Knowledge Day of Industrial Engineering is expected to bring students, faculty and professionals of industrial engineering together to discuss the knowledge of the profession in offline and online platforms. platform.
Birth Day of Frank Gilbreth 7th July is being celebrated as the
Knowledge Day of Industrial Engineering. Birthday of F.W. Taylor (DOB: 20th March 1865) is also
Knowledge Day of Industrial Engineering .
Frank Gilbreth's birth day was 7th July 1868 (
http://answers.encyclopedia.com/question/frank-b-gilbreth-born-163426.html )
2012
A video collection posted today.
Frank Gilbreth - Motion Study - Videos on YouTube
New Google book identified
Bricklaying System by Gilbreth - It is a full view book.
2010
Students of NITIE are posting number of articles which are summaries of various articles published in Industrial Engineer magazine
Index of articles written by IE students of NITIE, Mumbai, India on the occasion of Knol Day of Industrial Engineering
Industrial Engineer Magazine Article Summaries by 2010 IE Students NITIE, Mumbai, India
All visitors are requested to write comments on various issues related to industrial engineering in comments blocks.
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About Frank Gilbreth
Source for the photos:
http://www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol/manuscripts/fblg/
Books by Gilbreth
Motion study : a method for increasing the efficiency of the workman (1911)
Applied motion study; a collection of papers on the efficient method to industrial preparedness (1917)
Fatigue study; the elimination of humanity's greatest unnecessary waste, a first step in motion study (1919)
Watch Original Movies Made by Gilbreth
Industrial Engineering - Introduction
Industrial engineering is explained as human effort engineering and system efficiency engineering by Narayana Rao.
The activities carried out in system efficiency engineering can be categorized as:
Methods efficiency engineering
Product design efficiency engineering
Inspection methods efficiency engineering
Materials handling efficiency engineering
Warehouse efficiency engineering
The emphasis on the term "efficiency" is very important. This term separates managers from industrial engineers and also functional engineers from industrial engineers. But industrial engineers improve efficiency of all systems, systems in factories, offices as well as management systems. Resource use efficiency in any system is the focus of industrial engineering discipline.
There are many knols (articles are called knols) on industrial engineering. Two of the collections are
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Introduction to Industrial Engineering - Course at NITIE
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Industrial Engineering - Knols of Narayana Rao K V S S
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Some More Knols on Industrial Engineering
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Web Pages on Industrial Engineering
Work Study: Method Study and Work Measurement
Work study which includes method study and work measurement is the core of Industrial Engineering. A succinct, yet complete presentation of work study can be seen at:
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New Knols in Industrial Engineering - June 2010 onwards
Curriculum Proposals and Suggestions for Modifications
The Engineering Science of Industrial Engineering: A Viewpoint of the Industrial Engineering Curriculum
Author: William E. Bilesa
Affiliation: a Department of Industrial Engineering Edward R. Clark Professor of Computer-Aided Engineering, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
IIE Transactions, Volume 23, Issue 3 September 1991 , pages 208 - 214
Abstract
This paper outlines the scientific underpinnings of Industrial Engineering and proposes an approach to educating the Industrial Engineer based on this engineering science. The proposed definition of the “Industrial Engineering science” rests on the premise that IE is made up of three main functional areas: (1) production engineering, (2) operational science, and (3) ergonomics/human factors engineering. This paper outlines the various IE activities that fall into these three functional categories, and attempts to show the relationships of those areas to six underlying science bases; namely, (1) Industrial Engineering sciences, (2) general engineering sciences, (3) life sciences, (4) physical sciences, (5) behavioral and social sciences, and (6) mathematics.
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Books
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