It can be generally stated that the industrial
engineering (IE) field branches out to a broad spectrum
of aspects, not limiting itself to one focus in the industry.
In a world that is constantly advancing technologically,
IE is key in allowing the advancement of production,
whether in a manufacturing or service industry, in order
to keep up with the everyday increasing demand. From
the more social standpoints dealing more with people,
such as supervision to the more technical, say economics,
quality and production forecasting, IE impacts the field in
many ways. These different aspects can all be seen and
represented through one of the more increasingly
common practices in the field, automation. Accordingly,
this paper shows how we can teach IE from the vision of
a portable automated model (PAM). Through the
development of PAM, many aspects and branches of IE
can be displayed to show the versatility of IE roles and
purposes and its different impacts in the industry. Using a
small-scale model, different examples of cost and
accounting, economic analysis, lean, design, layout,
production planning controls, operations, simulation,
quality and even human resource management can be
displayed to show the importance of this engineering
field.
Keywords- Engineering Education, Industrial
Engineering, Automation
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