Lean Supply Chain and Logistics Management

6 02 2012

 

 

Lean Supply Chain and Logistics ManagementLean Supply Chain and Logistics Management

Author: Paul Myerson
ISBN: 9780071766265 / 007176626X
©2012 | 1st Edition | 288 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: MAR-12
Price: US$ 40.00
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This unique guide shows a true, full-scale implementation of Lean supply chain and logistics management for professionals, using a special “SCOR” (Supply Chain Operations Reference) model of plan, source, make, deliver, and return.

Lean Supply Chain and Logistics Managementdemonstrates how to effectively use this powerful strategy to realize significant, long-term improvements and bottom-line savings. Written by a supply chain professional with extensive experience implementing Lean in a supply chain and logistics environment, this practical guide includes real-world examples and interviews with industry executives.

Lean Supply Chain and Logistics Management

  • Includes real-world examples based on the experiences of the author and other experts
  • Offers downloadable PowerPoint slides to use as templates for Lean supply chain projects as well as an Excel Lean supply chain and logistics assessment tool to help you identify implementation opportunities
  • Provides strategies that can lead to significant long-term improvements and bottom-line savings and efficiencies

 

 

About the Author

Paul Myerson has been a successful change catalyst for a variety of clients and organizations of all sizes. He has more than 25 years of experience in supply chain strategies, systems, and operations that have resulted in bottom-line improvements for companies such as General Electric, Unilever, and Church and Dwight (Arm & Hammer). Myerson holds an MBA in Physical Distribution from Temple University and a BS in Logistics from The Pennsylvania State University. He is currently Managing Partner at Logistics Planning Associates, LLC, a supply chain planning software and consulting business (www.psiplanner.com). Myerson serves as an adjunct professor at several universities, including Kean University and New Jersey City University. He is the author of a Windows-based Supply Chain Planning software, and co-author of a new Lean supply chain and logistics management simulation training game by ENNA. 

 

 

Other books you might be interested:

  1. 9780071410311      Managing the Supply Chain
  2. 9780071479424     Lean Six Sigma for Supply Chain Management

 

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Solids Level Measurement and Detection Handbook

6 02 2012

Solids Level Measurement and Detection Handbook Solids Level Measurement and Detection Handbook

Author: Joe Lewis
ISBN: 9781606502549 / 1606502549 
©2012 | 1st Edition | 280 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: MAR-12
Price: US$ 79.95

 

 

This is a comprehensive reference on state-of-the art controls and systems for measuring and monitoring bulk solid materials. Solids Level Measurement and Detection Handbook features:

  • Definitions of standard terms and overview of typical problems and solutions in automated bulk materials handling
  • In-depth coverage of Point Level Detection Technology and Instrumentation
  • In-depth coverage of Continuous Level Technology and Instrumentation
  • Explains how automated solids materials can be integrated into inventory management

 

Storing, handling, and processing of bulk solid materials is fundamental to nearly every manufacturing and processing industry, from the food industry and agribusiness, to the plastics industry, to the mining and cement industries, to coal-fired electric utilities. Automating the handling and processing of solids is rapidly growing, but heretofore little has been published on the latest in sensors and controls used in such applications. This book is intended to meet that need, with full coverage, from principles of measuring solid bulk materials to controlling their flow and movement to help with choosing the right equipment for specific applications. Nowhere else in the current literature will industrial engineers, controls engineers, and manufacturing technicians find a better resource on current sensor controls and systems used to automate the handling and process of bulk solid materials.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




Handbook of PVC Pipe Design and Construction

6 02 2012

PVC Pipe Design and ConstructionHandbook of PVC Pipe Design and Construction

Author: Uni-Bell PVC Association
ISBN: 9780831134501 / 083113450X
©2012 | 5th Edition | 600 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: MAR-12
Price: US$ 59.95
 
 
 
 
At 600 pages, the Handbook of PVC Pipe Design and Construction is extraordinarily comprehensive. Written by the Uni-Bell PVC Pipe Association (www.uni-bell.org), it was prepared with the objective of being the most comprehensive reference text on PVC pipe and fittings.
 
