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Product Listings Ergonomics & Human Factors General References........................................................................................................................................ 3 Aviation Human Factors................................................................................................................................. 4 Cognitive Engineering & Decision Making.................................................................................................... 4 Human Computer Interaction....................................................................................................................... 6 Human Performance Modeling..................................................................................................................... 8 Product Design........................................................................................................................................... 10 Work Design................................................................................................................................................ 13 Occupational Health & Safety Industrial Hygiene....................................................................................................................................... 14 Safety.......................................................................................................................................................... 15 Industrial Engineering General References...................................................................................................................................... 20 Facility Management................................................................................................................................... 22 Health Systems Engineering........................................................................................................................ 23 Operations Research.................................................................................................................................... 26 Plant Engineering........................................................................................................................................ 30 Production Systems..................................................................................................................................... 32 Project Management................................................................................................................................... 34 Quality Control & Reliability........................................................................................................................ 39 Systems Engineering................................................................................................................................... 43 Manufacturing General References...................................................................................................................................... 47 Lean Manufacturing.................................................................................................................................... 48 Machining & Metalworking........................................................................................................................ 53 Manufacturing & Processing....................................................................................................................... 54 Packaging................................................................................................................................................... 59 Textile Manufacturing................................................................................................................................. 60 Title Index................................................................................................................................................... 65 Author Index..................................................................................................................................................... 67 Sales Agents...................................................................................................................................................... 70 Order Form....................................................................................................................................................... 72 Ordering Information / Call for Authors...................................................................................... Inside Back Cover

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Advances in Occupational, Social, and Organizational Ergonomics Edited by

Textbook

Peter Vink

Fitting the Human

Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

Introduction to Ergonomics, Sixth Edition

Jussi Kantola

VPI & SU, Blacksburgh, Virginia, USA

Worldwide, the attention to health, innovation, and productivity is increasing. The need for knowledge and its applications is large, and this book contributes to knowledge development as well as its application. The content varies from the effect that a new office interior has on its occupants to the most efficient design for a glove. It examines topics as diverse as the facilitation of human interaction through workplace design and the improvement of virtual reality applications. Its 90 articles represent 24 countries on five continents.

With new figures, graphs, and tables, this latest edition of Fitting the Human provides quick access to the ergonomic information that professionals need when engineering workplaces, machinery, offices, computers, and lighting. Author Karl Kroemer organizes detailed knowledge regarding body size, strength, and mobility, as well as motivation, perceptions, and acquired skills. He also covers various work demands including shift work. Completely updated and revised, this seminal reference maintains the straightforward style of preceding editions as it describes mental and psychosocial ergonomics in detail.

Catalog no. K11582, ISBN: 978-1-4398-3507-4 June 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 860 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99 Available in eBook

General References

Karl H.E. Kroemer

Series: Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics

Catalog no. 55399, ISBN: 978-1-4200-5539-9 October 2008, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 464 pp. Suggested Price: $57.95 / £29.99

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Ergonomics for Beginners A Quick Reference Guide, Third Edition Jan Dul Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, The Netherlands

Bernard Weerdmeester

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A Guide to Human Factors and Ergonomics Second Edition

Hogeschool Utrecht, University of Applied Science, The Netherlands

Martin Helander

This third edition retains all the features that made each previous edition a bestseller in its own right. The authors meticulously revised the book to address rapid developments in information and communications technology. They offer advice on topics such as wireless, remote, and hands-free controls; website design; mobile interaction; and virtual offices. They also provide a list of 171 published ISO standards. In their trademark, eloquent style, the authors explain the application of a human-centered approach to the design, testing, and evaluation of work systems.

Written in an accessible style, this latest edition of A Guide to Human Factors and Ergonomics presents a systems approach to human factors and ergonomics that leads to complete understanding. Building on the foundation of the first edition, titled Guide to Ergonomics of Manufacturing, the new title reflects the expanded range of coverage and applicability of the techniques found in this second edition. Unlike most ergonomics and human factors books that emphasize the physical, this one gives a broad overview of cognitive as well as physical ergonomics. Drawing on the author’s experience in both teaching and industry, the book lays to rest the common myths and misconceptions that surround ergonomics.

Catalog no. 77511, ISBN: 978-1-4200-7751-3 May 2008, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 160 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $31.95 / £20.35 Available in eBook

Ergonomics in Developing Regions

Catalog no. TF1485, ISBN: 978-0-415-28248-2 December 2005, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 408 pp. Suggested Price: $88.95 / £56.99

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Needs and Applications

Introduction to Ergonomics

Edited by

Third Edition

Patricia A. Scott

R.S. Bridger

Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa

Hants, UK

With a panel of authors that reflects the multidisciplinary nature of the field, this book chronicles the nuances of differences in aim, practice, and outcome when ergonomists tackle Developing World problems from a Developing World perspective. It includes sections on distinctive situations and requirements in developing areas and the dire consequences of not addressing these needs effectively. The chapters provide modified solutions and delineate the difficulties of establishing ergonomics, providing general concepts and specific applications to diverse industries. It covers links to safety and occupational health and economic costs and benefits.

A comprehensive introduction to the field, this book can be used to learn about ergonomics in a variety of ways, depending on the goals of the reader. It provides a general introduction to the field and study sections that delve deeper into special topics. The exercises can be used as lecture material, exam questions, or both, and the Instructor’s Manual contains advice on lab classes and demonstrations. The author’s approach is based on a professional model in which specialized skills are backed up by general knowledge of the profession.

Catalog no. 79115, ISBN: 978-1-4200-7911-1 June 2009, 7 x 10, 471 pp. Suggested Price: $92.95 / £58.99

Catalog no. 7306, ISBN: 978-0-8493-7306-0 August 2008, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 808 pp. Suggested Price: $71.95 / £45.99

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General / Aviation Human Factors / Cognitive Eng. & Decision Making

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Introduction to Human Factors and Ergonomics for Engineers Mark R. Lehto

Principles and Practice of Aviation Psychology Edited by

Pamela S. Tsang

Purdue University, Indiana, USA

Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, USA

Jim Buck

Michael A. Vidulich

University of Iowa, USA Series: Human Factors and Ergonomics

Air Force Research Laboratory Series: Human Factors in Transportation

Emphasizing customer-oriented design and operation, this book explores the behavioral, physical, and mathematical foundations of the discipline and how to apply them to improve the human, societal, and economic well being of systems and organizations. The book provides valuable tools for human-centered design and operation of equipment, workplace, and organizations to optimize performance, satisfaction, and effectiveness. Covering physical and cognitive ergonomics, the book discusses safe, effective, enjoyable, and productive design of products and services that require interaction between humans and the environment.

Covering field history and discussing actual modern-day pilot actions and tasks, the editors of this volume have integrated contributions from leaders in aviation to present psychological principles and research pertinent to the interface between a pilot and the cockpit. The book addresses the pilot’s cognitive demands, capabilities, and limitations, which have important implications for operator selection and training as well as display/control designs in the cockpit. It emphasizes scientific methods of achieving this understanding, and it implies that theories and principles of human behavior are shaped and improved by practical problems and applied studies.

Catalog no. ER9135, ISBN: 978-0-8058-5308-7 August 2007, 7 x 10, 1000 pp. Suggested Price: $102.95 / £66.99

Catalog no. ER6412, ISBN: 978-0-8058-3390-4 August 2002, 6 x 9, 624 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £56.69

Writing and Designing Manuals and Warnings

Advances in Cognitive Ergonomics

Fourth Edition

Edited by

Patricia A. Robinson

David B. Kaber, Edward P. Fitts, and Guy Boy

Coranado Consulting Services, Wisconsin, USA

Series: Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics

Combining the latest research with the author’s nearly 30 years of experience helping companies improve instructions and warnings, this how-to book discusses nearly every aspect of developing state-of-the-art product manuals and safety warnings. This fourth edition of a bestseller includes coverage of the new ASI standard governing safety information in manuals and the revised ANSI standard governing safety label design. It discusses integrated product safety, technical products, failure-to-warn arguments in product liability cases, and greater reliance on the Internet for information on product safety.

The chapters in this book come from an international group of authors with diverse backgrounds. Specific topics include biometric systems development, military command and control, medical device design, driver processes, and performance of inspection tasks in manufacturing operations and extend to human-automation integration in aviation systems, training methods for mental models, and use of virtual reality for skill development. This book is of special value to practitioners involved in design process development, prototyping of systems, products, and services, as well as training process design for a range of markets.

