Electrician’s Calculations Manual

Author: Nick Fowler
ISBN: 9780071770163 / 007177016X
©2012 | 2nd Edition | 274 pages | Paperback
Pub Date: AUG-11
Price: US$ 29.00
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This handy book is the perfect go-to toolbox companion for quick access to the formulas and examples electricians need to solve on-the-job problems.

Electrician’s Calculations Manual, Second Edition provides practicing electricians with a convenient way to review the basic calculations needed for a given job, and to supplement the continuing education required in most states. This second edition has been updated to reflect the changes in the industry as well as the requirements of the 2011 National Electrical Code. This practical guide enables you to:

• Accurately figure out the requirements for commercial jobs
• Perform conduit-bending math
• Test your understanding of the concepts with end-of-chapter tests and a full chapter of practice tests

Electrician’s Calculations Manual, Second Edition:

• Features new discussions and calculations for: quick and easy segment bending; motor nine lead motor wye and delta; motor 12 lead motor delta/wye; capacitor circuits; parallel circuits; series circuits
• Contains revised end-of-chapter tests
• Includes a new chapter: Practice Tests
• 2011 NEC compliant

About the Author

Nick Fowler (San Antonio, TX) has been a practicing electrician for over 40 years. He holds several state and Master Electrician licenses, and has been an electrical journeyman, foreman, and general foreman. Mr. Fowler, a member of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 191, Everett, Washington, has worked on a large number of projects–ranging from large semiconductor chip plants, petrochemical refineries, large office, buildings, and research facilities, containing systems such as fire alarm, security, motor control, HVAC control, branch circuit installation to final hook up for lighting and power.

Table of Contents

Preface
Electricity–An Overview
Chapter 1. Direct Current Calculations
Chapter 2. Alternating Current Calculations
Chapter 3. Transformers
Chapter 4. Miscellaneous Calculations
Chapter 5. Motors
Chapter 6. Single-Dwelling Load Calculations
Chapter 7. Multifamily Load Calculations
Chapter 8. Commercial Calculations
Chapter 9. Miscellaneous Service Entrance Calculations
Chapter 10. Conduit Bending
Chapter 11. Math Review
Final Test
Answers to End-of-Chapter Tests and Final Test
Index

Orlicky’s Material Requirements Planning

Authors: Carol Ptak, Chad Smith
ISBN: 9780071755634 / 0071755632
©2011 | 3rd Edition | 546 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: JUN-11
Price: US$ 70.00
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The classic MRP work up-to-date with new information on supply chain synchronization

Thoroughly revised, Orlicky’s Material Requirements Planning, Third Editionreviews the poor business results embedded in most of today’s business systems; discusses the core problems causing the results; presents and discusses an alternative pull structure for planning and controlling materials flow; and presents initial results from actual implementations. This new edition reveals the next evolutionary step for materials and supply chain synchronization in the modern manufacturing landscape. This update describes:

• A solution to a chronic MRP-related problem that plagues many manufacturers: shortages of materials, components that block the smooth flow of work through the plant
• A competitive edge through strategic lead time reductions
• Significant reductions in total inventory investment
• Significant increases in service levels

This new edition helps companies tackle three pervasive problems: unacceptable inventory performance; unacceptable service level performance; and high related expenses and waste.

New to This Edition:

• New section on manufacturing as the heart of the supply chain management, and specific challenges in the 21st century
• Covers supply chain management (SCM) and distribution requirements planning (DRP)
• Discusses the impact of Lean and the Toyota Production System
• Update of integration software
• Reviews the emergence of demand-driven strategies and the MRP “conflict”
• Introduces the new concept of ASR (Actively Synchronized Replenishment) and explains how to incorporate it into business processes
• Explains positioning and how Six Sigma can help achieve results
• In-depth discussion of buffers – how to size, maintain, and adjust them
• New chapter on using MRP tools across the supply chain to enable pull-based approaches
• New case studies which illustrating the techniques described in the book

Coverage includes:

• Inventory in a manufacturing environment
• Principles of MRP
• MRP system
• Processing logic
• Lot sizing
• System records and files
• Product definition
• Master production schedule
• Inventory planning and control system
• System effectiveness
• Industry effect on MRP
• Project manufacturing
• Remanufacturing
• Process industry application
• Repetitive manufacturing application
• Sales and operations planning
• Evolution of MRP and planning systems
• Demand driven MRP (DDMRP) logic
• Strategic inventory positioning
• Dynamic buffers
• Demand driven planning
• Highly visible and collaborative execution
• DDMRP performance reporting and analytics
• DDMRP future

About the Authors

Carol Ptak is currently a partner with the Demand Driven Institute, and was most recently at Pacific Lutheran University as Visiting Professor and Distinguished Executive in Residence. Previously, she was vice president and global industry executive for manufacturing and distribution industries at PeopleSoft where she developed the concept of demand driven manufacturing (DDM). Ms. Ptak spent four years at IBM Corporation culminating in the position of global SMB segment executive.

