Production Operations Management category: 1955 books
Designing Pilot Projects as Boundary Objects
A Brazilian Case Study in the Promotion of Sustainable Design
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2015
This book describes a collaborative Design Pilot Project held in Brazil (called MODU.Lares) involving micro and small enterprises and other actors in the furniture sector. The experience was based on an action research method and evaluated by using a tool, in order to assess the value of pilot project...
A Reference Architecture for Real-Time Performance Measurement
An Approach to Monitor and Control Manufacturing Processes
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2014
This book describes how manufacturing enterprises, by reinforcing their existing monitoring and control of manufacturing processes, can successfully face the ever-increasing pressure from internal and external environments to maintain their competitive advantage. Numerous performance measurement systems...
Independent Luxury
The Four Innovation Strategies To Endure In The Consolidation Jungle
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2015
In recent years, luxury brands have deviated from the principles of craftsmanship, rarity, uniqueness and heritage. Conglomerates such as LVMH and Richemont have grown at an unprecedented pace and show no sign of slowing. This book explains the importance of innovation and argues why independent brands are vital to the survival of the industry.
Die perfekte Produktion
Manufacturing Excellence durch Short Interval Technology (SIT)
Language: German
Release Date: September 28, 2010
In den letzten Jahren ist der Wettbewerb insbesondere im produzierenden Gewerbe schärfer geworden. Angesichts hoher Variantenvielfalt, kürzerer Lebenszyklen und schwankender Lieferabrufe geht es dabei zunehmend um die besten Geschäftsprozesse. Die Autoren zeigen, wie Unternehmen mithilfe der Short...
by Warren Greenberg
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
In this wide-ranging book, Warren Greenberg surveys the health care industry using the economics of industrial organisations approach. By doing so, he provides the reader with an understanding of the differences between health care and other industries in the economy. As a result, this will be ideal...
by Cornelius M. P. Kiermasch
Language: German
Release Date: July 18, 2011
Language: German
Release Date: July 18, 2011
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich BWL - Beschaffung, Produktion, Logistik, Note: 1,7, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg (Produktion und Umwelt), Veranstaltung: Strategies, Methods and Instruments of Sustainability Management, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Der Straßenverkehr in...
The Influence Agenda
A Systematic Approach to Aligning Stakeholders in Times of Change
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
This book sets out a systematic way to understand who you need to influence, how to evaluate the priority you give to each person, what tactics will work the best, and how to plan and execute your campaign. It provides powerful tools and processes which use the psychology of influence and grounds them in experience of managing projects and change.
Assessment and Diagnosis for Organization Development
Powerful Tools and Perspectives for the OD Practitioner
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2017
Although the theory and methods of organization development (OD) assessment and diagnosis have been covered in other books, there is a lack of practitioner-focused guides that introduce real-world case studies and tools rooted in the methodology. This book will fill that gap, providing practical perspective...
Green Innovation and Future Technology
Engaging Regional SMEs in the Green Economy
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2014
This book explores green innovation and future technology skill development within regional small to medium sized enterprises. Notwithstanding the goals of a greener Europe, there has been little debate as to how the skills required to fulfil the goals of sustainable development can be imparted within regions and within rural business communities.
Quality Assurance in Higher Education
Contemporary Debates
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2014
This book weighs up the consequences of introducing Quality Enhancement and Risk Management as new dimensions in Higher Education quality control on a global scale. The authors include Chief Executive Officers of Quality Agencies, policy analysts and leading scholars in Quality Evaluation and Comparative Higher Education policy analysis.
Social Media and Local Governments
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2015
Today, social media have attracted the attention of political actors and administrative institutions to inform citizens as a prerequisite of open and transparent administration, deliver public services, contact stakeholders, revitalize democracy, encourage the cross-agency cooperation, and contribute...
by J. Mills
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
There are as many views on audits and auditing auditing as there are people who have ever thought about the subject and the process. Any author writing about it is faced with some common problems, such as how to make a description of a technical process anything less than dry to read. How to deal...
From Idea to Innovation
A Handbook for Inventors, Decision Makers and Organizations
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2014
The book assists in bringing together the three stakeholders of an innovation – inventor, decision maker and organization. These stakeholders have conflicting requirements and the book offers advice on how and by what methods they can communicate and the information that is expected and required...
Profit-Making Leadership
Turning personality into money in 8 steps
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2016
Profit-making Leadership brings together a ready-to-use methodology on how to turn your Personality into money in 8 steps. In a world of Social Networks, Flashmobs, Liquid Communications and Worldwide Communities, knowing how to guide your ideas to become movements and generate profit from it is essential...