Industrial Engineering, Operations Management & Mechanical Engineering Department
About Us
Industrial Engineering
Industrial engineering involves designing, improving, and installing integrated systems that involve people, materials, information, equipment, and energy. It requires specialized knowledge and skills in the mathematical, physical, and social sciences, as well as engineering analysis and design principles and methods. The main objective of this discipline is to specify, predict, and evaluate the results of these systems, and to constantly improve methods, procedures, and practices within an organisation to increase productivity and profits. Value is added if inputs like manpower, materials, machinery, and money are converted more effectively into products and services by using sound management principles. An Industrial Engineer is continually engaged in core aspects such as communication, cooperation, quality, planning and scheduling, as well as the calculation of cycle time, capacity, and utilisation. Industrial Engineers should also be competent in economic analysis, problem-solving, materials handling, facility layout etc. Industrial Engineering, therefore, requires people who like working with people, who enjoy analysing and solving problems, developing solutions, gaining co-operation, and motivating people. Industrial engineers always seek better, quicker, and cheaper ways of doing things.
Career Opportunities
There is a great need for persons who are well trained in Industrial Engineering. Job opportunities as business advisors, industrial analysts, production personnel, planning personnel and line managers are available in all types of manufacturing companies as well as in service organizations. Experience has shown that people with a qualification in Industrial Engineering and a dynamic personality quickly progress to the management level or start their own businesses.