Industrial operations and management topics are concerned with designing and controlling production processes, worker activities, and related industrial business activities to meet production targets, comply with regulations and achieve other business goals. Engineers, CEOs, operations managers, specialists, and technicians at all levels use a variety of software and systems for applications such as asset management, maintenance, safety, situational awareness, energy management and more.
Standards are important, as are workforce management issues including human factors and ergonomics and project management. The topic also covers regulatory compliance, manufacturing execution systems (MES), and applications such as asset management and maintenance; facility, personnel and electrical safety; energy management; alarm management; and situational awareness.