Production and industrial engineering

This volume contains 67 papers reporting on the state-of-the-art research in the fields of adaptive control and intelligent tuning.

The problems surrounding the subject of distributed databases in real-time control were addressed at the workshop.

A key solution for present and future technological problems is an integration systems approach.

This title provides a general overview of recent developments and research into types of systems and their uses in the agricultural and horticultural industry.

Since the early 1970s there has been a considerable growth in the literature published on the topic of human reliability.

Materials Information for CAD/CAM addresses the problem of designing databases, expert system, communication systems, and decision support aids that can be integrated with manual and software-supported tasks in design and manufacture, in CAD and CAM.

Basic Engineering Technology covers various topics related to engineering, from safety procedures and movement of loads to measurement and dimensional control.

Manufacturing Assembly Handbook identifies the possibilities for the rationalization of assembly in relation to the production rate and the product design.

Information Control Problems in Manufacturing Technology 1979 is a compilation of papers presented at the second IFAC/IFIP Symposium held at Stuttgart, Germany on October 22-24, 1979.

Microcomputers for Process Control provides an introduction to microprocessor technology for process monitoring and control.

Digital Computer Applications to Process Control presents the developments in the application of digital computers to the control of technical processes.

Manufacturing Cells: Control, Programming and Integration presents the issues surrounding the integration of manufacturing cells and small manufacturing systems.

How Designers Think: The Designing Process Demystified, Second Edition provides a comprehensive discussion of the psychology of the design process.

Production Engineering: The Competitive Edge describes the applications of advanced manufacturing technologies and their environmental impact.

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

Economic and Financial Analysis for Engineering and Project Management is for engineers and others who must analyze the financial and economic ramifications of producing and sustaining capital projects.

The 2000 edition of this long running and highly respected series, contains the best papers from the Ergonomics Society Annual Conference in 2000.

The Technical Committee on Mechatronics formed by the International Federation for the Theory of Machines and Mechanisms, in Prague, Czech Republic, adopted the following definition for the term: Mechatronics is the synergistic combination of precision mechanical, electronic control and systems thinking in the design products and manufacturing proc

For the past several decades, systems engineering has grown rapidly in its scope and application and shown significant benefits for the design of large, complex systems.

The one manual that every corporate executive should read again and again re-released for the first time in an affordable paperback versionKnown as the JIT bible in Japan, this six-volume set present the genius of Hiroyuki Hirano who leaves no detail to chance in explaining ho

Modern society faces two problems: the development of acceptable methods for the introduction of new and powerful tools and the need for a trustworthy, universally applicable ethical system.

This handbook is an endeavour to cover many current, relevant, and essential topics related to decision sciences in a scientific manner.

This handbook provides comprehensive guidance for designing ice and chilled-water storage systems for commercial buildings.

This is a composition of papers presented at the Annual Conference of the Ergonomics Society.

This is a volume in the international "e;Contemporary Ergonomics"e; series, which forms a record of the proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Ergonomics Society, held at Warwick in 1994.

This series provides a fast track for publication of suitable papers from international contributors.

Advances in computational power have facilitated the development of simulations unprecedented in their computational size, scope of technical issues, spatial and temporal resolution, complexity and comprehensiveness.

Today's organizations find themselves in a race to adopt new technologies in order to keep up with their competition.

Manufacturing companies succeed by using techniques that promote teamwork between engineering, marketing, and manufacturing engineering.

The discovery of market needs and the manufacture of a product to meet those needs are integral parts of the same process.

Winner of a Shingo Research and Professional Publication AwardThe new edition of this Shingo Prize-winning bestseller provides critical insights and approaches to make any Lean transformation an ongoing success.

This book tells the story of an actual Lean transformation that took place in a 100-year-old North American manufacturer's factory.

Global Manufacturing Technology Transfer: Africa-USA Strategies, Adaptations, and Management presents practical strategies for developing and sustaining manufacturing technology transfers.

An eternal dilemma for all organizations, and one that a considerable portion of management schools are set up to address, is how to become and stay competitive.

Planning, measuring, and paying attention to details form the basis for all successful engineering operations.

This book provides innovative chapters on the growth of educational, scientific, and industrial research activities among chemists, biologists, and polymer and chemical engineers and provides a medium for mutual communication between international academia and the industry.

With coverage of a broad range of key engineering materials, this book provides a single, comprehensive book summarizing all aspects involved in the functional materials production chain.

This book is classified and organised into three major headings: personal effectiveness, leadership, and communication.

As industries adopt consumer-focused product development strategies, they should offer broader product ranges in shorter design times and the processes that can manufacture in arbitrary lot sizes.

The first book in The One-Day Expert series detailed the initial steps that Thomas, a young, high-potential plant manager in an industrial group, took to assess his plant's situation through measurement of operators performance.

You don't have to outrun the bear .

Delivering excellent service to all customers is the key imperative for many sustainable businesses.

Design for Manufacturability: How to Use Concurrent Engineering to Rapidly Develop Low-Cost, High-Quality Products for Lean Production shows how to use concurrent engineering teams to design products for all aspects of manufacturing with the lowest cost, the highest quality, and the quickest time to stable production.

The book provides information necessary for systematic management of traditional as well as emerging risks in the man-machine-environment system, especially in industrial technologies.

The second edition of this popular textbook presents a balanced overview of the principles of supply chain management.

As machining processes become more advanced, so does the science behind them.

As machining processes become more advanced, so does the science behind them.

The Turkish economy is very dynamic and growing at phenomenal speeds.