Academic and professional field focused on optimizing complex processes and systems. Often abbreviated as IE.
See also: インダストリアルエンジニアリング
He is majoring in industrial engineering at university.
生産管理工学の手法を使って工場の効率を改善した。
We improved factory efficiency using industrial engineering methods.
Katakana loanword for the same field; often used interchangeably, but 生産管理工学 is the native Japanese term.
Compound of 生産 (production), 管理 (management), and 工学 (engineering). A direct translation of the English term 'industrial engineering'.