制造工程技术涵盖了从设计概念到产品交付的生产制成品的各个方面。它包括从微观的纳米机器人到波音777飞机，从铅笔到透析机，从隐形眼镜到名牌牛仔裤的所有产品。制造工程技术不断努力改善用于生产商品的设备，过程和材料，并提高生产的可持续性。
Manufacturing engineering technology encompasses all aspects of producing manufactured goods, from design concepts to product delivery. It includes anything that is made, from microscopic nanobots to Boeing 777s, from pencils to dialysis machines and from contact lenses to designer jeans. Manufacturing engineering technology constantly strives to improve the equipment, processes, and materials used to produce goods as well as promoting production sustainablity.