Industrial Engineering
Kent Rodrguez
What Industrial
Engineers do?
Industrial
engineers determine
the most effective ways to use
the basic factors of production,
people,
machines,
materials,
information, and energy to make
a product or provide a service.
IEs make processes
better in the following
ways
More efficient and more profitable business
practices.
Better customer service and product quality.
Increased ability to do more with less.
Making work safer, faster, easier, and more
rewarding.
Helping companies produce more products
quickly.
Making the world safer through better designed
products.
Typical focus areas
include:
Supply Chain Management.
Program Management.
Manufacturing, Production and
Distribution.
Quality Measurement and Improvement.
Ergonomics/Human Factors.
Technology Development and Transfer.
Financial Engineering.
Supply Chain Management
Manage Supplier relationships.
Performance Indices to management.
Audit Suppliers and ensure supplier processes and
procedures are being followed.
Work with Outsource Manufacturers to ensure
product quality, delivery and cost, is maintained
Project Management
Develop the detailed work breakdown structure
of complex activities and form them into an
integrated plan.
Provide time based schedules and resource
allocations
for
complex
plans
or
implementations.
Perform risk analysis of various project options.
Manufacturing, Production
and Distribution
Participate
in
design
reviews
manufacturability of the product.
to
ensure
Create documentation and work instructions for
production and distribution.
Manage
resources
and
maintain
schedule
requirements to meet required production and
distribution schedules.
Quality Measurement and
Improvement
Resolve quality-related issues in all aspects of the
business.
Work with design and production teams and outsource
manufacturers to ensure product quality is maintained
during the design and production phases.
Ergonomics/Human
Factors
Ensure Human Factors Engineering is utilized in New
Product Design
Ensure Human Factors Engineering disciplines are
utilized in production setup and configuration.
Minimize causes of employee injury and discomfort.
Technology Development
and Transfer
Identify basic business problems requiring analysis.
Determine if technology or process based solution best.
Characterize problem, identify prospective
providers/bidders and submit requests for proposals.
Financial Engineering
Determine production costs using specific cost based
methodology.
Develop budgets, forecasts for operating cost centers.
Employers of Industrial
Engineers
Industries including:
Manufacturing,
aerospace, transportation, construction,
communications, electrical and electronics machinery.
Retail companies.
Consulting companies.
Banks and financial institutions.
Hospitals and healthcare organizations.
Education and public service agencies.
Utility companies.
Not-for-profit organizations.
Small businesses and start-ups (entrepreneurship).
State and federal government including armed forces.
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