Industrial Engineering University of Pretoria

Overview

These systems consist of people, capital, material equipment, information and energy. Their aim is to increase the productivity of the organisation and create wealth. The Industrial Engineering programme is offered by University of Pretoria.

Career Opportunities

Industrial engineers design, test, implement and manage a wide range of man/machine systems for production and the delivery of services. Organisational matters that require optimisation include site selection and layout of facilities, manufacturing, inventory control, materials handling, supply chain management, quality management, cost control, financial services, maintenance, reliability, computer simulation, information systems, human resources and business law. Since almost any organisation could benefit from the services of industrial engineers, they are employed in a wide variety of organisations in the industrial, business and service sectors. Typical activities of an industrial engineer are:

• designing, implementing and managing production processes and equipment;
• designing and improving plant layout;
• designing and improving business processes;
• functional design and implementation of information systems;
• developing and implementing performance criteria and standards;
• providing support with decision-making;
• scheduling activities;
• analysing systems with the aid of mathematical and simulation models;
• undertaking economic evaluations of alternatives; and
• integrating new systems in an existing environment.