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Our state and country are in desperate need of good engineers to modernize and improve manufacturing systems to produce and deliver good quality products at affordable prices. Many students go into engineering to design new products. Although a good product design is required for a successful business, it is only the beginning. To be successful, a company must be able to efficiently produce its products. They must be able to translate good product designs into workable production plans using safe and efficient production processes. To do so, requires engineers who can design, develop, and improve production systems. These engineers must make sure that processes and systems are productive and that safe working environments are created and maintained. They must make sure that every product that is produced and shipped is of good quality and reasonable cost.
To reduce costs, provide greater profitability, and to increase the rewards for the employees of an organization, an organization must increase its productivity. Sometimes a company with the best product design on the market goes bankrupt. Today's organizations must do more than just design good products, they must have efficient production systems that can adapt rapidly to product design and production volume changes.
IEs design and improve production systems that make the goods and services that we use every day. To provide high quality products at the lowest cost, IEs must design safe work environments for people, select appropriate machines and equipment, design production facilities and material handling systems, develop efficient production methods, and develop information systems. Because they are uniquely suited to view the entire enterprise from product design to product manufacture to waste disposal, IEs move into management at twice the rate of any other engineering discipline. In addition to working in manufacturing industries, many IEs work for service organizations. About half of the KSU IE graduates are hired by service organizations.
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