AIIE (American Institute of
Industrial Engineers) said for the definition of Industrial Engineering as
follows:
"Industrial Engineering is concerned with the
design, improvement and installation of integrated system of men, materials and
equipment. It draws upon specialized knowledge and skills in the mathematical,
physical sciences together with the principles and methods of engineering
analysis and design to specify, predict and evaluate the results to be obtained
from such systems."
Actually industrial
engineering is a branch of engineering which deals with the
optimization of complex processes or systems. It is concerned
with the development, improvement, implementation and evaluation of integrated
systems of people, money, knowledge, information, equipment, energy, materials,
analysis and synthesis, as well as the mathematical, physical and social
sciences together with the principles and methods of engineering design to
specify, predict, and evaluate the results to be obtained from such systems or
processes. While industrial engineering is a traditional and longstanding
engineering discipline subject to (and eligible for) professional engineering licensure
in most jurisdictions, its underlying concepts overlap considerably with
certain business-oriented disciplines such as operations management.
Depending
on the subspecialties involved, industrial engineering may also be known as, or
overlap with, operations management, management science, production engineering,
operations research, systems engineering, management engineering, manufacturing
engineering, ergonomics or human factors engineering, safety
engineering, or others, depending on the viewpoint or motives of the user.
The
prime objective of industrial engineering is to increase the productivity by
eliminating waste and non-value adding (unproductive) operations and improving
the effective utilization of resources.
