The Story of Industrial Engineering

Adedeji B. Badiru is a professor of systems engineering at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT). He was previously Professor and Head of Systems Engineering and Management at AFIT, Professor and Department Head of Industrial & Information Engineering at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, and Professor of Industrial Engineering and Dean of University College at the University of Oklahoma, Norman. He is a registered professional engineer (PE), a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers, and a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Engineering. He holds BS in Industrial Engineering, MS in Mathematics, and MS in Industrial Engineering from Tennessee Technological University, and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Central Florida. He is a prolific author and has won national and international awards for his scholarly, leadership, and professional accomplishments. He is a member of several professional associations and scholastic honor societies.

Chapter 1. Ages of Human Development and Work Planning. Chapter 2. Emergence of Organized Production. 3. Elements of Industrial Revolution. 4. Early Production Practices. 5. Invention of Mass Production Techniques. 6. Shop Floor Management Practices. 7. Emergence of Union Movements. 8. Early Human Factors. Early Practices of Ergonomics. 10. The Days of Efficiency Experts. 11.The Concept of Cheaper by the Dozen. 12. Development of Manufacturing. 13. Management Engineering. 14. Early Management Principles and Movement. 15. Emergence of Formal Industrial Engineering. 16. Diversification of Industrial Engineering. 17. Fragmentation of Industrial Engineering. 18. Offshoot Professions and Specializations. 19. Keeping the Center Holding. 20. Splinter Areas of IE. 21. Shadow Function of IE. 22. Sustaining the Profession under a Common Core. 23. References. Bibliography for Further Reading.