Friday, December 18, 2020

Industrial Engineering & ISE - Engineering & Technology, Process, and People

 

Industrial engineers and industrial system engineers must have a thorough knowledge of engineering and specific technologies potentially applicable to a process. Then as process is being designed or improved they have to creatively apply the technologies using engineering methods as required. The process effectiveness using machine work has to be validated.

People are required in automatic systems. Human machine interaction is important. Industrial engineers have to clearly identify activities to be done people. They need to give training to selected operators and they have to  listen to the feedback and suggestions. All pain points are to be resolved. The psychological, sociological and cognitive issues have to be understood and utilized appropriately to increase satisfaction of persons.



Applying Industrial Engineering principles, methods, techniques and tools in new technologies is termed as Applied Industrial Engineering.


Applied Industrial Engineering - Engineering & Technology, Process, and People

Bela Gold, Rosegger, Gerhard. and Boylan, Myles G. Jr. (1990)


"Technological advances have come to be recognized as probably the most important source of improvements in the productivity and competitive strength of industries and, consequently, of gains in national economic growth, standards of living, and economic security."

Gold, Bela. Rosegger, Gerhard. and Boylan, Myles G. Jr. (1990) Evaluating Technological Innovations, D.C. Heath, Lexington, p.3.

Hence for industrial engineers in productivity improvement task, becoming aware of new technology and understanding it for implementing relevant new technologies in the processes of their organizaton are important daily activities.


Applied Industrial Engineering

The "Applied Industrial Engineering" term was used by Shafeek et al. [2014] . Rao [2017] stated in Principles of Industrial Engineering that "Industrial engineering defined as system efficiency engineering has application in all branches of engineering. Productivity improvement is needed in engineering systems of all branches and therefore industrial engineering needs to be used in all branches of engineering. It needs to be taught in all engineering branches."


New engineering areas like biotechnology and nanotechnology are growing. Productivity improvement is an essential activity in all technology systems. Industrial engineering professionals have to apply the current industrial engineering theory and practice to the new technologies. 

What are the process steps in applied industrial engineering?

An initial proposal.

Monitor - The technology environment for identifying new technologies.
Explore - The selected technology
Analyze - Measure and determine productivity improvement opportunities
Develop - Ideas to improve productivity
Analyze - Economics and optimization opportunities
Participate - in full project report finalization
Incorporate - Productivity improvements
Install - The project
Manage - Productivity maintenance and improvement activities in the projects and technology

The initial proposal was posted in Linkedin communities for comments and suggestions. Response indicates general support. (15 June 2018)

Modified steps

Monitor - Explore - Analyze - Develop - Optimize - Participate - Install - Improve


Brief explanation of the Applied Industrial Engineering - Process Steps


Monitor - Technology Monitoring - Applied Industrial Engineering

Explore - Technology Exploration - Applied Industrial Engineering

Analysis - Productivity Analysis of New Technology - Applied Industrial Engineering

Develop - Develop Productivity Knowledge of New Technology - Applied Industrial Engineering

Optimize - Optimize Productivity Engineering Ideas - Applied Industrial Engineering

Participate - Participate in New Technology Implementation Projects - Applied Industrial Engineering

Install - Be An Active Member of the Project Execution and Management Team - Applied Industrial Engineering

Improve - Continuous and Periodic Improvement of Productivity - Applied Industrial Engineering


Updated on 19 Dec 2020

First published on 10 November 2020

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