Production and quality control management Books

Technical Report from the year 2011 in the subject Business economics - Supply, Production, Logistics, , course: Halal supply chain management, language: English, abstract: The purpose of the Halal SuperHighway design is to provide a blueprint for the...

Renommierte Autoren präsentieren einen kompakten Überblick über die Grundlagen des SCM und erläutern den aktuellen Kenntnisstand zu integrierten zentralen SCM-Lösungen. Darüber hinaus stellen sie Konzepte und Systeme vor, die...

Scholars agree that change has become a staple in organizational life and will likely remain as such beyond the 21st century. As the rate of change continues to accelerate, organizations must strive to develop and implement new initiatives in order to...

In this groundbreaking work, Edward Boteler Passano explores the principles of measuring efficiency in manufacturing using a profit-based approach. Drawing on case studies from a variety of industries, Passano provides a rigorous framework for...

True operational excellence is not about a method but a mindset . . . and a relentless pursuit of doing things better.

Open Systems for Europe AD. Elliman, C. Sanger Open Systems for Europe combines two important and topical themes. First, Open Systems - the development of vendor-independent means to link and interwork with applications across...

Changes in production processes reflect the technological advances permeat­ ing our products and services. U. S. industry is modernizing and automating. In parallel, direct labor is fading as the primary cost driver while...

This superb study offers insights into the methods and techniques that enable the implementation of a Collaborative Engineering concept on product design. It does so by integrating capabilities for intelligent information...

As empresas de base tecnológica (EBTs) são pequenas empresas que se caracterizam por estarem relacionadas ao processo de inovação e desenvolvimento tecnológico e concentram suas operações na produção de novos produtos. Essas empresas por um determinado...

Diploma Thesis from the year 2006 in the subject Business economics - Supply, Production, Logistics, grade: 1.7, UNITEC New Zealand (Supply Management Institute (SMI)), course: Diplom, language: English, abstract: Problem Definition and Scope of the...

Die Auswahl des bestgeeigneten Lieferanten trägt wesentlich zum Unternehmenserfolg bei. Dieses Buch stellt Methoden zur Lieferantenbeurteilung vor und analysiert sie. Mit sofort nutzbaren Checklisten.

Primares Anliegen des vorliegenden Handbuches Produktionsmanagement ist es, die aktuellen Probleme im Produktionsbereich, insbesondere aus der Managementperspek­ tive, zu beleuchten, d. h. es solI ein Uberblick iiber den...

Die Autoren des Sammelbandes geben einen Überblick zum Stand der wissenschaftlichen Diskussion und Forschung rund um das Thema Innovation und Wachstum in den Bereichen Tourismus und Dienstleistungen. Themen sind: Innovationen als Wettbewerbsfaktor;...

This book introduces students on Multiple Criteria Decision Aiding and Making courses to practical, real-world cases. Each case study introduces a problem or situation together with a method, and a description and explanation of a computer application...

This book is an essential guide or foundational toolkit for anyone who is involved in the process of developing, offering or selling any type of product or service. Based on how to surf on the waves of innovation and the principle of "form follows...

This book examines how the emergence of new media brings brought challenges to the North American sport industry, discussing challenges in terms of a shift from an information economy to an attention economy perspective. Historically, the arrival of new...

Questioning why research centers so often fail to commercialize discoveries, this book explores the concept of linked innovation, which promises to drive economic sustainability while preserving academic quality at research centers. The author examines...

This book discusses concepts of good design from social perspectives grounded in anthropology, sociology and philosophy, the goal being to provide readers with an awareness of social issues to help them in their work as design professionals. Each...

 This book explores the basic traits of inter-organizational networks, examining the interplay between structure, dynamics, and performance from a governance perspective. The book assumes a novel theoretical angle based on the interpretation of...

This book challenges the widely-held belief that popular narratives about business are invariably critical. It develops a more nuanced analytic model of private sector narrative and applies it to 63 recent narrative texts (movies, histories, biographies)...

