Hello people,
I have done my Masters in Industrial Engineering, in 2014. Have studied various topics of IE and did several projects/internships (on Supply Chain, Logistics, Manufacturing, Consulting,etc.) with almost 5-6 companies. You can visit me here- https://www.linkedin.com/in/zubinajmera
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Hey, I was just wondering what an Industrial engineer is?
Hey,
It won’t make sense to write down 2-3 sentences of Industrial Engineers since there is so much to it:)
In a nutshell, IEs make things better. How? By working on softwares, going on manufacturing floors, consulting for companies, analyzing data, etc. I can go in exhaustive detail, but for now, this should be easily digestable:)
Just curious- Are you in IE?
Best,
Zubin
Hi, I need to ask something to an expert.
I’m a software developer with a couple of years of professional experience. I’m thinking of start studying IE but not sure if I can merge those two paths in something highly productive or professional who requires skills from both sides.
Other related question. I have a start up, we make hardware with embed software. I want to know how much useful will be IE when my enterprise grow and I will make no more software but just focus on strategic management on resources, skilled people, products costs, etc.
BR
Z
Depends on what your startup’s product is.
If it’s, say, something related to process control, factory automation, process automation, yea, IE is useful. If it’s an MP3 player, well… not so much. IE is a very wide field.
The second could be useful if you do an IE/Operations Management type degree but that’s more about plant / operations (aka plant rats) and not business per se. With the right electives you could, I suppose, but a straight MBA could be just as useful.
What’s a good major to pair with IE? I’m looking to major in IE undergrad, found it on a major search and said wow that looks like what I do naturally everyday! So I’m psyched about IE, but I’m also interested in loads of other topics. I somehow got the crazy idea in my head that I want to try to dual major if I go somewhere that promits it. I’ve thought most about doing it with ME, but I don’t really know. What majors do you think would best fit in with IE as far as courseload goes and job opportunites/usage? For more on my interests, I love computer science, enjoy physics chem and bio, am really interested in technology and the use and design of it, as well as statistics. Thanks
computer science - easy one in the sense a lot of IE is computer related.
My personal suggestion - Computer Science. Now, it really depends on how much you can take it as far as course overload goes since I am guessing dual majoring with CS might be little lot. However, having a programming knowledge in IE can extremely help in future.
Hope this helps,
Zubin
And not necessarily for work :). I spent months trying to figure out how a particularly good and popular backgammon app cheats. So the stuff on simulation theory went to good use. Wrote a lot of Python code to analyze my played games from saved game files. Eventually I figured it out.
There is a lot of synergy between CS and IE especially in optimization or process automation. My wife (also CS + IE) wrote software that controls the production of pharmaceuticals - a bunch of machines talking to each other over TCP/IP. The code wasn’t very difficult but it’s a lot harder to deal with without understanding the process control stuff. She’s a Supply Chain IT consultant now and the IE background helps quite a bit.
Wow thanks guys, especially turbo for the real life usage example. I’ll definitely look into it if it would reasonably fit into my schedule without killing me. I have always said I love computer science but wouldn’t want to do just that for the rest of my life, combining it with IE would seem like a great way to avoid the monotony of staring at a computer screen all day and solving problems.