In today's extremely competitive manufacturing market, effective production planning and scheduling processes are critical to streamlining production and increasing profits.
This book introduces the reader to contemporary issues in the management of facilities in the African context and includes case studies from across the continent and internationally.
Considering that the biggest machines that do the most work are made up of smaller machines and components, it becomes obvious that when a large machine breaks, it is normally due to small components acting antagonistically.
This book is aimed at covering all aspects of the evaluation, certification, and reduction of the energy and carbon footprint of the built environment from the scale of the city and its neighbourhoods, to the building level and finally to the level of single building materials and components.
