Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Yes - Industrial Engineering Benefits the Society and Organizations


Yes - Industrial Engineering Benefits the Society and Organizations

2025 - A to Z Industrial Engineering - Blogging Theme - Industrial Engineering Benefits the Society and Organizations




Industrial Engineering - Systems/Processes/Methods Improvement Using Engineering solutions creatively.

Industrial Engineering - Prime focus - Productivity Improvement.

Productivity improvement gives National Prosperity and Organization Prosperity.



Source: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/national-productivity-council-gandhinagar_cartoonseriesabr10-productivity-economicgrowth-activity-7301162658278379520-eyyl


The picture explains clearly that industrial engineering that focuses on productivity improvement at the design stage and during operations of systems - processes - methods benefits organizations and society. The river of productivity has to be there in every organization. Industrial engineering must be utilized in every engineering activity.

Effective industrial engineering in all organizations of the country leads to country prosperity.


A to Z of Industrial Engineering - Blogging Challenge April 2025 - Proposed Posts

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2025/02/a-to-z-of-industrial-engineering.html


Existing Collection of Articles

A to Z of Industrial Engineering - Principles, Methods, Techniques, Tools and Applications

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2018/06/a-to-z-of-industrial-engineering.html


Modern Industrial Engineering - Summary Explanation.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/modern-industrial-engineering-summary-explanation-april-kvss-8hiyc

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Yes - Industrial Engineering Benefits the Society and Organizations


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Industrial and systems engineering (ISE)

Industrial and systems engineering (ISE) is defined as a discipline concerned with the design, improvement and installation of integrated systems of people, materials, information, equipment and energy. It draws upon specialised knowledge and skill in the mathematical, physical, and social sciences together with the principles and methods of engineering analysis and design, to specify, predict, and evaluate the results to be obtained from such systems (IISE 2024). 


The main components of ISE knowledge that reflect a categorisation of pertinent industrial and systems engineering theories and models include (1) work design & measurement, (2) operations research & analysis, (3) engineering economic analysis, (4) facilities engineering & energy management, (5) quality & reliability engineering, (6) ergonomics & human factors, (7) operations engineering & management, (8) supply chain management, (9) engineering management, (10) safety, (11) information engineering, (12) design and manufacturing engineering, (13) product design & development, and 14) system design & engineering.



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Modern Industrial Engineering - LinkedIn News Letter - May 2025 Issue. 

Topic of Focus - Current Issues of Interest in Industrial Engineering to Make it Effective.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/current-issues-interest-industrial-engineering-may-2025-kvss-1hekc










Monday, April 28, 2025

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2025 - A to Z Industrial Engineering - Blogging Theme - Industrial Engineering Benefits the Society and Organizations




Industrial Engineering - Systems/Processes/Methods Improvement Using Engineering solutions creatively.

Industrial Engineering - Prime focus - Productivity Improvement.

Productivity improvement gives National Prosperity and Organization Prosperity.



Source: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/national-productivity-council-gandhinagar_cartoonseriesabr10-productivity-economicgrowth-activity-7301162658278379520-eyyl




A to Z of Industrial Engineering - Blogging Challenge April 2025 - Proposed Posts

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2025/02/a-to-z-of-industrial-engineering.html


Existing Collection of Articles

A to Z of Industrial Engineering - Principles, Methods, Techniques, Tools and Applications

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2018/06/a-to-z-of-industrial-engineering.html


Modern Industrial Engineering - Summary Explanation.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/modern-industrial-engineering-summary-explanation-april-kvss-8hiyc

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Modern Industrial Engineering - LinkedIn News Letter - May 2025 Issue. 

Topic of Focus - Current Issues of Interest in Industrial Engineering to Make it Effective.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/current-issues-interest-industrial-engineering-may-2025-kvss-1hekc


Friday, April 25, 2025

Value Engineering and Industrial Engineering

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2025 - A to Z Industrial Engineering - Blogging Theme - Industrial Engineering Benefits the Society and Organizations




Industrial Engineering - Systems/Processes/Methods Improvement Using Engineering solutions creatively.

Industrial Engineering - Prime focus - Productivity Improvement.

Productivity improvement gives National Prosperity and Organization Prosperity.



Source: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/national-productivity-council-gandhinagar_cartoonseriesabr10-productivity-economicgrowth-activity-7301162658278379520-eyyl




A to Z of Industrial Engineering - Blogging Challenge April 2025 - Proposed Posts

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2025/02/a-to-z-of-industrial-engineering.html


Existing Collection of Articles

A to Z of Industrial Engineering - Principles, Methods, Techniques, Tools and Applications

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2018/06/a-to-z-of-industrial-engineering.html


Modern Industrial Engineering - Summary Explanation.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/modern-industrial-engineering-summary-explanation-april-kvss-8hiyc

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Value Engineering and  Industrial Engineering


Value engineering was developed by L.D. Miles. Its relation to industrial engineering was explained in a presentation in AIIE.

