User:Anne De Frenne/sandbox

My name is Anne De Frenne. I live in Belgium and work in the field of industrial statistics

First article, not sure I am doing right. I want to make an rticle on ENBIS. Thanks for your help.
European Network for Business and Industrial Statistics(ENBIS)

Introduction:
European Network for Business and Industrial Statistics (ENBIS) is a platform, connecting individuals and organizations interested in theoretical developments and practical applications in the field of business and industrial statistics.

History:
On August 21, 1999 a group of about 20 statisticians and statistical practitioners met in Linköping, Sweden at the end of the First International Symposium on Industrial Statistics to discuss the desirability and possibility for creating a European Society for Industrial and Applied Statistics (ESIAS). Such a society could function as a professional network for users of statistics in Europe. By the end of the meeting it was decided to cautiously move ahead to further explore the possibility and viability of this idea. As a first step, it was seen as important to develop a list of potentially interested people and seek their input and start communication. It was also discussed that it should be possible to take advantage of the Internet to make this a low budget, low effort operation that could take off without further delay. The need for a society such as the one discussed is grounded in the following: •	Many applied statisticians and statistical practitioners work in professional environments where they are rather isolated from interactions and stimulation from like-minded professionals. •	Statistics is vital for the economic and technical development and improved competitiveness of European industry.

By February 2000 an executive committee was formed which held a founding meeting at EURANDOM in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, on February 26th and 27th. The name ENBIS (European Network for Business and Industrial Statistics) was adopted as the definitive name for the society. It was decided to have a founding conference on December 11, 2000 in Amsterdam. During that meeting, ENBIS was formally launched. The founding conference was accompanied by a 3-day course on design of experiments given by Søren Bisgaard at EURANDOM in Eindhoven, Netherlands.

Since the founding conference ENBIS has steadily grown and the conference has become a lively meeting of statisticians and statistical practitioners from all over Europe. Besides the conference ENBIS has grown large enough to have now seven local networks. These networks organised already events of their own. In 2003 the George Box Medal was established as an award for outstanding contributions to industrial statistics. The first recipient in 2003 was George Box who could unfortunately not join the conference in Barcelona. In 2004 the George Box Medal was joined by the Young Statisticians and the Best Manager Awards. The Young Statistician Award shall be awarded to young statisticians or statistical practioners who introduce innovative methods to industrial and business statistics or successfully use them in daily life. The Best Manager Award is aimed at managers who gave a substantial contribution to the success of their company by spreading the use of statistics in them.

Mission and Vision:
The mission of ENBIS is: •	Foster and facilitate the application and understanding of statistical methods to the benefit of European business and industry, •	Provide a forum for the dynamic exchange of ideas and facilitate networking among statistical practitioners (a statistical practitioner is any person using statistical methods whether formally trained or not), •	Nurture interactions and professional development of statistical practitioners regionally and internationally.

ENBIS has adopted the subsequent points as its vision. •	To promote the widespread use of sound science driven, applied statistical methods in European business and industry, •	That membership consists primarily of statistical practitioners from business and industry, •	To emphasize multidisciplinary problem solving involving statistics, •	To facilitate the rapid transfer of statistical methods and related technologies to and from business and industry, •	To link academic teaching and research in statistics with industrial and business practice, •	To facilitate and sponsor continuing professional development, •	To keep its membership up to date in the field of statistics and related technologies, •	To seek collaborative agreements with related organizations.

Conferences and Meetings:
Although ENBIS is primarily a virtual platform, each year a number of different events (a Spring meeting focused on a specific topic; an Annual Conference with a number of pre- and post-conference courses; and custom-tailored Workshops, Courses, and Webinars) are organized to facilitate face-to-face networking.

ENBIS hosts an annual conference with presentations from a wide variety of sectors, ranging from manufacturing to service and from private to public. Statistical practitioners and academic statisticians from Europe and beyond meet, exchange ideas, and design new projects in this conference.

The annual ENBIS conferences features both theoretical and practical studies in the area of business and industrial statistics. Conference contributions can consist of academic, business, and/ or industry related research and developments, introductions and overviews (presenting an area of expertise to the uninitiated), reviews (presenting state of the art advances in scientiﬁc research), and best practice communications (sharing experiences of practitioners). In addition, people from industry and business also attend the annual conference to present their problems and current solutions, to ﬁnd better solutions through discussions with other conference participants.

Awards:
ENBIS has established three awards to give credit to people who have helped to broaden the use of statistics in business and industry:

George Box Medal
George Box Medal

The Box Medal is awarded for outstanding contributions to Industrial Statistics. It is named after George Box who was the first recipient of the medal.

Best Manager Award
The Best Manager Award is meant to recognise managers who gave a significant contribution to the success of their companies by advancing the spread and the practice of business and industrial statistics.

Young Statistician Award
The Young Statistician Award is aimed to recognise the work of young people in introducing innovative methods, promoting the use of statistics and/or successfully using it in the daily practice.

Special Interest Groups:
Each ENBIS member may join any number of Special Interest Groups. These groups (or SIGs) are formed to bring ENBIS members together with common interests to •	organise workshops with very specialised talks, that can go into a lot of depth as all the members have a high-level understanding of the topics discussed •	organise tutorials on emerging methods that might be interesting for the working group members •	write recommendations for particular fields of application •	take an interesting data set, analyse it in sub groups or alone and discuss the various analysis options afterwards •	serve as a network so that individual members find quick collegiate consultancy if needed It is very much up to the individual special interest group (and its leadership/coordination team), what kind of route is chosen. The following are the SIG’s of ENBIS: •	Computing •	Corporate Section •	Datamining •	Design of Experiments •	Measurement Uncertainty •	Pharma •	Process Modeling and Control •	Reliability and Safety •	Risk Management •	Statistics in Practice •	Stochastic Modeling •	Young Statisticians

Local Networks:
ENBIS has the following local networks to reinforce, to broaden, and/or to internationalize the activities. The advantages for both ENBIS and the local networks include the options of alignment of activities, providing more value to the members and at the same time strengthen the capability of organising meetings and events of larger added value.

Reference

 * 1) Shirley Coleman, Tony Greenfield, Dave Stewardson, Douglas C. Montgomery (2008) "Statistical Practice in Business and Industry" Wiley
 * 2) M.F. Ramalhoto, R. Göb, Antonio Pievatolo Oystein Evandt Jukka Salmikuukka (2003) "A scheme of industry - academia interaction to enhance research and development issues" Safety and Reliability: Proceedings of ESREL 2003, Volume 2