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The market leader in quality management, this text is built on the strength and experience of well-known authors in the field. Experience as examiners for the Malcolm Baldrige Award, allow both Evans and Lindsay to integrate the framework and essential content of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award criteria throughout the text. This edition continues to provide a managerially oriented, integrated view with a blend of pertinent technical topics. It contains revised, integrated, and more c...

Supply Chain Management (SCM) bedeutet, die Logistikkette ganzheitlich zu betrachten und zu optimieren, also hochproduktive Logistikstrukturen in Beschaffung, Produktion und Distribution zu schaffen. SCM hat zum Ziel, die Kosten und Durchlaufzeiten in der Lieferkette zu senken sowie die Lieferperformance und Kundenzufriedenheit zu erhoehen. Dies erfordert die optimierte Zusammenarbeit in der Wertschoepfungskette mit einem durchgangigen Informationsfluss sowie effiziente interne und externe Logis...

This book includes over 30 real-life, up-to-date, award-winning case studies in scientific fields such as biotechnology, biomedicine, high-tech engineering and information technology. The case studies are arranged in modules that track the typical life cycle of creating and growing a new venture, which presents a comprehensive picture of entrepreneurial activities. The text is written in a language and style that managers will appreciate.

This volume originates from two workshops, both focusing on themes that are reflected in the title of the volume. The first workshop took place at Eindhoven University of Technology, April 24-26, 2001, on the occasion of the University granting a doctorate honoris causa to Profes sor John A. Buzacott. The second workshop was held on June 15, 2002 at Cornell University (preceding the annual INFORMSjMSOM Confer ence), honoring John's retirement and his lifetime contributions. Each of the two wor...

Location analysis has matured from an area of theoretical inquiry that was designed to explain observed phenomena to a vibrant field which can be and has been used to locate items as diverse as landfills, fast food outlets, gas stations, as well as politicians and products in issue and feature spaces. Modern location science is dealt with by a diverse group of researchers and practitioners in geography, economics, operations research, industrial engineering, and computer science. Given the tre...

Managing Supply Chain Risk and Vulnerability, a book that both practitioners and students can use to better understand and manage supply chain risk, presents topics on decision making related to supply chain risk. Leading academic researchers, as well as practitioners, have contributed chapters focusing on developing an overall understanding of risk and its relationship to supply chain performance; investigating the relationship between response time and disruption impact; assessing and prioriti...

Der Funktionsbereich Logistik ist seit dem Jahr 2000 im Produktentstehungsprozess der Automobilhersteller vertreten. Noch immer sind jedoch viele Herausforderungen bei der organisatorischen Einbindung zu loesen, insbesondere aufgrund permanenter Veranderungen im Aufgabengebiet der Logistik. Matthias D. Schulz erstellt auf der Basis von neun Haupttrends, die die Industrie aus Sicht der Logistik besonders pragen, ein Zukunftsszenario und gibt Empfehlungen fur eine Verbesserung der bestehenden Proz...

Watson's advanced textile design: Compound woven structures is a companion volume to Watson's textile design and colour. It represents a continuation of the subject and deals with compound woven structures. This edition was revised and rewritten by Z Grosicki and the changes were brought about by modern advances in manufacturing and the need for a more logical organisation of the book.

This is the complete executive's guide to driving sustainable competitive advantage and mitigating risk in today's complex supply networks. Two of the field's leading consultants show senior managers how to apply advanced strategic sourcing to significantly improve your supply chain's efficiency, effectiveness, and sustainability. Drawing on their cutting-edge research, Yusen Xia and Walter L. Wallace help you go beyond mere cost-cutting and contract management to redesign and orchestrate your...

* Offers access to www.technologybestpractices.com web site containing sample planning templates, contingency plans, policies, annual inventory worksheet, and Help Desk.* Includes strategic technology planning, and managing and training techniques* Shows how to apply technology tools to improve business.

In this book, production rules are studied for situations which share some important elements. The most important one is that the products are manufactured according to customer specifications and they will not be manufactured unless they have been ordered. Other elements are the set-ups on the machines, which make a clustering of orders necessary, the backlogging of late orders, a production process with one bottle-neck and a stochastic demand. The purpose is to find a simple production rule, w...