The Institute of Industrial Engineers
Founded in 1948, IISE is an international, nonprofit association that provides leadership for the application, education, training, research, and development of industrial and systems engineering. helps its members improve complex organizations around the world and across industries. Throughout their careers, members turn to IISE for tools and connections that provide an integrated and systemic perspective to business challenges. Solving complex problems is our common objective. IISE, the world`s largest professional society dedicated solely to the support of the profession, is an international, nonprofit association that provides leadership for the application, education, training, research, and development of industrial and systems engineering.
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- Professional association
- Industry Type:
- University / Academia / Research
- Market Focus:
- Globally (various continents)
- Employees:
- 11-100
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What is industrial engineering? (IIE official definition)
Industrial engineering is concerned with the design, improvement and installation of integrated systems of people, materials, information, equipment and energy. It draws upon specialized knowledge and skill in the mathematical, physical, and social sciences together with the principles and methods of engineering analysis and design, to specify, predict, and evaluate the results to be obtained from such systems.
IIE is recognized internationally as:
- The leading provider of cutting-edge continuing education in industrial engineering.
- The acknowledged source of productivity improvement information via the Internet, publications, and live events, including an annual conference, topical conferences, and technical seminars.
- An invaluable source of member benefits that include a magazine, professional development programs, an online career center, networking communities, chapters, and affinity programs that save members time and money.
- The only association that supports the profession of industrial engineering and promotes an increased awareness of the value of industrial engineers.
- The only association that supports accredited industrial engineering programs through the ABET Inc.
Mission
To provide knowledge, training, networking opportunities and recognition to enhance the skills and effectiveness of the industrial and systems engineering profession and those individuals involved with improving quality and productivity.
Vision
To be the premier organization that advances, promotes and unites the industrial and systems engineering profession worldwide.
History of IIE
Founded in 1948, IIE is the only international, nonprofit, professional society dedicated to advancing the technical and managerial excellence of industrial engineers. The Institute is committed to provide the most timely information about the profession to its members, professionals who share industrial engineering concerns, businesses and industries that employ industrial engineers, and the general public.
IIE strives to provide full-value continuing education opportunities that enhance members capabilities to improve productivity and quality in the workplace while imaging the progressive contributions made by the profession. IIE also provides a number of products and services to aid in this endeavor, including professional trade books, periodicals, professional journals, conferences, seminars and workshops.
Industrial engineering is concerned with the design, improvement and installation of integrated systems of people, material, information, equipment and energy. It draws upon specialized knowledge and skills in the mathematical, physical and social sciences, together with the principles and methods of engineering analysis and design to specify, predict and evaluate the results to be obtained from such systems.
Within a year of its inception, membership consisted of 1,279 members, including 938 students, 2 senior chapters and 10 university chapters. The first convention was held in June 1950 and has continued annually since that time. By 1958, membership had escalated to 6,500 members with 80 chapters and climbed to 12,000 by 1960.
The Journal of Industrial Engineering became a monthly publication in 1966, and two years later branched into AIIE Transactions and Industrial Engineering. In 1972 the headquarters moved from New York to Atlanta, Georgia where it remains today.
Originally known in the US as the American Institute of Industrial Engineers, the word American was dropped in 1981 to truly reflect the international origins of it's growing membership base. At that time, The organization officially became the Institute of Industrial Engineers and Industrial Management magazine was added to the product line.
An integral part of IIE has been the recognition of outstanding students, academia and those in the business and industry sector. In 1956, the first Chapter Development Awards were given, followed a year later by the announcement of Graduate Students and Research Award Competition. The prestigious Frank and Lillian Gilbreth Award was bestowed upon the Gilbreths in 1962. Lillian Gilbreth's contributions to industrial engineering were recognized by the US Postal Service through a commemorative stamp in 1984.
Currently, the Institute promotes over 25 awards and scholarships to reward members, students, and institutions for significant contributions to the profession.
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Systems world view. Productivity. Efficiency. These are words that describe the distinctive attributes of industrial engineering, and IISE is the world's largest professional society dedicated solely to the support of the industrial and systems engineering profession and individuals involved with improving quality and productivity. Founded in 1948, IISE is an international, nonprofit association that provides leadership for the application, education, training, research, and development of industrial and systems engineering. ISEs figure out a better way to do things and work in a wide array of professional areas, including management, manufacturing, logistics, health systems, retail, service and ergonomics. They influence policy and implementation issues regarding topics such as sustainability, innovation and Six Sigma. And like the profession, ISEs are rooted in the sciences of engineering, the analysis of systems, and the management of people