANIZATION (20%) Cover Page Page Limits and Numbering (5-10 pages) Margins and Alignment Section Division and Headings Appendix (Should be in English, cited in text, no handwriting allowed) References (Uniformity of format, cited in text)

Summer Practice Evaluation Form - 2 LANGUAGE (10%) Grammar Spelling and Punctuation Technical Terminology Style (Conciseness and clarity, use of formal language)

Summer Practice Evaluation Form - 3 CONTENT (70%) General Information about the company (Sector, location, suppliers, customers, etc) Sector analysis Organization of the Company IE Activities in the Company Production Environment Information Technology Conclusions, Deductions

FAQ Summer training in a foreign country Registration in Spring IE 299 & 399 practices in the same summer Registration in IE 299 & IE 399 in the same semester Practice at two or more companies