Chad Smith is cofounder and managing partner of Constraints Management Group, a services and technology company specializing in pull-based manufacturing, materials, and project management systems for mid-range and large manufacturers. He has been at the forefront of developing and articulating demand driven MRP and is also an internationally recognized expert on the theory of constraints (TOC).

Carol and Chad founded the Demand Driven Institute, an organization devoted to the proliferation and further development of demand driven strategies and tactics in industry.

Table of Contents

Foreword by David Turbide
Preface

Part 1: Perspective
Chapter 1. Overview
Chapter 2. MRP in the Modern World
Chapter 3. The Four Critical Questions Answered

Part 2: Concepts
Chapter 4. Inventory in a Manufacturing Environment
Chapter 5. Principles of Materials Requirements Planning
Chapter 6. The Material Requirements Planning System
Chapter 7. Processing Logic
Chapter 8. Lot Sizing
Chapter 9. System Records and Files

Part 3: Managing with the MRP System
Chapter 10. A New Way of Looking at Things
Chapter 11. Product Definition
Chapter 12. Master Production Schedule
Chapter 13. More Than an Inventory Control System
Chapter 14. System Effectiveness: A Function of Design and Use
Chapter 15. Industry Effect on MRP
Chapter 16. Project Manufacturing
Chapter 17. Remanufacturing
Chapter 18. Process Industry Application
Chapter 19. Repetitive Manufacturing Application
Chapter 20. Sales and Operations Planning

Part 4: Looking Backward and Forward
Chapter 21. Historical Context
Chapter 22. Blueprint for the Future: Demand-Driven MRP Logic
Chapter 23. Strategic Inventory Positioning
Chapter 24. Buffer Profiles and Level Determination
Chapter 25. Dynamic Buffers
Chapter 26. Demand-Driven Planning
Chapter 27. Highly Visible and Collaborative Execution
Chapter 28. Demand-Driven Material Requirements Planning (DDMRP)
Chapter 29. DDMRP Future

Appendix A. Joseph Orlicky’s Contributions to Material Requirements Planning
Appendix B. Definitions: APICS Terms and Their Place in DDMRP
Appendix C. New Terms in Demand-Driven Material Requirements Planning
Appendix D. To My Best Recollection: The Eras of Material Requirements Planning (MRP) with Packaged Software

Index

Nanotechnology for Environmental Decontamination

Authors: Manoj Ram, E. Silvana Andreescu, Ding Hanming
ISBN: 9780071702799 / 0071702792
©2011 | 1st Edition | 448 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: JUN-11
Price: US$ 150
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The latest developments in nanotechnology and detailed application methodologies to decontaminate water, air, soil, and food

Written by a team of global experts, Nanotechnology for Environmental Decontaminationsummarizes the techniques to structure target-specific nanomaterial, and how to apply it to decontaminate the natural environment from microbes, heavy metals, industrial toxic chemicals, chemical warfare agents, and biowarfare agents.

Recent developments in nanotechnology enable environmental decontamination through several target-specific nanomaterials, processes, and tools. This groundbreaking work covers these innovative methodologies in complete detail. It is an ideal resource for both professionals and graduate-level students whose specialty is nanotechnology which is applicable to environmental decontamination.

Nanotechnology for Environmental Decontamination features

• A thorough overview of the most important developments in the field of decontamination
• Nanomaterial design methodologies for specific targets such as microbes, heavy metals, and chemical/bio agents
• Contributions from world-renowned leaders in nanotech decontamination
• Coverage of a wide variety of diverse applications

In-depth details on:

• Preparation and application of inner skin hollow fiber nanoporous membrane
• Photocatalytic inactivation of water and air pollution
• Application of nano TiO, catalyst in wastewater treatment
• Photoelectrocatalytic degradation of organic contaminants at nanosemiconductor film electrodes under visible light irradiation
• Disinfection of microbes by nanoparticles
• Water disinfection and wastewater decontamination by solar photocatalysis using nanomaterials
• The role of nanotechnology for decontamination of chemical warfare agents
• Nanostructured bioassemblies for environmental bioremediation
• Reactive nanoparticles for the treatment of chlorinated dense nonaqueous phase liquids (DNAPL) in soil and groundwater
• Persistent pesticides: detection and control using nanotechnology
• Decontaminating chemical and biological warfare agents and related toxins with nanomaterials

About the Authors

Dr. Majoj K. Ram (St. Petersburg, FL)is head of the polymer group at Eclipse Energy Systems, Inc.

