While there is no standard preparation, a college degree is
required. Applicants with a college degree in industrial
engineering, management, or business administration, and
particularly those with an undergraduate engineering degree and
a masterís degree in business administration or industrial
management, enjoy the best job prospects. Projected slower-than-
average growth in employment reflects increasing productivity.
Industrial production managers coordinate the resources and
activities required to produce millions of goods every year in
the United States. Although their duties vary from plant to
plant, industrial production managers share many of the same
major responsibilities. These responsibilities include
production scheduling, staffing, procurement and maintenance of
equipment, quality control, inventory control, and the
coordination of production activities with those of other
departments. The primary mission of industrial production
managers is planning the production schedule within budgetary
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