【Highly Systematic and Widely Applicable】
Industrial Engineering and Management (also known as Industrial Engineering or IE) integrates the disciplines of science, engineering, information technology and management to study and optimize the operational efficiency of organizations. An organization can be a shop, a production line, a factory, an international firm’s global supply chain, and even a government agency. IE studies all types of industry including retail, transportation, military logistics, financial services, healthcare, entertainment and non-profit organizations. To develop effective solutions for improving operational efficiency, industrial engineers have to comprehensively and systematically understand, identify and evaluate the complicated interactions of an organization’s departments, units, and subsystems. Industrial Engineering, therefore, is a “highly systematic and widely applicable” discipline.
Industrial engineering and management, an interdisciplinary study, has broad applications to many types of industries and organizations. At NYCU, we focus on four areas: smart manufacturing, production systems, decision science, and human factors engineering.
(1) Smart Manufacturing: Concentrating on research and development of intelligent manufacturing systems and focusing on the digital transformation of manufacturing and service systems to convert information into executable actions to shorten decision time.
(2) Production Systems: Concentrating on the planning and management of the traditional production systems (known as in-house production systems), we also study supply chain and logistics (global production systems) management in response to the global evolution in business models and manufacturing strategies.
(3) Decision Science: We examine the development of quantitative methods in system design, planning and control. We employ systems analysis, operations research, statistics, simulations and other engineering and scientific methods to improve industry and government decision-making.
(4) Human Factors Engineering: We conduct human information processing studies with the aim to uncover principles underlying human-machine interaction (HMI) and human errors. We are particularly interested in applications of high-tech products, complex systems (nuclear power plants, healthcare systems, etc.) and automated systems.
【Balance between Theories and Practices】
We emphasize the importance of balance between theories and practices. The main campus of NYCU is located right next door to the Hsinchu Science Park (known as “Taiwan’s Silicon Village”). A large number of the top executives in the companies in “Taiwan’s Silicon Village” are NYCU alumni, and they have formed a close network. The geographic privilege and the close network of NYCU alumni developed over time give us ample opportunities to collaborate.
In addition to local and international high-tech industries, we collaborate with traditional manufacturing, supply chains and logistics, healthcare and agricultural logistics industries. Therefore, our research is often driven by real problems and needs, and solved with solid theoretic methodologies. IEM receives many research grants annually from the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), and from other government agencies. Individual faculty members receive research projects from private firms. We assist companies by offering training programs and improving their operational efficiency. IEM faculty members are also board members of, or consultants to, private enterprises, serve on assessment panels for accreditations, reviews and competitions, etc.
【Quality Learning Environments】
The College of Management at NYCU has been accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), one of the world’s most prestigious accreditation associations for business and management programs. In addition to fundamental and traditional IE courses, such as quality management, production management, we also offer four different tracks to students, including (1) smart manufacturing, (2) production systems, (3) decision science, and (4) human factors engineering. We encourage students to pursue a minor or a double degree according to their personal interests. We also provide a variety of scholarships, internship opportunities and oversea study programs.
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