Manufacturing industries

Originally published in 1999 after a decade of research and extensive interviews with some of Toyota's top executives, this book examines organizational purpose: what it is, how it is crafted, how does it relate to strategy and objectives and how does it relate to decisions and actions that ultimately produce organizational results.

This book presents innovative breakthroughs in operational excellence that can solve the operational issues of smart factories.

Wine has been a beverage staple since ancient times, especially in Europe.

Inequity of control over food systems is a particularly insidious form of injustice.

Named one of the Best Business Books of 2021 by The Wall Street JournalIn Japan it's called the Ghosn Shockthe stunning arrest of Carlos Ghosn, the jet-setting CEO who saved Nissan and made it part of a global automotive empire.

Pinch analysis and related techniques are the key to design of inherently energy-efficient plants.

Guidelines on the reuse of potable water for food processing operations provides help on the assessment of microbiological, chemical and physical hazards that can enter potable water following its first use in a food processing operation.

This book covers the problem of fidelity in the design of virtual environments with specific reference to the design of vehicle simulators.

Elastic garments have tremendous scope in the field of tight-fit sportswear and healthcare applications.

The Food Industry: Perceptions, Practices and Future Prospects explores different aspects related to the food industry.

Polymer-Drug Conjugates: Linker Chemistry, Protocols and Applications discusses important concepts, fundamentals and prospective applications of 'Linker Chemistry' in a clear-and-concise manner.

Second edition of a wide-ranging analysis of business trends in the manufacturing segment of the healthcare industry.

This book focuses on the contested nature and competing narratives of food system transformations, despite it being widely acknowledged that changes are essential for the safeguarding of human and planetary health and well-being.

In recent years, konjac glucomannan (KGM) has attracted growing attention as a dietary fibre.

Due to a worldwide need for lower cost drug therapy, use of generic and multi-source drug products have been increasing.

The massive increase in consumer product waste, its toxicity, and the complexity of materials have created an unbearable financial and management burden for municipal officials-it has become untenable.

Der Bau von Biogasanlagen zur Erzeugung umweltfreundlicher Energie hat in den letzten Jahren einen Boom erlebt, der sicher noch einige Jahre anhalten wird.

Master the design and operation of perfusion cell cultures with this authoritative reference.

Within manufacturing industries, lean manufacturing and systems rooted in lean principles stand out as the most effective tool used to enhance productivity, quality, and comprehensive economic, environmental, and social sustainability.

Getting what you want - even if you are the boss - isn't always easy.

A "highly entertaining history [of] global hustling, cola wars and the marketing savvy that carved a niche for Coke in the American social psyche” (Publishers Weekly).

Women brewed and sold most of the ale consumed in medieval England, but after 1350, men slowly took over the trade.

This book is a practical guide to meeting IEC 62304 software-development requirements within the context of an ISO 13485 quality management system (QMS).

Since 2008, while the global automotive manufacturing has been faltering, the Chinese auto industry has been swiftly transformed into the largest producer in the world.

This reference text introduces advanced topics in the field of reliability engineering, introduces statistical modeling techniques, and probabilistic methods for diverse applications.

This groundbreaking book is the first comparative analysis of the relative strengths of global bioregions.

Sets forth tested and proven risk management practices in drug manufacturing Risk management is essential for safe and efficient pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical manufacturing, control, and distribution.

With the emergence of broadband wireless communication systems, new business opportunities have appeared for operators, content provides, and manufacturers.

The food industry is experiencing a digital transformation across the entire supply chain, from farm to fork.

The biomedical industry, which includes biopharmaceuticals, genomics and stem cell therapies, and medical devices, is among the fastest growing worldwide.

The emergence of a world economy depends on the reorganization of agriculture and food systems to provision the work force and the industries associated with the division of labor.

The scope of the study reported in this book entails understanding the constraints and providing potential diagnostics to Africa's leather sector, which is otherwise globally, one of the most lucrative agro-based industries in the world, estimated at over US$ 130Billion.

In the last decade, there has been substantial research dedicated towards prospecting physiochemical, nutritional and health properties of novel protein sources.

Winner of the 2017 Quality of Communication Award presented by The Agricultural and Applied Economics AssociationAs the importance of food and nutrition becomes more widely recognized by practitioners and researchers in the health sciences, one persisting gap in the knowledge base remains: what are the economic factors that influence our food and our health?

This book documents the long, still ongoing battle between the US Food and Drug Administration and the dietary supplement industry.

The fascinating story of a century-old automobile dynasty Fiat is one of the world's largest automakers, but when it made headlines by grabbing control of a bankrupt Chrysler in 2009 it was unknown in the U.

The tale of the Reuther brothers-Walter, Roy, and Victor-is more than a story of how one of America's great unions was created.

This volume examines regulatory issues of ingredients, manufacturing, and finished products, as well as claim substantiation, packaging, and advertising.

The southern textile strikes of 1929-1931 were ferocious struggles--thousands of millhands went on strike, the National Guard was deployed, several people were killed and hundreds injured and jailed.

The overarching aim of Finance, Innovation and Geography: Harnessing Knowledge Dynamics in German Biotechnology is to explore linkages between geographies of finance and relational geographies of innovation.

In this holistic approach to the study of textiles and their makers, Colleen Kriger charts the role cotton has played in commercial, community, and labor settings in West Africa.

No cloth can be woven without desired and adequate tensions of its constituent warp and weft yarns.

The Handbook of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Formulations, Third Edition: Volume Three, Liquid Products is an authoritative and practical guide to the art and science of formulating drugs for commercial manufacturing.

Unique and informative, Water Properties of Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biological Materials is based on lectures and papers given by leading international researchers at the 9th International Symposium of the Properties of Water in Foods (ISOPOW 9) that took place in September 2004.

This book introduces fundamental, advanced, and future-oriented scientific quality management methods for the engineering and manufacturing industries.

Written by John Lidstone and Janice MacLennan, the second edition of Marketing Planning for the Pharmaceutical Industry became accepted as the bible for the industry.

Globally, nearly 70 billion animals are farmed annually for meat, milk and eggs.

The Paper-making Machine: It's Invention, Evolution and Development covers the history of the paper-making machine and its origin and how it developed.

We cannot manage and control what we cannot measure and assess.

Exploring fundamental concepts, Drug Delivery Nanoparticles Formulation and Characterization presents key aspects of nanoparticulate system development for various therapeutic applications and provides advanced methods used to file for regulatory approval.