Industrial engineers find ways to eliminate wastefulness in production processes. They devise efficient systems that integrate workers, machines, materials, information, and energy to make a product or provide a service.
Industrial Engineering Duties typically include: Review production schedules, engineering specifications, process flows, and other information to understand methods that are applied and activities that take place in manufacturing and services Figure out how to manufacture parts or products, or deliver services, with maximum efficiency Develop management control systems to make financial planning and cost analysis more efficient Enact quality control procedures
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to resolve production problems or minimize costs Design control systems to coordinate activities and production planning in order to ensure that products meet quality standards Confer with clients about product specifications, vendors about purchases, management personnel about manufacturing capabilities, and staff about the status of projects Industrial engineers apply their skills to many different situations, from
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manufacturing to healthcare systems to business administration. For example, they design systems for moving heavy parts within manufacturing plants delivering goods from a company to customers, including finding the most profitable places to locate manufacturing or processing plants evaluating job performance paying workers