For the engineer, the Handbook of PVC Pipe Design and Construction provides practical engineering and construction information. It also delivers recommendations for the design and use of underground PVC piping systems in both pressure and non-pressure applications. The handbook is in broad use by engineers across North America. The utility and consulting engineering sectors as well as in universities and technical institutions are prime users.
 
 
 
 




Power Plant Equipment Operation and Maintenance Guide

5 12 2011

 

 

 

 

Power Plant Equipment Operation and Maintenance Power Plant Equipment Operation and Maintenance Guide

Author: Philip Kiameh
ISBN: 9780071772211 / 0071772219
©2012 | 1st Edition | 768 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: JAN-12
Price: US$ 99.00
Table of Contents

 

A comprehensive guide to all types of power generation plants, their design, operation, systems, equipment, and maintenance

Power Plant Equipment Operation and Maintenance Guidefocuses on the sizing, selection, operation, diagnostic testing, troubleshooting, maintenance, and refurbishment of power plant equipment such as steam turbines, gas turbines, steam generators, condensers, feedwater heaters, compressors, pumps, valves, advanced electrical generators used in wind power stations, and more.

This book also provides thorough coverage of the various types of advanced combined cycle plants, plants that allow burning of coal, petroleum coke, biomass, and municipal waste in combined cycles. The economics of these plants, as well as all their power enhancement methods, are discussed in detail.

Advanced power plant instrumentation and control systems are also covered along with computer simulation of power plants. Ten computer simulation exercises and solutions are presented. All features used to enhance reliability and maintainability of power generating plants are discussed in detail.

 

 

About the Author

Philip Kiameh, M.A.Sc., B.Eng., D.Eng., P.Eng., has been a teacher at the University of Toronto, Canada, for 18 years. He also teaches courses and seminars worldwide to more than 4,000 engineers across Europe, North America, and the Middle East. Professor Kiameh has written four books for working engineers and has won excellence in teaching awards from the Professional Development Center at the University of Toronto and TUV Akademie. He performed research on power generation equipment with Atomic Energy of Canada Limited and has more than 26 years of practical engineering experience with Ontario Power Generation, formerly, Ontario Hydro, the largest electric utility in North America.

 

 

 





Machinery’s Handbook

5 12 2011

 

 

 

Machinery's Handbook Toolbox EditionMachinery’s Handbook Toolbox Edition

Authors:  Erik Oberg, Franklin D Jones, Holbrook L Horton, Henry H Ryffel, Christopher J McCauley
ISBN: 9780831129002 / 083112900X
©2012 | 29th Edition |2800 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: JAN-12
Price: US$ 94.95 

 

 

Machinery’s Handbook Toolbox and CD ROM Set

Authors:  Erik Oberg, Franklin D Jones, Holbrook L Horton, Henry H Ryffel, Christopher J McCauley
ISBN: 9780831129040 / 0831129042
©2012 | 29th Edition |2800 pages | Hardback with CD ROM
Pub Date: JAN-12
Price: US$ 164.95 

 

 

Machinery's Handbook Larger Print Machinery’s Handbook Larger Print Edition

Authors:  Erik Oberg, Franklin D Jones, Holbrook L Horton, Henry H Ryffel, Christopher J McCauley
ISBN: 9780831129019 / 0831129018
©2012 | 29th Edition |2800 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: JAN-12
Price: US$ 115.00

 

 

Machinery’s Handbook Large Print and CD-ROM Set

Authors:  Erik Oberg, Franklin D Jones, Holbrook L Horton, Henry H Ryffel, Christopher J McCauley
ISBN: 9780831129057 / 0831129050
©2012 | 29th Edition |2800 pages | Hardback with CD ROM
Pub Date: JAN-12
Price: US$ 181.95

 

Machinery’s Handbook has been the most popular reference work in metalworking, design, engineering and manufacturing facilities, and in technical schools and colleges throughout the world for nearly 100 years. It is universally acknowledged as an extraordinarily authoritative, comprehensive, and practical tool, providing its users with the most fundamental and essential aspects of sophisticated manufacturing practice. The 29th edition of the “Bible of the Metalworking Industries” contains major revisions of existing content, as well as new material on a variety of topics. It is the essential reference for Mechanical, Manufacturing, and Industrial Engineers, Designers, Draftsmen, Toolmakers, Machinists, Engineering and Technology Students, and the serious Home Hobbyist.

