Best Industrial Engineering Books of 2025

The Machinery's Handbook Toolbox is a must-have for anyone involved in metalworking, design, engineering, and manufacturing. With over a century of history, this reference work is the go-to source for fundamental and essential aspects of sophisticated manufacturing practice. The 31st edition includes major revisions and new material on topics such as metrology, fluid power, and powder metallurgy, making it an even more comprehensive and practical tool for professionals and hobbyists alike. The expanded content, updated standards, and extensive indexing make it easy to find the information needed. Overall, this book is an indispensable resource for anyone in the metalworking industries.

The Safety Professional's Reference and Study Guide, Third Edition, is a comprehensive resource for both experienced safety professionals and those preparing for certifications. It covers major topics in the safety and health profession and includes the latest BCSP reference sheet, a directory of resources, and state and federal agency contact information. The author, W. David Yates, provides step-by-step instructions on how to solve each question/formula listed on the BCSP examination, making it a valuable study guide. Overall, this book is an essential addition to every safety professional's library.

The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error' is a must-read for anyone dealing with safety issues in their organization. The book challenges the traditional 'Bad Apple Theory' and offers a new perspective on how to deal with perceived 'human error' problems. It encourages readers to look closely at how their organization handles inherent trade-offs between safety and other pressures, and how their people create safety through practice. The book provides new concepts and leverage points for influencing thinking and practice, making it a valuable resource for anyone looking to improve their safety work. Overall, this book offers a fresh take on a complex issue and is highly recommended.

The Machinery's Handbook Pocket Companion is a concise yet authoritative reference book that draws its content from the Machinery's Handbook. It is an ideal quick resource for anyone in manufacturing, metalworking, and related fields for whom convenient access to just the most basic data is essential. The Pocket Companion includes updated standards, key revisions, and added tables, making it a handy and portable complement to the vast collection of data, standards, and text in the Machinery's Handbook. Practitioners and students will find this book to be a convenient ready-reference to keep nearby while working on engineering designs, on the shop or factory floor, or learning fundamentals in school and studies. Overall, this book is an excellent quick reference guide for those in the machinery engineering field.

The Maintenance Planning and Scheduling Handbook, 4th Edition is a comprehensive resource for maintenance planning and scheduling, providing proven strategies to enhance workforce performance. The book covers estimating labor hours, creating schedules, kitting parts, and more, all designed to increase workforce productivity without hiring. The new edition includes case studies that show real-world successes, a new chapter on storeroom support, and revisions to make work order codes more useful, among others. Despite being geared towards the industrial manufacturing industry, this book offers valuable insights for anyone looking to improve maintenance planning and scheduling in their organization.

Maintenance and Reliability Best Practices is a practical guide for those working in engineering, purchasing, finance, maintenance, reliability, or production, and especially for those preparing for a professional maintenance and reliability certification. The book has been updated to reflect the latest developments in technology and thinking, including innovative material related to leadership, change management, ISO standards, maintenance optimization, and communication. The addition of self-assessment questions in each chapter makes it easier for readers to learn and study pertinent topics. Overall, the book is a great resource for developing a road map to reliability and setting up an effective maintenance program.

Pre-Accident Investigations: An Introduction to Organizational Safety is a practical guide for professionals looking to shape their current or future safety programs. The book offers established human performance theory in a highly practical context, using case studies to ground the concepts in reality. The author's ideas are persuasive, challenging, and expressed with humility, making for an engaging read. The book provides a welcome insight into contemporary workplace health and safety practices, making it an ideal resource for senior safety executives and course tutors alike. Overall, Pre-Accident Investigations is an excellent choice for those looking to enhance safety and potentially save organizations money and lives.

Machinery’s Handbook and the Guide is a must-have resource for those in the mechanical industries. The 31st edition offers essential aspects of manufacturing practices, including hundreds of ASME and ANSI standards updates and thousands of revisions to text, tables, equations, and figures. The Guide to the Use of Tables and Formulas in the Machinery's Handbook, 31st Edition, is designed to help readers make full use of the Machinery's Handbook in solving problems on the job. The book also covers topics such as metalworking processes, manufacturing stresses, and preventing corrosion. Overall, this book is an authoritative and comprehensive guide that is highly practical and easy-to-use, making it a valuable addition to any engineer's toolbox.

Do Quality Differently is a practical guide for those who want to create more success in biopharma manufacturing or any other industry. The book emphasizes a systems-based risk management approach to identify and address the combination of factors that influence performance outcomes. It offers practical guidance based on the real-time experiences of frontline workers, support staff, and leaders in the biopharmaceutical industry. This book is a must-read for anyone managing risk in a manufacturing plant or any other industry where quality is essential.

The Machinery's Handbook + Calc Pro 2 Bundle: Toolbox is an essential reference book for mechanical industries. The 31st edition provides comprehensive and practical information on manufacturing practices, including hundreds of standards updates and thousands of revisions to text, tables, equations, and figures. The book covers topics such as additive manufacturing, machine elements and operations, manufacturing and materials, metal casting, and threading, among others. Additionally, the book includes Machinist Calc Pro 2, a dedicated handheld machining math and reference tool that provides a complete assortment of machine shop solutions. This bundle is a must-have for anyone in the mechanical engineering field.