Value engineering is included in the focus area product industrial engineering by Narayana Rao K.V.S,S,



Industrial and systems engineering (ISE) is defined as a discipline concerned with the design, improvement and installation of integrated systems of people, materials, information, equipment and energy. It draws upon specialised knowledge and skill in the mathematical, physical, and social sciences together with the principles and methods of engineering analysis and design, to specify, predict, and evaluate the results to be obtained from such systems (IISE 2024). 


The main components of ISE knowledge that reflect a categorisation of pertinent industrial and systems engineering theories and models include (1) work design & measurement, (2) operations research & analysis, (3) engineering economic analysis, (4) facilities engineering & energy management, (5) quality & reliability engineering, (6) ergonomics & human factors, (7) operations engineering & management, (8) supply chain management, (9) engineering management, (10) safety, (11) information engineering, (12) design and manufacturing engineering, (13) product design & development, and 14) system design & engineering.



Post Included In

Modern Industrial Engineering - LinkedIn News Letter - May 2025 Issue. 

Topic of Focus - Current Issues of Interest in Industrial Engineering to Make it Effective.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/current-issues-interest-industrial-engineering-may-2025-kvss-1hekc



Tuesday, April 22, 2025

IISE Industrial Engineering - Free Education & Learning Resources

 A to Z of Industrial Engineering - Principles, Methods, Techniques, Tools and Applications

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2018/06/a-to-z-of-industrial-engineering.html


Modern Industrial Engineering - Summary Explanation.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/modern-industrial-engineering-summary-explanation-april-kvss-8hiyc


IISE Free Education & Learning Resources




Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers


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 2025 INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERS

Industrial Engineering of Systems - System Industrial Engineering



First published in this blog. Saturday, September 22, 2012

Industrial Engineering of Systems - System Industrial Engineering

Industrial engineers work on functional designs created by various engineers and managers and make them more efficient by improving resource use efficiency. Industrial engineers are to be associated with systems design or engineering process to make systems more efficient right from the first design stage. Presentation at a Global Conference on the topic (made in 2010 in Tokyo) is included in the article.


Author: Narayana Rao

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Have you industrial engineered your systems?

 The Toyota man,  Ohno said industrial engineering is profit engineering. If you have not industrial engineered your systems, you are leaving potential profit on the table. Industrial engineering is a set of techniques to evaluate your systems' functional designs for efficiency. Wherever there is scope, IE will improve the system's efficiency. What is efficiency? Efficiency or productivity is output/input. A functionally designed system is expected to achieve certain output. Actually the system is designed for a specific installed capacity. Industrial engineers work on this functional design and reduce resource input.

 

What is Industrial Engineering? 

"Industrial Engineering is Human Effort Engineering and System Efficiency Engineering. It is an engineering discipline that deals with the design of human effort and system efficiency in all occupations: agricultural, manufacturing and service. The objectives of Industrial Engineering are optimization of productivity of work-systems and occupational comfort, health, safety and income of persons involved."

Industrial engineers make special efforts to confirm that no quality deterioration takes due to increasing output from machine-man combinations. They demonstrate that same quality is produced after increase in productivity and reduction in cost of production and product. 

The definition emphasizes human effort engineering and system efficiency engineering. 

What are techniques of Industrial Engineering?

 

Human Effort Industrial Engineering - Techniques

 

1. Principles of Motion Economy

2. Motion Study

3. Workstation Design

4. Application of Ergonomics and Biomechanics

5. Fatigue Studies

6. Productivity/Safety/Comfort Device Design

7. Standardization of  Methods

8. Operator training

9. Incentive Systems

10. Job Evaluation

11. Learning effect capture

 

 

System (Engineering) Efficiency Improvement Techniques of Industrial Engineering 

 

1. Process Productivity Analysis - Machine Work Study - Human Work Study

2. Operation Analysis 

3. Time study for Process Cost Reduction

4. Value engineering

5. Statistical quality control

6. Statistical inventory control and ABC Classification Based Inventory Systems

7. Six sigma

8. Operations research

9. Variety reduction

10. Standardization

11. Incentive schemes

12. Waste reduction or elimination

13. Activity based management

14. Business process improvement

15. Fatigue analysis and reduction

16. Industrial Engineering Economy Analysis

17. Learning effect capture and continuous improvement (Kaizen, Quality circles and suggestion schemes)

18. Standard costing

19. 5S

20. SMED

21. IoT Implementation

22. Digital Twin Implementation

23. Automation - Autonomation

24. Seven Wastes Model

 

 

References

 

Industrial Engineering - Knols of Narayana Rao K V S S

 

 

I made presentation on the topic in the GloGift 2010 conference organized at the Keio University, Yokohama City, Tokyo. The presentation is given below. 

