A strategic domain: IE in the semiconductor industry. (industrial engineering)

Industrial engineers (IEs) are playing an increasingly important role in the success of organizations, especially those in the semiconductor manufacturing industry. Faced with the challenge of remaining competitive, semiconductor manufacturing needs to adopt a new productivity approach that requires IE practices. However, IE skills are not as in demand in semiconductor manufacture as they are in other industries, despite their potentially strategic roles in the industry's drive toward productivity improvement. IEs have introduced a number of analytical tools to the industry, including compu