As we know in this pandemic, everything seems quite hard to control. I hope the researches could discuss and share their thoughts for researching at this time. Especially related in Industrial Engineering.
As we all know that " Necessity is the mother of invention" . During World War II , whole world was facing scarcity in each and every field. then OPERATIONS RESEARCH taken birth. Like that COVID-19 , created disruption in all the functions of industries. So, each and every functions of industries can be tackle by Industrial Engineers and provide remedy through analytical approach.
As I'm part of this field so I will share and give my thoughts about this topic in this period of time we try to change the strategy of our classical system by making new doors to facilitate how we work specifically in supply chain management we talk with government of the state in this part. Industrial engineer in this day can be more active just in some sector like agro-alimentary or food products because in some other sector the production quiet zero
As we all know that " Necessity is the mother of invention" . During World War II , whole world was facing scarcity in each and every field. then OPERATIONS RESEARCH taken birth. Like that COVID-19 , created disruption in all the functions of industries. So, each and every functions of industries can be tackle by Industrial Engineers and provide remedy through analytical approach.
I would also encourage work in the more "qualitative" and "systems thinking" type of topics. For the more quantitative oriented IEs, "Soft Systems Methodology" may be a good place to start.
I think that the tendency in the industrial field is to install machines in specific locations. Therefore, it is necessary to arrange and orient the machines using a judicious mathematical model.