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Industrial Engineering Terminology

 


Industrial engineering terminology. ASME, 1955

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Industrial Engineering: The art and science of utilizing and coordinating men, equipment, and materials to attain a desired quantity and quality of output at a specified time and at an optimum cost. This may include gathering, analyzing, and acting upon facts pertaining to building and facilities layouts, personnel organization, operating procedures, methods, processes, schedules, time standards, wage rates, wage payment plans, costs, and systems for controlling the quality and quantity of goods and services.


 Industrial Engineer: One who has the necessary education, training, experience, and personal attributes to perform the work included in the field of industrial engineering. 


Operation: n. The intentional changing of an object in any of its physical or chemical characteristics; the assembly or disassembly of parts or objects; the preparation of an object for another operation, transportation, inspection or storage; planning, calculating, or the giving or receiving of information.


Operation Analysis: 1. A study of the factors which affect the performance of an operation such as purpose of the operation, other operations on the part, inspection requirements, materials used, manner of handling material, setup and tool equipment, existing working conditions, and methods employed. 2. A procedure employed in studying the major factors which affect the general method of performing a given operation. 

Operation Analysis Chart: A form that lists all the important factors affecting the effectiveness of an operation and is used to guide the progress and insure the completeness of an operation analysis.


Standardization: A management sponsored program to establish criteria or policies that will promote uniform practices and conditions within the company and permit their control through comparisons. It deals with such areas as work quality and quantity, working conditions, wage rates, and production methods.





Ud. 13.10.2024
Pub. 16.5.2021


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