Institute of Industrial Engineers
Encyclopedia
Professional body
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dedicated solely to the support of the industrial engineering
Industrial engineering
Industrial engineering is a branch of engineering dealing with the optimization of complex processes or systems. It is concerned with the development, improvement, implementation and evaluation of integrated systems of people, money, knowledge, information, equipment, energy, materials, analysis...
profession and individuals involved with improving quality and productivity
Productivity
Productivity is a measure of the efficiency of production. Productivity is a ratio of what is produced to what is required to produce it. Usually this ratio is in the form of an average, expressing the total output divided by the total input...
. The institute was founded in 1948 and was called the American Institute of Industrial Engineers until 1981, when the name was changed to reflect its international membership base. Members include both college students and professionals. IIE holds annual regional and national conferences in the United States. IIE is headquartered in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
in Norcross, Georgia
Norcross, Georgia
As of 2010 Norcross had a population of 9,116. The racial and ethnic composition of the population was 40.8% white , 19.8% black or African American , 0.7% Native American, 2.1% Asian Indian, 10.7% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 21.5% from some other race and 4.3% reporting two or more races...
, a suburb located northeast of Atlanta.
Publications
IIE publishes two magazines and four technical journals. The award-winning member magazine is titled Industrial Engineer and is published monthly. Industrial Management, a quarterly magazine that addresses engineering management topics, is the publication of IIE's Society for Engineering and Management Systems. IIE's flagship journal is IIE Transactions, which aims to foster exchange among researchers and practitioners in the industrial engineering community by publishing papers that are grounded in science and mathematics and motivated by engineering applications. The Engineering Economist is a quarterly refereed journal devoted to issues of capital investment. IIE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering focuses on research of advances in health systems. And the Journal of Enterprise Transformation explores trends, new findings and ongoing research related to enterprise transformation.Membership Categories
IIE has three categories of membership:- Professional
- Student
- Corporate
Each membership grade comes with its own benefits and rights. The requirements for each membership category are available at www.iienet.org/membership.
External links
Some student chapters include:- The University of Washington
- The Pennsylvania State University
- Purdue University
- Clemson University
- University of Florida
Some Senior Chapters include: