Deployment of Industrial Engineering

Regarding the deployment of American-style management, this chapter discusses that the implementation of industrial engineering (IE), an advanced form of scientific management originating in the United States, played an important role in production management and rationalization in Japan and Germany after World War II. The primary issue was the implementation of the work-factor (WF) method and Methods Time Measurement (MTM) for the deployment of IE. Thus, this chapter examines the deployment of IE in relation to the problems of work measurement and method engineering, the role of industrial engineers, and the influence of institutions on the implementation and promotion of IE, such as the Verband für Arbeitsstudien (REFA) and the German MTM Association in Germany and the Japan Iron and Steel Federation in Japan. Through these discussions, this chapter clarifies the Japanese and German characteristics regarding the deployment of IE and their significance.