王爱虎编著的《工业工程专业英语(第3版高等院校工业工程专业系列规划教材)》系统介绍了工业工程领域的概貌、发展历程和发展趋势，清晰地勾勒出工业工程的知识体系。全书共6篇(24章)，分别是：对工业工程的认识、基础工业工程、现代工业工程、丰田制造模式、工业工程前沿和工业工程展望。编者对每篇文章中的主要专业词汇和晦涩难懂的句子进行了详细注释和解读。并结合文章内容和国内工业工程的管理实践提出了相关问题供读者思考。为方便读者查阅和使用。在书末还附有工业工程专业词汇汇总表。
本书既可以作为工业工程专业本科生的专业英语教材使用，也可以作为该领域专业硕士和博士研究生论文写作的参考用书。同时，也可以作为其他专业的学生和从业人员快速了解工业工程领域发展历程、内涵和趋势的专业参考书。

王爱虎，天津大学和美国纽约州立大学布法罗大学双博士，华南理工大学工商管理学院教授．博士生导师。
具有美资企业物流与供应链管理、运作管理、质量管理和客户服务等工作经验。主要从事国际物流管理、系统建模与仿真、运作管理和工业工程等领域的教学和科研工作。
自2002年以来，先后主持了国家自然科学基金项目、高等学校博士学科点专项科研基金项目、广东省自然科学基金项目、广东省软科学重点项目、广东省哲学社会科学等纵向项目10余项，粤港两地国际和区域港口和物流系统规划、国有和私营企业物流系统和供应链管理系统规划以及工业工程咨询项目20余项．积累了较为丰富的物流与供应链管理和工业工程的理论和实践经验。 在《Pakistan Journal of Statistics》，《IIE Transactionson Design and Manufacturing》．以及《经济研究》和《计算机集成制造系统》等刊物上发表论文50余篇。编辑出版《工业工程专业英语》(被评为普通高等教育“十一五”国家级规划教材)和《物流与供应链管理专业英语》(后改名为“物流工程与管理专业英语”)教材两部，翻译英文原版教材《Methods，Standards and Work Design》和《InternationalLogistics: The Management of International TradeOperations》两部．独立编著《国际物流管理》教材一部并获全国工程硕士专业学位教育指导委员会推荐核心教材的资助。

第一篇 对工业工程的认识
CHAPTERl Industrial Engineering Education for the 21st Century
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Quality in IE education
1.3 Theory andpractice
1.4 Curriculum integration
1.5 Role Of the IE
1.6 Ethics in education
1.7 Curriculum assessment
1.8 Conelusions
CHAPTER2 Real IE Value
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Thename game
2.3 Curriculum
2.4 Other steps
2.5 Expectations
2.6 Future directions
2.7 More challenges
CHAPTER 3 Grand Challenges for Industrial Engineering in the 21st Century
3.1 Background and introduction
3.2 NAE grand challenges
3.3 IIE council off ellows role forindustrial engineering
3.4 Aresearch and contribution plan for industrial engineering
3.5 Futurizing the IE curriculum
3.6 Summary and conclusions
第二篇 基础工业工程
CHAPTER4 OperationsResearch
4.1 Briefhistory
4.2 Some ORaccomplishments
4.3 Anoutlookon a research agenda
CHAPTER 5 Work.Measured Labor Standards
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Developing standardtimes
5.3 Maintaining standardtimes
5.4 Summary
CHAPTER6 Ergonomics
6.1 The origin ofergonomics
6.2 A system description ofergonomics
6.3 The goal ofsafety
6.4 The goal ofproductivity
6.5 The trade-off between productivity and safety
6.6 The goal ofoperator satisfaction
6.7 Conclusion
CHAPTER 7 Research Challenges and Recent Progress in Next Generation
Factory Layouts
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Emerging trends in industry
7.3 Next generation factory layouts
7.4 Researchchallenges
CHAPTER 8 Operations Management
8.1 Celebration of history and accomplishments
8.2 The challenges of the 1970s and 1980s and the response
8.3 The department’s history and current editorial mission
8.4 The way forward
CHAPTER 9 The Role of IE in Engineering Economics
9.1 Introducfion
9.2 Engineering economics
9.3 Steps in the evaluation process
9.4 Analytical problems encountered
9.5 Tools of engineering economy
9.6 The potential of IE forthe firm
CHAPTER 10 Systems Engineering and Engineering Management
10.1 Nature of system development
10.2 Systems engineering and engineering management
10.3 Overlap，difference，and synergies
第三篇 现代工业工程
CHAPTER 11 Concurrent Engineering
11.1 Introduction
1I.2 The training philosophy
CHAPTER 12 New Product Development
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Whatisthe“Front End
12.3 Awell-engineeredfront-endprocess
12.4 Balancing front-end explicitness and flexibility
12.5 Diagnosingfront-end activities
12.6 Managing the transition
12.7 Conclusion
CHAPTERl3 Computer Integrated Manu facturing(CIM)
13.1 Computer-aideddesign
13.2 Computer-aided engineering
13.3 Computer-aidedmanufacturing
13.4 Networks
13.5 Otherkey elements offactory automation
CHAPTER 14 The Evolution of Simulation
14.1 Introduction
14.2 The earlydays
14.3 Technical factors in simulation development
14.4 Organizational factors
14.5 Concluding summary
第四篇 丰田制造模式
CHAPTER 15 Classification of JIT Techniques
15.1 JIT’s pure engineering elements
15.2 Worker’s operations／activities as JIT elements
15.3 Japanese management-related elements of JIT
15.4 Is the classificationjustifiable
15.5 Significance ofthe classification
15.6 Lessons
15.7 Summary
CHAPTER 16 Industrial Engineering of the Toyota Production System
16.1 Introdueffort
16.2 Continuous material flow
16.3 Holistic view of TPS
16.4 Amcient rite of waste elimination
16.5 Threepathways
16.6 The Gilbreths’“four step”approach
16.7 Origin of the MOl2 process chart
16.8 Contemporary industrial engineering
16.9 Shigeo Shingoandthe JMA
16.10 Discussion
16.11 Conclusions
CHAPTER 17 Toyota’s Practical Thinking Shared Among Its Employees
17.1 Introduction
17.2 Literature review
17.3