In Depth: Industrial Engineering
Industrial Engineers like to find a better way to do things.
They help organizations become more efficient and more effective. They look for opportunities to....
- save time and money.
- eliminate wasteful steps in any process
- increase quality of the products produced
- work with people from all areas of the company
- serve as a bridge between Engineering and Business
Check out these Institute of Industrial Engineers web sites for great information about Industrial Engineering:
- What is IE?
- What types of projects for IE's work on?
- IIE overview of the profession
- What IEs do in different industries
- IE job description: Boeing
- IE at Disney
What's great about Industrial Engineering?
- It's PEOPLE ORIENTED - you will deal with all kinds of people working together to solve problems.
- It's BUSINESS ORIENTED - You'll be prepared speak to managers and engineering alike, understanding how to make good business decision.
- It's BROAD - IE's work in almost any industry, any size company, in any geographic location.
- It's TECHNOLOGY-FOCUSED - you'll deal with the latest hardware, software, materials, methods and more
- It's CHALLENGING - you'll deal with computers, business, software, math, people, and more
- It demands PRACTICAL SKILLS - you'll get industry-ready!
- It's IN-DEMAND - from companies that produce items ranging from airplanes to surgical equipment to computers to cars to electrical generators to potato chips to just about anything. . . average salary in California for IE's in 2007 is $82,750 according the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
You're a good fit for Industrial Engineering if you like
- working with people
- business and engineering
- solving practical problems that require a variety of skills
- using computers and new technologies to get things done
- working in a variety of fields