Catalog no. 69845, ISBN: 978-1-4200-6984-6 June 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 352 pp. Suggested Price: $92.95 / £58.99 Available in eBook

Catalog no. K11573, ISBN: 978-1-4398-3491-6 June 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 910 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99 Available in eBook

Aviation Psychology and Human Factors Monica Martinussen Tromso University, Norway

Edited by

Dylan Schmorrow Denise Nicholson University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA Series: Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics

David R. Hunter An exploration of the application of psychological principles and techniques to the specific situations and problems of aviation, this book provides an overview of the role of psychology in the field of aviation. The authors address the design of aviation systems, the selection and training of pilots, and the psychological characteristics of pilots that may relate to aviation safety and to the behavior of passengers. They cover key concepts of psychological research and data analysis at a depth that allows an understanding of how these tools are used. Catalog no. K10417, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0843-6 September 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 240 pp. Suggested Price: $92.95 / £58.99 Available in eBook

Advances in Cross-Cultural Decision Making

The primary focus of the Cross-Cultural Decision Making field is specifically on the intersections between psychosocial theory provided from the social sciences and methods of computational modeling provided from computer science and mathematics. This book is designed to focus on crucial questions regarding data acquisition as well as reconciliation of mathematical and psychosocial modeling methodologies. The utility of this area of research is to aid the design of products and services which are used across the globe in the variety of cultures and aid in increasing the effectiveness of cross-cultural group collaboration. Catalog no. K11575, ISBN: 978-1-4398-3495-4 June 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 643 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99 Available in eBook

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The Science of Working Dogs

Driver Distraction

Edited by

Theory, Effects, and Mitigation

William S. Helton

Edited by

Michigan Technological University, Houghton, USA

Michael A. Regan, John D. Lee, and Kristie Young

As with many developing fields, the literature on working dogs is scattered across several non-overlapping disciplines from forensics and the life sciences to medicine, security, and wildlife biology. This book draws together related research into an interdisciplinary resource of science-based information. Providing a complete overview, from physiology to cognition, the book discusses working dogs from a scientific perspective. It covers a wide range of current and potential tasks, explores ergonomic and cognitive aspects of these tasks, and covers personality traits and behavioral assessments of working dogs.

A practical resource, this book outlines the underlying theory of distraction, its effects on driving performance and safety, strategies for mitigating its effects, and directions for future research. It also brings together the wide array of literature on the topic into one, all-inclusive, volume. The book reviews the full range of distracting activities that occur while driving and recommends ways to manage distraction through enhanced data collection and analysis, driver education and training, driver licensing, legislation and enforcement, vehicle design, road design, company policies, and future research.

Catalog no. 79913, ISBN: 978-1-4200-7991-3 April 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 366 pp. Suggested Price: $92.95 / £58.99

Catalog no. 7426, ISBN: 978-0-8493-7426-5 October 2008, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 672 pp. Suggested Price: $133.95 / £85.00

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Designing Displays for Older Adults Richard Pak

Handbook of Driving Simulation for Engineering, Medicine, and Psychology

Clemson University, South Carolina, USA

Edited by

Anne McLaughlin

Donald L. Fisher, Matthew Rizzo, Jeffrey Caird, and John D. Lee

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA

A distillation of decades of published research, this book is a primer on agerelated changes in cognition, perception, and behavior organized into meaningful principles that improve understanding. It explores the complex set of mental and physical changes that occur during aging and that can affect technology acceptance, adoption, interaction, safety, and satisfaction. The authors open the way for designing with an understanding of these changes that results in better products and systems for users in all life stages. Catalog no. K10089, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0139-0 November 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 211 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $69.95 / £44.99 Available in eBook

A how-to-do-it resource for researchers and professionals, this book brings together discussions of technical issues in driving simulation with broad areas in which driving simulation is now playing a role. Covering basic and advanced technical topics, the book provides a comprehensive review of the issues related to driving simulation. It examines hardware and software selection; visual database and scenario development; independent subject variables and dependent vehicle, environmental, and psychological variables; statistical and biostatistical analysis; different types of drivers; existing and future key-in vehicle devises, and validation of research. Catalog no. 61003, ISBN: 978-1-4200-6100-0 February 2011, 8-1/2 x 11, 710 pp. Suggested Price: $129.95 / £82.00 Available in eBook

Display and Interface Design Subtle Science, Exact Art

Nonlinear Dynamical Systems Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences Using Real Data Edited by

Stephen J. Guastello

Kevin B. Bennett and John M. Flach

Pewauku, Wisconsin, USA

Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, USA

Robert A.M. Gregson

The reason that good interfaces are few and far between is really quite simple: they are extremely difficult to design and build properly. While there are many books available that address display design, most of them focus on aesthetic principles but lack scientific rigor, or are descriptive but not prescriptive. This book elucidates an overarching framework for design that can be applied to the broad spectrum of existing domains. The authors delineate analytical tools and principles of design that are general and powerful, but very abstract, accompanied by concrete examples of their use in a variety of domains of application. The book includes access to a website containing examples of the dynamic properties of displays.

Australian National University, Canberra

Catalog no. 6438X, ISBN: 978-1-4200-6438-4 March 2011, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 486 pp. Suggested Price: $99.95 / £63.99 Available in eBook

Cognitive Engineering & Decision Making

Canine Ergonomics

A compilation of research methods reflecting the expertise of the major contributors to NDS psychology, this book examines the techniques that have proven to be most useful in the behavioral sciences. This book is designed to develop skill and expertise in framing hypotheses dynamically and in building viable analytic models to test them. It addresses topics and methods of current interest in an application-driven manner, making the book useful to the behavioral sciences community as well as those in engineering, medicine, and other fields who are interested in nonlinear dynamics. Catalog no. K11053, ISBN: 978-1-4398-1997-5 November 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 631 pp. Suggested Price: $129.95 / £82.00

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Enabling Context-Aware Web Services Methods, Architectures, and Technologies

Affective Computing

Edited by

Theory, Methods, and Applications

University of Adelaide, Australia

Eva Hudlicka Psychometrix Associates, Inc., Blacksburg, Virginia, USA

Schahram Dustdar Vienna University of Technology, Austria

Human Computer Interaction

In spite of the rapid growth that has made affective computing a highly active area of research and practice, no single volume exists that covers recent technological developments and provides the necessary background on relevant empirical research and theoretical foundations from psychology and neuroscience. Filling this need, this book is designed to be a textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses and an introductory practitioner guide for newcomers to the field. Its depth of coverage makes it suitable as a reference for researchers and practitioners in the different subfields of affective computing.

A groundbreaking work, this book translates pioneering concepts into practical information on the latest advances in context-aware web services, i.e. mobile Internet applications that can read geographical locations and adjust output accordingly. It offers a comprehensive and systematic treatment of methodologies, along with various ways to model services to specifications. It discusses architectures including infrastructures, frameworks and standards, technologies such as semantic web, database usage, and artificial intelligence. It provides useful case studies and includes relevant datasets, and replicable evaluation testbeds.

Catalog no. C8262, ISBN: 978-1-4200-8262-3 June 2011, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 300 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99

Catalog no. K10493, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0985-3 May 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 558 pp. Suggested Price: $109.95 / £66.99

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Content Preparation Guidelines for the Web and Information Appliances

Quan Z. Sheng and Jian Yu

Handbook of Human Factors in Web Design Second Edition Edited by

Cross-Cultural Comparisons

Kim-Phuong L. Vu

Huafei Liao, Yinni Guo, April Savoy, and Gavriel Salvendy

California State University, Long Beach, USA

Series: Human Factors and Ergonomics

Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Unlike previous publications in usability, which have predominantly concentrated on how to present information, this book focuses on what information should be presented and on information appliances for different cultures. It provides operational tools to effectively prepare the content in a manner that allows users to make good decisions regarding the purchase of goods and services and to obtain information on items of interest. A cross-cultural comparison and fundamental review of the theory, the book not only answers the question of what information needs to be presented for effective decision making but also addresses the impact of culture on content usability.