Introduction to Lean and Just-in-Time Manufacturing.- Lean Manufacturing and Kaizen.- Just in Time.- Lean Manufacturing Tools.- Final Considerations Regarding the Just-in-Time Framework.  

Sharing information and knowledge, co-innovating with clients, communities, and competitors and adopting cognitive technology, robo advisors, crowdfunding, and blockchain reflect current socio-economic behaviour. Emerging growth regions in Asia,...

Introduction: Turning Bold Ideas into Reality with a Purpose-driven Mindset Supporting the 17 UN Global Goals.- Part I: What's at Stake?.- Part II: SAP Next-Gen, a Purpose Driven Innovation Community Empowered by SAP Leonardo, Matchmaking Model.

This book provides detailed examination of start-up companies which entered the smartphone industry following the revolution triggered by Apple with its iPhone in 2007. Analytical case studies explore the rationale behind the business models, financing...

Be prepared for any emergency or disaster such as fire or floods with this authoritative disaster recovery guide. It has step-by-step information to assist with quickly producing an emergency and disaster management plan. While most businesses have...

The best way to deal with losses and threats of any kind is to prevent them from ever happening. This requires comprehensive, clear, and focused security plans. Business Security Procedures to Protect Assets and Employees includes policies, procedures,...

This book explores the lives, inventions, discoveries, and significant work of three extraordinary European inventors with noteworthy links to the great Thomas Alva Edison - Alessandro Volta, Nikola Tesla, and Eric Tigerstedt. It explores the business...

Learn how to streamline your factory operations and increase productivity with this practical guide to commercial organization. Based on real-world examples and case studies, this book is essential reading for factory managers and business owners.This...

David Greer has a mission-to take his thirty-five years of entrepreneurial experience and share it with other entrepreneurs to accelerate their success. Of all the things you as an entrepreneur can focus on, getting clear on the strategy and purpose of...

TEODOR GABRIEL CRAINIC, DIRECTOR The Centre for Research on Transportation (C.R.T.) was founded in 1971 by the Universite de Montreal. From 1988 on, it is jointly managed by the Universite de Montreal and its affiliated...

Group Technology and Cellular Manufacturing (GT/CM) have been widely-researched areas in the past 15 years and much progress has been made in all branches of GT/CM. Resulting from this research activity has been a ...

How effective are multinational companies at improving working conditions in their supply chains? This book focuses on a crucial dynamic in private efforts at regulating labor standards in international production chains. It addresses questions regarding...

When a $145 million IT project failure pushes Los Angeles to the edge of financial meltdown, the County CEO asks Max McLellan, a harried IT project manager, aka The Integrator, for help. The County Board gives Max 30 days to identify the problem and find...

The best organizations, and even the best departments within organizations, have a roadmap: a clear vision of where they would like to be and the means by which they will get there. This roadmap drives the everyday activity of the company as well as any...

The kinds of management systems typically used in large companies throw up many roadblocks to innovation. This book compares the management systems of highly innovative companies with those of more typical companies and shows how they are different...

This book is a compilation of case study ideas in the areas of production, operation, supply chain and logistics management (POM-SCL) ,also incorporating operation strategies. This book has been designed conforming to the standards of this common subject...

The book analyses the important employee empowerment measures and based on which attempts to develop a model for employee satisfaction. Using primary data collected from two major public sector institutions in Saudi Arabia, such as Royal Commission at...

One of the objectives of this book is to discuss, and create greater awareness of, some of the crucial issues related to corporate governance in Islamic financial institutions. A second, but in fact more important, objective is to provide, in the light...

This research work is mainly based on secondary data and this is helpful to measure the relationship between working capital management and profitability of organization on basis of few years data and for the research ratio analysis is most important...

This mixed methods research study explores assuring travellers' loyalty as a competitive advantage and develops a model of success factors of airlines loyalty programmes. The main issue identified with regards to travellers' loyalty is frequent flyer...

Every industry requires certain prerequisites for its functioning namely: raw materials, finance and funding, machinery, etc. Similarly, it requires manpower. And this manpower is the Human Resources and in order to administer the manpower, Human...