Introduction to industrial engineering / Avraham Shtub, Yuval Cohen.

By:

Shtub, Avraham [author]

Contributor(s):

Cohen, Yuval [author]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Industrial innovation seriesPublication details: Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2016Edition: Second editionDescription: 407 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781498706018 (hbk.)
1498706010 (hbk.)

Subject(s):

Industrial engineering

LOC classification:

T56 Sh8 2016

Online resources:

Contents:

Introduction -- Modeling the organizational structure and the facility layout -- Project management -- Information systems -- Supply chain management: the interface with the customer -- Interface with suppliers and subcontractors -- Scheduling -- Streamlining the transformation process: material requirements planning systems -- Enterprise resource planning -- Human factor -- Introduction to supply chain management -- Introduction to service engineering.

Summary: "A Firsthand Look at the Role of the Industrial Engineer The industrial engineer helps decide how best to utilize an organization’s resources to achieve company goals and objectives. Introduction to Industrial Engineering, Second Edition offers an in-depth analysis of the industrial engineering profession. While also providing a historical perspective chronicling the development of the profession, this book describes the standard duties performed, the tools and terminologies used, and the required methods and processes needed to complete the tasks at hand. It also defines the industrial engineer’s main areas of operation, introduces the topic of information systems, and discusses their importance in the work of the industrial engineer. The authors explain the information system concept, and the need for integrated processes, supported by modern information systems. They also discuss classical organizational structures (functional organization, project organization, and matrix organization), along with the advantages and disadvantages of their use. The book includes the technological aspects (data collection technologies, databases, and decision-support areas of information systems), the logical aspects (forecasting models and their use), and aspects of principles taken from psychology, sociology, and ergonomics that are commonly used in the industry."--Back cover

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Books	Ladislao N. Diwa Memorial Library Reserve Section	Non-fiction	RUS T56 Sh8 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Room use only	78155		00079101

"This book was previously published in Hebrew by The Open University of Israel"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"A Firsthand Look at the Role of the Industrial Engineer
The industrial engineer helps decide how best to utilize an organization’s resources to achieve company goals and objectives. Introduction to Industrial Engineering, Second Edition offers an in-depth analysis of the industrial engineering profession. While also providing a historical perspective chronicling the development of the profession, this book describes the standard duties performed, the tools and terminologies used, and the required methods and processes needed to complete the tasks at hand. It also defines the industrial engineer’s main areas of operation, introduces the topic of information systems, and discusses their importance in the work of the industrial engineer.
The authors explain the information system concept, and the need for integrated processes, supported by modern information systems. They also discuss classical organizational structures (functional organization, project organization, and matrix organization), along with the advantages and disadvantages of their use. The book includes the technological aspects (data collection technologies, databases, and decision-support areas of information systems), the logical aspects (forecasting models and their use), and aspects of principles taken from psychology, sociology, and ergonomics that are commonly used in the industry."--Back cover

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