This second edition of a bestseller provides up-to-date knowledge of human factors issues in web design. It comprehensively treats human factors research methods, design guidelines, and processes for use in developing effective websites and web-based technologies. As the first edition included 38 chapters written by over 80 distinguished scholars and practitioners, the second edition has increased the number of contributors and added eight new chapters. The book covers new research and usability methods, accessibility and ISO guidelines, and discusses social networking and online gaming. Chapters also examine healthcare, data mining, mobile devices, and learning communities.

Catalog no. 6777X, ISBN: 978-1-4200-6777-4 November 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 192 pp. Suggested Price: $82.95 / £52.99

Catalog no. K11245, ISBN: 978-1-4398-2594-5 April 2011, 8-1/2 x 11, 768 pp. Suggested Price: $129.95 / £82.00

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Robert W. Proctor

Human-Computer Etiquette Context-Aware Computing and Self-Managing Systems Edited by

Cultural Expectations and the Design Implications They Place on Computers and Technology Edited by

Caroline C. Hayes

Waltenegus Dargie

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

Technische Universitat, Dresden, Germany Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Studies in Informatics, 3

Christopher A. Miller

Through various examples, this book shows how context-aware computing can be used in many self-managing systems, including devices, applications, middleware, and networks. It enables researchers of context-aware computing to identify potential applications in the area of autonomous computing. The text also supports researchers of autonomous computing in defining, modeling, and capturing dynamic aspects of self-managing systems. The expert contributors identify context-aware aspects in autonomous systems, describe the essentials of self-managing systems, and present a higher-level vision of future large-scale networks.

Written by a panel of experts, this edited collection explores a wide range of issues pertaining to how computers evoke human social expectations. The book illustrates how socially acceptable conventions can strongly impact the effectiveness of human-computer interactions and how to consider such norms in the design of human-computer interfaces. Providing a complete introduction to the design of social responses to computers, the text emphasizes the value of social norms in the development of usable and enjoyable technology. It also describes the role of socially correct behavior in technology adoption and how to design human-computer interfaces for a competitive global market.

Catalog no. C7771, ISBN: 978-1-4200-7771-1 March 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 405 pp. Suggested Price: $102.95 / £65.99

Catalog no. AU6945, ISBN: 978-1-4200-6945-7 December 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 406 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99

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Smart Information Flow Technologies, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

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Fundamentals, Evolving Technologies and Emerging Applications, Second Edition

Human-Computer Interaction and Operators’ Performance

Edited by

Optimizing Work Design with Activity Theory

Andrew Sears

Edited by

UMBC, Baltimore Department of Information, USA

Gregory Z. Bedny and Waldemar Karwowski

Julie A. Jacko

University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA

University of Minnesota, USA Series: Human Factors and Ergonomics

Directed to a broad and interdisciplinary audience, this book provides a complete account of what has been accomplished in applied and systemic-structural activity theory. It presents a new approach to applied psychology and the study of human work that has derived from activity theory. The selected articles demonstrate the basic principles of studying human work and particularly computer-based work in complex sociotechnical systems. The book includes examples of applied and systemic-structural activity theory to HCI and man-machine systems, aviation, safety, design, and optimization of human performance.

Exploring the evolution of how people use and work with technology, this second edition captures the most important scientific and technical know-how in the field. With contributions from over 130 researchers and professionals, over 5,500 references, 400 figures, and 100 tables, the book provides a wealth of data and a fresh perspective. The revision contains additional information and insights in research and practice. It also features cutting-edge advances to the scientific knowledge base and visionary perspectives and developments that will fundamentally transform the way in which researchers and practitioners view the discipline. Catalog no. ER9314, ISBN: 978-0-8058-5870-9 September 2007, 8-1/2 x 11, 1384 pp. Suggested Price: $162.95 / £102.00

Human Computer Interaction

The Human-Computer Interaction Handbook

Catalog no. K11640, ISBN: 978-1-4398-3626-2 August 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 461 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £57.99 Available in eBook

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Four tightly focused references based on The Human-Computer Interaction Handbook

Practical Speech User Interface Design James R. Lewis Series: Human Factors and Ergonomics

Human-Computer Interaction Fundamentals Catalog no. 88815, ISBN: 978-1-4200-8881-6 March 2009, 8-1/2 x 11, 350 pp. Suggested Price: $92.95 / £58.99

Human-Computer Interaction

Although speech is the most natural form of communication between humans, using speech to communicate with machines is anything but natural. Drawing from psychology, human-computer interaction, linguistics, and communication theory, this book provides a comprehensive yet concise survey of practical speech user interface design. The text presents research and practice-based guidance for the development of usable speech user interfaces, such as the interactive voice response applications designed to provide phone-based call routing and selfservice. The author, a leading human factors engineer, covers both high- and low-level decisions and also includes VoiceXML code examples. Catalog no. K10812, ISBN: 978-1-4398-1584-7 December 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 344 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £57.99 Available in eBook

Design Issues, Solutions, and Applications Catalog no. 88858, ISBN: 978-1-4200-8885-4 March 2009, 8-1/2 x 11, 382 pp. Suggested Price: $92.95 / £58.99 Available in eBook

Human-Computer Interaction Designing for Diverse Users and Domains Catalog no. 88874, ISBN: 978-1-4200-8887-8 March 2009, 8-1/2 x 11, 284 pp. Suggested Price: $92.95 / £58.99 Available in eBook

Human-Computer Interaction Development Process

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Smart Clothing Technology and Applications Edited by

Gilsoo Cho Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea Series: Human Factors and Ergonomics

Based on contributions from experts, this book covers the state of the art in smart clothing technology and applications such as textile-based keypads, transmission lines, sensors, and actuators. The chapters address usability and human aspects relevant to the manufacture and sale of such products, and they detail the evolving and increasingly wide-ranging applications related to fields such as information, healthcare, and entertainment. Smart clothing technology topics addressed in the book include interface, communication, energy supply, data management, processors, and actuators. It also discusses packaging and interconnection, shape memory alloy, and design and modeling of electronic textile applications. Catalog no. 88521, ISBN: 978-1-4200-8852-6 December 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 287 pp. Suggested Price: $92.95 / £58.99 Available in eBook

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Human Computer Interaction / Human Performance Modeling

Social Computing and Virtual Communities

Usability of Complex Information Systems

Edited by

Evaluation of User Interaction

Panayiotis Zaphiris

Edited by

Cyprus University of Technology, Lemesos, Cyprus

Michael Albers

Chee Siang Ang

East Carolina University, Greenville

University of Kent, Canterbury, UK

Brian Still

Due to the advancement of the Internet, online communities are gaining increasing importance in the research community. Presented from a user’s perspective, this book explores the diverse application areas of social computing and online communities. A significant portion of the text focuses on real-world case studies in which user behaviors, social mechanisms, and technological issues are investigated. Drawing from computer science, information systems, and social science, the book takes a multidisciplinary approach to evaluate virtual communities. It is useful for those who construct, moderate, and maintain online communities.

An exploration of cutting-edge approaches for evaluating the usability of complex user interaction, this book focuses on improving design and communicating content to the end user. The book continues the conversation about the evolution of usability, asking how we can design and evaluate these complex systems and the complex work they support. It describes and analyzes approaches to teaching, testing, analyzing, or managing usability studies—approaches that involve technical communicators making novel contributions to how we think about and evaluate increasingly complex systems.

Catalog no. C9042, ISBN: 978-1-4200-9042-0 December 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 303 pp. Suggested Price: $82.95 / £52.99

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Ubiquitous Computing Fundamentals

Web Wisdom

Edited by

How To Evaluate and Create Information Quality on the Web, Second Edition

John Krumm

Marsha Ann Tate

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington, USA

The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA

Having moved from the age of the mainframe to that of personal computing, we are now entering what some refer to as the third wave, ubiquitous computing, the era when computing moves from front and center to become more subtly integrated into our lives. However, much of the information on this third wave is not clear at all. Written by top experts from industry and academia, this book provides a comprehensive and well-organized overview of ubiquitous systems design and deployment. It covers everything from the application of quantitative methods to ubiquitous systems software.

Designed for quick and easy reference, every chapter of this popular research tool is updated and augmented to reflect the Internet’s growing sophistication. Equally valuable to web researchers and webpage authors, the book uses page captures to explain how to optimize searches and searching. It offers an expanded discussion about rights and intellectual property pertaining to the web, examines the growing use of multimedia, and looks at the challenges brought on by usergenerated material.