The Machinery’s Handbook 29 CD-ROM contains the complete contents of the print edition, presented in Adobe PDF format. This popular and well-known format allows viewing and printing of pages that are identical to those of the printed book, permits rapid searching of the entire Handbook, and includes the ability to magnify the view of any page. Navigation aids in the form of thousands of clickable bookmarks, page cross references, and index entries take you quickly to any page referenced. Besides the full print edition, the CD-ROM includes over 500 pages of additional data, mostly material that was published in previous print editions but subsequently removed due to space restrictions. The 29th Edition CD-ROM also provides an expanded array of the popular INTERACTIVE MATH EQUATIONS. Users will be able to instantly calculate cutting speeds, dimensions of bevels, moments of inertia, the measurement of various screw threads, the center of gravity for any shape, hardness of material, volumes, taper angles, matrices, … and much, much more. Minimum requirements: Windows Operating System, 32-and 64-bit; Internet connection for authorization and Interactive Math.

Features

  • New to this edition … micromachining, expanded material on calculation of hole coordinates, an introduction to metrology, further contributions to the sheet metal and presses section, shaft alignment, taps and tapping, helical coil screw thread inserts, solid geometry, distinguishing between bolts and screws, statistics, calculating thread dimensions, keys and keyways, miniature screws, metric screw threads, and fluid mechanics.
  • Numerous major sections have been extensively reworked and renovated throughout, including Mathematics, Mechanics and Strength of Materials, Properties of Materials, Dimensioning, Gaging and Measuring, Machining Operations, Manufacturing Process, Fasteners, Threads and Threading, and Machine Elements.
  • The metric content has been greatly expanded. Throughout the book, wherever practical, metric units are shown adjacent to theU.S.customary units in the text. Many formulas are now presented with equivalent metric expressions, and additional metric examples have been added.
  • The detailed tables of contents located at the beginning of each section have been expanded and fine-tuned to make finding topics easier and faster.
  • The entire text of this edition, including all the tables and equations, has been reset, and a great many of the figures have been redrawn. The page count has increased by nearly 100 pages, to 2,800 pages.
  • Updated Standards.

 

Table of Contents

  • Mathematics
  • Mechanics and Strength of Materials
  • Properties, Treatment, and Testing of Materials
  • Dimensioning, Gaging, and Measuring
  • Tooling and Toolmaking
  • Machining Operations
  • Manufacturing Processes
  • Fasteners
  • Threads and Threading
  • Gears, Splines, and Cams
  • Machine Elements
  • Measuring Units
  • Index

 

 

 

 

Machinery's Handbook CD-ROMMachinery’s Handbook CD-ROM 

Authors:  Erik Oberg, Franklin D Jones, Holbrook L Horton, Henry H Ryffel, Christopher J McCauley
ISBN: 9780831129026 / 0831129026
©2012 | 29th Edition | CD ROM
Pub Date: JAN-12
Price: US$94.95

 

The Machinery’s Handbook 29 CD-ROM contains the complete contents of the print edition, presented in Adobe PDF format. This popular and well-known format allows viewing and printing of pages that are identical to those of the printed book, permits rapid searching of the entire Handbook, and includes the ability to magnify the view of any page. Navigation aids in the form of thousands of clickable bookmarks, page cross references, and index entries take you quickly to any page referenced. Besides the full print edition, the CD-ROM includes over 500 pages of additional data, mostly material that was published in previous print editions but subsequently removed due to space restrictions.

The 29th Edition CD-ROM provides an expanded array of the popular INTERACTIVE MATH EQUATIONS. With a simple Internet connection, users will be able to instantly calculate cutting speeds, dimensions of bevels, moments of inertia, the measurement of various screw threads, the center of gravity for any shape, hardness of material, volumes, taper angles, matrices, … and much, much more.

  • Features complete text searches to locate information quickly and easily.
  • Includes interlinks to connect to related topics and examples, including a live index.
  • Prints pages exactly as they appear in the book.
  • Displays text and graphics exactly as created.
  • Contains zoom features for detailed viewing.
  • Provides cut and paste capabilities for inserting text and graphics into other documents and programs.