Dr. E. Silvana Andreescu (Potsdam, NY)is assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science at Clarkson University.

Dr. Hanming Ding (Shanghai, China) is an associate professor of Inorganic Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at East China Normal University.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Decontamination Using Nanotechnology
Chapter 2. Preparation and Application of Inner-Skin Hollow Fiber Nanoporous Membrane
Chapter 3. Photocatalytic Inactivation: Air-Water
Chapter 4. Application of a Nano TiO2 Catalyst in Wastewater Treatment
Chapter 5. Photoelectrocatalytic Degradation of Organic Contaminants in Nanosemiconductor Film Electrodes under Visible Light Irradiation
Chapter 6. Disinfection by Nanoparticles
Chapter 7. Water Disinfection and Wastewater Decontamination by Solar Photocatalysts Using Nanomaterials
Chapter 8. The Role of Nanotechnology for Decontamination of Chemical Warfare Agents
Chapter 9. Nanostructural Bioassemblies for Environmental Bioremediation
Chapter 10. Reactive Nanoparticles for the Treatment of Chlorinated Dense Nonaqueous Phase Liquids in Soil and Groundwater
Chapter 11. Persistent Pesticides: Detection and Control Using Nanotechnology
Chapter 12. Nanomaterials as a Means of Decontamination of Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents and Related Toxins
Chapter 13. Removal of Dense Nonaqueous Phase Liquids from Groundwater Using Nanotechnology
Chapter 14. Summary
Appendix A. Index of Commercial Companies Engaged in Remediation or Decontamination Using Nanotechnology
Index

Green Facilities

Author: Greg Winkler
ISBN: 9780071744539 / 0071744533
©2011 | 1st Edition | 256 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: APR-11
Price: US$ 80.00
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An in-depth guide to greening industrial and commercial facilities

This GreenSource book is a valuable strategy and planning resource for saving money and energy by implementing sustainable production and business operations. Green Facilities: Industrial and Commercial LEED Certification examines a wide range of sustainability factors and reveals how to control costs through focused attention on reduced energy consumption, enhanced equipment efficiency, consistent maintenance, and more-flexible building and human resource management. Specific industry resources for each strategy are included in this practical guide.

GREEN FACILITIES: INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL LEED CERTIFICATION COVERS:

• LEED certification and other sustainability programs
• Indoor health and thermal comfort
• Utilities, including renewable energy and on-site energy generation
• Operations–indoor chemicals, water management, lighting, cleaning, and more
• Building features, such as doors, windows, loading docks, insulation, and air infiltration
• Exterior features, including landscaping, paving, shading, siding, roofing, and more
• Web resources, software, and government and utility programs

About the Author

Greg Winkler, AIA, LEED AP (Cherry Hill, NJ) is the executive director of a regional construction trade organization. An architect and project manager with over 25 years of experience in affordable housing, office buildings, industrial/commercial, and retail construction, he is the co-author of Construction Administration for Architects (McGraw-Hill Professional; 2009) and author of the upcoming McGraw-Hill Professional/McGraw-Hill Construction publication Recycling Construction & Demolition Waste: A LEED-Based Toolkit (July 2010).

Table of Content

Ch. 1. Green Facilities
Ch. 2. Indoor Health and Thermal Comfort
Ch. 3. Utilities
Ch. 4. Operations
Ch. 5. Building Features
Ch. 6. Equipment
Ch. 7. Exterior
Ch. 8. Resources
Glossary
Index

Six Sigma Software Quality Improvement

Authors: Vic Nanda, Jeffrey Robinson
ISBN: 9780071700627 / 0071700625
©2011 | 1st Edition | 640 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: MAR-11
Price: US$ 69.95
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Complete with 25 case studies, this in-depth guide provides a roadmap for using Six Sigma to improve the quality of software/IT companies.

Six Sigma Software Quality Improvement demonstrates how Six Sigma is applicable to the IT industry, with compelling success stories from today’s leading IT companies, including Motorola, Honeywell, GE, and American Express. The book offers a true roadmap for software quality improvement from those who have been in the trenches and have won the battles handily.

This practical guide illustrates how successful IT companies employ Six Sigma to improve their processes using DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control) and DMADV (Define, Measure, Analyze, Design, Verify) and identify and eliminate waste from their processes using Lean Six Sigma. The book also reveals how companies develop new, robust products using Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) concepts.