Catalog no. 93606, ISBN: 978-1-4200-9360-5 September 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 328 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99

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The Universal Access Handbook Edited by

Constantine Stephanidis Foundation for Research & Technology – Hellas, Institute of Computer Science, Crete, Greece and University of Crete, Department of Computer Science, Crete, Greece Series: Human Factors and Ergonomics

Advances in Applied Digital Human Modeling Edited by

Vincent G. Duffy Purdue University, Indiana, USA Series: Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics

Written by leading international authorities from academic, research, and industrial organizations and non-market institutions, The Universal Access Handbook provides a comprehensive and multidisciplinary overview of the field. The book discusses how to systematically apply universal design principles to information technologies. It presents the historical roots of universal access through the progressive discussion of complementary approaches to the accessibility of interactive applications and services. Reviewing current perspectives and trends, the text also includes examples, case studies, and best practices in new and emerging applications.

This volume is concerned with digital human modeling. The utility of this area of research is to aid the design of systems that are benefitted from reducing the need for physical prototyping and incorporating ergonomics and human factors earlier in design processes. Digital human models are representations of some aspects of a human that can be inserted into simulations or virtual environments to facilitate prediction of safety, satisfaction, usability and performance. These representations may consider the physical, physiological, cognitive, behavioral, or emotional aspects. They are typically represented by some visualization with the math and science computed in the background.

Catalog no. ER628X, ISBN: 978-0-8058-6280-5 June 2009, 8-1/2 x 11, 1034 pp. Suggested Price: $154.95 / £99.00

Catalog no. K11584, ISBN: 978-1-4398-3511-1 June 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 662 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99

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Advances in Ergonomics Modeling and Usability Evaluation

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Edited by

Third Edition

Halimahtun Khalid Alan Hedge Tareq Z. Ahram

Edited by

Evaluation of Human Work John R. Wilson Nigel Corlett

Taking the field of human factors and ergonomics beyond state-of-the-art, this volume focuses on advances in the use of ergonomics modeling and on the evaluation of usability, a critical aspect of any human-technology system. The research described in the book’s 70 chapters is an outcome of dedicated research by academics and practitioners from around the world and across disciplines. It provides an invaluable resource for evaluating products and environments. This volume is one of seven titles in the new Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics series.

Evaluation of Human Work, Third Edition is a compendium of ergonomics methods and techniques that is both broad and deep. The editors have brought together a team of world-renowned experts and created a forum for them to introduce their most valued techniques and methods. They place ergonomics methodology in context, and each chapter carefully describes the background of method development and the application of methods and tools. The book is a guide to what ergonomics can offer industry, business, or human service professionals and a reference for practicing ergonomists.

Catalog no. K11580, ISBN: 978-1-4398-3503-6 June 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 658 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99

Catalog no. TF1312, ISBN: 978-0-415-26757-1 April 2005, 7 x 10, 1048 pp. Suggested Price: $66.95 / £42.99

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Advances in Understanding Human Performance Neuroergonomics, Human Factors Design, and Special Populations

Human Performance Modeling

University of Nottingham, UK

Series: Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics

Handbook of Aviation Human Factors Second Edition

Edited by

Tadeusz Marek, Waldemar Karwowski, and Valerie Rice

John A. Wise, V. David Hopkin, and Daniel J. Garland

Series: Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics

Combining emerging concepts, theories, and applications of human factors knowledge, this volume focuses on discovery and understanding of human performance issues in complex systems, including recent advances in the neural basis of human behavior at work. Many chapters focus on analysis, design, and evaluation of challenges affecting students, trainees, members of the military, and persons with disabilities as well as universal design. In general, the chapters move from general to more specialized application. Catalog no. K11579, ISBN: 978-1-4398-3501-2 June 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 910 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99 Available in eBook

Completely revised and updated, this second edition includes additional information on important topics in aviation such as security and human error issues, FAA suggestions and new requirements, passenger satisfaction and risk analysis factors, and crew resource management issues and team work. It contains expanded information on standard subjects including human capabilities and performance, aircraft and flight simulation, air traffic control issues, operations and intelligent avionics, and forensic aviation and accident analysis. The book is suitable as a reference text for a course in Aviation Human Factors and as a reference for professionals in the field. Catalog no. ER590X, ISBN: 978-0-8058-5906-5 December 2009, 7 x 10, 704 pp. Suggested Price: $154.95 / £99.00

Handbook of Digital Human Modeling Ergonomics for Rehabilitation Professionals Edited by

Shrawan Kumar University of North Texas, Fort Worth, USA

Designed to meet the diverse needs of therapists, this book presents a new approach to rehabilitation that integrates ergonomics concepts to address the wide range of problems commonly encountered by professionals. It addresses general concepts such as anthropometry and tissue mechanics and then examines whole body biomechanics, demonstrating the ergonomic effects of physiological and biomechanical factors. The text also focuses on regional biomechanics, explaining the rationale for ergonomic intervention, and discusses the ergonomic paradigm in rehabilitation, including the use of physical demands analysis. Catalog no. 8146, ISBN: 978-0-8493-8146-1 April 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 640 pp. Suggested Price: $102.95 / £65.99 Available in eBook

Research for Applied Ergonomics and Human Factors Engineering Edited by

Vincent G. Duffy Purdue University, Indiana, USA Series: Human Factors and Ergonomics

With an editorial panel that spans the globe, this book provides a wealth of international knowledge and guidelines. Highlighting theory, tools, and method, it covers applications in advanced manufacturing, aerospace, automotive, data visualization and simulation, defense and military systems, design for impaired mobility, healthcare and medicine, information systems, and product design. The text elucidates tools to help evaluate product and work design while reducing the need for physical prototyping. Additional materials available on the CRC Press website include downloadable software and a 220-page step-by-step UGS-Jack help manual developed at Purdue. Catalog no. ER564X, ISBN: 978-0-8058-5646-0 November 2008, 7 x 10, 1006 pp. Suggested Price: $154.95 / £99.00 Available in eBook

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Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics Methods

Human Performance Modeling / Product Design 10

Human Factors Methods and Sports Science

Edited by

A Practical Guide

Neville Anthony Stanton, Alan Hedge, Karel Brookhuis, Eduardo Salas, and Hal W. Hendrick

Paul M. Salmon, Neville A. Stanton, Adam C. Gibbon, Daniel P. Jenkins, and Guy H. Walker

This book delivers an authoritative and practical account of methods that incorporate human capabilities and limitations, environmental factors, humanmachine interaction, and other factors into system design. It describes 83 methods in a standardized format, promoting the use of methods that may have formerly been unfamiliar to designers. Each of the six sections covers a specialized field of ergonomics with a representative selection of associated methods. The sections highlight facets of human factors and ergonomics in systems analysis, design, and evaluation. Standard descriptions of methods encourage browsing through several potential methods before tackling a problem.

Filled with supporting case studies, this book demonstrates contemporary cognitive and social human factors methods that can be used to analyze individual and team performance in sport. The book presents an exhaustive review of human factors methods and points to those most compatible with sports performance. The authors detail the methods and use the case studies to illustrate their application in analyzing performance. The book focuses on data collection, task analysis, cognitive task analysis, process charting, human error identification, situation awareness measurement, workload measurement, team performance assessment, and time analysis.

Catalog no. TF1539, ISBN: 978-0-415-28700-5 August 2004, 7 x 10, 768 pp. Suggested Price: $124.95 / £79.99

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Human Factors in Simple and Complex Systems Second Edition Robert W. Proctor Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Trisha Van Zandt

International Encyclopedia of Ergonomics and Human Factors Second Edition, Three-Volume Set Edited by

Ohio State University, Columbus, USA

Waldemar Karwowski, University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA

The second edition of a bestseller, this book provides an understanding of the human factors issues often encountered in the design, implementation, and evaluation of products and systems. Emphasizing the close relationship between theory and application, the authors offer a framework for the research process and give an integrated view of the current state of knowledge regarding factors that influence human and system performance, examining how these factors can be accommodated in system design. This edition addresses such concepts as situation awareness and highlights topics of interest, with a special focus on computer applications and human-computer interaction.

