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The City of Manchester, once the birthplace of the 1st Industrial Revolution, is today a pioneering hub of the 4th Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.

The quilter’s definitive resource on the selection, use, and care of today’s textiles.

Corrosion inhibitors are an important method for minimizing corrosion; however traditional inhibitors such as chromates pose environmental problems.

This book is a guide on how to apply Human-Centered Design (HCD) practices to an Agile product development model that is used widely throughout industry and government, where it is applied primarily to software and technology development efforts.

"e;Randy has crafted an invaluable book, no matter where you are in the journey of organizational change management.

An important and growing area of the textile industry is the medical sector.

This is a comprehensive introduction with some emphasis of the fundamentals of the different processing steps, but, and pays attention also to the main powder metallurgy products including their applications.

The first of many important works featured in CRC Press' Metals and Alloys Encyclopedia Collection, the Encyclopedia of Iron, Steel, and Their Alloys covers all the fundamental, theoretical, and application-related aspects of the metallurgical science, engineering, and technology of iron, steel, and their alloys.

Lean is about building and improving stable and predictable systems and processes to deliver to customers high-quality products/services on time by engaging everyone in the organization.

Shiba and Walden have significantly revised their classic, A New American TQM.

This book fully details, as the title suggests, the real secret to maximizing an organization's profitability.

This textbook teaches the key business and marketing principles needed to successfully design and launch new products and services in an international marketplace.

Porous Nanocomposites for Electromagnetic Interference Shielding thoroughly discusses the fabrication, processing and design parameters of advanced materials for electromagnetic pollution suppression for high-frequency electronics.

A company with effective cost reduction activities in place will be better positioned to adapt to shifting economic conditions.

Many books explain how to construct a value stream map, but few explain the process conditions and characteristics required to ensure a value stream map can be completed successfully.

Optimization for advanced manufacturing processes in fabrication is becoming increasingly important around the world across a range of industries because of its improved productivity, capabilities, efficacy, and sustainability characteristics.

Perspectives in Hydrogen in Metals: Collected Papers on the Effect of Hydrogen on the Properties of Metals and Alloys discusses the advancement in the understanding of the effects of hydrogen on the physical and mechanical properties of metals and alloys.

This book presents the role of AI-Driven Digital Twin in the Industry 4.

Is your college or university struggling with how to adapt to budget cuts, changing student needs, technology, or regulatory changes?

What does it take to manage an organization to success?

The book explores modern sensor technologies while also discussing security issues, which is the dominant factor for many types of Internet of Things (IoT) applications.

This book uses a quantitative science-based approach to explain where the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions emitted by the fashion industry are generated and it explores what strategies can be deployed to achieve Net Zero by 2050.

Fluoropolymer Applications in Chemical Processing Industries: The Definitive User's Guide and Handbook, Second Edition, contains the most extensive collection of data and information on fluoropolymer applications in chemical processing industries.

An easy read with clear examples and engaging stories, this book is a treat for leaders who are interested in totally transforming the way they work.

This publication has been written to honour the contribution to science and education made by the Distinguished Professor Emeritus Professor Schey on his eightieth birthday.

This compact overview on physical metallurgy provides a detailed coverage of phase equilibria and phase transformations in metals and alloys.

The "e;greening"e; of industry processes, i.

Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films 1990 presents the Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and 8th International Conference on Thin Films, held in San Diego, California on April 2-6, 1990.

Chemical metallurgy is a well founded and fascinating branch of the wide field of metallurgy.

Reflecting the tremendous growth of this hot topic in recent years, this book covers C-H activation with a focus on heterocycle synthesis.

The conditions in which leaders apply Hoshin Planning today have changed substantially since the method was established in the 1950's.

As product specifications become more demanding, manufacturers require steel with ever more specific functional properties.

Unlike other books that promote a specific process and performance improvement discipline, this book shows organizations how to achieve success by fixing basic operational issues and problems using a broad and wide-sweeping process-based toolkit.

People want to create a better world and planet; however, where, and how to start remains the question.

While there are numerous Lean Certification programs, most companies have their own certification paths whereby they bestow expert status upon employees after they have participated in or led a certain number of kaizen events.

This text provides an in-depth overview of sustainability in machining processes, challenges during machining of difficult-to-cut materials and different ways of green machining in achieving sustainability.

Although the emergence of virtual reality (VR) goes back to the 1960s, with the recent availability of low-cost and high-accuracy systems it has become increasingly prevalent in a wide variety of areas; with uses ranging from training and education to rehabilitation and entertainment.

Innovative Lightweight and High Strength Alloys: Multiscale Integrated Processing, Experimental, and Modeling Techniques provides multiscale processing, experimental and modeling techniques overviews and perspectives that highlight current roadblocks to optimal design of new alloys alongside solutions.

The edited papers which comprise this book were presented at the international conference, Ecotextile '98, which was organised jointly by Bolton Institute and the British Textile Technology Group.

Achieving a long-term acceptable level of manufacturing profitability through productivity requires the total commitment of management teams and all staff in any manufacturing company and beyond.

Advances in Organometallic Chemistry contains authoritative review articles of worldwide known researchers on the field of organometallic chemistry, covering topics in organometallic synthesis, reactions, mechanisms, homogeneous catalysis, and more.

A cutting room is a separate area in a clothing manufacturer where garment components are cut out.

Corrosion Protection for the Oil and Gas Industry: Pipelines, Subsea Equipment, and Structures summarizes the main causes of corrosion and requirements for materials protection, selection of corrosion-resistant materials and coating materials commonly used for corrosion protection, and the limitations to their use, application, and repair.

Hydroforming uses a pressurised fluid to form component shapes.

Transforming Management Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques redefines management practices using artificial intelligence (AI) by providing a new approach.

This interesting book offers an analysis of man-made catastrophes and asks why they continue to occur.

Traditional accounting systems have become inadequate for today's increasingly competitive global manufacturing environment.

Women in STEM are constantly facing new challenges every day.

Brazing processes offer enhanced control, adaptability and cost-efficiency in the joining of materials.

This book focuses on exciting new research in polymer science.