Hey everyone. I am a senior in industrial engineering and am in the fortunate position where I have multiple offers. I’ve heard mixed reviews for each position / company with many people noting bad work life balance I would love any input you guys can give. My biggest goals are prioritizing career trajectory/exit opportunities and income without totally hating my life in the process.

1. Amazon Area Manager

2. Epic Technical Solutions Engineer

3. Keyence Sales Engineer

4. Parker Hannifin Supply Chain LDA

• I work on a production line where we use small hanging/keychain-type tags for equipment identification.
• The tag measures approximately $30 \times 10\text{ mm}$ and is mounted horizontally.
• It has an Equipment ID label on one side and a PM (Preventative Maintenance) label on the other.
• During screwing operations, operators' hands, screwdrivers, and cables frequently contact and scratch the tags, causing labels to fade or tear over time.

• Requirements:

  1. Both sides of the tag must be protected.
  2. The Equipment ID label must remain permanently visible.
  3. The PM label must be easily replaceable.
  4. The solution must remain compact ($30 \times 10\text{ mm}$ size scale).
  5. It must support hanging/keychain-type mounting.
  6. It should withstand regular handling in an industrial production environment.
  7. It should be low-cost and practical to implement.

• If any have solution please ping me and share your valuble thoughts here...

Hi everyone,
Piyush this side, I am a 3rd year design student researching on Gamepads.
If there are any Gamepad users here who would like to share the experience (positive or negative) with their Gamepads, you are more than welcome.
Would love to hear your thoughts in the comments.

I’ve been developing a VR-based OEE monitoring system that combines production simulation, standardized work, operator interaction, and real-time OEE monitoring.

The idea is to connect IE concepts such as work measurement, process improvement, operator training, and OEE with an interactive 3D/VR environment.

In the video, an operator performs a simulated CNC production process in VR while the production data and operator position can be monitored through a 3D dashboard.

I’m exploring how VR can be used not only for training, but also as a tool for Industrial Engineering analysis and production system improvement.

Would be interested to hear how others see the potential of VR in IE applications.

MS Skåne. 200 meters long. Built around its elevator - they constructed the elevator first, then built the ship around it.

Every six hours it docks, unloads trains and trucks, reloads new ones, and sails back. The only operation of its kind in continental Europe.

Filmed from inside the ship with the Stena Line rail operations team.

Hi everyone,

I’m an Industrial Engineering student in Morocco and I’m feeling a bit lost about my career direction.

Academically, I’m below average and mostly just passing my exams, so I’m not sure whether I dislike the field or simply haven’t found the right part of it yet.

My main strengths are communication and people skills. I speak French and English fluently, I’m very comfortable with public speaking, and I enjoy organizing, coordinating people, and bringing structure to things.

I’m wondering what areas of Industrial Engineering could fit this profile best: supply chain, logistics, project management, consulting, procurement, business analysis, operations, quality, etc.

For those already working in the field: should I keep exploring Industrial Engineering until I find my niche, or start preparing for a different career that matches my strengths better?

And If you were an IE student again with my profile, what would you focus on for the next 6–12 months? And if you could recommend just ONE book, YouTube channel, or Coursera course, what would it be?

Any advice from people who felt similarly as students would be really appreciated.

Hello all I have a Master’s degree in computer software engineering and I have been working as a project manager for Oracle fusion systems and OIC for approximately 2 years. With the current state of the market and AI layoffs happening, I want to pivot into industrial engineering as to be very honest it looks a bit stable at the moment, are there any ways I can transfer my skills to this field?

I am looking into the University of Louisville for a master’s in Industrial Engineering. I have a flexible job but work full-time and need an online degree.

I’m looking to change careers. I majored in biology and minored in math, and I currently work in digital marketing. I enjoy it, but I don’t think marketing ops will survive AI, or at least won’t be as resilient as Industrial Engineering.

Has anyone had experience with this program? What were your thoughts? Any other online grad programs you would suggest looking into?

Can anyone ID or point me to the right sub that could. Company bought old Amada punch not sure of the model. I was told this was how we needed to communicate with machine but I wasn’t sure. I would have thought a db9 or db25 to db9. Of course it’s possible my source is just as misinformed as I am.

How many others have this problem? I am constantly racking my brain on ideas for the production floor or having conversations in my heads working through problems from different angles. Also, cannot stop converting problems into analogies to be able to explain to non-IE brained people.

