Important facts about
industrial engineering
Context
Periods of industrial revolution
First industrial revolution
Second industrial revolution
Third industrial revolution
Fourth industrial revolution
What industrial engineering does
"Industrial engineering is an inter-disciplinary profession that is concerned with the optimization of complex processes, systems, or organizations by developing, improving and implementing integrated systems of people, money, knowledge, information, equipment, energy and materials"
The beginning
Industrial Revolution
(1820 y 1840)
Firestone's defective tires
One of the worst facts of the industrial engineering
The company got many demands
Many people had accidents because of the tires
The best manager: Roberto Goizueta
He was the manager of The Coca Cola Company since 1980 until 1997, when he died
He turned Coca Cola in a huge company
He is considered the best manager due to the earnings of Coca Cola in the 90's
Fourth industrial revolution
It will take place in the XXI century
It consist in the use of robots for the production in factories
Germany is one of the leaders of this revolution
It has been a polemic topic, the main impact of this revolution are the employees
Mass production
It was one of the most important facts for the industry
Author
Henry Ford
"He was an American captain of industry and a business magnate, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and the sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production"
Who uses this model of production
Car factories
Food factories
Technology factories
Laboratories
The "worst" manager: Eike Batista
He was the most millonarie man of Brasil
He was the manager of EBX group, which have many companies of mining and energy
He got involved in many cases of corruption