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Industrial Engineering
Nestor L. Osorio and Andrew W. Otieno
INTRODUCTION
Industrial Engineering (IE) is concerned with the efciency of the functioning of operating sys-
tems, such as manufacturing, supply, service, and transport. The American Institution of Industrial
Engineers denes IE as an area of engineering “… concerned with the design, improvement, and
installation of integrated systems of men, materials equipment, and energy. It draws upon special-
ized knowledge and skill in the mathematical, physical, and social sciences together with principles
and methods of engineering analysis and design to specify, predict, and evaluate the ...