 

 

 

 

Machinery's Handbook GuideMachinery’s Handbook Guide 

Authors:  Erik Oberg, Franklin D Jones, Holbrook L Horton, Henry H Ryffel, Christopher J McCauley
ISBN: 9780831129033  / 0831129034
©2012 | 29th Edition | 280 pages | Paperback
Pub Date: JAN-12
Price: US$ 15.50 

 

Completely updated and revised to reflect the changes and additions made to the 29th Edition, the Guide enables users to maximize the enormous practical value available from Machinery’s Handbook.

  • Illustrates through hundreds of examples, solutions, and questions how to take full advantage of the Handbook to solve the types of problems typically encountered in drafting rooms, machine shops and on the factory floor.
  • Allows you to quickly become more thoroughly familiar with the vast range of contents found in the Handbook.
  • By practicing the many practical techniques explained in this Guide, you will be able to obtain the solution or information needed to resolve on-the-job problems.

 

 

 

 

Machinery's Handbook  Pocket CompanionMachinery’s Handbook Pocket Companion

Authors:  Erik Oberg, Franklin D Jones, Holbrook L Horton, Henry H Ryffel, Christopher J McCauley
ISBN: 9780831129118 / 0831129115
©2012 | 29th Edition | 350 pages | Paperback
Pub Date: JAN-12
Price: US$ 21.95 

 

Machinery’s Handbook Pocket Companion is designed for anyone in the machine trades for whom convenient access to just the most basic data is at a premium. Extremely concise yet authoritative, this invaluable tool draws on Machinery’s Handbook’s wealth of tables, charts and text. Much of the subject matter has been reorganized, distilled, or simplified to enhance its usability and to keep the bulk down. Both practitioners and students will find the Pocket Companion to be a convenient ready-reference to keep nearby while working on the shop or factory floor or learning the fundamentals in the school lab.

  • The visual design and carefully organized presentation of data encourage frequent and easy use, helping to save time and labor.
  • Facilitates immediate application of fundamental and reliable data.
  • Serves as a handy and portable complement to Machinery’s Handbook vastly larger compilation of data, standards, and text.

 

 

 

 





Definitive coverage of essential engineering topics

8 11 2011

 

 

Written by renowned experts in their fields, our new environmental, industrial, and mechanical engineering books provide you with the comprehensive, up-to-date information you need to excel on the job. 

 

Water Clarification Dissolved Air Flotation For Water Clarification

Authors: James Edzwald, Johannes Haarhoff
ISBN: 9780071745628 / 0071745629
©2012 | 1st Edition | 352 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: OCT-11
Price: US$ 125.00
Sample Chapter

 

Published in collaboration with the American Water Works Association, this authoritative resource explains how the dissolved air flotation (DAF) process works and addresses how DAF can be incorporated into an overall water treatment scheme.

 

 

Membrane BioReactorsMembrane BioReactors WEF Manual of Practice No. 36

Author: Water Environment Federation
ISBN: 9780071753661 / 0071753664
©2012 | 1st Edition | 262 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: SEP-11
Price: US$ 125.00
Sample Chapter

 

This WEF guide presents best practices for the use of membrane bioreactors for wastewater treatment. Coverage includes membrane bioreactor process design, facility design, equipment procurement, and operation.

 

 

Sewer System OverflowsPrevention and Control of Sewer System Overflows - MOP FD-17

Author: Water Environment Federation
ISBN: 9780071738606 / 0071738606
©2012 | 1st Edition | 448 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: JUL-11
Price: US$ 110.00
Sample Chapter 

 

Fully revised throughout, this WEF resource provides the up-to-date information necessary to help managers and engineers understand and analyze an overflow problem and offers guidance on finding the most efficient, feasible, and cost-effective strategies to reduce or eliminate such overflows.

