A World of Opportunities

If you’re looking for a way to combine your interests in engineering and business, look into industrial engineering. Any enterprise that uses technology, people, and information, uses industrial engineers to improve productivity, enhance quality, manage resources-in short, to make things better.

Are you interested in making the workplace safer and more productive, finding ways to reduce costs and increase profits, or designing effective systems to integrate workers and technology? Industrial engineers are responsible for making this happen.

The Industrial Engineering Profession
Industrial engineers focus on improving productivity through performance. They bridge the gap between management and operations, and provide the leadership necessary for integrating technology in day-to-day operations. They work in a variety of fields–manufacturing, consulting, finance, health care, the service industry, and other businesses. Rapid product development and distribution makes this profession particularly marketable.

Industrial and manufacturing engineers have expertise in:

• computer-aided manufacturing
• ergonomics
• quality contro
• economic analysis
• computer modeling
• system optimization
• facility layout
• production scheduling
• enterprise computing
• process planning
• manufacturing processes

The ability to produce and distribute high-quality products at a reasonable cost makes a manufacturer successful in local, national, and global markets. Industrial engineers play a key role in helping companies achieve this goal.


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