What is Industrial Engineering? Industrial Engineering is an engineering discipline dealing with the design, analysis and control of a system that produces goods and / or services. Industrial engineers are generally concerned with all technical problems related to productivity and production management and control. Industrial engineers are involved in every kind of organization such as production, distribution, transportation, trade and service. Their responsibilities vary from unit operation design to control of the entire production and service system.
The mission of the Industrial Engineer; to increase "productivity" and "quality" by bringing together the physical, financial, economic and human elements that make up the system so that the system can achieve its specified goal. The industrial engineer designs systems to improve the quality of work environment, which will increase the productivity and effectiveness of people and societies. In simpler terms, industrial engineers are interested in how something could or might be better.
Who is Industrial Engineer?
Industrial engineer know well management and optimization issues as well as basic science and basic engineering sciences and analyzing, planning and supervising person thereby using this knowledge in an efficient manner and using resources such as raw materials, auxiliary materials, energy, machinery and labor force in the most efficient manner.
Main Study Areas of Industrial Engineering Graduates
Counseling and Education Experimental Design Logistics Engineering Economics Engineering Management Ergonomics Facility Planning Lean Manufacturing Maintenance Production Software System Analysis Material Management Operations Research Production and Inventory Control Project Management Quality / ISO 9000 / ISO 14000 Human Resources Management Productivity Management Work Study Marketing Sales Production Resource Planning