 


Presentation made by Prof K.V.S.S. Narayana Rao, Professor, National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai at GloGift Conference, July 2010, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1KeBZffFfZGqid6hVDja1qmR9nWSl3nQ_PV7lgO-5l_A/embed?slide=id.i0



Presentation at
GLOGIFT 2010
Tenth Global Conference on Flexible Systems Management
26th to 28th July, 2010
Venue: Graduate School of System Design and Management
Collaboration Complex, Hiyoshi
Keio University, Japan

Dr. K.V.S.S. Narayana Rao  
Professor
National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE)
Mumbai,
India

Objective of the paper

To advocate that industrial engineering has a role in systems engineering/design process.
The role is to be recognized and highlighted in systems engineering activity description and books.

Industrial Engineering (IE) – Definition by NRao

“Industrial Engineering is Human Effort Engineering and System Efficiency Engineering. It is an engineering discipline that deals with the design of human effort and system efficiency in all occupations: agricultural, manufacturing and service.”



Industrial engineering is redesign of engineering system both products and production system to make them productive and economical. Industrial engineering improves efficiency and reduces cost of production and products. Reduction in costs permits companies to sell products at lower prices and increase sales. Thus industrial engineering provides growth to companies and thus in aggregate provides growth to economy.


The redesign is done immediately after the original designers come out with the design and also many times later during the operation of the production system or production life cycle of the product.


Industrial engineering methods can be classified in these categories


1. Product Design Efficiency Engineering

2. Methods Efficiency Engineering  - Production Methods Efficiency Engineering, Inspection Methods Efficiency Engineering, Maintenance Methods Efficiency Engineering,  Business Processes Efficiency Engineering, Management Methods Efficiency Engineering

All resources used in methods are analysed for efficient usage.  Man, Material, Money, Management, Motive Power, Machine,

3. Industrial Engineering Optimization -  Engineering system problems are expressed as mathematical functions and maximum or minimum values as appropriate are ascertained to use as design values.

4. Industrial Engineering Statistics - Issues related to variability in engineering systems are decided using statistical methods - Ex. Statistical quality control, Six sigma methodology to improve process capability to determine the target central value and minimise variation of the process.

5. Industrial Engineering Economics - Use of engineering economics methodology to decide the productivity of capital used in engineering systems

6.Human Effort Engineering - Principles of Motion Economy, Motion Study to improve human effort efficiency, Ergonomics, Job Evaluation and Wage Incentives

7. Work Measurement, Cost Measurement, and Productivity Measurement

8. Management of IE studies, projects and departments



Application Areas for Industrial Engineering in an Organization


1. Production Industrial Engineering

2. Inspection Industrial Engineering

3. Maintenance Industrial Engineering

4. Transportation Industrial Engineering

5. Supply Chain Industrial Engineering

6. Marketing System Industrial Engineering

7. Information System Industrial Engineering


Engineering and Industry Sectors for Industrial Engineering Application


Aeroplane production

Automobile Production

Coal Mining

Electrical Equipment Manufacturing

Electronic Equipment Manufacturing

Thermal Power



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 Pub. 11.9.2021

Systems Industrial Engineering - A Relook

 


2025 - A to Z Industrial Engineering - Blogging Theme - Industrial Engineering Benefits the Society and Organizations




Industrial Engineering - Systems/Processes/Methods Improvement Using Engineering solutions creatively.

Industrial Engineering - Prime focus - Productivity Improvement.

Productivity improvement gives National Prosperity and Organization Prosperity.



Source: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/national-productivity-council-gandhinagar_cartoonseriesabr10-productivity-economicgrowth-activity-7301162658278379520-eyyl




A to Z of Industrial Engineering - Blogging Challenge April 2025 - Proposed Posts

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2025/02/a-to-z-of-industrial-engineering.html


Existing Collection of Articles

A to Z of Industrial Engineering - Principles, Methods, Techniques, Tools and Applications

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2018/06/a-to-z-of-industrial-engineering.html


Modern Industrial Engineering - Summary Explanation.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/modern-industrial-engineering-summary-explanation-april-kvss-8hiyc

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Industrial Engineering of Systems - System Industrial Engineering.


Industrial engineers work on functional designs created by various engineers and managers and make them more efficient by improving resource use efficiency. Industrial engineers are to be associated with systems design or engineering process to make systems more efficient right from the first design stage. Presentation at a Global Conference on the topic (made in 2010 in Tokyo)



Systems  Industrial Engineering - A Relook

22.4.2025

The New Industrial and Integrated Systems Engineering: Expanding our Footprint and Impact

Details

Join Jared Frederici and me as we continue to explore the "New Industrial and Integrated Systems Engineering".  As some of you know, IISE has launched a new Community focused on Engineering Employee and Team Performance Excellence.  An article on this topic will be, has been published in the ISE magazine (1 April 2025).  It's very easy for ISE to get insulated, functionally stove-piped and have a less than optimal domain of influence. 

