工业工程(Industrial Engineer-ing,简称IE)是研究、实施和不断改进由人、财、物、信息等要素组成的统一生产系统,使各种资源得到最优配置和协调,达到不断提高生产率和经济效益为目的的一门科学。由于它综合应用了管理科学、系统工程、工程技术和社会科学的成就,因此IE有很强的科学性和实用性,并具有系统、综合、优化等特征。 Industrial Engineering (Industrial Engineer-ing, IE for short) is the research, implementation, and continuous improvement of a unified production system consisting of human, financial, material, and information elements, so that all resources can be optimally configured and coordinated, and continuous improvement in productivity can be achieved. A science for economic purposes. Because it integrates the achievements of management science, systems engineering, engineering technology, and social sciences, IE has strong science and practicality, and is characterized by systems, integration, and optimization.