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A Wall Street Journal bestseller The future of the American economy is hiding in an unlikely place: the manufacturing sector While Silicon Valley titans dominate headlines, many of the fastest-growing, most profitable companies in the United States are firms...
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PublicAffairs
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2022-10-25
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Explore the dramatic changes brought on by the new manufacturing technologies of Industry 4.0 In Smart Manufacturing, The Lean Six Sigma Way, Dr. Anthony Tarantino delivers an insightful and eye-opening exploration of the ways the Fourth Industrial Revolution is...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2022-05-24
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Expand your existing portfolio by using the creative luxury process to elevate specific products and provide greater value to customers.Contrary to popular belief, luxury is a well-defined code that can be reapplied to any other product or service to enhance its value. ...
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Kogan Page
Parution :
2021-01-03
ePub
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Institutions and ownership play a central role in the transformation and development of the beer market and brewing industry.Institutions set the external environment of the brewery through both formal requirements and informal acceptance of company operations by the...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2020-05-13
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Institutions and ownership play a central role in the transformation and development of the beer market and brewing industry.Institutions set the external environment of the brewery through both formal requirements and informal acceptance of company operations by the...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2020-05-07
ePub
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Toyota Methods and Operating Models presents a case study of a small, traditional Italian manufacturer in theToyota Industries Corporation Group, which began an important process of transformation until it became a successful, modern and advanced international business:...
Editeur :
Kogan Page
Parution :
2020-04-03
ePub
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Many production managers have de-stocked excessively large inventories, gone lean, experimented with continuous improvement processes and introduced new working practices. These interventions have largely failed. Businesses have also failed to invest in the workforce...
Editeur :
Kogan Page
Parution :
2020-01-03
ePub
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Product design touches every aspect of modern life, determining the form and function of the products and technologies that we use every day.Product design is not just concerned with the appearance and functionality of products; it has an important role in determining...
Editeur :
Kogan Page
Parution :
2018-12-03
ePub
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De-industrialization, accelerated by the financial crisis, is a long term process. The comparative advantage of emerging economies shifted towards more advanced goods and their growing populations commanded an increasing share in global demand. This shift towards a...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2017-03-01
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While it is possible for economies to grow based on abundant land or natural resources, more often structural change-the shift of resources from low-productivity to high-productivity sectors-is the key driver of economic growth. Structural transformation is vital for...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-07-14
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This case study helps the reader develop an understanding of Linear Programming. It offers the reader a clear explanation of this concept, and demonstrates how it is a useful tool for the allocation of scarce resources. Linear Programming represents a quintessential...
Editeur :
Kogan Page
Parution :
2016-01-03
ePub
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In a manufacturing context, demand forecasting can be seen as a proactive process of determining production needs.In other words, forecasting methodologies allow estimating what products are needed and in what quantities. This case study shows how demand forecasting is...
Editeur :
Kogan Page
Parution :
2016-01-03
ePub
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The case study clearly explains how process flow diagrams can be used in both manufacturing and services to show how work is carried out.The authors illustrate how process flow diagrams provide a suitably detailed map of the way work is carried out in an organisation...
Editeur :
Kogan Page
Parution :
2016-01-03
ePub
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In 1450, all Europe's books were handcopied and amounted to only a few thousand. By 1500 they were printed, and numbered in their millions. The invention of one man - Johann Gutenberg - had caused a revolution. Printing by movable type was a discovery waiting to...
Editeur :
Transworld Digital
Parution :
2010-10-31
ePub
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A perfectly poured history of the world's greatest beer. "Joseph Conrad was wrong. The real journey into the Heart of Darkness is recounted within the pages of Bill Yenne's fine book. Guinness (the beer) is a touchstone for brewers and beer lovers the world over....
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2010-03-25
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American manufacturing is in obvious crisis: the sector lost three million jobs between 2000 and 2003 as theAmerican trade deficit shot to record highs. Manufacturers have increasingly decentralized productive responsibilities to armies of supplier firms, both...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2005-11-03
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