ISE's ability to partner with all sub-system components is important for Systems Thinking and Integrated Systems Engineering to have optimal enterprise impact.  We'll explore strategies (good strategies) for positioning ISE in a way that optimizes the footprint and impact.  


Speakers (1)

jared.frederici@thepoiriergroup.com

Watch video - Download presentation

https://www.iise.org/details.aspx?id=55732



The main components of ISE knowledge that reflect a categorisation of pertinent industrial and systems engineering theories and models include (1) work design & measurement, (2) operations research & analysis, (3) engineering economic analysis, (4) facilities engineering & energy management, (5) quality & reliability engineering, (6) ergonomics & human factors, (7) operations engineering & management, (8) supply chain management, (9) engineering management, (10) safety, (11) information engineering, (12) design and manufacturing engineering, (13) product design & development, and 14) system design & engineering.


Systesm Design & Engineering is a main component.


INTEGRATED SYSTEMS ENGINEERING: THOUGHT LEADER PERSPECTIVES AND POINTS OF VIEW
Presenters: Tiffany Sargent, Chief Technologist and Senior Principal Engineer, Intel; Ben Amaba, Global Chief Technology Officer, IBM

Tiffany Sargent, Chief Technologist and Senior Principal Engineer, Intel; and Ben Amaba, Global Chief Technology Officer, IBM will join us to share their perspectives and points of view on how ISE is rapidly evolving to become Integrated Systems Engineering. We’ll define this for you. We’ll discuss what’s happening in this evolving field. And Tiffany and Ben will tell you how you can join our “affinity group” in IISE that is focused on sharing and learning with one another relative to Integrated Systems Engineering.

 Watch video - Download Presentation 




IISE Free Education & Learning Resources






Post Included In

Modern Industrial Engineering - LinkedIn News Letter - May 2025 Issue. 

Topic of Focus - Current Issues of Interest in Industrial Engineering to Make it Effective.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/current-issues-interest-industrial-engineering-may-2025-kvss-1hekc



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Saturday, April 19, 2025

Quality and Industrial Engineering

Process Chart Analysis of Industrial Engineering and Quality


Process level quality issues are examined for effectiveness and efficiency in process chart analysis by industrial engineers. Effectiveness issues are referred to quality engineers and quality managers and efficiency improvement is undertaken by industrial engineers. Industrial engineers ensure that there is no negative effect of productivity improvement on quality of output. Quality is a higher level performance measure to productivity and has priority.


2025 - A to Z Industrial Engineering - Blogging Theme - Industrial Engineering Benefits the Society and Organizations




Industrial Engineering - Systems/Processes/Methods Improvement Using Engineering solutions creatively.

Industrial Engineering - Prime focus - Productivity Improvement.

Productivity improvement gives National Prosperity and Organization Prosperity.



Source: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/national-productivity-council-gandhinagar_cartoonseriesabr10-productivity-economicgrowth-activity-7301162658278379520-eyyl




A to Z of Industrial Engineering - Blogging Challenge April 2025 - Proposed Posts

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2025/02/a-to-z-of-industrial-engineering.html


Existing Collection of Articles

A to Z of Industrial Engineering - Principles, Methods, Techniques, Tools and Applications

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Modern Industrial Engineering - Summary Explanation.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/modern-industrial-engineering-summary-explanation-april-kvss-8hiyc

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Quality and  Industrial Engineering

Industrial Engineering Principle of Quality 


The first move by industrial engineer,  before undertaking productivity improvement through productivity engineering, is to insure against a falling off in quality.  After insuring against deterioration in quality, effective means  are to be developed to increase the output by machine time and operator time reduction, substitution of lower prices materials and parts, and consumable and energy usage reduction.
Quality Principle of Industrial Engineering


Effectiveness First - Efficiency Next Principle of Industrial Engineering.


F.W. Taylor improved inspection activities. 

In process chart method, Gilbreth included analysis of inspection activities.

In the process chart analysis, each activity is examined for its purpose, effectiveness and efficiency. Hence inspection activities were examined whether there is any purpose and whether they are effective. If they are not effective, then quality activities designers were alerted to develop a new method to make them effective. If there is no clear purpose for the activity it is eliminated. Then the efficiency analysis is attempted. So industrial engineers are also concerned with assuring quality output from material transformation or value adding activity.


The main components of ISE knowledge that reflect a categorisation of pertinent industrial and systems engineering theories and models include (1) work design & measurement, (2) operations research & analysis, (3) engineering economic analysis, (4) facilities engineering & energy management, (5) quality & reliability engineering, (6) ergonomics & human factors, (7) operations engineering & management, (8) supply chain management, (9) engineering management, (10) safety, (11) information engineering, (12) design and manufacturing engineering, (13) product design & development, and 14) system design & engineering.

