INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

ABSTRACT
 
Industrial engineering is an engineering approach to the detailed analysis of inputs in an industry such as human efforts, materials, invested capital, installed systems and use this analysis to improve the productivity or profits without increasing the resources being consumed.
Industrial engineering evolved after the industrial revolution due to the advent of new inventions and growth of industries. Today industrial engineering is considered as a very significant tool for increasing productivity and hence for the progress of an industry. The reason for the strength of industrial engineering is it’s base i.e.:- management thinking. Scientific management has also contributed a lot to industrial engineering.
Industrial engineering teaches to manage each and every aspect of an industry be it plant layout, wages administration or union and industrial (labour) relations .In an industry besides production, other departments utilizing industrial engineering concept are Marketing, Finance, Purchasing, Industrial Relations, etc.
The next most important person to the M.D and Managers is an industrial engineer who is trained as productivity and quality improvement specialist. The roles of industrial engineer are explained later in the paper.
Our paper explains the concept of industrial engineering in detail. The objectives, applications, techniques, history and future of industrial engineering is discussed here.