History of Industrial Engineering

• IE--the search for the best way to do something

• Taylor:

  • Principles of Scientific Management (1947)

• First IE course:

  • Univ. of Kansas (Diemer)
  • Later at Cornell, Harvard and Rensselaer

• Now:

  • 70 accredited degree programs in IE

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