<p>In terms of matching, I’d say Manufacturing Engineering (part of Industrial Engineering usually). You could do a relatively quick MS degree without too many prerequisites. The only catch is ME is best learned the hard way, on the factory floor… It’s not one of those things you learn in a lab or classroom. </p>
<p>Industrial Engineering has a lot of ties to finance, whether in operations management, operations research, logistics, and a myriad of other things.</p>
<p>But again, I’ll reiterate. It takes a special someone to be a plant rat. I’m married to one :).The pantheon of plant rats includes none other than this guy:</p>
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<p>and many other plant floor legends.</p>