What Enterprise IT Can Learn From Industrial Engineering

Information Week: Budget-challenged IT organizations would do well to adopt the efficiency policies of industrial engineering. It applies efficiencies across enterprise operations, not just in specific areas.

Walk onto a busy manufacturing floor, and the first thing you notice is how little you notice. Each of the myriad activities fits neatly and unobtrusively into the big picture. The casual observer can barely begin to comprehend the amount of planning and engineering that has gone into making the operation appear to flow seamlessly from raw materials to finished product.

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