Six Sigma Software Quality Improvement

• Provides detailed insight into problems and opportunities that were addressed with the aid of Six Sigma in some of the largest, most successful IT companies
• Features 25 case studies identifying the problem/opportunity, the specific Six Sigma statistical tool used, and the resulting return that was realized, so you can replicate the scenarios in your own work situations
• Written and contributed by leaders in the quality and software development fields
• Provides a global perspective with international companies and global authors

The success stories reveal how:

• Motorola minimized business risk before changing business-critical applications
• TCS improved fraud detection for a global bank
• Infosys improved software development productivity for a large multinational bank
• IBM reduced help desk escalations and overhead activities
• EMC improved development productivity
• Motorola realized significant cost avoidance by streamlining processes and project documentation
• Xerox achieved high-speed product development
• Seagate reduced application downtime and improved availability to 99.99%
• Cisco successfully reinvented its Six Sigma program
• Convergys injected Six Sigma into the company’s DNA
• Thomson Reuters’ Six Sigma program gathered significant momentum in a short time
• Six Sigma was successfully applied in many other projects for defect reduction, cycle time reduction, productivity improvement, and more

About the Authors

Vic Nanda (Newton, PA) is a Process Improvement Manager, Broadband Mobility Solutions IT, with Motorola. He has over 13 years experience in the software and IT industry, including software development, system testing, and software quality assurance. Vic has extensive experience with Digital Six Sigma (DSS), SEI Capability Maturity Model (CMMi), IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL), TL9000, and ISO9000. Vic is the author of the books Quality Management System Handbook for Product Development Companies (CRC Press), and ISO 9001 – Achieving Compliance and Continuous Improvement in Software Development Companies (ASQ Quality Press).

Vic is a member of the Editorial Boards of the Software Quality Professional Journal and the International Journal of Performability Engineering; member of the reviewer board for IEEE Software magazine and ASQ Quality Press; and a member of the ASQ National Awards Committee. He is a Certified ISO 9000 Lead Auditor, Certified Manager of Quality/Organization Excellence (CMQ/OE), Certified Quality Auditor (CQA), Certified Software Quality Engineer (CSQE), ITIL Foundations Certified, and Six Sigma Black Belt. He was awarded ASQ’s Feigenbaum Medal for the year 2006, and ASQ’s Golden Quill Award (2003). He was profiled in the “Face of Quality” in the Quality Progress magazine, Nov. 2003.Vic is a member of Philadelphia Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN) Steering Committee, and a Senior Member of ASQ.

Jeffrey Robinson, Ph.D. (Peoria, AZ) is a Master Black Belt and ITIL Program Manager, with American Express. Dr. Robinson is an IT technologist who has worked in Software Development and Computer Integrated Manufacturing for more than 20 years. He is also a CMM/CMMI assessor and Malcolm Baldrige Quality Assessor.

Dr. Robinson has been teaching graduate and undergraduate courses for over 20 years and has developed and taught numerous technology courses in computer science, programming, operating systems, quantitative statistics, database management, decision theory, project management, organizational design, and statistics. He is a frequent lecturer and an author and holds four software patents in manufacturing control theory.

Table of Contents

PART ONE: DMAIC PROJECTS
Chapter 1. Executive Overview of Six Sigma
Chapter 2. DMAIC Primer
Chapter 3. How Motorola Minimized Business Risk before Changing Business-Critical Applications
Chapter 4. TCS Reduces Turn-Around Time for Software Change Requests
Chapter 5. Defect Reduction
Chapter 5A. How TCS Helped a Major Global Bank Reduce Customer Complaints
Chapter 5B. Improving Test Effectiveness the Six Sigma Way
Chapter 6. Help Desk Improvement
Chapter 6A. EMC: Improving Development Productivity
Chapter 6B. Infosys Helps a Global Bank Reduce Business Risk from Errors in Online Banking Applications
Chapter 6C. Infosys Significantly Reduces Telecom Client’s Operational Expenses
Chapter 7. Productivity Improvement
Chapter 7A. TCS Improves Fraud Detection for a Global Bank
Chapter 7B. Infosys Improves Software Development Productivity for a Large Multinational Bank
Chapter 8. DMAIC Conclusions and Lessons Learned

PART TWO: LEAN SIX SIGMA PROJECTS
Chapter 9. Lean Primer
Chapter 10. Leaning Six Sigma Projects: How to Run a DMAIC Project in Five Days
Chapter 11. How IBM Reduced Help Desk Escalations and Overhead Activities
Chapter 12. Motorola Realizes Significant Cost Avoidance by Streamlining Project Documentation
Chapter 13. Boiling the Ocean with Value Streams, Kaizens, and Kanbans
Chapter 14. How a Global Retailer Improved the Reliability Software Development and Test Environments
Chapter 15. Lean Conclusions and Lessons Learned

