industrial engineering
Industrial engineering is a branch of engineering that deals with the development, improvement, implementation and evaluation of integrated systems of people, money, knowledge, information, equipment, energy, materials and processes. It also deals with the design of new prototypes to save money and make them better. Industrial engineering is built on the principles and methods of analysis and synthesis of engineering and design to specify, predict and evaluate the results of such systems. In lean manufacturing, industrial engineers work to eliminate waste of all resources.
terminology
The industry term is misunderstood. While the term originally applied to manufacturing, has spread to many other service sectors.
Industrial engineering is also closely identified with the operations management,systems engineering or manufacturing engineering, a distinction that seems to depend on the viewpoint or motives of those who use it.In the field of health care engineers are commonly known as industrial engineersor engineering managers in health systems.Industrial engineering in Spain together under the same term of Industrial Engineering to other engineering activities such as chemical engineering,electrical engineering or metallurgy, the term industrial engineering is used in Spain to refer to what was called industrial engineering.activity
Industrial engineering encompasses several areas of activity, such asmanagement science, supply chain management, process engineering, operations research, systems engineering, ergonomics, quality engineering andprocess reengineering.
Some examples of applications of industrial engineering include the design of new systems of work in banks, improvements in hospitals and emergencyoperations, global product distribution, and reduction and improvement ofwaiting lines in banks, hospitals, theme parks and vehicular traffic systems.
Industrial engineers typically use statistical and computer simulators, especiallydiscrete event simulation for analysis and evaluation.
Some examples of applications of industrial engineering include the design of new systems of work in banks, improvements in hospitals and emergencyoperations, global product distribution, and reduction and improvement ofwaiting lines in banks, hospitals, theme parks and vehicular traffic systems.
Industrial engineers typically use statistical and computer simulators, especiallydiscrete event simulation for analysis and evaluation.
history
Much has been written about the pioneers of the administration, who emerged during and after the industrial revolution in England and America. Before the industrial revolution, producing well-known craftsmen in the home system. In those days the administration of the factories was no problem. However, as new devices are developed and discovered new sources of energy, had the practical need to organize the factory so they could take advantage of innovations.Perhaps the first of all the pioneers was Sir Richard Arkwright (1732-1792) in England who invented the spinning-wheel mechanic. He also created and established what was probably the first management control system to regulate production and the work of employees of the factories.Subsequently, other developers of industrial engineering in the world were Frederick W. Taylor who came to be known as the father of scientific management in 1911 when he published his latest book entitled "The Principles of Scientific Management", created what he called the formula for maximum production in stating that "the maximum production is obtained when a worker is assigned a definite task to perform in a given time and a definite shape, "although this concept has changed remains an important part of industrial engineering, then Frank Gilbreth and Lillian Gilbreth contributed to the idea of Taylor to create the method "therbligs" (Gilbreth spelled backwards), which identified and sought asylum basic 18 elements that are performed in almost all human activities, each of these movements or therbligs should be achieved in a defined range of time, other characters that contributed were: Henri Fayol and Harrington Emerson, an advocate of efficient operations and payment of rewards for increased production, as well as Henry Ford, father of modern assembly line used for mass production or mass production .
