Industrial Engineering

      Industrial engineering is a branch of engineering concerned with the development, improvement, implementation and evaluation of integrated systems of people, money, knowledge, information, equipment, energy, material and process.

     Today, industrial engineers are broadly concerned with productivity and all of the technical problems of production management and control. Their responsibilities range from the design of unit operations to that of controlling complete production and service systems.

      Their jobs involve the integration of the physical, financial, economic, and human components of such systems to attain specified goals. Industrial engineering includes activities such as production planning and control; quality control; inventory, equipment, warehouse, and materials management; plant layout; and job and work station design.

      Industrial engineers are employed in organizations such as government, manufacturing industry, research and consulting institutions, health care units, banks, insurance and utility companies. Industrial Engineering discipline has close links to management - many industrial engineers have successful careers in management.