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Building from the start.

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It could be argued that Industrial Engineering was seeded by the work done by Frederick Taylor. In trying to explain what Ind Eng is today and how it relates to other eng disciplines track its history. See link

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Damowe (talk)

Requested move

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Hello, The compared to other disciplines section seems subjective and does not have a source. Is there anyway we can provide a source or make it a little more factual? Thanks Jeshgus (talk) 02:45, 16 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

No consensus to move. Vegaswikian (talk) 01:58, 29 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Industrial engineeringIndustrial Engineering – The word Engineering must be in capital, because Industrial Engineering is a proper name. SimonFD (talk) 01:40, 23 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

First section. Review by reading.

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Highly recommended to remove the term money, which has nothing much to do with any instance. The correct term is a derivate of the term leverage, however that is not applicable, energy leveraged isn´t that good either. A phrase that describes that term is in relation to Leveraging Aeon Savings, which is defacto what a monetairy circulation, valuation, is about, where the economic unit can be saved up, amortized, but in reality never depreciated without incurring a loss in enthropic relationships.

The term people is not appropriate either, in that that should be species, industrial engineering being validatable for any species in terms of people, AND for any species, where there are no people.

Read the change, keep perspective, and if within 3 to 5 days the change grinds on innumerous nerves, revert.

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.248.123.72 (talk) 16:09, 3 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Suggest adding a reference to Alpha Pi Mu the "Alpha Pi Mu is an honor society for Industrial and Systems Engineering students." I took this from another article in Wikipedia — Preceding unsigned comment added by Crazyhorse2000 (talkcontribs) 19:34, 21 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Definition of Industrial Engineering (IE)

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This article begins by defining IE as the "branch of engineering which deals with the optimization of complex processes or systems". However, it makes no attempt to define what might be regarded as a "complex" system. The article also fails to discuss the means by which a system characterised by its inherent complexity might be optimised.

Contemporary research relating to the behaviour of complex systems may still be considered as being in its infancy. However, accepted definitions and examples of complex systems are more than sufficient to assert that, due to the nature of complexity, it is not possible to predict their behaviour. Hence, in relation to this article, a pertinent question is: How can a complex process or system that is characterised as being unpredictable possibly be optimised?

Simply put, the article destroys it's own credibility from the off by presenting its subject matter in terms that the remainder of its narrative fails to acknowledge, far less discuss in the context of an "engineering" discipline. Thus, the dilemma is a case of either: o1/ Changing the terminology used to define IE or o2/ Provide a satisfactory narrative to substantiate its defining terms (a course of action that applies irrespective of the chosen terminology). 77.100.175.181 (talk) 00:13, 13 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

In addition, given the definition provided, I would posit that any curriculum purporting to cover the various subject matter required for IE should include complex systems. Again, this article fails to mention this as does the brief description of methods used by IE, non of which are fit for purpose for dealing with complex systems. The same argument applies to the various overlapping disciplines cited in the article e.g., project management, which continues to promote methods despite valid criticism of their usefulness (or lack thereof). 77.100.175.181 (talk) 00:31, 13 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: Information Literacy and Scholarly Discourse

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 5 June 2023 and 26 July 2023. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Nicholasferg (article contribs). Peer reviewers: LittleLadyBigCity.

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