industrial engineering

noun

1. engineering applied to the planning, design, and control of industrial operations.

Other Words From

• industrial engineer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of industrial engineering¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

The uniform customer experiences they provide are triumphs of industrial engineering and efficiency systems management.

From The Daily Beast

A school of industrial engineering, and of the application of chemistry and mechanics, is working at Barcelona.

From Project Gutenberg