PART THREE: DESIGN FOR SIX SIGMA PROJECTS
Chapter 16. DFSS Primer
Chapter 17. How to Radically Streamline Your Business Processes
Chapter 18. How Motorola Reduced the Effort Required for Software Code Reviews
Chapter 19. Predictive Engineering to Improve Software Testing
Chapter 20. Improving Product Performance Using Software DFSS
Chapter 21. High-Speed Product Development at Xerox
Chapter 22. How Seagate Technology Reduced Downtime and Improved Availability to 99.99 Percent
Chapter 23. DFSS Conclusions and Lessons Learned

PART FOUR: SIX SIGMA PROGRAMS
Chapter 24. Cisco Successfully Reinvents Its Six Sigma Program
Chapter 25. Six Sigma Practice at Thomson Reuters
Chapter 26. How Convergys Injected Six Sigma into the Company DNA
Chapter 27. Bumps in the Road

Appendix A: Chapter Tools Matrix
Appendix B: Computing Return on Investment
Glossary
Contributor Biographies
Company Profiles
Index

Handbook of Transportation Engineering Volume I & Volume II

Author: Myer Kutz
ISBN: 9780071761130 / 0071761136
©2011 | 2nd Edition | Hardback
Pub Date: MAR-11
Price: US$ 350
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The definitive transportation engineering resource—fully revised and updated

The two-volume Handbook of Transportation Engineering, Second Edition offers practical, comprehensive coverage of the entire transportation engineering field. Featuring 18 new chapters and contributions from nearly 70 leading experts, this authoritative work discusses all types of transportation systems—freight, passenger, air, rail, road, marine, and pipeline—and provides problem-solving engineering, planning, and design tools and techniques with examples of successful applications. Volume I focuses on transportation networks and systems, operations, and economics. Volume II focuses on applications in automobile and non-automobile transportation, and on safety and environmental issues.

Volume I covers:

• National transportation networks and inter-modal systems
• Transportation network planning: theoretical notions
• Reliability of travel times and robustness of transport networks
• Transportation systems modeling and evaluation
• Software systems and simulation for transportation applications
• Applications of GIS in transportation
• Travel demand forecasting
• Transportation and land use
• Sustainable transportation practice
• Transportation planning and modeling
• Transportation economics
• Innovative information technology applications in public transportation
• Parking management
• Trucking operations
• The economics of railroad operations: resurgence of a declining industry
• Airline management and operations
• The marine transportation system
• Global logistics
• Freight transportation planning
• Management of transportation organizations

Volume II covers:

• Traffic engineering analysis
• Traffic origin-destination estimation
• Traffic congestion
• Highway capacity
• Traffic control systems: freeway management and communications
• Traffic signals
• Highway sign visibility
• Transportation lighting
• Geometric design of streets and highways
• Intersection and interchange design
• Pavement engineering: flexible and rigid pavements
• Pavement testing and evaluation
• Bridge engineering
• Tunnel engineering
• Pedestrians
• Bicycle transportation
• Spectrum of automated guideway transit (AGT) and its applications
• Railway vehicle engineering
• Railway track design
• Improvement of railroad yard operations
• Modern aircraft design techniques
• Airport design
• Air traffic control systems design
• Ship design
• Pipeline engineering
• Traffic safety
• Transportation hazards
• Hazardous materials transportation
• Incident management
• Network security and survivability
• Optimization of emergency evacuation plans
• Transportation noise issues
• Air quality issues in transportation
• Transportation and climate change

About the Author

Myer Kutz is President of Myer Kutz Associates, Inc., a publishing and information services consulting firm, and editor of number successful handbooks including Standard Handbook of Biomedical Engineering Design.

Lean Six Sigma for Hospitals
Simple Steps to Fast, Affordable, and Flawless Healthcare

Author: Jay Arthur
ISBN: 9780071753258 / 0071753257
©2011 | 1st Edition | 368 pages | Paperback
Pub Date: FEB-11
Price: US$ 40.00
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Proven strategies for applying Lean Six Sigma to the healthcare industry—and getting practical, sustainable results in as few as five days

Lean Six Sigma for Hospitals explains how to use tested LSS methods and tools to achieve the goals of better, faster, and cheaper healthcare. These strategies follow the patient from the front door of the hospital or emergency room all the way through discharge—examining key aspects of patient flow and quality—and also follow the trail of billing and collections to discover major leaks in cash flow. The book emphasizes both the clinical and operational sides, so the “three demons of healthcare”—delay, defects, and deviation—can be reduced.

