THE INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER: CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO REVOLUTIONS?

The .Industrial Engineer is caught between the Industrial Revolution and the Information revolution. He is confronted with choosing between pragmatic improvements in productivity and efficiency of a single operation or the opportunistic modelling and reshaping of the networked "virtual enterpri...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Niek Du Preez, Liliane Pintelon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Stellenbosch University 2012-01-01
Series:South African Journal of Industrial Engineering
Online Access:http://sajie.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/392