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FUNCTIONAL SAFETY OF MACHINERY Enables readers to understand ISO 13849-1 and IEC 62061 standards and provides a practical approach to functional safety in machinery design   Functional Safety of Machinery: How to Apply ISO 13849-1 and IEC 62061 Functional Safety of Machinery: How to Apply ISO 13849-1 and IEC 62061 …

Inventory Control and Management   Introduction   Stock holding costs money, and inventory control issues are nearly ubiquitous. In the last ten years, businesses have worked to enhance customer service while reducing stock levels and accelerating the movement of materials through their supply chains. This newly revised volume analyzes the …

Lean Manufacturing That Works Powerful Tools for Dramatically Reducing Waste and Maximizing Profits Contents Part I. Description of Lean Manufacturing Chapter 1. Lean Manufacturing: A “Holistic” View Chapter 2. Lean Manufacturing Approach   Part II. Five Primary Elements Chapter 3. Organization Element  Chapter 4. Metrics Element Chapter 5. Logistics Element …

Operations and Process Management OPERATIONS AND PROCESS MANAGEMENT Guide to case studies xiii Preface xv About the authors xix Acknowledgements xxi Publisher’s acknowledgements xxii 1 Operations and processes Executive summary Does the organisation understand the potential of operations and process management? Does the business take a process perspective? Does operations …

Handbook of The Vehicle Routing Problem   The University of Bologna’s Faculty of Engineering is home to Professor of Combinatorial Optimization Paolo Toth. His current areas of interest include the development of algorithms for combinatorial optimization and graph theory issues as well as their use in actual transportation, crew management, …

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT STRATEGY, PLANNING, AND OPERATION     Brief Content PART I BUILDING A STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK TO ANALYZE SUPPLY CHAINS Chapter 1 Understanding the Supply Chain 1.1 What Is a Supply Chain? 1.2 The Objective of a Supply Chain 1.3 The Importance of Supply Chain Decisions 1.4 Decision Phases …

ISO Adding Spark to Your ISO 9001 QMS and Sustainability to Your Lean Efforts Numerous research have confirmed that ISO 9001-registered businesses perform better than non-registered businesses, however a key result in many of these studies revealed that registered businesses do as well regardless of their ISO 9001 registration. Even …

The Overview Many students have benefited from Advanced Electrical Installation Work in order to achieve in City & Guilds electrical installation awards. This book, presently in its fourth edition, received a thorough overhaul in order to provide an exact match to the Installation route criteria of the 2330 Level 3 …

Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering (LNCE) publishes the latest developments in Civil Engineering—quickly, informally and in top quality. Though original research reported in proceedings and post-proceedings represents the core of LNCE, edited volumes of exceptionally high quality and interest may also be considered for publication. Volumes published in LNCE embrace …

THE CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS, FOUNDATIONS AND SUBSTRUCTURES, STRUCTURAL STEEL FRAMES, FLOORS AND ROOFS, CONCRETE, CONCRETE STRUCTURAL FRAMES, EXTERNAL WALLS AND CLADDING OF FRAMED BUILDINGS VOLUME 4 NTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE FOUNDATIONS AND SUBSTRUCTURES Functional requirements – Foundations – Substructures CHAPTER TWO STRUCTURAL STEEL FRAMES, FLOORS AND ROOFS Functional requirements – Methods of …