 

 

Performance Improvement for HealthcarePerformance Improvement for Healthcare
Leading Change with Lean, Six Sigma, and Constraints Management

Authors: Bahadir Inozu, Dan Chauncey, Vickie Kamataris, Charles Mount, NOVACES, LLC
ISBN: 9780071761628 / 0071761624
©2012 | 1st Edition | 352 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: AUG-11
Price: US$ 60.00
Sample Chapter

 

This pioneering guide lays out an integrated approach for using three industrially based methods to transform hospital operations in terms of patient outcomes and experience, financial viability, and employee satisfaction.

 

 

Green Supply Chain ManagementGreen Supply Chain Management
Product Life Cycle Approach

Authors:
Hsiao-Fan Wang, Surendra M. Gupta
ISBN: 9780071622837 / 0071622837
©2011 | 1st Edition | 320 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: JUL-11
Price: US$ 130.00
Sample Chapter

 

This detailed resource provides a stage-by-stage production methodology within the life cycle of a product to ensure environmental compliance and economic goals.

 

 

Six Sigma for SustainabilitySix Sigma for Sustainability

Authors: Tom McCarty, Michael Jordan, Daniel Probst
ISBN: 9780071752442 / 0071752447
©2012 | 1st Edition | 304 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: JUL-11
Price: US$ 50.00
Sample Chapter

 

Co-written by Six Sigma Black Belts and LEED Accredited Professionals, this unique guide reveals how to use the power of Six Sigma to develop and implement enterprise-wide green initiatives.

 

 

Mechanisms and Mechanical DevicesMechanisms and Mechanical Devices Sourcebook

Author: Neil Sclater
ISBN: 9780071704427 / 0071704426
©2011 | 1st Edition | 560 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: JUL-11
Price: US$ 90.00
Sample Chapter

 

Fully revised throughout, this abundantly illustrated reference includes thousands of drawings and descriptions that cover innovations in mechanical engineering. Each illustration represents a design concept that can easily be reused.

 

 

Nalco Guide to Boiler Failure AnalysisNalco Guide to Boiler Failure Analysis

Author:
Daniel Flynn
ISBN: 9780071743006 / 0071743006
©2011 | 2nd Edition | 624 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: JUL-11
Price: US$ 125.00
Sample Chapter

 

Filled with more than 200 color images, this book contains practical, up-to-date techniques for identifying and eliminating common causes of boiler failure.

 

 

HVACHVAC Design Sourcebook

Author: W. Larsen Angel
ISBN: 9780071753036 / 0071753036
©2012 | 1st Edition | 400 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: OCT-11
Price: US$ 60.00
Sample Chapter

 

This practical manual describes the HVAC system design process step by step using photographs, drawings, and a discussion of pertinent design considerations for different types of HVAC components and systems.

 

 

 





HVAC Design Sourcebook

19 10 2011

HVAC HVAC Design Sourcebook

Author: W. Larsen Angel
ISBN: 9780071753036 / 0071753036
©2012 | 1st Edition | 400 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: OCT-11
Price: US$ 60.00
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An essential guide for HVAC designers tasked with training team members

HVAC Design Sourcebookfills the need that senior HVAC engineers have for a practical resource to assist in training junior engineers in the basics of HVAC systems design. This invaluable guide uses photographs to illustrate the numerous essential HVAC system components in their actual installed conditions adjacent to graphical representations of the components.

The book shows how the components should be represented on construction drawings, along with text outlining important design considerations. This provides you with a thorough understanding of the steps required for proper installation of HVAC systems and insight on how to effectively communicate HVAC system design in construction drawings.

HVAC Design Sourcebook

  • Features photographs of actual HVAC installations for a clear understanding of the physical characteristics of system components, critical to the effective design of HVAC systems
  • Provides an overview of all aspects of HVAC systems design—from design concept to completion of project documents
  • Includes a discussion of pertinent computer aided design (CAD) standards, providing a concise description of accepted industry conventions

 

 

About the Author

W. Larsen Angel, P.E., LEED-AP, is a principal in the MEP consulting engineering firm of Green Building Energy Engineers. He has worked in the MEP consulting engineering industry for over 20 years. He has contributed to the development of design standards and continues to find new ways to streamline the HVAC system design process. Larsen is a Member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)and is certified by ASHRAE as a Commissioning Process Management Professional (CPMP).

