Industrial Engineering Knowledge Center: Industrial Engineering Tool Kit

Friday, March 11, 2022

"Industrial Engineering is human effort engineering and system efficiency engineering."
This statement appeared in IIE magazine "Industrial Engineer" in March 2010 issue.

The following subjects or techniques form part of industrial engineering tool kit.

Special Promotion of Posts

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Techniques of Value Analysis and Engineering by L.D. Miles, Book Information, Review and Summary

http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/03/techniques-of-value-analysis-and.html

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Value Analysis and Engineering - Examples by L.D. Miles

http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2013/12/value-analysis-and-engineering-examples.html

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Work Simplification Education and Training to All - Principle of Industrial Engineering

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2017/07/work-simplification-education-and.html

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Human Effort Industrial Engineering - Design of Human Effort for Increasing Productivity, Comfort, Health and Income

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2017/09/human-effort-industrial-engineering.html

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Productivity Science - Determinants of Productivity

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2017/10/productivity-science-determinants-of.html

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Productivity Science of Machining I - Industrial Engineering Research by Taylor Part 1.

For every basic production process we need productivity science.

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2020/06/ie-research-by-taylor-part-1.html

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Method and Motion Study in a Printing Company - 2019

http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2020/06/method-and-motion-study-in-printing.html

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Taylor Society Bulletin on Industrial Engineering - Taylor's Way

http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2020/06/taylor-society-bulletin.html

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Warehouse Industrial Engineering - Introduction

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2021/10/warehouse-industrial-engineering.html

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Zero Defect Movement and Six Sigma Method - Scalingup of Six Sigma in GE

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/03/six-sigma-contribution-to-ge-1997.html

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THE EIGHTH PRINCIPLE OF EFFICIENCY: STANDARDS AND SCHEDULES - Harrington Emerson

http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2013/10/chapter-10x-eighth-principle-standards.html

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Material Handling Analysis in Methods Efficiency Engineering. Based on Operation Analysis by Maynard and Stegemerten.

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2013/11/material-handling-analysis-in-operations.html

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Productivity and IE in Tire Manufacturing

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2014/02/productivity-and-ie-in-tire.html

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Productivity Improvement in Machine Shop - F.W. Taylor

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2020/05/productivity-improvement-in-machine.html

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Supply Chain Efficiency - Supply Chain Waste Elimination - Lean Supply Chain

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/08/supply-chain-efficiency.html

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F.W.Taylor - The Principles of Scientific Management and Industrial Engineering

http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-principles-of-scientific-management.html

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Productivity Incentives - Principle of Industrial Engineering

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2017/06/productivity-incentives-principle-of.html

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Industry 4.0 - IIoT - Productivity Engineering

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2017/12/industry-40-iiot-productivity.html

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Hand Tools, Cutting Tools and Machine Accessories for Productivity

http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2018/04/industrial-engineering-hand-tools.html

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Industrial Engineering is Redesign of Products and Processes in Different Technologies for Increasing Productivity.

http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2019/04/industrial-engineering-redesign-of.html

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Pennsylvania State University - Industrial Engineering Programs

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2019/09/pennsylvania-state-university.html

TAYLOR'S INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING - PROF. DIEMER.

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2020/05/prof-hugo-diemer-taylors-industrial.html

Process Improvement - Process Industrial Engineering - Methods and Techniques

Process Industrial Engineering - Methods and Techniques

Machine Shop Process Industrial Engineering

2021 Machine Shop Engineering & Technology - Productivity Improvement & Cost Reduction News.

News - Information for Material Handling and Transport Operation Analysis

Automated Material Handling - Transport - Bibliography

Productivity IoT Engineering

Time Study and Work Measurement - Definitions.

Time Study - 1903 Explanation by F.W. Taylor - Process Time Reduction Study

Process Human Effort Industrial Engineering Course (Module) - Lessons

Frank B. Gilbreth: Contribution to Human Effort Industrial Engineering

Human Effort Engineering

1. Principles of Motion Economy and Motion Study.

Therbligs, SIMO chart, Chronocycle graph
2. Work Measurement

Stop watch time study, work sampling, PMTS - MTM, MOST
3. Ergonomics

4. Safe Work Practice Design

Personal protective devices

5. Wage Incentives and Job Evaluation

System Efficiency Engineering

1. Method Study and Methods Efficiency Design

Process analysis, operation analysis, work station design
2. Value Engineering

3. Statistics Based Techniques: Statistical Quality Control (SQC), Statistical Process Control (SPC), and Six Sigma Projects etc.

4. Mathematical Optimization, Operations Research and Quantitative Techniques

Linear programming models, Integer programming, Non-linear programming
5. Plant Layout Studies for reduction of material movement, operator movement and movement of salesmen etc.

6. Engineering Economics

Engineering Economic Appraisals of projects submitted by Engineering Departments

7. Specialised Functional IE Solutions: SMED. Lean Manufacturing, BPR

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Online Articles on these topics

Industrial Engineering of Systems - System Industrial Engineering

Human Effort Engineering

1. Principles of Motion Economy and Motion Study.

Therbligs, SIMO chart, Chronocycle graph

Work Station Design - An Activity of Human Effort Engineering

Principles of Motion Economy

Motion Study - Human Effort Engineering

Motion Study - Operation Analysis - Questions

2. Work Measurement

Stop watch time study, work sampling, PMTS - MTM, MOST
3. Ergonomics

Ergonomics - Introduction

4. Safe Work Practice Design

Personal protective devices

Safety Aspect of Human Effort Engineering - A Manual to Support

Safety Gloves

5. Wage Incentives and Job Evaluation

Job Evaluation - Purpose - Consultants

System Efficiency Engineering

Systems Efficiency Engineering - A Focus Area of Industrial Engineering
System Efficiency Engineering - Methods, Subjects, Techniques, and Tools (Link to be added Knol no. 2311)

1. Method Study and Methods Design

Process analysis, operation analysis, work station design

Method Study

Process Analysis - Questions/Check List

2. Value Engineering

Value Engineering - Introduction
Value Analysis: Approach and Job Plan
Value Analysis and Engineering Techniques - 13 Techniques Proposed by L.D. Miles, the founder of value analysis and engineering
Value Engineering - Examples, Cases and Benefits

Knowledge Required for Value Engineering Application and Practice

3. Statistics Based Techniques: Statistical Quality Control (SQC), Statistical Process Control (SPC), and Six Sigma Projects etc.

Statistical Quality Control – Industrial Engineering

4. Operations Research and Quantitative Techniques

Linear programming models, Integer programming, Non-linear programming

Operations Research - An Efficiency Improvement Tool for Industrial Engineers

5. Plant Layout Studies for reduction of material movement, operator movement and movement of salesmen etc.

6. Engineering Economics

Engineering Economic Appraisals of projects submitted by Engineering Departments

Engineering Economics is an Efficiency Improvement Tool for Industrial Engineers

7. Specialised Functional IE Solutions: SMED. Lean Manufacturing

SMED - Single Minute Exchange of Dies - An Industrial Engineering Innovation

5S System - Work Place Design (Industrial Engineering)

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Modules of Industrial Engineering ONLINE Course Notes

Modules