The International Encyclopedia of Ergonomics and Human Factors is a truly comprehensive reference guide to the professional world of ergonomics. Organized alphabetically by topic, this easy-to-use, simply formatted text provides a unified source of reliable, accessible information from the many realms of science and technology contributing to our knowledge of design for human use. It includes human characteristics, performance-related factors, display and control design, work design and organization, health and safety, social and economic issues, and a large collection of methods and techniques. It also reviews applications and tools as well as many innovative concepts related to ergonomic research.

Catalog no. ER411X, ISBN: 978-0-8058-4119-0 April 2008, 7 x 10, 696 pp. Suggested Price: $102.95 / £48.99

Catalog no. TF1638, ISBN: 978-0-415-30430-6 March 2006, 8-1/2 x 11, 3728 pp. Suggested Price: $944.00 / £602.00 Available in eBook

Human Factors in Simulation and Training Edited by

Peter A. Hancock, Dennis A. Vincenzi, John A. Wise, and Mustapha Mouloua A complete examination of issues and concepts relating to human factors in simulation, this book covers theory and application in space, ships, submarines, naval aviation, and commercial aviation. The text examines issues of simulation and their effect on the validity and functionality of simulators as a training device. The chapters contain in-depth discussions of these particular characteristics and issues. They also incorporate theories pertaining to the motivational aspects of training, simulation of social events, and PC-based simulation. Catalog no. 72838, ISBN: 978-1-4200-7283-9 December 2008, 7 x 10, 453 pp. Suggested Price: $109.95 / £69.99 Available in eBook

About Designing Analysing Design Meetings Edited by

Janet McDonnell Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, University of the Arts, London, UK

Peter Lloyd The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK

This compilation presents research themes, methods, and findings, making it a significant reference for design researchers and design practitioners interested in further understanding design activity in real-world settings. It presents an analysis of digital video recordings of a series of design meetings on the conceptual stages of a design project. The data were gathered from design meetings taking place as part of naturally occurring design practice rather than, for example, being gathered through staged experiments in which the conditions are highly controlled. The book disseminates information from researchers in different disciplines and fields. Catalog no. K00102, ISBN: 978-0-415-44058-5 June 2009, 6-3/4 x 9-3/4, 434 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $129.95 / £83.00

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Advances in Human Factors, Ergonomics, and Safety in Manufacturing and Service Industries Edited by

Ergonomics for Children Designing Products and Places for Toddlers to Teens Edited by

Rani Lueder Humanics ErgoSystems, Inc., Encino, California, USA

University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA

Gavriel Salvendy

Valerie J. Berg Rice General Ergonomics, University City, Texas, USA

Meeting the needs of the manufacturing and service sectors of contemporary industry, this volume is concerned with the human factors, ergonomics, and safety issues related to the design of products, processes, and systems as well as the operation and management of business enterprises. This book will be of special value to researchers and practitioners involved in the design of products, processes, systems, and services, which are marketed and utilized by a variety of organizations around the world.

This is a practical manual about child ergonomics written for people who design for, play with, teach, supervise, and protect children. The text discusses how to create products and environments for toddlers to teenagers that match their capabilities, stimulate their development, promote learning, and keep them healthy and safe. The first resource of its kind, the book provides guidance based on the latest research. Topics include the sensory-motor, physical, cognitive, and psychosocial stages of development and their implications on topics such as handwriting, designing toys, and warnings as well as creating child-friendly environments at home, school, on playgrounds, and in public buildings.

Catalog no. K11577, ISBN: 978-1-4398-3499-2 June 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 1250 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99

Catalog no. TF1640, ISBN: 978-0-415-30474-0 July 2007, 8-1/2 x 11, 984 pp. Suggested Price: $109.95 / £69.99

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Tsinghua University, P.R. China

Textbook

Design of Biomedical Devices and Systems Second Edition

Handbook of Human Factors in Medical Device Design Edited by

Richard C. Fries Baxter Healthcare, Round Lake, Illinois, USA

Paul King Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

The second edition of a bestseller, this book provides a comprehensive overview of biomedical device and system design — including topics related to databases, process analysis, and device improvement — from a strong design perspective. It covers all aspects of design that must be considered for complex biomedical projects. The book features information on device definition and reliability as well as testing and hardware verification, and each chapter has been updated to reflect advances in the field. Catalog no. 61798, ISBN: 978-1-4200-6179-6 August 2008, 7 x 10, 424 pp. Suggested Price: $124.95 / £79.99

Matthew Bret Weinger, Michael E. Wiklund, and Daryle Jean Gardner-Bonneau Promoting the user-centric design of safe, effective, and usable medical devices, this book offers up-to-date information on general and specific design guidelines. A comprehensive guide, it explores fundamental topics, general human factors principles, the design of specific interface elements, specific types of devices, and devices for particular use environments. It also includes expanded discussions of design issues, product design case studies, and supporting examples, tables, figures, illustrations. The text contains cross-references that make finding information quick and easy. Catalog no. ER562X, ISBN: 978-0-8058-5627-9 December 2010, 7 x 10, 844 pp. Suggested Price: $129.95 / £82.00 Available in eBook

Human Factors and Ergonomics in Consumer Product Design Designing for Older Adults Principles and Creative Human Factors Approaches, Second Edition Arthur D. Fisk, Wendy A. Rogers, Neil Charness, Sara J. Czaja, and Joseph Sharit The first edition of this resource broke ground as a primer on designing for older adults. In the second edition, the authors have revised and updated each of the original chapters, rearranged some of them for a more natural flow, added a new section of tutorials, and provided updated recommended readings. The multidisciplinary author team translates a vast array of academic literature into guidelines strongly grounded in science. They discuss the role the field of human factors plays in creating technology that is effective and safe to use. Catalog no. 80555, ISBN: 978-1-4200-8055-1 March 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 232 pp. Suggested Price: $71.95 / £45.99 Available in eBook

Product Design

Waldemar Karwowski

Methods and Techniques Edited by

Waldemar Karwowski, Marcelo M. Soares, and Neville A. Stanton Series: Handbook of Human Factors in Consumer Product Design

The third volume in this set, this book presents case studies of human factors applied to the design of a range of consumer products including white goods, entertainment systems, personal audio devices, mobile phones, gardening products, and computer systems used for leisure. The book focuses on the important perspective that human factors brings to consumer product design as well as the different approaches to the design process. It enables readers to follow the design processes and use them for their own work, making the book informative and practical. Catalog no. 46284, ISBN: 978-1-4200-4628-1 May 2011, 7 x 10, 320 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £57.99 Available in eBook

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Kansei Engineering Two-Volume Set

Human Factors Issues in Handgun Safety and Forensics

Edited by

Mitsuo Nagamachi Anitawati Mohd Lokman

Product Design

Hal W. Hendrick, Paul Paradis, and Richard J. Hornick

Series: Industrial Innovation

Packed with case examples, this book provides an overview of the human factors that may play a role in unintentional shooting incidents. It details the components and mechanics of handguns and ammunition to reveal safety problems in current designs. The authors stress the importance of safety training, evaluate various safety training programs, and make suggestions for improvement. The book concludes by applying the previous topics to forensic and investigative settings and providing advice for expert witnesses. It comes with a DVD containing hundreds of color photos.

This set provides readers with the background and history of Kansei Engineering and demonstrates how to use it in each stage. This new ergonomic technology seeks to develop a product based on a consumer emotion. First, the consumer feeling is surveyed by psychological and or psycho-physiological measurement; then, the survey data are analyzed using statistical techniques; finally, the analyzed data are transferred to design domain through engineering and technology. Innovations of Kansei Engineering explains this new technique in detail, while Kansei/Affective Engineering demonstrates how to apply it using examples of successful applications.

