{"id":9009,"date":"2026-09-22T15:06:38","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T20:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/?p=9009"},"modified":"2026-09-22T14:20:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T19:20:38","slug":"industrial-engineering-focusing-on-the-big-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/22\/industrial-engineering-focusing-on-the-big-picture\/","title":{"rendered":"Industrial Engineering: Focusing on &#8220;The Big Picture&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/071-01.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"318\" height=\"318\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/071-01.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8953\" style=\"width:181px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/071-01.png 318w, https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/071-01-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/071-01-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/071-01-70x70.png 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Catching up with an MHEFI Scholarship Recipient<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BY KATIE KUEHNER\u2011HEBERT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DEAN MOUNT IS<\/strong> keen on industrial engineering because the discipline focuses on &#8220;the big picture.&#8221; Mount was a 2024\u20112025 Material Handling Education Foundation, Inc. (MHEFI) scholarship recipient<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Instead of designing a product, you get to organize all the variables of a process. That broader scope appeals to me,&#8221; says Mount, who graduated in 2025 with a bachelor\u2019s degree in industrial engineering at North Dakota State University in Fargo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During school breaks he interned at various companies, including Boston Scientific Corp., a medical device company headquartered in Marlborough, Mass., which later offered Mount a job as an industrial engineer in one of the company\u2019s facilities based in Maple Grove, Minn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mount also loves project management and working with people, which is why he earned an MBA just a year later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I like to help an organization strategize to meet its goals,&#8221; Mount says. &#8220;I also really like balancing multiple projects and priorities, communicating with stakeholders at all levels and helping to make processes flow more efficiently within an organization. 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