 

 

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101 Spy Gadgets for the Evil Genius

12 09 2011

101 Spy Gadgets for the Evil Genius101 Spy Gadgets for the Evil Genius

Authors: Brad Graham , Kathy McGowan
ISBN: 9780071772686 / 0071772685
©2012 | 2nd Edition | 384 pages | Paperback
Pub Date: OCT-11
Price: 25.00
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Packed with the latest technologies and countermeasures for spy devices

101 Spy Gadgets for the Evil Genius, Second Edition shows you how to reclaim your privacy by targeting the very machines that invade your space. Learn how to disable many spy devices by hacking easily available appliances into cool tools of your own, and even turn the tables on the snoopers by using gadgetry to collect information on them. Featuring easy-to-find, inexpensive parts, the book shows you how to build your very own spy gadgets and countermeasures arsenal that would make MacGyver proud.

101 Spy Gadgets for the Evil Genius, Second Edition

  • Features projects that use easy-to-find, inexpensive parts and contain step-by-step, fully illustrated instructions
  • Offers alternative design ideas for each project and leaves room for modification and improvisation to allow you to mix or alter the designs depending on the parts available
  • Filled with revised projects that have been taken to the next level with more modern parts
  • Enhances hands-on technical skills and introduces easy-to-create countermeasures
  • Aims to put the power back into the hands of the “little guy” by teaching how to turn the tables on snoopers

Each fun, inexpensive, and slightly wicked Evil Genius project includes a detailed list of materials, sources for parts, schematics, and lots of clear, well-illustrated instructions for easy assembly. The larger workbook-style layout and convenient two-column format make following the step-by-step instructions a breeze.

 

 

About the Authors

Brad Graham (Thunder Bay, Ontario, CANADA) is founder and host of the ATOMICZOMBIE.com Website, dedicated to his flamboyant bicycles, robots, and inventions. In 2003, he received a Guinness World Record for building and riding the World’s Tallest Ridable Bicycle. He is a Network Engineer, Electronics Technician, Welder, Web Developer, Robotics Developer, Computer Programmer and Inventor. Brad is co-author of Atomic Zombie’s Bicycle Builder’s Bonanza, Build Your Own All-Terrain Robot, and 101 Spy Gadgets for the Evil Genius.

Kathy McGowan (Thunder Bay, Ontario, CANADA) is the co-author of all the titles noted above, and partner in all Graham’s ventures.

 

 

Other book you might be interested:

  1. 9780071426091      Electronic Gadgets for the Evil Genius

 

 





Roark’s Formulas for Stress and Strain

12 09 2011

Roark's Formulas for Stress and Strain Roark’s Formulas for Stress and Strain

Authors: Warren Young, Richard Budynas, Ali Sadegh
ISBN: 9780071742474 / 0071742476
©2011 | 8th Edition | 1136 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: DEC-11
Price: US$ 125.00
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The definitive guide to stress and strain formulas—fully revised and updated

The first revision in 10 years, Roark’s Formulas for Stress and Strain, Eighth Edition presents formulas and principles of strength of materials meeting the need of design engineers, particularly mechanical engineers. This classic volume provides equations and diagrams of structural properties in an easy-to-use, thumb-through format. The new edition now includes a summary of tables and formulas at the end of each chapter for the ease of reference. All references are now updated and a wealth of new material—25%—has been added for mechanical and structural engineers. This is a major and timely revision of the standard reference for student and engineers alike.

Roark’s Formulas for Stress and Strain, Eighth Edition features

  • 25% new material
  • Mohr’s circle table and Fatigue Stress Formula
  • Expanded coverage of composite materials
  • Tables of modulus of elasticity of materials, yield strength, and other mechanical properties of materials for design engineers
  • A chapter on stresses in gears, shafts, and other machine elements
  • Welding formulas, stresses in welding, and elements such as bolts and rivets
  • Coverage of vibration and stresses in rotating discs
  • A section on biomechanics and stresses in hard (bone) and soft (muscles, ligaments) tissues
  • A section on nanotechnology
  • Graphs, charts, tables, and formulas for quick reference and ease of study

 

 

About the Authors

Warren Young (Madison, WI), Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin Madison, Wis.