Using Lean Six Sigma, the healthcare system could cut the annual tab for healthcare in half, and return every hospital to profitability. Industry leaders like Virginia Mason and the Mayo Clinic have already shown that it’s possible to get better, faster, and cheaper healthcare using the tools of Six Sigma. Their stories are included in this book. A companion website features practical, free downloads of Lean Six Sigma reference cards, action plans, and Excel macros for quick and easy implementation of the concepts.

Lean Six Sigma for Hospitals shows how to:

• Reduce preventable patient harm by 50% or more
• Reduce patient time in the Emergency Department by 50% or more
• Reduce or eliminate the need for ambulance “diversions”
• Reduce turnaround time in hospital labs by 50% or more
• Optimize bed management in the hospital
• Reduce rejected, appealed and denied claims by 50% or more
• Increase revenues by 10% or more by being better, faster, and cheaper

About the Author

Jay Arthur (Denver, CO), The KnowWare Man, works with companies that want to fire up their profits using Lean Six Sigma. He is the author of Lean Six Sigma Demystified and the QI Macros SPC software for Excel. The QI Macros is used by over 3,000 hospitals to meet the accreditation needs of the Joint Commission.

Jay has worked with Tenet Healthcare, Kindred Healthcare, Centura Healthcare, and Christus Healthcare on projects to improve patient flow and to reduce clinical and operational errors.

Besides consulting with healthcare companies, Jay has been researching what works and what doesn’t work in healthcare for over a decade. He will backup his writing with examples and case studies from all aspects of healthcare.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Simple Steps to a Faster Hospital

Chapter 2. Lean for Accelerated Patient Flow

Chapter 3. Simple Steps to a Better Hospital

Chapter 4. Reducing Defects with Six Sigma

Chapter 5. Simple Steps to a Cheaper (More Profitable) Hospital

Chapter 6. Six Sigma for Hospitals

Chapter 7. Excel Power Tools for Lean Six Sigma

Chapter 8. Is There an Improvement Project in My Data

Chapter 9. Sustaining Improvement

Chapter 10. Laser-Focused Process Innovation

Chapter 11. Statistical Tools for Lean Six Sigma

Chapter 12. Implementing Lean Six Sigma in Hospitals

Bibliography

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Structural Steel Designer’s Handbook

Authors: Roger Brockenbrough, Frederick Merritt
ISBN: 9780071666664 / 0071666664
©2011 | 5th Edition | 944 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: FEB-11
Price: US$ 175.00
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A Complete and Current Guide to Structural Steel Design

Fully updated with the most recent design codes, standards, and specifications, Structural Steel Designer’s Handbook, Fifth Edition, provides a convenient, single source of the latest information essential to the practical design of steel structures.

This comprehensive volume begins by covering the properties of structural steel and the fundamentals of fabrication and erection. Modern structural design methods applicable to buildings and other structures, such as roof systems and various types of bridges, are presented. Details on the design of members–beams, columns, and tension components–and of bolted and welded connections are also covered. Featuring contributions from renowned engineering experts, this is an invaluable working tool for structural steel designers.

Based on the latest design standards, codes, and specifications:

• ANSI/AISC 360-10–unified LRFD and ASD specification
• ANSI/AISI S100–unified specification for cold-formed members
• SEI/ASCE 7-10 wind, seismic, and live loads, consolidated into the International Code Council (ICC) International Building Code (IBC)
• AASHTO highway bridge design standards
• ASTM material standards
• AREMA railroad bridge design specifications

New to this Edition

• Chapter 1 updated to reflect changes in the steel specifications—American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) through 2009
• Chapter 4 updated to cover the latest loading codes for buildings—American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 7-09 and the 2009 International Building Code (IBC)
• Chapters 5 and 6 updated to cover the latest design specifications for buildings—American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) 360-2010
• Chapter 8 revised to include changes in seismic design requirements for buildings per ASCE 7-09 and the 2009 IBC
• Chapter 9 revised to reflect the latest in cold-formed steel design, per American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) S100-2007 standards
• Chapters 10 and 12 through 15 revised to include changes in the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials’ (AASHTO’s) specifications through 2009

About the Authors

Roger Brockenbrough, P.E., is president of R. L. Brockenbrough & Associates, Inc. He was a senior research consultant for U.S. Steel, where he worked for 30 years until retiring. Mr. Brockenbrough is a member of AISC and ASTM, and is an ASCE Fellow. He is the editor of Highway Engineering Handbook, now in its Third Edition, and a contributor to Standard Handbook for Civil Engineers, now in its Fifth Edition.

