Introduction to Industrial and Systems Engineering, 3rd edition

Published by Pearson (21 August 1992) © 1993

  • Wayne C. Turner
  • Joe H. Mize
  • Kenneth E. Case
  • John W. Nazemtz
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A comprehensive introduction to the history, objectives, philosophies, and techniques of industrial and systems engineering.

Table of contents

I. HISTORY AND PERSPECTIVE OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING.

 1. History of Engineering and Development of Industrial Engineering.

 2. Industrial and Systems Engineering.

II. INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING METHODOLOGIES.

 3. Manufacturing Engineering.

 4. Facilities Location and Layout.

 5. Material Handling, Distribution, and Routing.

 6. Work Design and Organizational Performance -- Work Measurement.

 7. Operations Planning and Control.

 8. Quality Control.

 9. Financial Compensation.

10. CAD/CAM, Robotics, and Automation.

11. Human Factors.

12. Resource Management.

13. Financial Management and Engineering Economy.

14. Deterministic Operations Research.

15. Probabilistic Models.

16. Simulation.

17. Project Management.

III. INTEGRATED SYSTEMS DESIGN.

18. Systems Concepts.

19. Management Systems Design.

20. Computers and Information Systems.

21. Personnel Management.

APPENDICES.

A. Probability and Statistics.

B. Tables.

Index.

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