We prepare students for successful life-long careers and provide leadership in industry and our profession through our research and educational programs. To accomplish this mission, we:

• Educate students at the undergraduate level to be engineers who can design, analyze, and improve systems that produce goods and services.
• Educate students at the graduate level to become leaders in the application of industrial and manufacturing systems engineering skills and tools and lead the quest to advance the state-of-the-art in IMSE disciplines.
• Perform research in our discipline that is both of fundamental importance and of value to industry, our profession, and society as a whole.
• Serve our institution, community, and profession by using our skills and time to advance their missions.

Reaffirmed by the IMSE faculty – August 10, 2010