Note number (5) Quality & Reliability Engineering. Industrial engineers learn about quality to maintain quality in IE improvement projects and to improve efficiency of quality activities.


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Thursday, April 17, 2025

Operations Management and Industrial Engineering

 


2025 - A to Z Industrial Engineering - Blogging Theme - Industrial Engineering Benefits the Society and Organizations




Industrial Engineering - Systems/Processes/Methods Improvement Using Engineering solutions creatively.

Industrial Engineering - Prime focus - Productivity Improvement.

Productivity improvement gives National Prosperity and Organization Prosperity.



Source: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/national-productivity-council-gandhinagar_cartoonseriesabr10-productivity-economicgrowth-activity-7301162658278379520-eyyl




A to Z of Industrial Engineering - Blogging Challenge April 2025 - Proposed Posts

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2025/02/a-to-z-of-industrial-engineering.html


Existing Collection of Articles

A to Z of Industrial Engineering - Principles, Methods, Techniques, Tools and Applications

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2018/06/a-to-z-of-industrial-engineering.html


Modern Industrial Engineering - Summary Explanation.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/modern-industrial-engineering-summary-explanation-april-kvss-8hiyc

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Operations Management and  Industrial Engineering



Bulk of industrial engineering activities take place in operations function of organizations.


Operations functions include receiving all customer orders from sales department, planning their production or execution, arranging resources through supply/purchasing functions, production or execution, and despatch or fulfillment and further customer service. Maintenance of equipments and other resources, and monitoring payments to employees and suppliers are also operations functions.


Product Design is generally a separate activity but it is also sometimes included in operations.


Industrial and systems engineering (ISE) is defined as a discipline concerned with the design, improvement and installation of integrated systems of people, materials, information, equipment and energy. It draws upon specialised knowledge and skill in the mathematical, physical, and social sciences together with the principles and methods of engineering analysis and design, to specify, predict, and evaluate the results to be obtained from such systems (IISE 2024). 


The main components of ISE knowledge that reflect a categorisation of pertinent industrial and systems engineering theories and models include (1) work design & measurement, (2) operations research & analysis, (3) engineering economic analysis, (4) facilities engineering & energy management, (5) quality & reliability engineering, (6) ergonomics & human factors, (7) operations engineering & management, (8) supply chain management, (9) engineering management, (10) safety, (11) information engineering, (12) design and manufacturing engineering, (13) product design & development, and 14) system design & engineering.




Operations Management - Industrial Engineering Interface

By Narayana Kvss






Operations Management - People - Job Design - Role of Operations Management 


• Operations Management books do have a chapter on 

managing people. 

• Operations Management books also discuss cost 

management and productivity management. 

• Shop Management by F.W. Taylor - First book on production 

management. 

• Industrial engineering (IE) - A discipline started in 1908 for productivity improvement. 


Inadequate Description of IE in Production/Operations Management Books 


• But most of the operations management - 

production management books deliberately do 

not discuss the role of industrial engineering in 

productivity management, cost management 

and people management. 


Neglect of IE in Management Books 


• Specifically highlighted by Narayana Rao K.V.S.S. in a conference paper. 


• Appreciated by conference attendees 

including international delegates. 

Scientific Management 


• Nigel Slack et al. in their book on Operations 

Management, discuss the role of scientific 

management and the product of it, work study 

in the chapter on people and job design. 

Scientific Management - Science for Work 



• The term ‘scientific management’ became established in 1911 with 

the publication of the book of the same name by Fredrick Taylor. 

• ● All aspects of work should be investigated on a scientific basis to 

establish the laws, rules and formulae governing the best methods of 

working. 

• Workers should be selected, trained and developed methodically to 

perform their tasks. 

• ● Co-operation should be achieved between management and 

workers based on the ‘maximum prosperity’ of both. 

Managers - Workers - Responsibilities 

• Managers have equal responsibility with workers 

for the completion of work. 

• Managers do the work that they can do better. 

• Workers do the work that they can do better. 


Productivity Science 


• Development of science is the responsibility of 

managers. - F.W. Taylor 

• Now development of science is the responsibility 

of Industrial Engineering researchers. 

• Principles of scientific management are in use 

even today even though management textbooks 

are not giving right description of it. 


Systems for Management - Nigel Slack et al. 


• Scientific Management takes an ‘investigative’ approach to 

improving operations. 

• The term ‘systematic management’ was also popular. 

• Taylor’s effort gave birth to Industrial Management and 

Industrial Engineering. 

• Personnel Department is also from Taylor’s effort. 

• Gilbreth’s work gave birth to ergonomics. 



Frameworks for Productivity Science of Machine Effort and Human Effort 


• Science in Scientific Management - Taylor and Gilbreth. 

• Rao, Kambhampati Venkata Satya Surya Narayana. IIE Annual 

Conference. Proceedings; Norcross (2020): 429-434. 

