industrial engineering

industrial engineering
noun
the branch of engineering that deals with the creation and management of systems that integrate people and materials and energy in productive ways

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noun
: the application of engineering principles and training and the techniques of scientific management to the maintenance of a high level of productivity at optimum cost in industrial enterprises (as by analytical study, improvement, and installation of methods and systems, operating procedures, quantity and quality measurements and controls, safety measures, and personnel administration)

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engineering applied to the planning, design, and control of industrial operations.
[1970-75]

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industrial engineering noun
The application of scientific principles to the various factors affecting an industrial or manufacturing process in order to develop the most efficient method of production
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Main Entry:industry

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industrial engineering,
the profession of planning techniques of working and the uses of machines in industry.

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