Catalog no. ER574X, ISBN: 978-0-8058-5742-9 November 2007, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 248 pp. Suggested Price: $97.95 / £61.99 Available in eBook

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Innovative Solutions

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What Designers Need to Know for Today’s Emerging Markets Edited by

Kansei/Affective Engineering

Apala Lahiri Chavan Girish V. Prabhu

Edited by

Based on research and practice, this book comprehensively examines the elements of what is needed to be knowledgeable and creative when designing for emerging markets. It provides an in-depth look at the use of research methods in emerging markets and underserved communities. The text demonstrates how ecosystems mapping could become an essential tool to define the elements impacting design decisions. It also discusses methods to develop solution spaces based on the output from user research studies. The book includes case studies and design examples that provide insights on how to avoid pitfalls in designing outside of the comfort zone and for emerging markets. Catalog no. K10523, ISBN: 978-1-4398-1049-1 August 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 260 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £57.99 Available in eBook

Mitsuo Nagamachi Series: Industrial Innovation

A guided tour through the each stage of the process, this book explores how to apply Kansei/Affective Engineering. It describes the psychological survey and psycho-physiological measurement of consumer feelings and the multivariate statistical analysis of this survey data. The book details the Expert system, neural networks, GA, and other methods that are relevant to support the designer’s decision or the customer’s choice. The text includes applied examples in areas such as automotive, home electrics, appliances, cosmetics, packaging, and e-commerce business. Catalog no. K11130, ISBN: 978-1-4398-2133-6 September 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 334 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $69.95 / £44.99 Available in eBook

The Semantic Turn A New Foundation for Design Klaus Krippendorff University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

Innovations of Kansei Engineering Mitsuo Nagamachi Anitawati Mohd Lokman Series: Industrial Innovation

An indispensable guide, The Semantic Turn offers designers a foundation on which to state their claims and validate their designs. Written by a recognized designer and distinguished scholar of communication and language use, the book builds a bridge between language/communication theory and human-centered conceptions of contemporary artifacts. Clarifying how the semantic turn differs from other approaches to meaning, the author develops four theories of how artifacts make sense and presents a series of meaning-sensitive design methods, illustrated by examples, and evaluative techniques that radically depart from the functionalist and technology-centered tradition in design.

Written by the founder of this technology, this book elucidates Kansei Engineering, a product development technology based on the customer’s feelings, wants, and needs. It defines the technology, its methods, and the developmental process related to designing a product. Using this innovative technique, readers can turn their vision into a shape that can then be transformed into something that can be readily used by the consumer. The text details how to construct the intelligent computer system to support new product development using the neural network model and fuzzy logic. It also addresses product quality control management and presents statistical methods of design.

Catalog no. TF1727, ISBN: 978-0-415-32220-1 December 2005, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 368 pp. Suggested Price: $95.95 / £60.99

Catalog no. K10986, ISBN: 978-1-4398-1866-4 September 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 152 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $69.95 / £44.99

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Ergonomic Trends from the East

Biomechanics of the Upper Limbs Mechanics, Modeling and Musculoskeletal Injuries, Second Edition Andris Freivalds Penn State University, University Park, USA

Over the past two decades, the growth in computer-related jobs has led to considerable increase in the number of work-related musculoskeletal disorders in the upper limbs. Now in its second edition, this comprehensive text is expanded to include recent findings regarding job stressors and a variety of ergonomic solutions. It provides up-to-date research on the biomechanics of the upper limbs and the mechanics of neuromuscular systems. It covers risk factors for various disorders and tools used to identify their causes. Qualified instructors can access a supporting website offering materials such as PowerPoint slides and sample exams and an instructor’s manual with complete solutions. Catalog no. 91190, ISBN: 978-1-4200-9119-9 February 2011, 7 x 10, 542 pp. Suggested Price: $119.95 / £76.99

Proceedings of Ergonomic Trends from the East, Japan, 12–14 November 2008 Edited by

Masaharu Kumashiro University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan

This book consists of 56 contributions carefully selected from those presented at the “Ergonomic Trends from the East” meeting, held in Japan, November 2008. Discussions included topics such as a road map outlining how ergonomics activities in East Asia should progress and the ideal form of a practical standard for qualifications in the East Asian conglomeration. The book will be useful for research on East Asian ergonomics in the future. Catalog no. K11842, ISBN: 978-0-415-88178-4 August 2010, 6-3/4 x 9-3/4, 368 pp. Suggested Price: $159.95 / £99.00

Bodyspace

Handbook of Control Room Design and Ergonomics

Anthropometry, Ergonomics and the Design of Work, Third Edition

A Perspective for the Future, Second Edition Edited by

Stephen Pheasant

Toni Ivergard

Textbook

University of Surrey, Guildford, UK

Work Design

Textbook

Rangsit University, Bangkok, Thailand

Christine M. Haslegrave

Brian Hunt

University of Nottingham, UK

Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

This third edition maintains the same content and structure as previous editions but updates the material and references to account for recent developments in the field, including new research findings and anthropometric surveys. Chapters on health and safety and ergonomics in the office are substantially revised to include new research, techniques, and changes in legislation that have taken place in recent years. The book includes information on international standards and regulations; introduces approaches to risk management and assessment tools; and offers information on a variety of computer input devices, “hot desking,” and children’s use of computers. Catalog no. TF1531, ISBN: 978-0-415-28520-9 July 2005, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 352 pp. Suggested Price: $71.95 / £44.99

Bullying and Harassment in the Workplace

Published two decades ago, the first edition of this best-selling handbook became the go-to reference for this field. This second edition delineates modern approaches that emphasize the role of people in learning for self-development and in shaping their work environments. Taking a holistic view, the book makes a strong argument for integrating the work of the new control centers in the context of society as a whole, including global concerns such as environmental protection, energy conservation, and sustainability. Catalog no. 64290, ISBN: 978-1-4200-6429-2 October 2008, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 384 pp. Suggested Price: $133.95 / £85.00 Available in eBook

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Human Factors in the Design and Evaluation of Central Control Room Operations

Stale Einarsen, Helge Hoel, Dieter Zapf, and Cary Cooper

Neville A. Stanton, Paul Salmon, Daniel Jenkins, and Guy Walker

Previously titled Bullying and Emotional Abuse in the Workplace: International Perspectives in Research and Practice, the first edition of this best-selling resource quickly became a benchmark and highly cited source of knowledge for this burgeoning field. Renamed to more accurately reflect the maturing of the discipline, the second edition provides a much-needed update of the original work. Edited by leading experts and presenting contributions from pioneers in their respective subject areas, the book is an up-to-date, research-based resource on key aspects of workplace bullying and its remediation.

An invaluable resource, this book discusses the human factors that affect control operations and their implications for staff. It covers competencies for control room work, training and training needs analysis, development and maintenance of procedures, communication processes within and outside the control room, manning of the control room, automation and allocation of function, supervision of staff, and shift patterns. The authors also examine control room layout. SCADA assessment, alarms, environment, human error potential, and safety culture are each assessed against contemporary human factors and ergonomics guidelines.

Catalog no. K10270, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0489-6 September 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 512 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99

Catalog no. K10495, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0991-4 November 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 446 pp. Suggested Price: $133.95 / £85.00

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Microorganisms in Home and Indoor Work Environments

Air Pollution

Industrial Hygiene 14

Health and Environmental Impacts

Diversity, Health Impacts, Investigation and Control, Second Edition

Edited by

Bhola R. Gurjar, Luisa T. Molina, and C.S.P. Ojha

Brian Flannigan, Robert A. Samson, and J. David Miller

Along with providing an understanding of the scientific basis of air pollution, this volume helps readers better appreciate social and environmental determinants of public health and apply country-based research evidence to reduce health disparities and environmental inequalities. It also encourages future research and policy action on the health and environmental consequences of air pollution from the local to global level. With contributions from a distinguished group of international experts, the book not only covers general modeling, monitoring, and characterization techniques but also includes field studies and cases that offer valuable insight into region-specific issues.

A complete review of airborne microorganisms and the indoor environments in which they can be found, this second edition of a bestseller covers heterotrophic bacteria and fungi, viruses, pollen, and mites. The book provides a comprehensive review of microorganisms in outdoor and indoor air, their growth, control, and remediation. It highlights the effects of prolonged exposure to them on the health of occupants of buildings. Extensively revised and expanded, this second edition includes three additional chapters and reflects advances made in the decade since its initial publication.

Catalog no. K10481, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0962-4 June 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 556 pp. Suggested Price: $129.95 / £82.00

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Building Vulnerability Assessments Industrial Hygiene and Engineering Concepts

Nanotechnology

Edited by

Jo Anne Shatkin

Martha J. Boss and Dennis W. Day URS Corporation, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

CLF Ventures, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Series: Perspectives in Nanotechnology

Chemical, biological, and radioactive (CBR) threats are generally only recognized after a catastrophic event such as terrorism or sabotage occurs. However, many buildings and facilities throughout the world already have these known risk factors. This resource aids building owners and operators in quickly determining appropriate risk management both during normal operations and when emergencies occur. It explores ventilation systems, the value of sheltering versus evacuation, design options, decontamination methods, and mechanical systems. It also presents summaries of regulations that are used to determine if chemicals that are present create a risk to off-site locations or constitute a homeland security vulnerability.

