INSY 3021 Final Exam Study Guide QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS UPDATED (2025/2026) (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
Definition of Industrial Engineering - ✔✔The engineering discipline concerned with integrating people,
materials, information, and equipment into an efficient system
What do IE's do? - ✔✔Figure out how to do things better. They engineer processes and systems that
improve quality and productivity. They work to eliminate waste of time, money, materials, energy and
other commodities
Manufacturing - ✔✔the transformation of materials into items of greater value by means of one or more
processing and/or assembly operations, . . . The key point is that manufacturing adds value to the
material by changing its shape or properties, or by combining it with other materials that have been
similarly altered.
Methods Engineering - ✔✔attempts to design optimal processes to produce value, with processes
involving humans and machines
Optimal - ✔✔lowest cost, highest quality, most reliable
Produce Value - ✔✔manufacture a product or service a customer
Humans and machines - ✔✔By selecting the sequences, tools, equipment, systems, facilities
Motion & Time Study - ✔✔The systematic observation, analysis, and measurement of the separate steps
in the performance of a specific job for the purpose of establishing a standard time for each
performance, improving procedures, and increasing productivity
Time Standards are based on the concept of - ✔✔A Fair Day's Work
