现代行业依赖于具有与制造工程相关主题的广泛背景的员工，无论他们是否拥有制造工程师的头衔。员工在标准化工作，精益生产，统计分析，自动化和工厂布局技术等领域的专业知识对于任何一家工业公司的成功都是至关重要的，并且拥有这些主题经验的学生进入就业市场在市场上具有竞争优势。弗里斯州立大学的学生将希望完成“工业实践证书”系列，以扩展-并记录其与行业相关的技能，使其超出其专业所学课程的技能。
Modern industry relies upon employees with broad backgrounds in manufacturing engineering-related topics, whether they hold the title of manufacturing engineer or not. Employee expertise in areas such as standardized work, lean manufacturing, statistical analysis, automation, and plant layout techniques are essential to the success of any industrial company and students entering the job market with experience in these topics enjoy a competitive advantage in the marketplace. Ferris State University students will want to complete the Industrial Practices Certificate series in order to expand - and document their industry-related skill sets beyond those developed from courses just within their majors.