Publisher's Synopsis
Worldwide, industrial engineering has evolved into a major engineering and management discipline. Industrial engineering is an engineering discipline which, because of its multi-disciplinary nature, has played an important role in the development and optimization of different systems at macro and micro levels. Together with the recent growth of nontraditional industries, particularly information technology and service-related industries, the percentage of industrial engineers working outside of the traditional manufacturing industries has exceeded the percentage of those working inside the field in the next several years, and so the types of roles and responsibilities of Industrial Engineers are subject to change. The effective use of industrial engineering has contributed to an enhanced standard of living through increased productivity, improved quality of work, better quality and nature of services, and improvement in working environments. Trends in industrial engineering research provide insight into the focus of industrial engineering technology uptake and development. This volume provides the reader with a snapshot of current knowledge and state-of-the-art research results in Industrial Engineering and Management Science. It discusses the application of control theory to the problem of the timely acquisition of extra production capacity. The main focus of second chapter is to analyze production management in a manufacturing facility and correlate it with the energy consumption. The chapter initially concentrates on different simulation methodologies and their application in the current manufacturing domain. Literature relating to the correlation of energy consumption with production management has also been reviewed. Next chapter provides an important contribution to the existing literature by looking into the sector trend analysis of basic manufacturing industries. Risk management in logistics involves a variety of issues like selecting suppliers, performance of suppliers, third party logistics and outsourcing. Choosing the best supplier is one of the most crucial tasks for any production system as there is high external or internal vulnerability. Further, this work proposes an integrated approach to determine optimal build orientation for Powder bed fusion by laser (PBF-L), by simultaneously optimizing mechanical properties, surface roughness, and the amount of support structure and build time-cost. This volume will be of valuable for researchers, engineers, academicians as well as industrial professionals dealing with activities in Industrial Engineering and Management.