• https://www.proquest.com/openview/5786c4e6edff56abf808b4db26 

f083b3/1.pdf 


Industrial Engineering 


• 1901 & 1908 

• Productivity improvement and productivity management aspects of 

production systems (in general engineering systems). 

• Facilities Industrial Engineering 

• Product Industrial Engineering 

• Process Industrial Engineering 

• Managerial Practices Industrial Engineering 


Industrial Engineering Principles 


• Presentation by Dr. K.V.S.S. Narayana Rao 

• 2017 IISE Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, USA. 

• YouTube Video 

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pU8CdWfZZdU 


https://www.academia.edu/105277135/Operations_Management_Industrial_Engineering_Interface


IISE has to persuade authors of Operations Management Textbooks to discuss role of industrial engineering in operations management adequately. IISE has to publish a paper on it in its publications.



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Wednesday, April 16, 2025

New Technologies and Industrial Engineering

 2025 - A to Z Industrial Engineering - Blogging Theme - Industrial Engineering Benefits the Society and Organizations




Industrial Engineering - Systems/Processes/Methods Improvement Using Engineering solutions creatively.

Industrial Engineering - Prime focus - Productivity Improvement.

Productivity improvement gives National Prosperity and Organization Prosperity.



Source: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/national-productivity-council-gandhinagar_cartoonseriesabr10-productivity-economicgrowth-activity-7301162658278379520-eyyl




A to Z of Industrial Engineering - Blogging Challenge April 2025 - Proposed Posts

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2025/02/a-to-z-of-industrial-engineering.html


Existing Collection of Articles

A to Z of Industrial Engineering - Principles, Methods, Techniques, Tools and Applications

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2018/06/a-to-z-of-industrial-engineering.html


Modern Industrial Engineering - Summary Explanation.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/modern-industrial-engineering-summary-explanation-april-kvss-8hiyc

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New Technologies and  Industrial Engineering


Earlier Articles


https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2025/04/advances-in-engineering-and-industrial.html


https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2017/05/new-technology-understanding-analysis.html


https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2020/09/new-machine-tools-productivity.html



An approach to boosting US labor productivity

McKinsey Global Institute

May 25, 2023 | Interview

https://www.mckinsey.com/mgi/our-research/an-approach-to-boosting-us-labor-productivity


What we have to do is use the right technology tools to actually change business processes in a way that improves productivity. - Beth Cobert

The above responsibility is with industrial engineers.



What we have to do is use the right technology tools to actually change business processes in a way that improves productivity.


You can modify the above statement by using new technology in place of the right technology.


What we have to do is use the new technology tools to actually change business processes in a way that improves productivity. The responsibility is with industrial engineers.


One of the new technologies of the current day is Generative AI.


What are the top 100 #GenAI use cases? This updated Harvard Business School report refreshes the 2024 inventory.


Top 5:

1. Therapy / companionship (2024 - 2) 

2. Organize my life (2024 - N/A) 

3. Find purpose (2024 - N/A)

4. Enhance learning (2024 - 8)

5. Generate code (pros) (2024 - 47)

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ctkraft_top-100-ai-use-cases-ugcPost-7316276856884723712-bCOl


The shift in use cases in the last year, particularly in the movement in the personal space. 


https://www.linkedin.com/posts/anthea-roberts-a8596b142_this-is-really-interesting-amazing-to-activity-7316587563589279744-UC2c



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Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Management Module for Industrial Engineering Curriculums

  

2025 - A to Z Industrial Engineering - Blogging Theme - Industrial Engineering Benefits the Society and Organizations




Industrial Engineering - Systems/Processes/Methods Improvement Using Engineering solutions creatively.

Industrial Engineering - Prime focus - Productivity Improvement.

Productivity improvement gives National Prosperity and Organization Prosperity.



Source: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/national-productivity-council-gandhinagar_cartoonseriesabr10-productivity-economicgrowth-activity-7301162658278379520-eyyl




A to Z of Industrial Engineering - Blogging Challenge April 2025 - Proposed Posts

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2025/02/a-to-z-of-industrial-engineering.html


Existing Collection of Articles

A to Z of Industrial Engineering - Principles, Methods, Techniques, Tools and Applications

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2018/06/a-to-z-of-industrial-engineering.html


Modern Industrial Engineering - Summary Explanation.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/modern-industrial-engineering-summary-explanation-april-kvss-8hiyc

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Management Module for  Industrial Engineering Curriculums


What should be the focus of management modules for industrial engineering students?

The focus has to be productivity management first.  Second it has to be management of IE studies, projects and IE department. Third, IEs have to improve management systems from productivity improvement perspective. Hence, IE students have to be taught the principles behind design of management systems and components and practices. Improvement issues need to be discussed in the course.

Therefore what subjects are to be there in the management module in the IE curriculum?