This resource introduces risk analysis as a tool for responsible environmental decision making in nanotechnology development and provides examples of technologies that demonstrate the need for and benefits of evaluating the risks of nanotechnology. In non-technical language and with full-color images, it presents novel approaches, such as life cycle analysis, exposure assessment, and NANO LCRA, for conducting assessments of nanoscale materials and technologies. The book also examines various methods for managing the risks of nanoscale materials in occupational environments and discusses current international efforts that address the risk issues of nanotechnology.

Catalog no. 78348, ISBN: 978-1-4200-7834-3 June 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 436 pp. Suggested Price: $102.95 / £65.99

Catalog no. 53639, ISBN: 978-1-4200-5363-0 April 2008, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 192 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $51.95 / £33.99

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Indoor Air Quality The Latest Sampling and Analytical Methods, Second Edition

Health and Environmental Risks

Principles of Hazardous Materials Management

Kathleen Hess-Kosa

Second Edition

OMEGA Southwest Environmental Consulting, Canyon Lake, Texas, USA

Roger D. Griffin Griffin Environmental International, Irvine, California, USA

The updated edition of this reader-friendly guide covers basic concepts and details various approaches to the identification and assessment of indoor air contaminants that contribute to building-related illness in commercial buildings, institutions, and residences. Included are newly added topics focusing on less common concerns in indoor air quality such as psychological and building comfort factors and approaches to assessing air movement within buildings. Expanded appendices and three new chapters provide the reader with 30 percent new material, including the most recent approaches to indoor air quality as well as more inclusive information to further address quality problems.

Since the publication of the first edition, great strides have been made in reducing the amount of toxic waste that threatens water, soil, and air. This long-awaited second edition updates and expands upon the topics in the original bestseller. It begins with an introduction to hazardous materials, providing historical insight into toxins past and present. The book then explores the health effects of hazardous materials; risk assessment; the transportation and management of hazardous materials; waste characterization and analytical methods; and waste treatment and disposal. Appendices contain the latest governmental regulations and a useful glossary.

Catalog no. K11302, ISBN: 978-1-4398-2665-2 February 2011, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 397 pp. Suggested Price: $119.95 / £76.99

Catalog no. 89706, ISBN: 978-1-4200-8970-7 April 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 264 pp. Suggested Price: $113.95 / £72.99

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Radioactive Air Sampling Methods Mark L. Maiello Pfizer, Inc., Pearl River, New York, USA

Mark D. Hoover National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA

Designed for industrial hygienists, air quality experts, and heath physicists, Radioactive Air Sampling Methods details techniques for sampling radioactivity in the air. The book discusses radionuclides found in nature, created or encountered during industrial operations, and those that appear in the aftermath of a catastrophe, such as a nuclear reactor release. The text details step-by-step methods for measuring airborne radioactive substances and include information on sensitivity, possible interferences, and safety precautions for each method and provide the tools needed to perform complete safety analyses. Catalog no. 9717, ISBN: 978-0-8493-9717-2 October 2010, 7 x 10, 599 pp. Suggested Price: $129.95 / £82.00

Concise Guide to Workplace Safety and Health What You Need to Know, When You Need It Gary Chambers Going beyond compliance, this book addresses 34 major occupational safety and health topics. Organized for quick access to regulatory requirements or online resources, the text addresses required documentation, training elements, recordkeeping, and more, including quality online links for background and training information and those that lead to sample programs. This is a valuable reference for business owners, HR managers, safety supervisors, lawyers, and students as well as OSHA-concerned personnel who are seeking to be safe as well as compliant. Catalog no. K10371, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0732-3 January 2011, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 409 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99

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Sick Building Syndrome and Related Illness Prevention and Remediation of Mold Contamination

Definitions, Conversions, and Calculations for Occupational Safety and Health Professionals

Edited by

Third Edition

Walter E. Goldstein

Edward W. Finucane

Goldstein Consulting Company, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Hi-Tech Enterprise, Stockton, California, USA

A practical reference, this book focuses on the serious contaminants that cause fungal infestations, commonly referred to as mold. It provides information on how to counter problems as they occur and how to prevent infestations with proactive measures. It includes chapters on biology and metrics that explore how to approach measuring infestation and understanding it. It also discusses mold and other contaminant particles, remediation, and repair to provide insight on what to do in the event of a problem. The chapter on epidemiology conveys an understanding of the problem and its magnitude and presents aspects of health challenges. It includes a model for mold growth that can be used to prevent such growth.

Since its initial publication in 1993, this book has become a standard reference for safety and health professionals, industrial hygienists, and engineers. This third edition is no exception. The book includes every mathematical relationship, formula, definition, and conversion factor that any OH&S or IH professional is likely to encounter. Based on the professional experience of the author and his colleagues, the sample problems and detailed solutions provide a complete roadmap that leads from the problem statement itself all the way to a long-term solution. It is useful as a problem workbook and study guide for new professionals, particularly those who are preparing for the CIH or CSP examination.

Catalog no. K10091, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0144-4 August 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 256 pp. Suggested Price: $129.95 / £82.00

Catalog no. L1640, ISBN: 978-1-56670-640-7 April 2006, 7 x 10, 552 pp. Suggested Price: $102.95 / £65.99

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Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare

Textbook

Edited by

Developing a Safety and Health Program

Vincent G. Duffy

Second Edition

Purdue University, Indiana, USA Series: Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics

Daniel E. Della-Giustina

Based on recent research, this book discusses how to improve quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness in patient care through application of human factors and ergonomics principles. It provides guidance on the design and application of systems and devices for healthcare delivery, from both a patient and staff perspective. It covers everything from the proper design of bed rails to the most efficient design of operating rooms to analysis of staff-patient interaction. It also supplies a way to improve organizational aspects and approaches to modeling, targeting work aspects specific to healthcare settings.

The second edition of a bestseller, this book examines the elements of a safety and health program and delineates how to incorporate them into any organization’s safety efforts. The author defines safety policy and gives an overview of OSHA and other regulatory agencies. He covers hazard communication safety training and how to write material safety data sheets, how to maintain a good fire loss control program, and procedures for developing an emergency response plan. The second edition includes new regulations and standards and a discussion of how advanced management concepts can improve preventive programs.

Catalog no. K11576, ISBN: 978-1-4398-3497-8 June 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 900 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99

Catalog no. K10738, ISBN: 978-1-4398-1438-3 December 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 158 pp. Suggested Price: $92.95 / £58.99

West Virginia University, USA

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Industrial Hygiene / Safety

Edited by

Handbook of Environmental Health

Fatal Accidents How Prosperity and Safety are Linked

Herman Koren

Edited by

Professor Emeritus, Indiana State University, Terre Haute

J. F. Lancaster

Michael S. Bisesi

Safety

Institute of Welding

Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, USA

This proposes a model of human behavior in which the reduction in fatal accident rates over time results from a development of skill, such that the population becomes progressively more adept at avoiding mishaps. Such changes are subconsciously and collectively regulated by the population concerned – for example, by drivers in the case of road transport – and are made possible by advances in science and technology. A similar model is applicable to the reduction of general mortality rates, to economic growth, and to population growth.

The two-volume Handbook of Environmental Health has been a standard reference for over 20 years. The fourth edition continues to provide a basis for understanding the interactions between humans and the environment and how such interactions affect the health and welfare of individuals. Each volume includes a chapter on instrumentation, state-of-the-art graphics, a comprehensive bibliography, and an index. They are an ideal text/reference for students or professionals in the environmental, health, and occupational safety fields.

