FTIE
1. Define the following terms: a.) industry, b.) engineering, c.) industrial engineering
• An industry is any large-scale business activity or a type of productive manufacture
or trade.
• Engineering is the work involved in designing and constructing engines and
machinery or structures such as roads and bridges with the use of scientific
principles.
• Industrial Engineering use the knowledge of Math, Physics and also Social Sciences
to analyze, design, predict and evaluate the results and roadblocks of processes and
devices. It focuses on how to improve processes or design things that are much
more efficient and cost less money, time, raw resources, man-power and energy
while following safety standards and regulations.
2. Elaborate the main challenging factors, which are faced by industrial engineers in the
fourth industrial revolution.
The fourth industrial revolution, a term coined by Klaus Schwab, describes a world
where individuals move between digital domains and offline reality with the use of
connected technology to enable and manage their lives.
• Customer demand will consistently be rising.
– With the increase of the population comes with the increasing demands of
