Manufacturing industries

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.

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.

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.

Bringing together the concepts of design control and reliability engineering, this book is a must for medical device manufacturers.

This third edition of Medicinal Chemistry of Anticancer Drugs, provides an updated resource for students and researchers from the point of view of medicinal chemistry and drug design, focusing on the mechanism of action of antitumor drugs from the molecular level, and on the relationship between chemical structure and chemical and biochemical reactivity of antitumor agents.

Take your rightful place in the driver's seat of your own life and career through focused and fearless business strategies.

This highly original work examines the rise of the urban food planning movement in the Global North and provides insights into the new relationship between cities and food which has started developing over the past decade.

A thoroughly researched account of weapons innovation and industrialization in South Carolina during the Civil War and the man who made it happen.

There is enormous current interest in urban food systems, with a wide array of policies and initiatives intended to increase food security, decrease ecological impacts and improve public health.

This book examines the dramatic increase in automotive assembly plants in the former Socialist Central European (CE) nations of Czechia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia from 1989 onwards.

Exploring the concept of win-win agreements, this book analyses how they pose an important challenge for entrepreneurs, managers and advisors involved in complex negotiations among firms.

This book proposes that, within the automotive industry, revised marketing principles and innovative marketing strategies are needed to address more effectively the unprecedented challenges posed by the modern digital revolution.

As the popularity of coffee and coffee shops has grown worldwide in recent years, so has another trend-globalization, which has greatly affected growers and distributors.

A call to arms for everyone who believes in America's futureIf you trust what you hear in the news, America is in trouble.

What really goes on behind those service department garage doors?

New global standards are the basis for new MES products that have appeared in the last five years in the marketplaceFeatures a comprehensive presentation of available MES technologies

The Breakthrough Program for Increasing Quality, Shortening Cycle Times, and Creating Shareholder Value In Every Area of Your OrganizationTime and quality are the two most important metrics in improving any company's production and profit performance.

The experience of suburban modernity looks at the history of the London suburbs in the interwar years.

The experience of suburban modernity looks at the history of the London suburbs in the interwar years.

The dental needs of people living with dementia are often overlooked, particularly in the care home and hospital community.

Household hazardous waste (HHW) is a topic that affects every individual and community given the nearly universal use, storage, and disposal of chemical consumer products.

Published continuously since 1944, the Advances in Protein Chemistry and Structural Biology series has been the essential resource for protein chemists.

Regulatory Affairs in the Pharmaceutical Industry is a comprehensive reference that compiles all the information available pertaining to regulatory procedures currently followed by the pharmaceutical industry.

Developing Solid Oral Dosage Forms: Pharmaceutical Theory and Practice, Second Edition illustrates how to develop high-quality, safe, and effective pharmaceutical products by discussing the latest techniques, tools, and scientific advances in preformulation investigation, formulation, process design, characterization, scale-up, and production operations.

Translational Immunotherapy of Brain Tumors gives researchers and practitioners an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of the field.

Multifunctional Theranostic Nanomedicines in Cancer focuses on new trends, applications, and the significance of novel multifunctional nanotheranostics in cancer imaging for diagnosis and treatment.

Handbook of Footwear Design and Manufacture, Second Edition, is a fully updated, expanded guide on the theories, processes, methodologies and technologies surrounding the footwear supply chain.

Additive manufacturing (AM) is a manufacturing process that has emerged as a viable technology for the production of engineering components.

Medicinal Chemistry of Anticancer Drugs, Second Edition, provides an updated treatment from the point of view of medicinal chemistry and drug design, focusing on the mechanism of action of antitumor drugs from the molecular level, and on the relationship between chemical structure and chemical and biochemical reactivity of antitumor agents.

Of the thousands of novel compounds that a drug discovery project team invents and that bind to the therapeutic target, only a fraction have sufficient ADME (absorption, distribution, metabolism, elimination) properties, and acceptable toxicology properties, to become a drug product that will successfully complete human Phase I clinical trials.

Microforming Technology: Theory, Simulation and Practice addresses all aspects of micromanufacturing technology, presenting detailed technical information and the latest research developments.

How to Develop Robust Solid Oral Dosage Forms from Conception to Post-Approval uses a practical and hands-on approach to cover the development process of solid oral dosage forms in one single source.

Modeling of Microscale Transport in Biological Processes provides a compendium of recent advances in theoretical and computational modeling of biotransport phenomena at the microscale.

Shutdown management is project management of a special kind: managing the repair, replacement or maintenance of critical systems.

Kazakhstan has the potential to become an economic leader in Central Asia.

The Cost is for those in the cost engineering field and everyone who is in a manufacturing business: engineers, buyers, sales reps, accountants, operations folks, and business consultants.

Fashion can be copied, yes, but you will always have your own signature look.

Encourage your child's dream of becoming a future fashion designer or model and don't get in her way.

Is your child showing interest in clothes and fashion?

Your little princesses will surely love this edition of our fashion book.

Fashion trends change constantly.

The motor vehicle industry is one of the world's largest.

The toy industry is one of the most consistently misunderstood sectors of American business.

Is global fashion a wolf in sheep's clothing?

Manufacturings central role in global innovationCompanies compete on the decisions they make.

Plant-Forward Cuisine is a beautifully illustrated book that promotes the environmental and health benefits of a plant-forward diet and will inspire readers with a range of exciting recipes.

The Soviet Economy on the Brink of Reform (1988) is a collection of essays in honour of Alec Nove and covers such topics as Leon Trotsky, Navrozov, Soviet Investment criteria, Soviet Agricultural, and economic politics under Andropov and Chernenko.

This book covers the basic fundamentals of electronics and their applications in textiles and clothing product development.