What is Industrial engineering?
'''Industrial engineering''' is a type of [[engineering]]. It is one of the fastest growing areas of engineering. It looks at what makes [[organization]]s work best. An industrial engineer tries to find the right [[combination]] of [[human]] and [[natural resources]], [[technology]], [[wikt:equipment|equipment]], [[information]] and [[finance]] to do the work best. Industrial engineering is important to finding the answers to many important problems in [[manufacturing]], [[distribution]] of [[goods]] and [[service]]s, [[health care]], [[Utility|utilities]], [[transportation]], [[entertainment]], and the [[environment]]. Industrial engineers [[design]] and change how things are done to increase [[quality]], [[safety]] and [[wikt:productive|productivity]]. ==Related pages== *[[Systems engineering]] {{tech-stub}} [[Category:Engineering disciplines]]