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Industrial engineering — Wikipedia (en)

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Industrial engineering (IE) revolves around the design, improvement and installation of integrated systems of people, materials, information, equipment and energy. It draws upon specialized knowledge and skill in the mathematical, physical, and social 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. Industrial engineering is a branch of engineering that focuses on optimizing complex processes, systems, and organizations by improving efficiency, productivity, and quality. It combines principles from engineering, mathematics, and business to design, analyze, and manage systems that involve people, materials, information, equipment, and energy. Industrial engineers aim to reduce waste, streamline operations, and enhance overall performance across various industries, including manufacturing, healthcare, logistics, and service sectors. Industrial engineers are employed in numerous industries, such as automobile manufacturing, aerospace, healthcare, forestry, finance, leisure, and education. Industrial engineering combines the physical and social sciences together with engineering principles to improve processes and systems. Several industrial engineering principles are followed to ensure the effective flow of systems, processes, and operations. Industrial engineers work to improve quality and productivity while simultaneously cutting waste. They use principles such as lean manufacturing, six sigma, information systems, process capability, and more. These principles allow the creation of new systems, processes or situations for the useful coordination of labor, materials and machines. Depending on the subspecialties involved, industrial engineering may also overlap with, operations research, systems engineering, manufacturing engineering, production engineering, supply chain engineering, process engineering, management science, engineering management, ergonomics or human factors engineering, safety engineering, logistics engineering, quality engineering or other related capabilities or fields.

Tema degli esploratori: ricerca e scienza aperta (deposito sistematico; ricerca «research data management»).
Fonte: Wikipedia in inglese, voce «Industrial engineering» — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_engineering
Wikidata Q4489420: «branch of engineering which deals with the optimization of complex processes or systems» (dati Wikidata in CC0 1.0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4489420
Autori: i contributori di Wikipedia (cronologia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_engineering?action=history).
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