Industrial engineers, technologists and technicians seek out and study the most effective way to bring together the basic elements of production; people, machines, materials, information and energy to make a product or provide a service.
They are the bridge that links a company’s management goals such as cost efficiency and optimal production to its operational performance.
To do this they look at ways of increasing productivity through the management of people, methods of business organisation and technology making industrial engineers different from other engineering disciplines because people and not only processes lie at the heart of what they do.
The industrial engineer determines a company’s human resource and skills requirements as well as how to operate in top gear to create employment, economic sustainability and wealth.
The day to day tasks of an industrial engineer varies considerably depending on the sector they work in, they are not only found in manufacturing, although that’s where many specialize; they are also an integral part of the service industries where they provide more efficient and profitable practices like they do in manufacturing.
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