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ABOUT INDUSTRIAL
ENGINEERING
What is Industrial
Engineering?
Industrial Engineering …is a discipline concerned with the design,
improvement, and installation of integrated systems of people, material,
information, equipment, and energy to produce Goods and Services. It
draws upon specialized knowledge and skills in the mathematical,
physical, and social sciences together with the principles and methods
of engineering analysis and design to specify, predict, and evaluate the
results to be obtained from such systems.
What do Industrial
Engineers do?
Industrial engineers
(IEs) figure out how to do things better, drawing upon specialized
knowledge and skills in the mathematical and physical sciences,
engineering sciences, humanities and the social sciences to analyze,
design, improve, control and evaluate production systems. Some
benefits that can be directly linked to the work of industrial engineers
include;
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More efficient
and more profitable business practices while increasing customer
service and quality,
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Good
organization,
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Increased
ability to do more with less,
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Making work
safer, faster, easier, and more rewarding,
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Reducing the
costs associated with new technologies,
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Showing ways to
improve the working environments.
Where do Industrial
Engineers work?
The term
“industrial” actually applies to “any organization”. Industrial
engineering gives the graduates the opportunity to work in all kinds of
business; manufacturing firms, service industries, and municipal and
government organizations. Some sample projects of IE’s are as
follows:
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Preparing the
night shift schedule at a hospital
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Performing
production planning activities of a manufacturing firm
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Developing
layout of a bank
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Simulation
modeling
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Designing a
product that will prevent worker injury
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