Richard G. Budynas (Rochester, NY), Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York,

Ali Sadegh (New York, NY), is Director of the Center for AEDD, at City University of New York and a Mechanical Engineer.

 

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Performance Improvement for Healthcare

8 09 2011

Performance Improvement for Healthcare Performance Improvement for Healthcare
Leading Change with Lean, Six Sigma, and Constraints Management

Authors: Bahadir Inozu, Dan Chauncey, Vickie Kamataris, Charles Mount
ISBN: 9780071761628 / 0071761624
©2012 | 1st Edition | 352 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: SEP-11
Price: US$ 60.00
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Tested techniques for applying improvement methods to the healthcare field

Performance Improvement for Healthcare: Leading Change with Lean, Six Sigma, and Constraints Managementoffers the “best of breed” integration of the latest advances in performance improvement approaches in terms of patient experience, financial viability, and employee satisfaction. While the goal is to improve performance across all aspects of the organization, the path is through identifying processes that are not meeting expectations—and fixing them. Unlike “one size fits all” approaches, such as Lean only or Six Sigma only, the approach in this book integrates three main methodologies – Lean Six Sigma, Six Sigma, and Theory of Constraints (TOC) – by focusing on what is critical to the organization. By using the right tool for the right problem at the right time, the authors show how to deliver faster results and greater return on investment. The book includes numerous case studies, success stories, strategy and tactics, and interviews with leaders in the deployments.

The book’s approach can be applied at any stage in an organization’s CPI journey:
1. Greenfield: Brand new deployments of continuous process improvement methodologies
2. New Heights: A successful CPI deployment where Lean and/or Six Sigma was already deployed, and now looking for methodologies to reach new heights
3. Revitalization: A stalled or unsuccessful deployment where Lean or Six Sigma was tried and abandoned.

 

Performance Improvement for Healthcare: Leading Change with Lean, Six Sigma, and Constraints Management

  • Scales to any size organization and aligns easily to varying needs
  • Shortens the traditional execution time, from adoption to results
  • Optimizes the utilization of resources required to accomplish the desired goals
  • Breaks organizational constraints and maximizes organizational efficiency
  • Sustains the gains and defines a path to self-sufficiency
  • Achieves a global impact through strategy alignment and focused project selection
  • Shows how to integrate Constraints Management with Lean and Six Sigma to create a “best of breed” approach
  • Reveals how to realize fantastic results – higher return on investment, shorter lead times, better on-time delivery of services, and more

 

 

About the Authors

Bahadir Inozu, Ph.D. (New York, NY) is a Founding Partner and the Chief Executive Officer of NOVACES, LLC, a leading provider of continuous process improvement consulting and training services. He is a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and a Theory of Constraints Jonah. Dr. Inozu has been teaching undergraduate, graduate, and adult education courses on Process Improvement, Lean, Six Sigma, Reliability and Maintenance Management, Marine Engineering, and Executive Leader Training courses on CPI for over 20 years.

Dan Chauncey (San Antonio, TX)is the Director of Deployment Services for NOVACES where he has served as the technical program manager for the deployment of CPI across patient care in the U.S. Navy Medical Enterprise. He also leads a team of five Master Black Belts embedded at mid-level commands across the Navy and led the CPI Deployment at United Health Services.

Charles Mount, CAPT, USN (Ret.) (San Diego, CA)is the Director of Healthcare Services for NOVACES where he is responsible for the development and application of process improvement methodologies for healthcare institutions and facilities. He has been the director of training, team building and deployment of quality improvement in the healthcare industry for over 20 years.

Vickie Kamataris (Lawrenceville, PA) is a senior business consultant for NOVACES. As the assigned Master Black Belt for NAVMED, National Capital Region, she provided Lean Six Sigma expertise and leadership to develop Lean Six Sigma deployment strategies, and led complex, enterprise-level projects and events. Ms. Kamataris mentors Master Black Belt candidates at the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, National Naval Medical Center, and Naval Health Clinics.

 

 

Other book you might be interested:

  1. 9780071665544      Theory of Constraints Handbook 

     

Performance Improvement for Healthcare: Methods

 

 

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