Quality Control category: 855 books
by Maurice Lemaire
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2014
Science is a quest for certainty, but lack of certainty is the driving force behind all of its endeavors. This book, specifically, examines the uncertainty of technological and industrial science. Uncertainty and Mechanics studies the concepts of mechanical design in an uncertain setting and explains...
by B.S. Dhillon
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
Each year billions of dollars are being spent in the area of nuclear power generation to design, construct, manufacture, operate, and maintain various types of systems around the globe. Many times these systems fail due to safety, reliability, human factors, and human error related problems. The main...
Remove Child Before Folding
The 101 Stupidest, Silliest, and Wackiest Warning Labels Ever
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2009
WARNING: THIS BOOK MAY CAUSE HYSTERICAL LAUGHTER. In the hallowed literary tradition of The Darwin Awards and Headlines comes this mind-boggling collection of the most outrageous warning labels ever slapped onto perfectly good products. Before you try to dry your hair with a blowtorch or iron a shirt...
Industrial Design Engineering
Inventive Problem Solving
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2017
Designing new products and improving existing ones is a continual process. Industrial design engineering is an industrial engineering process applied to product designs that are to be manufactured through techniques of production operations. Excellent industrial design engineering programs are essential...
by Armour and Company
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2016
Systemic Thinking
Fundamentals for Understanding Problems and Messes
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2014
Whether you’re an academic or a practitioner, a sociologist, a manager, or an engineer, one can benefit from learning to think systemically. Problems (and messes) are everywhere and they’re getting more complicated every day. How we think about these problems determines whether or not we’ll...
Stochastic Analysis of Offshore Steel Structures
An Analytical Appraisal
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Stochastic Analysis of Offshore Steel Structures provides a clear and detailed guide to advanced analysis methods of fixed offshore steel structures using 3D beam finite elements under random wave and earthquake loadings. Advanced and up-to-date research results are coupled with modern analysis methods...
Topics in Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, Volume 5
Proceedings of the 31st IMAC, A Conference on Structural Dynamics, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2013
Topics in Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, Volume : Proceedings of the 31st IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2013, the fifth volume of seven from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection...
Structural Health Monitoring, Damage Detection & Mechatronics, Volume 7
Proceedings of the 34th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2016
Structural Health Monitoring, Damage Detection & Mechatronics, Volume 7. Proceedings of the 34th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Dynamics of Multiphysical Systems: From Active Materials to Vibroacoustics, 2016, the seventh volume of ten from the Conference brings together contributions...
Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, Volume 3
Proceedings of the 33rd IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2015
Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, Volume 3. Proceedings of the 33rd IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Balancing Simulation and Testing, 2015, the third volume of ten from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection...
Creating Entrepreneurial Supply Chains
A Guide for Innovation and Growth
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2012
The most obvious form of entrepreneurship is that of starting a new business; however, in recent years, the term has been extended to include other forms of entrepreneurial activity. Corporate entrepreneurship is the process by which teams within an established company conceive, foster, launch, and manage...
The TPM Playbook
A Step-by-Step Guideline for the Lean Practitioner
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2016
A companywide approach to improving the effectiveness and longevity of equipment and machines, Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) is a critical component of production line success. The need for a step-by-step guidelines on how to achieve TPM has been filled with the publication of The TPM Playbook:...
Supplier Selection
An MCDA-Based Approach
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2017
The purpose of this book is to present a comprehensive review of the latest research and development trends at the international level for modeling and optimization of the supplier selection process for different industrial sectors. It is targeted to serve two audiences: the MBA and PhD student interested...
New Giants Rising
How Leaders Can Help People and Companies Grow During the Followership Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2018
The greatest concern for all Americans today - leaders and followers alike – is how their prosperity seems to depend on a shrinking foundation of technology-only growth. And the onset of artificial intelligence only threatens to marginalize people even more with job loss and increasing isolation...