Introduction to Industrial Engineering, Lean-Six Sigma, and Business Operations

MECH&AE X 428.72

This course will introduce participants to the mystifying world of the Industrial Engineer.

What you can learn.

Explain and demonstrate how shop floor controls are developed, created, and maintained to increase performance
Consider lean-based principles to determine opportunities in a complex manufacturing environment
Understand how program budgets are established, allocated, and measured to effect positive shareholder results

About this course:

This course will introduce participants to the mystifying world of the Industrial Engineer. As one of the least advertised but vitally important engineering disciplines, Industrial Engineering (IE) is concerned with the design, improvement, and installation of integrated systems of people, materials, information, equipment, and energy. Utilizing both traditional manufacturing controls as well as the newer practice of Lean manufacturing, IE draws upon specialized 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.