Human Factors in Industrial Engineering Design

The current interest in Human factors engineering arises from the fact that technological developments have focused attention on the need to consider human beings and the irinteraction with machines, materials, information, procedures and environments in such developments and in designing a technological system. The aim is to ensure that human beings and technology work in complete harmony, with the equipment and tasks aligned to human characteristics. Industrial engineering involves the synthesis and application of scientific principles to analysis, design, installation and improvement of integrated systems of humans, materials, equipment and information to provide the most efficient and effective operating and work environment. In this concern, this analytical article explores the relevant information on details of human factors and the interdisciplinary nature of human factors as well as the implications of human factors in industrial engineering and design. Moreover, it presents the basic relationship between human factors engineering and industrial engineering and the importance of learning human factors for an industrial engineer since an industrial engineerwith a background in human factors is ideal, as he can analyze different design alternatives for machinery and processes, make trade-offs in the selection of equipment, and arrive at a better solution.