1. Principles of Management and Principles of Industrial Engineering.

2. Productivity Management

3. Management of IE Studies, Projects and Department.

4. Engineering Economic Analysis of Resources, IE Recommendations and Projects

5. Organizational Behavior - IE Implications


Electives Offered on Improvement of Various Management Systems

1. Financial Accounting System and Improvement

2. Cost Accounting System and Improvement

3. Management Accounting System and Improvement

4. Financial Management System and Improvement

5. Operations Management System and Improvement

6. Supply Chain Management System and Improvement

7. Marketing Management System and Improvement

8. Human Resource Management System and Improvement

9. Project Management System and Improvement

10. Product and Engineering Design System and Improvement

11. Maintenance System and Improvement

12. Construction Management System and Improvement

13. Transportation System and Improvement

I4. Information Systems and Improvement




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Job Shop - Industrial Engineering - Productivity Improvement - Cost Reduction


Book Chapters - Shahrukh Irani -  - Industrial Engineering in Job Shops - Job Shop Lean.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/shahrukh-irani-8b25a55_chapter-1-from-my-book-including-appendices-activity-7316243520120373249-cy55/



 https://books.google.com/books?id=sAarCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA396&lpg=PA396#v=onepage&q&f=false

Case Study of HDS Division, Schlumberger

Summer of 1985


Time to Reform Job Shop Manufacturing

by James E. Ashton and Frank X. Cook, Jr.

From the Magazine (March–April 1989)

https://hbr.org/1989/03/time-to-reform-job-shop-manufacturing


Written instructions.

Schedule adherence


Bibliography


Lekan Olanrewaju

Jan 31, 2023 | 6 minutes read

Overcoming the Challenges of Job Shop Manufacturing

https://www.getmaintainx.com/blog/overcoming-the-challenges-of-job-shop-manufacturing/


Navigating High-Mix, Low-Volume Manufacturing

July 27, 2022

By Kip Hanson, Contributing Editor, SME Media

https://www.sme.org/technologies/articles/2022/july/navigating-high-mix-low-volume-manufacturing/


How to Make a Machine Shop Lean - Dr. Shahrukh Irani - Chapter Summary

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2022/06/how-to-make-machine-shop-lean-dr.html


Home  Concurrent Engineering: Tools and Technologies for Mechanical System Design  Conference paper

Relationship Between Design for Manufacturing, a Responsive Manufacturing Approach, and Continuous Improvement

J. E. Ashton 

Conference paper

Part of the NATO ASI Series book series (NATO ASI F,volume 108)

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-78119-3_17



Time to Reform Job Shop Manufacturing

by James E. Ashton and Frank X. Cook, Jr.

From the Magazine (March–April 1989)

https://hbr.org/1989/03/time-to-reform-job-shop-manufacturing




Ud. 30.11.2023

Pub. 11.7.2023


Modern Industrial Engineering and Lean in Low Volume - High Mix Production - Job Shop Lean - Shahrukh Irani, Narayana Rao and Others


Popular E-Book on IE

Introduction to Modern Industrial Engineering.  

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FREE Download from:

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Job Shop Lean: An Industrial Engineering Approach to Implementing Lean in High-Mix Low-Volume Production Systems


Shahrukh A. Irani

CRC Press, 04-May-2020 - Business & Economics - 744 pages


In the 1950’s, the design and implementation of the Toyota Production System (TPS) within Toyota had begun. In the 1960’s, Group Technology (GT) and Cellular Manufacturing (CM) were used by Serck Audco Valves, a high-mix low-volume (HMLV) manufacturer in the United Kingdom, to guide enterprise-wide transformation. In 1996, the publication of the book Lean Thinking introduced the entire world to Lean. Job Shop Lean integrates Lean with GT and CM by using the five Principles of Lean to guide its implementation: (1) identify value, (2) map the value stream, (3) create flow, (4) establish pull, and (5) seek perfection. Unfortunately, the tools typically used to implement the Principles of Lean are incapable of solving the three Industrial Engineering problems that HMLV manufacturers face when implementing Lean: (1) finding the product families in a product mix with hundreds of different products, (2) designing a flexible factory layout that "fits" hundreds of different product routings, and (3) scheduling a multi-product multi-machine production system subject to finite capacity constraints.