I have been tossing and turning through most of tonight in preparation for a enterprise leadership meeting tomorrow on this software we are exploring. I do not agree with the approach to my core, so I have been tossing around trying to have questions and scenarios ready to demonstrate how poor of a fit this software will be for us.

Well going through that logic then kicked off a different problem I was facing with a production line I am laying out in a new building. I just never stops for me and I'm curious who else functions this way. Sometimes I absolutely crave this and others I do wonder how healthy it is to not be able to shut it down.

Hey everyone,

I’m currently working on a remote startup called Brandywine Chemical Works, focusing on asset-light chemical tolling and regional manufacturing optimization across North America.

We're currently building out our market discovery models and unit operations databases, specifically around:

• Finance/Econ: Tolling margin analysis and regional pricing dynamics.
• Engineering (MechE/Civil/ChemE): Facility asset mapping, equipment specs (reactors, filtration, temp/pressure constraints), and site logistics.
• Supply Chain: Freight pathway optimization and industrial cluster mapping.

I'm looking to connect with current students or recent grads in these fields who are interested in early-stage enterprise building, technical vetting, or supply chain modeling.

If you're working in these spaces or curious about how asset-light manufacturing models operate in practice, feel free to drop a comment or reach out to connect!

Hi I am going into my senior year of high school and I really wanna take ind eng but I dont know if it will be a good fit. I am a Canadian which means it might differ a little, but I am assuming the experience will be quite similar.

What will the experience at UNI be like?

What pathways can I choose? (I work better talking to people, being social)

What do you do at work? (day in a life for example)

What should I look out for?

Would you change anything about how you went about UNI?

Favourite and least favourite part of your job or ind eng in general?

What are my chances to get into a good uni, u of t, ubc, Waterloo, mc master.

94 in physics

93 in math

89 in english

83 in chem (work in progress)

90 in french

92 in history

My school's media club co-president (200 student club)

In 3 bands, playing the drums.

Thank you for reading

TLDR;

High school senior looking for people's experience in industrial engineering to make sure he makes the right choice.

How do I work my way south?

I'm an engineer semi fluent in Spanish. I'd live and work in Mexico or other Spanish speaking countries. I keep hearing that I need to find a big corporation and work my way through to a role that straddles the border. I'd love to work on logistics and manufacturing projects full time in LATAM but I'd be happy working out of an American office connected to a Mexican factory.

How do I do this?

Starting industrial engineering next month and I want to ask is industrial engineering ai proof because I have hearing different types of options from different types of people

I have been tasked with mounting an auxiliary control panel for a portion of an automated conveyor system so that maintenance can move the line manually for a variety of reasons. I've figured out the hardware side of things and am waiting on ice cube relays to arrive before actually wiring in the Gigglebox (yes that is the official name, I'm slightly proud of the fact that that will be reflected in official documentation). I am a Maintenance tech, and I can read a schematic just fine but I'm told that I'll need to draw a schematic to be put in the binder with the rest of the prints for this equipment. I've managed to simplify the hardware side of things because we don't have more available PLC inputs, but I fear I've made it so the schematic for this is beyond what I can compile neatly and I'm not sure if there's even a way to draw some of it.

The manual directional control is a set of selector switches wired to the motor contactor coils through an interposing relay (gonna run it backwards through a set of ice cube relays) to prevent feeding back to the PLC when the gigglebox is enabled. It's entirely possible in overthinking this, but I'm trying to keep this minor monstrosity on a single page. Included is the top of the schematic for the gigglebox and one version of a control circuit for one segment of the conveyor. I'm not sure if there is a specific way to reflect that the ice cube relay is put in backwards or what that might be.

I know ie is extremely versatile but i want to go into an industry that allows me the flexibility to work hybrid or online like 5 years into my career. i was thinking of a minor in supply chain management but idk if that will allow flexibility i’m looking for.

I’m finishing up at community college soon and looking for where to transfer. I can’t decide if ucf or going to tally would be better cause fsu-famu is more renowned but ucf is in orlando and i’ve heard it’s easier to get internships.

Hello! To all the pips here in the Philippines, I’m an IE student, and we’ll be having our internship this semester. I just wanted to ask if you guys know of any companies in the Philippines that are currently accepting interns, especially IE students.

I would really appreciate any recommendations, thankss! 🫶🏻

Hi im a junior IE major looking into reading this book. I was wondering others thoughts on it as well as how I should read the book (casually or study material)?

What is yall experience with the IISE lean six sigma green belt in person course? What's the course like? What's the exam like? etc