industrial engineering
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4.5
- noun
- /ɪnˈdʌstriəl ˌɪn.dʒɪˈnɪr.ɪŋ/
- Specialized
:
ingeniería industrial
- Many manufacturing companies rely on industrial engineering to optimize their production processes and reduce waste.
She has Masters of Science in Industrial Engineering and Management and the PhD in Information System Science.
- She has Masters of Science in Industrial Engineering and Management and the PhD in Information System Science.
Examples
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Several healthcare organizations are already applying industrial engineering principles to patient care and customer service.
Academic text (1993) -
Simulation has long been used in industrial engineering to understand complex systems.
Academic text (1990) -
I'm into systems, you know, into production systems as an industrial engineer by degree.
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Few industrial engineering positions require the technical rigor found in the undergraduate curriculum.
Academic text (2011) -
Diagnostic related groups (DRGs) were originally conceived in the 1960s as an industrial engineering tool for promoting quality control, efficiency, and effectiveness.
Academic text (2002) -
An effective way of integrating continuous quality improvement (CQI) in hospitals is through the introduction of industrial engineering concepts, in which customer service and patient care are integrated components of the same products and are suitable for company-wide quality management and CQI.
Academic text (1993) -
Students studying industrial engineering learn how to design systems that integrate human resources and technology effectively.
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The principles of industrial engineering are applied in various industries, including healthcare, to improve service delivery and efficiency.
Synonyms
Work that plans and runs factories to make production faster and safer
How Applied
- Specialized
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4.5
- Specialized
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3.8
- Specialized
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3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is transparently built from 'industrial' (relating to industry/manufacturing) modifying 'engineering' (the discipline of applying scientific principles), so a learner who knows both words can infer it means engineering work in industrial or manufacturing contexts. While the full technical scope (systems design, management) is specialized, the basic referent is directly compositional and cross-linguistically regular.
Etymology
Industrial engineering may come from the image of an engineer walking through a factory, watching machines and workers and changing how things are arranged to make work easier. The name joins industrial, meaning factory work, and engineering, meaning design and problem solving, so it means 'planning and improving the whole system of people, machines, and materials'.