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A Brief History of Mechanical EngineeringEmergence of Production and Industrial Engineering

A Brief History of Mechanical Engineering: Emergence of Production and Industrial Engineering [Production and industrial engineering are the offspring of mechanical engineering and started with factory system. The pioneers of these disciplines are Adam Smith, Eli Whitney, H.R. Towne, Henry Ford and Frederick Winslow Taylor. Taylor is often called the father of scientific management. After World War II lot of developments took place in the areas of operations research, quality and productivity. A lot of techniques were invented for enhancing the quality of products and services starting from quality guru Deming to Taguchi. Concepts of lean and agile manufacturing have given boost to productivity. Nowadays, there is increasing emphasis on the automation and use of information technology. Education and practice of production and industrial engineering is adapting to the rapid changes in technologies.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Brief History of Mechanical EngineeringEmergence of Production and Industrial Engineering

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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017
ISBN
978-3-319-42914-4
Pages
127 –146
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-42916-8_6
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[Production and industrial engineering are the offspring of mechanical engineering and started with factory system. The pioneers of these disciplines are Adam Smith, Eli Whitney, H.R. Towne, Henry Ford and Frederick Winslow Taylor. Taylor is often called the father of scientific management. After World War II lot of developments took place in the areas of operations research, quality and productivity. A lot of techniques were invented for enhancing the quality of products and services starting from quality guru Deming to Taguchi. Concepts of lean and agile manufacturing have given boost to productivity. Nowadays, there is increasing emphasis on the automation and use of information technology. Education and practice of production and industrial engineering is adapting to the rapid changes in technologies.]

Published: Aug 14, 2016

Keywords: Quality; Productivity; Industrial engineering; Production engineering; TQM; Taguchi method; Operations research

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