July 2016 - Volume 2, Issue I
AN
INDUSTRIAL
ENGINEER’S
SILVER LINING
By Azan Sarwar
Manager I.E / Systems – Yunus Textile Mills Limited
M.E.M - Industrial Management, NED-UET
B.E - Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, NED-UET
IRCA Certified Lead Auditor – Quality Management
System, NPO
CCEE Certified Six Sigma Green Belt, NED-UET
Freelance Writer, Consultant, Trainer
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So
what does an Industrial Engineer really do? The number
of Industrial Engineers graduating every year in Pakistan is
significantly higher than the average runs that our cricket team
accumulates these days; yet ironically like our batting line
itself in the modern version of the gentlemen’s game, we seem
to have not yet found our true place in the manufacturing
sector of a country hopelessly struggling to keep pace with
international competitors. We are everywhere, yet nowhere.
The sectors of Textiles, Automotives, Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals, Power, Education, Designing, Consultancies and
even Teaching are all providing us the opportunity to showcase or ubiquitous influence. And what’s even more astonishing is our diversity within these sectors; scope of work ranging
from production, planning, quality, systems, supply chain,
warehousing, health & safety, research, marketing, distribution, product development, new product development,
business intelligence, operational excellence, sales and every
other new division thought up by a management’s Einstein.
But the hot potato is the definitive question; where do we really
belong and where can we best flourish? Graduating with flying
colors, my batch-mates took to explore their field of work. Not
even a year passed as we spread like wildfire throughout the
manufacturing sector and felt at the top of the world.