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Some particular specializations of Inustrial or Manufacturing
Engineering are:
- Manufacturing
Systems Engineering:
Entails planning, analysis, and design of manufacturing
methods, processes, and integrated systems including consideration
of the equipment, controls, services, managerial considerations,
and new technology such as computer-aided design/computer-aided
manufacturing (CAD/CAM), automation, robotics, and computer
control.
- Production
and Management Systems Engineering:The methods and
theoretical foundations for analysis, design, installation,
and maintenance of operational and management systems involved
in the production and distribution of goods and services.
Planning, scheduling, allocation, and control for productivity
improvement and effective utilization of economic, human,
and physical resources.
- Operations
Research: The investigation and development of principles
and techniques for quantitative evaluation, identification,
analysis, organization, design, and representation of integrated
physical and operational systems, using theory and methods
of statistics, stochastic processes, mathematical modeling,
computer science, and optimization.
- Human
Factors Engineering: Involves the systematic application
of knowledge about sensory, perceptual, mental, and psychomotor
characteristics in the engineering design of equipment and
facilities to enhance operational use and improve the quality
of working life.
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January 16, 2005
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