Automation |
In the industrial Automation area of practice, engineers should troubleshoot, repair and maintain automated industrial equipment, such as computer numerical control (CNC) equipment and robots (Groover, 2015Groover, M. P. (2015). Automation, production systems, and computer-integrated manufacturing (4th ed.). New Jersey: Pearson.; Study.com, 2016Study.com. (2016). Automation engineering course and class descriptions. Retrieved in 2 December 2016, from http://study.com/automation_engineering_course.html
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Economics Engineering |
The application of economic principles in the engineering problem by solving process; for example, analysing the economics of different alternatives, analysing industrial costs and being involved in the financial management of organizations (Watts & Chapman, 2016Watts, J. M., & Chapman, R. E. (2016). Engineering economics. In J. M. Hurley, T. D. Gottuk, R. J. Hall Junior, K. Harada, D. E. Kuligowski, M. Puchovsky, L. J. Torero, M. J. Watts Junior, & J. C. Wieczorek (Eds.), SFPE handbook of fire protection engineering (pp. 3137-3157). New York: Springer.). |
Ergonomics and Human Factors |
“Ergonomics (or human factors) is the scientific discipline concerned with the understanding of interactions among humans and other elements of a system, and the profession that applies theory, principles, data, and other methods to design in order to optimize human well-being and overall system performance” (International Ergonomics Association, 2016International Ergonomics Association – IEA. (2016). Definition and domains of ergonomics by the International Ergonomics Association. Retrieved in 2 December 2016, from http://www.iea.cc/whats/index.html
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Supply Chain Management |
“The design, planning, execution, control and monitoring of supply chain activities with the objective of creating net value” for industrial and service companies (APICS, 2013dAPICS. (2013d). Supply Chain Management: APICS dictionary (14th ed.). Chicago: APICS.). |
Maintenance |
Management process of organization, planning and implementation of corrective maintenance, preventive maintenance, and continuous improvement of industrial and service business organizations (IDCON, 2016IDCON. (2016). Maintenance dictionary. Retrieved in 2 December 2016, from http://www.idcon.com/resource-library/maintenance-dictionary.html
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Industrial Optimization |
Industrial optimization make a link between mathematics, engineering and management, using as operations research, heuristics or simulation, for achieving the best possible solution for a problem for industrial and service companies, in terms of a specified objective (APICS, 2013cAPICS. (2013c). Optimization: APICS dictionary (14th ed.). Chicago: APICS.; Bangert, 2012Bangert, P. (2012). Optimization for industrial problems. Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24974-7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-2497...
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Product Design |
“The conversion of a need or innovation into a product, process, or service that meets both the enterprise and customer expectations. The design process consists of translating a set of functional requirements into an operational product, process or service” (APICS, 2013aAPICS. (2013a). Design: APICS dictionary (14th ed.). Chicago: APICS.; Dym et al., 2014Dym, C. L., Little, P., & Orwin, E. J. (2014). Engineering design: a project-based introduction (4th ed.). Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons.). |
Production Management |
Design, improvement and management of systems that deliver products and services. This area is related with the design and improvement of production systems and the activities of production planning and control activities for the efficient and effective use of those production systems (Halevi, 2001Halevi, G. (2001). Handbook of production management methods. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann.; Martin-Vega, 2001Martin-Vega, L. (2001). The purpose and evolution of industrial engineering. In K. B. Zandin (Ed.), Maynard’s industrial engineering handbook (5th ed., pp. 1.3-1.19). New York: McGraw Hill.; Vollmann et al., 2005Vollmann, T. E., William, L. B., Whybark, D. C., & Jacobs, F. R. (2005). Manufacturing planning and control for supply chain management (5th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.). |
Project Management |
Application of “knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements” (Project Management Institute, 2013Project Management Institute. (2013). PMBOK® guide: a guide to the project management body of knowledge (5th ed.). Pennsylvania: PMI., p. 6). |
Quality |
“The analysis of a manufacturing system at all stages to maximize the quality of the process itself and the products it produces” (American Society for Quality, 2016American Society for Quality – ASQ. (2016). Quality engineering: quality glossary by the American Society for Quality. Retrieved in 2 December 2016, from http://asq.org/glossary/q.html
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Marketing |
“The design, pricing, promotion, and distribution of goods to create transactions with businesses and consumers” (APICS, 2013bAPICS. (2013b). Marketing: APICS dictionary (14th ed.). Chicago: APICS.). |