Frederick S. Merritt, P.E. was a consulting engineer for many years with experience in building and bridge design, structural analysis, and construction management. A Fellow of ASCE and a Senior Member of ASTM, he was a senior editor of Engineering News-Record and author or editor of many books, including Standard Handbook for Civil Engineers, now in its Fifth Edition.

Related Title

1. 9780071432184        Structural Steel Designer’s Handbook

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Properties of Structural Steels and Effects of Steelmaking and Fabrication

Chapter 2: Fabrication and Erection

Chapter 3: Connections

Chapter 4: Building Codes, Loads, and Fire Protection

Chapter 5: Criteria for Building Design

Chapter 6: Design of Building Members

Chapter 7: Floor and Roof Systems

Chapter 8: Lateral Force Design

Chapter 9: Cold-Formed Steel Design

Chapter 10: Highway Bridge Design Criteria

Chapter 11: Railroad Bridge Design Criteria

Chapter 12: Beam and Girder Bridges

Chapter 13: Truss Bridges

Chapter 14: Arch Bridges

Chapter 15: Cable-Suspended Bridges

Project Management for Healthcare Information Technology

Authors: Scott Coplan, David Masuda
ISBN: 9780071740531 / 0071740538
©2011 | 1st Edition | 288 pages | Paperback
Pub Date: FEB-11
Price: US$ 69.95
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Proven strategies for establishing healthcare information technology (HIT) projects, and keeping them running successfully

Co-written by a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and an MD, Project Management for Healthcare Information Technology demonstrates how to integrate project management principles with HIT to achieve success. The book discusses the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) process groups and knowledge areas and explains how they apply to healthcare. This in-depth guide also goes beyond the PMBOK to the areas of technology and change management to assure that healthcare projects are started properly, are successful, and can be maintained.

Project Management for Healthcare Information Technology

• Written authors who teach a course on Project Management for Healthcare Information Technology and work with more than 5,000 hospitals on this topic
• Introduces the PMBOK knowledge areas—scope, schedule, cost, quality, HR, communications, risk, etc. in relation to healthcare
• Explains how the PMBOK process groups—initiation, planning, execution, control, and closing—apply to healthcare
• Incorporates the additional areas of technology and change management to ensure that the project is successful
• Uses a fictitious ambulatory electronic medical record (EHR) implementation as a case study
• Includes “lessons learned” and “knowledge checks” throughout the book to reinforce the material covered

About the Authors

Scott Coplan (Seattle, WA), PMP, is a project manager, as well as an educator, author and speaker in project management best practices. He is the founder and president of COPLAN AND COMPANY, a system acquisition project management software and services consulting firm with offices in Seattle and Louisiana. Scott focuses on system acquisition projects and FOUR, a web-based tool for buying and implementing systems developed and licensed by COPLAN AND COMPANY.

 Scott has vast experience in both project management and healthcare. He helped Milwaukee Children’s Hospital build their HMO, supported Peace Health‘s acquisition of an HMO, and supported the requirements definition for and acquisition of a claims processing system. Scott also managed the implementation of 15 HIT applications across three Los Angeles County, California hospitals. Recently he managed the EMR, scheduling and pharmacy requirements definition, acquisition and implementation planning for an oncology outpatient services company with centers located nationwide.

Scott has 30 years experience providing Information Technology (IT) project management services involving planning, definition, acquisition and implementation. Scott’s project management success includes transferring a consistent approach for developing and managing projects that achieves strategic organizational objectives. Formerly with Touche Ross, Booz Allen and Hamilton, and Battelle Memorial Institute, Scott holds an MPA from the University of Washington and a BA from Beloit College. A certified Project Management Professional (PMP®), he is a member of the IEEE Computer Society, Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), HIMSS Enterprise Information Systems and Healthcare Information Exchange Steering Committees and Project Management Institute. Scott also holds a faculty position at the University of Washington School of Medicine, where he teaches project management for health care information technology.

David Masuda (Seattle, WA), M.D., is a physician and educator. He practiced radiology for 15 years before completing a Master’s degree in Administrative Medicine and a post-doctoral fellowship in applied clinical informatics at the University of Washington. David developed and delivered courses in clinical care and applied clinical informatics in Certificate, Masters and Doctoral Programs across programs in health administration, medicine and nursing during the past ten years. He also continues to develop distance-learning approaches to higher education.

