Industrial Engineering is concerned with the design of production systems . The Industrial Engineer analyzes and specifies integrated components of people, machines, and facilities to create efficient and effective systems that produce goods and services beneficial to mankind. Back to the Top of the Page . Back to the Top of the Page . Generally, the criteria for judging improvement are productivity and quality.
Productivity means getting more from the resources being expended, namely being efficient.
Quality judges the value or effectiveness of the output. Back to the Top of the Page . Industrial Engineering focuses on systems design. Production processes are composed of many interacting parts, all of whom work together. Experience has taught that changes to one portion may not result in improvements to the whole.