工业和管理系统工程师专注于提高整个系统的性能-生产率，质量，成本，安全性，可持续性，员工健康和市场增强。它们可以在制造，医疗保健，物流和分销，零售环境，政府机构，金融机构以及几乎任何具有复杂流程的产品或服务中找到。工业工程师可以平衡投入以实现对组织和社会的最大好处-人力资源，自然资源以及人造结构和设备的正确组合。该领域的专业人员弥合了管理与运营之间的鸿沟，除了确定应使用何种设备，信息等以及如何使用外，还激励着人们。
Industrial and management systems engineers focus on improving performance for an entire system - productivity, quality, cost, safety, sustainability, employee health and market enhancement. They can be found in manufacturing, healthcare, logistics and distribution, retail environments, government agencies, financial institutions and virtually any product or service that has complex processes. Industrial engineers balance inputs to achieve the greatest good for the organization and society - the right combination of human resources, natural resources and man-made structures and equipment. Professionals in this field bridge the gap between management and operations, motivating people in addition to determining what equipment, information, etc., should be used and how.