Management of specific areas

Multi-state System Reliability Analysis and Optimization for Engineers and Industrial Managers presents a comprehensive, up-to-date description of multi-state system (MSS) reliability as a natural extension of classical binary-state reliability.

Enterprise Interoperability is the ability of an enterprise or organisation to work with other enterprises or organisations without special effort.

Enterprise Networks and Logistics for Agile Manufacturing presents a focused collection of quality chapters on state-of-the-art research efforts in the areas of enterprise networks and logistics, as well as their practical applications towards agile manufacturing.

Supply Chain Engineering considers how modern production and operations management techniques can respond to the pressures of the competitive global marketplace.

In an age of increasing complexity, diversification and change, customers expect services that cater to their needs and to their tastes.

Shipping and Logistics Management serves to consolidate the knowledge its authors have acquired from being educators and observers of the shipping industry.

Adaptive Supply Chain Management develops new viewpoints on the SCM goal paradigm, problem semantics, and decision-making support.

In the industrial design and engineering field, product lifecycle, product development, design process, Design for X, etc.

"e;Dynamic Modelling for Supply Chain Management"e; discusses how to streamline complex supply chain management by making the most of the growing number of tools available.

Managing Supply Chain Risk and Vulnerability, a book that both practitioners and students can use to better understand and manage supply chain risk, presents topics on decision making related to supply chain risk.

New, global and extended markets are forcing companies to process and manage increasingly differentiated products with shorter life cycles, low volumes and reduced customer delivery times.

Recent Advances in Maintenance and Infrastructure Management is a collection of papers highlighting the state of the art in maintenance of large structures and management of infrastructures.

Dispersed Manufacturing Networks provides new perspectives of dispersed manufacturing systems from three points of view.

"e;Simulation-based Case Studies in Logistics"e; presents an intensive learning course on the application of simulation as a decision support tool to tackle complex logistic problems.

"e;Teamology: The Construction and Organization of Effective Teams"e; demonstrates how psychiatrist C.

Thecontentofthisbookismotivatedbytherecentchangesinglobalmarketsandthe availability of new transportation services.

Distributed production networks are organizational structures considered able to meet the agility and efficiency necessary to compete in the global market.

3D design is now a key technology for effective collaboration between manufacturing companies.

Over the past 100 years the European Automotive Industry has been repeatedly challenged by best practice.

This book is a tribute to Prof.

"e;Recent Advances in Reliability and Quality in Design"e; presents the latest theories and methods of reliability and quality, with emphasis on reliability and quality in design and modelling.

Currently, reliability issues are not addressed effectively in new product development.

This book is a comprehensive review and empirical study on women capacity building, leadership characteristics, talent management and women challenges in crises era from an aviation perspective.

Life cycle engineering deals with technologies for shifting the industry from mass production and mass consumption paradigm to closed loop manufacturing paradigm, in which required functions are provided for customers with the minimum amount of production.

Over the last decade researchers and practitioners have developed a wide range of knowledge related to e-learning.

Manufacturing has been one of the key areas that support and influence a nation's economy since the 18th century.

"e;Process Control Performance Assessment"e; is a guide to the application of control benchmarking to industrial processes.

At the end of the 1980s, Professor August-Wilhelm Scheer developed ARIS as a meta-model for organisational modelling and to provide a procedural model for recording, analysis and optimisation of business processes and their implemen- tion in software systems.

New challenges in supply chain design and management emerged after the rapid development of information and network technologies and market requirements.

Each year billions of dollars are being spent to develop, manufacture, and operate transportation systems such as aircraft, ships, trains, and motor vehicles throughout the world.

"e;The Maintenance Management Framework"e; describes and reviews the concept, process and framework of modern maintenance management of complex systems; concentrating specifically on modern modelling tools (deterministic and empirical) for maintenance planning and scheduling.

eProcurement in Healthcare is a book that aggregates 5 years of experience of three successive R and D projects (ELCH, GetTogether, GROPIS) covering technical and organizational issues of eProcurement.

Recent worldwide advances in manufacturing technologies led to a metamorphism in the industry.

In recent years, the supply chain has become a key element to the survival and prosperity of organisations in different industry sectors.

In the early years of the 21st Century, as a result of many changes, it has become possible for the first time for tens of thousands of companies to offer manufactured products to customers across six continents.

Engineers and scientists often need to sell an innovative idea for a new product or a new product improvement to top management.

Purchasers of manufactured goods need assurance that they will perform well over their expected life.

Manufacturing systems work with scarce resources in dynamic environments.

The book aims to present a multi-dimensional view on the blockchain-driven supply chain management and its linkage with open innovation, digital technologies, supply chain sustainability, mapping, visibility, and resilience.

Rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are manifesting in increasingly sophisticated technologies and systems contributing to the digital transformation of organizations.

Wired for Excellence brings together the fascinating world of neuroscience with the practical tools of organizational excellence, giving leaders a fresh, science-backed way to build thriving workplaces.

After a fairly low threshold, income and material wealth have no measurable effect on happiness.

This book delves into the intricacies of encouraging African states' participation in a Multilateral Investment Court (MIC), set against the backdrop of their experiences with international investment agreements and the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) system.

This book includes in-depth discussions on practical aspects of digitalisation of a supply chains and covers a vary array of actionable digitisation tools.

Your track record of success isn't enough.

This book delves into the intricacies of encouraging African states' participation in a Multilateral Investment Court (MIC), set against the backdrop of their experiences with international investment agreements and the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) system.

This book offers a current perspective on Artificial Intelligence in the context of an ever-changing and growing technological revolution in business management.

Technology has affected almost all organisations in terms of process, procedures, and management and many organisations now seek technologically minded people to run their business at every level.

Green Islamic finance is a growing field that combines Islamic investment principles with environmental responsibility.

This book delves into the transformative potential of neuromorphic computing within the field of civil engineering, specifically focusing on its application to disaster management.