Production Operations Management category: 1955 books
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Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2018
This book explores―at the macro, meso and micro levels and in terms of qualitative as well as quantitative studies―the current and future role of museums for art and society. Given the dynamic developments in art and society, museums need to change in order to remain (and in some ways, regain)...
The Quadruple Innovation Helix Nexus
A Smart Growth Model, Quantitative Empirical Validation and Operationalization for OECD Countries
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
The Quadruple Innovation Helix concept is the synthesis of top-down policies and practices from Government, University and Industry balanced and shaped by bottom-up initiatives and actions by Civil Society. In addition, of significance is the complementary expansion and completion of the Quadruple...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2014
This book explores – at the macro, meso and micro levels and in terms of qualitative as well as quantitative studies – theories, policies and practices about the contributions of artistic research and innovations towards defining new forms of knowledge, knowledge production, as well as knowledge...
The Emergence of EU Defense Research Policy
From Innovation to Militarization
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2017
This book explores European security and defense R&D policy, unveiling the strategic, industrial, institutional and ideational sources of the European Commission’s military research initiative. Starting from a well-defined empirical epicentre—the rise of non-civilian R&D priorities in...
Explaining Productivity Differences
Comparative Analysis of Automotive Plants in Japan, the United States, Thailand and China
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2016
This book, in contrast with previous research and popular discussions that focus on the productivity of workers, identifies the critical influence of supervisors and engineers as key drivers of productivity differentials. To do so, it analyzes productivity at a Japanese car component plant and its...
by Ade Asefeso MCIPS MBA
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2013
There are some people who think there is no place for 5s Lean at home. Just like those who say you can't bake without ovens!
The 5S process of Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize, and Sustain is a lean manufacturing process in use by the Toyota Production System for decades. The premise...
Agricultural Growth, Productivity and Regional Change in India
Challenges of globalisation, liberalisation and food insecurity
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
Agriculture productivity, growth and regional change in post-colonial India from a spatial perspective are yet to be rigorously examined. In particular, the impacts of economic liberalisation, globalisation and deregulation are not being empirically investigated at a small-area level using advanced...
by Charles H Strange
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
There is money hidden in your company right now. Money that you can’t see. It is not on a financial statement, performance review, or production report. Depending on how long you have been in business and how large your company has grown, it could be hundreds of thousands of dollars. The first in...
The Global Manufacturing Revolution
Product-Process-Business Integration and Reconfigurable Systems
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2010
The concrete tools manufacturing enterprises need to thrive in today's global environment
For a manufacturing enterprise to succeed in this current volatile economic environment, a revolution is needed in restructuring its three main components: product design, manufacturing, and business model....
E-Business and Supply Chain Integration
Strategies and Case Studies from Industry
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2018
Using e-business technologies to manage supply chains increases the efficiency and performance of logistics, production, distribution and other related activities. E-Business and Supply Chain Integration explains how a number of tools can be used to produce an e-supply chain and achieve higher productivity.
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by Frank A. Tillman, Deandra T. Cassone
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2012
It is notoriously difficult to measure work in management, professional, and service roles, where management can’t quantify the number of units produced, and repetition of work occurs only on much longer cycle times. Nevertheless, you must make accurate measurements to correctly size your organization--and...
by W. Fleischammer
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This book concentrates on the quality of electronic products. Electronics in general, including semiconductor technology and software, has become the key technology for wide areas of industrial production. In nearly all expanding branches of industry electronics, especially digital electronics, is...
Knowledge Generation and Technical Change
Institutional Innovation in Agriculture
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Knowledge generation and transfer mechanisms are being transformed in important and controversial ways. Investment in research and development has increased in response to recognition that scientific productivity is tightly connected to economic dynamism. Patent protection has been expanded in order...
Research and Technology Management in the Electricity Industry
Methods, Tools and Case Studies
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2013
Technologies such as renewable energy alternatives including wind, solar and biomass, storage technologies and electric engines are creating a different landscape for the electricity industry. Using sources and ideas from technologies such as renewable energy alternatives, Research and Technology...