Industrial Engineering (IE) is concerned with the design, analysis and implementation of any production or service system with the goal of improving its quality and productivity. The system could be a manufacturing plant, a transportation or a distribution network, a financial services company, an airline, a government agency or even a health care delivery organization. IE takes a holistic view of any system and provides methodologies to make its components, e.g., people, materials, processes, information and technology, work better together. For more information about IE, visit the web sites of our Professional Societies.You can think of IE as a bridge between engineering and management. To emphasize this connection, our department is named Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences (IE/MS). The department was established in 1958, and has been consistently ranked among the top 5 to 10 departments in the country.