Based on the Author’s 20+ years of learning, teaching, researching, and implementing Job Shop Lean since 1999, this book


Describes the concepts, tools, software, implementation methodology, and barriers to successful implementation of Lean in HMLV production systems

Utilizes Production Flow Analysis instead of Value Stream Mapping to eliminate waste in different levels of any HMLV manufacturing enterprise

Solves the three Industrial Engineering problems that were mentioned earlier using software like PFAST (Production Flow Analysis and Simplification Toolkit), Sgetti and Schedlyzer

Explains how the one-at-a-time implementation of manufacturing cells constitutes a long-term strategy for Continuous Improvement

Explains how product families and manufacturing cells are the basis for implementing flexible automation, machine monitoring, virtual cells, Manufacturing Execution Systems, and other elements of Industry 4.0

Teaches a new method, Value Network Mapping, to visualize large multi-product multi-machine production systems whose Value Streams share many processes

Includes real success stories of Job Shop Lean implementation in a variety of production systems such as a forge shop, a machine shop, a fabrication facility and a shipping department

Encourages any HMLV manufacturer planning to implement Job Shop Lean to leverage the co-curricular and extracurricular programs of an Industrial Engineering department



Abstracts of chapters



Book Chapters - Shahrukh Irani -  - Industrial Engineering in Job Shops - Job Shop Lean.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/shahrukh-irani-8b25a55_chapter-1-from-my-book-including-appendices-activity-7316243520120373249-cy55/





Made-to-Order Lean: Excelling in a High-Mix, Low-Volume Environment


Greg Lane

CRC Press, 09-Mar-2020 - Business & Economics - 224 pages


Toyota Production System methods have rendered remarkable results in high-volume manufacturing plants, but they have not been fully understood and correctly applied in high-mix, low-volume environments. While lean principles do apply, the implementation methods and tools must be adapted and alternate methods embraced in a low-volume environment. This volume is specifically geared for manufacturers that have hundreds to thousands of active part numbers with few or no ongoing forecasted volumes, and for job shops that build only to order. The primary focus is eliminating non-value-added activities and instituting improvements on the most repetitive jobs, a strategy that gives you more time to produce your low-volume work or one-offs.

About the author:


Greg Lane is a faculty member of the Lean Enterprise Institute and an advisor to the Instituto de Lean Management in Spain. During his time with Toyota, he was one of a handful of candidates selected for a one-year training program conducted by the company’s masters. He became certified as a Toyota Production System (TPS) Key Person and continued his work with Toyota, training others in TPS.


He has been highly active in working on implementing lean around the world, supporting large and small companies alike. In 1998, he began to focus his lean endeavors on meeting the specific needs of high-mix, low-volume enterprises. During his time as an independent consultant, Greg purchased and operated his own manufacturing company, which specialized in fast turnaround on high-mix, low-volume parts. Greg used TPS to grow the business and nearly double its sales.


Greg and his associates have experience not only at adapting the methods contained in this book, but also in applying other tools that are too numerous to detail here. They can be reached for further support with your lean transformation via email: glane@lowvolumelean.com

https://books.google.co.in/books?id=mYvVDwAAQBAJ







UNIVERSITÀ DI PISA - Dottorato di Ricerca in Ingegneria Industriale.

Development and implementation of Lean Manufacturing tools and methods for the manufacturing efficiency in Engineer-to-Order production environments

MARRAZZINI, LEONARDO

https://etd.adm.unipi.it/t/etd-08182020-100440/


"Overall Task Effectiveness: a new Lean performance indicator in engineer-to-order environment,"

Marcello Braglia, Roberto Gabbrielli and Leonardo Marrazzini,

Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Industriale,

Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy.

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Vol. 68 No. 2, 2019, pp. 407-422


The Lean Primer - Solutions for the Job Shop


Roger Kremer, Tom Fabrizio
MCS Media, Inc., 2005 - Costs, Industrial - 96 pages
https://books.google.co.in/books?id=evuK0FpVFPEC



Handbook of Cellular Manufacturing Systems


Shahrukh A. Irani
John Wiley & Sons, 15-Apr-1999 - Technology & Engineering - 762 pages

A hands-on guide to implementing multi-cell manufacturing systems on a large scale.
Cellular manufacturing (CM) is the grouping of similar products for manufacture in discrete multi-machine cells. It has been proven to yield faster production cycles, lower in-process inventory levels, and enhanced product quality.

Pioneered on a large scale by Russian, British, and German manufacturers, interest in CM methods has grown steadily over the past decade. However, there continues to be a dearth of practical guides for industrial engineers and production managers interested in implementing CM techniques in their plants. Bringing together contributions by an international team of CM experts, the Handbook of Cellular Manufacturing Systems bridges this gap in the engineering literature. With the help of numerous in-depth case studies drawn from a wide range of industries, the Handbook covers:

History and basic principles of cellular manufacturing.
Methods for cell formation, layout, and scheduling of large manufacturing systems.
Setup time reduction techniques.
Quality control in CM.
Benchmarking and performance evaluation of cells.
Financial costs and benefits of CM versus traditional approaches.
Human resources and team development issues in CM.
Computer-aided methods and tools for planning, designing, implementing, and managing cells in manufacturing plants.
The Handbook of Cellular Manufacturing Systems is an indispensable resource for industrial engineers and production managers interested in implementing this exciting new alternative to conventional manufacturing system configurations.
https://books.google.co.in/books?id=lmLv68XlCZUC

Ud 12.9.2024, 4.10.2021
Pub 27.0.2021