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Counting Our Way To Oblivion
Or Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2014
In "Counting Our Way To Oblivion," author David Richey examines the increasing reliance upon statistics to evaluate, well, everything. In particular, Richey demonstrates how businesses attempt to manage quality and behavior through analytics, and why this methodology is misguided. Richey uses lessons...
Risk-Pooling Essentials
Reducing Demand and Lead Time Uncertainty
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2015
This book provides comprehensive and concise definitions of risk pooling and risk-pooling methods, a straightforward statistical explanation, and a value-chain oriented framework for analyzing risk-pooling methods. Risk pooling mitigates demand and lead time uncertainty in logistics and supply...
ISO 9000 Quality Systems Handbook-updated for the ISO 9001: 2015 standard
Increasing the Quality of an Organization’s Outputs
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
Completely revised to align with ISO 9001:2015, this handbook has been the bible for users of ISO 9001 since 1994, helping organizations get certified and increase the quality of their outputs.
Whether you are an experienced professional, a novice, or a quality management student or researcher,...
Innovation, Product Development and Commercialization
Case Studies and Key Practices for Market Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2007
To succeed in the 21st century, firms must integrate their business, market, technology and resource strategies into a holistic product approach, and match technological innovation to market opportunities. Unlike other books on product development that limit their scope to the product development process,...
Proceedings of the 6th International Asia Conference on Industrial Engineering and Management Innovation
Core Theory and Applications of Industrial Engineering (volume 1)
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2015
The 6th International Asia Conference on Industrial Engineering and Management Innovation is sponsored by the Chinese Industrial Engineering Institution and organized by Tianjin University. The conference aims to share and disseminate information on the most recent and relevant researches, theories...
Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship
Case Studies from IIT Kanpur
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2017
This book focuses on promoting entrepreneurial ecosystems within universities and educational institutes. It especially emphasizes the thriving systems and practices existing within the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK). It discusses cases and successes of the SIDBI Incubation and Innovation...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
Industrial Applications of Affective Engineering introduces new analytical methods such as fluctuation, fuzzy logic, fractals, and complex systems, and pursuing interdisciplinary research that traverses a wide range of fields, including information engineering, human engineering, cognitive science,...
Proceedings of the 6th International Asia Conference on Industrial Engineering and Management Innovation
Innovation and Practice of Industrial Engineering and Management (volume 2)
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2015
The 6th International Asia Conference on Industrial Engineering and Management Innovation is sponsored by the Chinese Industrial Engineering Institution and organized by Tianjin University. The conference aims to share and disseminate information on the most recent and relevant researches, theories...
Industrial Management- Control and Profit
A Technical Approach
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2014
This volume presents controlling tools for management in order to be in a position to communicate with control engineers concerning technological decisions.
The main objective of manufacturing management is to make profit. However, in traditional manufacturing systems none of the separate stages...
Customer-Driven Supply Chains
From Glass Pipelines to Open Innovation Networks
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2012
In recent years, the supply chain has become a key element to the survival and prosperity of organisations in different industry sectors. Organisations dealing in dynamic business environments demand supply chains that support the satisfaction of customer needs. The principles of lean thinking that...
Business Modelling in the Dynamic Digital Space
An Ecosystem Approach
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2012
This Springer Briefs volume guides the reader in a comprehensive form to design new digital business models. The book provides strategic roadmaps for enterprises in the digital world, and a comprehensive framework to assess new business models. It aligns both, research and a practical perspective...
Achieving Supply Chain Integration
Connecting the Supply Chain Inside and Out for Competitive Advantage
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2016
High-Value Supply Chain Integration
New research, practical priorities, actionable solutions
Master new best practices for integrating demand, supply, and partners worldwide
Bridge key “integration gaps” to maximize customer value and profit
Improve performance in areas ranging...
Custom Nation
Why Customization Is the Future of Business and How to Profit From It
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Smart brands such as Chipotle, Zazzle, Nike, and Pandora are ditching the outdated 20th century model of a one-size-fits-all approach to providing products and services. From a Netflix movie night to a marriage courtesy of eHarmony, customization is changing every corner of American life and business.
The...
Business Analytics Principles, Concepts, and Applications with SAS
What, Why, and How
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2014
Learn everything you need to know to start using business analytics and integrating it throughout your organization.
Business Analytics Principles, Concepts, and Applications with SAS brings together a complete, integrated package of knowledge for newcomers to the subject. The authors present...