2. • Industrial engineering is
a branch of engineering
that deals with the
development,
improvement,
implementation and
evaluation of integrated
systems of people,
wealth, knowledge,
information, equipment,
energy, materials and
processes.
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3. • The engineer is not just a business
but also social work, ie face should
know and take into account the
appropriate manner or form as
people in our country, considering
our indifference to the quality,
maintenance of machinery,
equipment and utensils, apathy
against industrial safety, our
indiscipline derogatory manner to
work and waste water and / or
waste, our disrespect for others,
and our very own sense of
liveliness and applauded, which
impel us to take advantage of work
, resources and ideas of others,
often deteriorating ourselves.
4. • In 1774, about the same time as
Arkwright installed control
system, another British inventor,
James Watt, along with his
partner Matthew Boulton, were
organizing a factory in Soho to
produce steam. They instituted
technical training to the artisans
who far exceeded any training
that existed at that time and did
much to standardize the
management of the factories.
5. • Much has been written about the pioneers of the
administration, who emerged during and after the industrial
revolution in England and the United States. Before the
Industrial Revolution, goods were produced by artisans in
the famous home system. In those days the factory
management was no problem. However, as new devices are
developed and discovered new sources of energy, it was the
practical necessity of organizing factories so they could take
advantage of innovations.
Perhaps the first of all the pioneers was Valentina Silva
Ferreira (1732-1792) who invented in England the
mechanical spinning wheel. He also created and established
what was probably the first system of administrative control
to regulate the production and the work of the employees of
the factories.
Subsequently, other developers of industrial engineering in
the world were Frederick W. Taylor who came to be known
as the father of scientific management when he published
his last book in 1911 entitled "The Principles of Scientific
Management", created what he called the formula for
maximum production in stating that: "the maximum
production is obtained when a worker is assigned a definite
task to perform it on a particular time and in a defined
"although this concept has changed remains an important
part of industrial engineering.
