An engineer in industrial production is oriented towards the improvement of productivity in manufacturing systems by means of an adequate analysis of economical, technological, human and material resources. Industrial Production is the area of engineering that plans, designs, implements and improves transformation systems that grant information and products, through the integration of people, materials, equipment and energy, thus seeking maximum productivity.
Professional profile of Industrial Production Engineering
- Plans, programs and controls productivity using the appropriate techniques
- Organizes warehouses and establishes inventory control systems
- Determines production costs and elaborates and controls production budgets
- Designs computer programs to optimize production processes by means of computer languages or commercial packages
- Efficiently manages the personnel under his command, assigning work-loads according to production plans
- Distributes physical space to optimize the flow of materials
- Establishes efficient systems for the management and interpretation of the information resulting from industrial activities
- Establishes quality systems
- Designs positions and production processes based on the concept of economy on the job
- Increases the productivity of production systems by organizing and controlling activities
- Analyzes labor safety and hygiene and recommends preventive and corrective measures
- Executes industrial diagnoses to identify problems and weak areas n the administration of production
- Establishes work schedules and balances production lines
- Carries out economic studies to evaluate the feasibility and profitability of industrial projects
- Simulates production processes in order to observe the behavior of the variables involved in production processes.
Working field in Industrial Production Engineering
Industrial Production Engineering graduates are well accepted in the fields of metal-mechanics, food industry, plastics, manufacturing and services. Many Industrial Production engineers have established their own businesses.
National relevance of Industrial Production Engineering
These professionals are vital in the development of a company’s competitiveness and the economical and social growth of the country.
Resources and Facilities
Industrial Production Engineering has a fine team of professors who work full-time in teaching and applied research. Most of them have a Licenciatura and Master´s degree and some have a Doctorate degree. Through the Technological Foundation (FundaTec), they work as consultants in a number of enterprises. It has its own computer room and a Manufacturing Integrated Systems laboratory. Additionally, it has lab equipment and statistics, quality control, production control and simulation software.