PART 1 – Introduction
Chapter 1. Background
1. Healthcare challenges today
2. Problems with the solution
3. HIT Project Management (Definitions, Professional Organizations, Standards)
4. About this book

Chapter 2. Project, Technology and Change Management Definitions
1. Uses the following PMI knowledge areas for all projects regardless of project or industry type (e.g., healthcare IT, construction, event planning): *Integration, *Scope, *Time, *Cost, *Quality, *Human Resources, *Communication, *Risk, *Procurement
2. Uses the knowledge areas derived from IEEE for technology projects only: *Software Requirements, *System Infrastructure, *Security, *Conversion, *Interface, *Software Design, *Configuration, *Test, *Transition, *Support
3. Uses the change management knowledge areas for all projects: *Vision, *Leadership, *Consensus, *Training, *Process Imprvmt

PART 2 – Integrating the Three Management Disciplines
Chapter 3. PMBOK Knowledge Areas
(Integration, Scope, Time, Costs, Quality, Hume Resources, Communications, Risk, and Procurement Knowledge areas)

Chapter 4. IEEE Software Engineering Knowledge Areas
(Software, System Infrastructure, Security, Conversion, Interface, Software Design, Configuration, Test, Transition, and Support Knowledge areas)

Chapter 5. Change Management Knowledge Areas
(Vision, Leadership, Consensus, Training, and Process Improvement Knowledge areas)

PART 3 – PMI Project Process Groups
Chapter 6. Project initiation
1. Case Study
2. Definition of Project Initiation (Project, Technology, and Change Management)

Chapter 7. Project Planning
(Project, Technology, and Change Management)

Chapter 8. Project Execution
(Project, Technology, and Change Management)

Chapter 9. Project Control
(Project, Technology, and Change Management)

Chapter 10. Project Closing

PART 4 – Appendices
Glossary

Government Program Management

Author: Bruce Barkley
ISBN: 9780071744485 / 0071744487
©2011 | 1st Edition | 544 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: FEB-11
Price: US$ 59.95
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Proven strategies for bringing program management techniques to government projects, people, and structures worldwide for improvement on every level– including on-time delivery, accountability, and revenue control

Government Program Management reveals how to fundamentally change the roles, structures, and workforce characteristics of government agencies, with special emphasis on moving to a uniform government program management system. A new system to achieve accountability at the federal level is presented. This pioneering guide covers the history of modern reform movements at the government level and outlines reasons for failure of these initiatives. It offers innovative solutions to the problem of accountability and delivery in government programs and discusses recent movements toward reform in the U.S. and other countries such as the global movement called New Public Management.

Government Program Management addresses new initiatives in performance reporting and budgeting at the federal level, and presents specific reorganization and restructuring recommendations. A full chapter on reforming healthcare programs is included in this timely resource.

Government Program Management

• Offers an in-depth, analytic look on reforming government agency program and project management structures
• Brings the new Project Management Institute (PMI) Program Management standards and certification requirements to government programs and projects
• Provides hands-on applications in the areas of government health care, park service, transportation, education, and other programs
• Shows the importance of public management and program management in governments around the world, with models from every continent
• Offers new insights from interviews and surveys from government program managers on reform and program delivery issues – exactly as they see them
• Includes case studies and practical program and project applications for teaching and training purposes
• Discusses global impacts and developments affecting future government-sponsored and outsourced programs and projects

About the Author

Bruce Barkley (Cumming, GA) is a Former Federal Senior Executive, Executive Office of The President of the United States and several Cabinet Agencies, Washington DC. He is currently Senior Faculty, Keller Graduate School of Management, Curriculum Coordinator, in the area of Project Management. Prior to this, Barkley served as VP for a business consulting firm in the areas of strategic planning and program management. He was also a manager with the Program Management Office (PMO) Universal Avionics, Inc.

Barkley is the author of Project Risk Management, Integrated Project Management, Customer-Driven Project Management, and Project Management in New Product Development, as well as the upcoming Global Program Management, with Paula Wagner.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1. Forces for Change in Government Program Management: New Public Management
Chapter 2. Problems and Issues in Public Program Management
Chapter 3. Agency Performance and Program Management in the United States
Chapter 4. The Standard for Program Management According to the Project Management Institute (PMI): Interpretation for Public-Sector Programs

Chapter 5. The Program Management Office
Chapter 6. Government Workforce Changes and Implications for Program Management
Chapter 7. Public Program Leadership Developments
Chapter 8. Global Models and Benchmarks for Program Management: New Public Management Concepts
Chapter 9. Models for Future Programs
Chapter 10. Case Study: A National Digital Health Information System in the United States
Chapter 11. The Special Problem of Networked Programs
Chapter 12. Recommendations for Changing Public Program Management Structure, Systems, and Processes

Appendix A. Program Risk Management Checklist
Appendix B. Integrated Program Schedule in Microsoft Project Software
Appendix C. Public-Sector Program Management Course Outline
Appendix D. Project Risk Scenarios and Scheduling
Appendix E. Government Program Transparency Model

References

Index