Catalog no. WP9483, ISBN: 978-1-4200-9483-1 July 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 192 pp. Suggested Price: $189.95 / £116.00

Catalog no. L1548, ISBN: 978-1-56670-548-6 July 2002, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 1722 pp. Suggested Price: $334.95 / £214.00 Available in eBook

Fire Protection for Commercial Facilities Mark Bromann Rally Fire Protection Services, Illinois, USA

Written in a conversational tone that makes the concepts easy to understand, this book presents systems and practices that can increase a facility’s ability to avoid fires, limit the development and spread of fires, and effectively control fires. It provides guidance for decision making regarding what can be effectively controlled in-house and what should be contracted out to relieve the workload burden of the in-house staff. The information offered augments a broad range of expertise common to building or plant engineers, keeping them abreast of the divergent subfields of fire prevention.

Fourth Edition, Two-Volume Set

Catalog no. K11343, ISBN: 978-1-4398-2720-8 October 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 251 pp. Suggested Price: $119.95 / £76.99 Available in eBook

Handbook of Chemicals and Safety

Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care and Patient Safety Edited by

Pascale Carayon University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA Series: Human Factors and Ergonomics

This handbook covers concepts and methods of human factors and ergonomics and their applications that improve quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness in patient care. It provides specific information on how to analyze medical errors with the fundamental goal to reduce such errors and the harm that potentially ensues. Editor Pascale Carayon and an impressive group of contributors highlight important issues relevant to healthcare providers, professionals, and their employers. They discuss the design of working conditions to improve satisfaction, well-being, and the reduction of burnout. This remarkably comprehensive account offers invaluable knowledge from some of the most respected individuals in the field. Catalog no. ER8886, ISBN: 978-0-8058-4885-4 September 2006, 7 x 10, 1016 pp. Suggested Price: $226.95 / £145.00

Handbook of Modern Hospital Safety Second Edition Edited by

T.S.S. Dikshith

William Charney

Bilekahalli, Bangalore, India

Washington Hospital Services, Seattle, USA

A comprehensive resource, this volume offers a tool for the management of a range of chemical substances commonly used, handled, stored, transported, and disposed of as wastes. The substances include industrial solvents, pesticides, metals, air pollutants, toxic gases, drugs, and other items. Information supplied includes the chemical abstract system (CAS) number, IUPAC name, molecular formula, synonyms and trade names, use and exposure, toxicity and health effects, and carcinogen factors. Also included is information on exposure limits, methods of proper storage, and waste disposal.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, healthcare is one of the industries with the highest injury rates. This second edition of William Charney’s seminal work covers exposure paradigms and offers solutions and models of protection. Extensively updated, the new edition includes information on technology to protect healthcare workers, discusses threats in the form of emerging infectious diseases, and covers new legislation and regulations. This edition also includes new data on interventions, recent research on occupational health and safety for healthcare workers, and insight into the philosophy of creating a safe hospital culture.

Catalog no. K11089, ISBN: 978-1-4398-2060-5 November 2010, 7 x 10, 531 pp. Suggested Price: $149.95 / £95.00 Available in eBook

Catalog no. 4785X, ISBN: 978-1-4200-4785-1 July 2009, 7 x 10, 1226 pp. Suggested Price: $154.95 / £99.00 Available in eBook

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Handbook of Occupational Safety and Health Danuta Koradecka Central Institute for Labor Protection, National Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland Series: Human Factors and Ergonomics

Using an interdisciplinary approach, this book examines how to best protect humans in working environments. The editor presents a wide range of methods along with specific criteria for assessing hazard and exposure in the workplace environment; more importantly, she also offers ways to reduce these hazards. Examining the technical, medical, and organizational aspects of work processes, this comprehensive text provides coverage of basic risk factors, law-based protection of labor, shaping conditions of occupational safety and ergonomics, psychophysical capabilities of humans in the working environment, and much more. Catalog no. K10349, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0684-5 May 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 662 pp. Suggested Price: $99.95 / £63.99

Human Reliability Assessment Theory and Practice Anthony J. Spurgin Independent Consultant, San Diego, California, USA

Because Human Reliability Assessment (HRA) is a developing discipline, its methods often have elements of controversy. Exploring these elements, this book covers data and data sources, choice of methods, training of individuals, use of simulators, and relationships between psychology, human factors, accident analyses, and human reliability. It covers background, risk concepts, and HRA principles and then examines current HRA models and tools and how to select the appropriate one. It provides HRA specialists and decision makers with the research to either backup their decisions or lead them to change them. Catalog no. 68512, ISBN: 978-1-4200-6851-1 October 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 304 pp. Suggested Price: $82.95 / £52.99 Available in eBook

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Hazardous Laboratory Chemicals Disposal Guide Third Edition Margaret-Ann Armour University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

A perennial bestseller, this third edition includes individual entries for over 300 compounds. The extensive list of references includes entries for 15 pesticides commonly used in greenhouses. Emphasis is placed on disposal methods that turn hazardous waste material into non-toxic products. These methods fall into several categories, including acid/base neutralization, oxidation or reduction, and precipitation of toxic ions as insoluble solids. The text also provides data on hazardous reactions of chemicals, assisting laboratory managers in developing a plan of action for emergencies such as the spill of any of the chemicals listed. Catalog no. L1567, ISBN: 978-1-56670-567-7 February 2003, 7 x 10, 592 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $189.95 / £121.00 Available in eBook

Human Safety and Risk Management Second Edition A. Ian Glendon, Sharon G. Clarke, and Eugene McKenna Reflecting a decade’s worth of changes, this second edition addresses safety culture and models of risk as well as an extensive re-working of the material from the earlier edition. Examining a wide range of approaches to risk, the authors define safety culture and review theoretical models that elucidate mechanisms linking safety culture with safety performance. Filled with practical examples and case studies and drawing on a range of disciplines, the book delineates a risk management approach that includes a range of techniques such as risk assessment, safety audit, and safety interventions. The authors discuss managing behavior in work environments including key functions and benefits of groups. Catalog no. 3090, ISBN: 978-0-8493-3090-2 April 2006, 7 x 10, 528 pp. Suggested Price: $109.95 / £69.99 Available in eBook

Causes and Control

Labor and Employment Issues for the Safety Professional

George A. Peters and Barbara J. Peters

Thomas D. Schneid

Human Error Peters & Peters, Santa Monica, California, USA

Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, USA

Applying and extending principles that can help prevent consumer error, worker fault, managerial mistakes, and organizational blunders, Human Error: Causes and Control provides useful information on theories, methods, and specific techniques for controlling human error. It forms a how-to manual of good practice, focusing on identifying human error, its causes, and how to control or prevent it. It presents constructs that assist in optimizing human performance and to achieve higher safety goals. Human Error: Causes and Control bridges the gap and illustrates the means for achieving a comprehensive, fully integrated, process compatible, user effective, methodologically sound model.

An examination of the safety laws and regulations, particularly in the areas of labor and employment, this book provides a working knowledge of the impacts, requirements, and implications of safety professionals’ actions and inactions as related to state and federal laws. It presents information on an issue-by-issue basis and delineates the basics of the issue; identifies the applicable law or regulation; and presents possible solutions to achieve and maintain compliance while achieving the safety objective. The book covers conflicts between laws and regulations and includes case law and reference points.

Catalog no. 8213, ISBN: 978-0-8493-8213-0 February 2006, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 232 pp. Suggested Price: $85.95 / £54.99

Safety

Edited by

Catalog no. K11065, ISBN: 978-1-4398-2020-9 May 2011, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 256 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £57.99 Available in eBook

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Loss Control Auditing A Guide for Conducting Fire, Safety, and Security Audits E. Scott Dunlap

A Practical Approach, Second Edition Charles D. Reese

Series: Occupational Safety & Health Guide

University of Connecticut (Retired), Storrs, USA

A comprehensive resource for those developing and executing a loss control audit program, this book comes at the material from three perspectives: workplace safety, physical security, and life safety and fire service. Written for professionals in loss prevention and safety management as well as those studying the field, this reference includes core auditing issues that are addressed in the mainstream by loss control professionals and provides insight on the implementation of an auditing program within organizations. It illustrates audit scoring methodologies and presents sample audit formats for reader understanding and future use.

The second edition of a bestseller, this book demonstrates how to initiate a comprehensive occupational safety and health initiative, providing practical applications for real-world situations. The volume covers the development of written programs, the identification and mitigation of hazards using common safety and health tools, the development of a safe workforce through communications, and motivational techniques including behavior-based safety, worker involvement, and stepped up training. It covers OSHA regulations and compliance including recordkeeping guidelines, behavior-based safety and workplace security, and violence and environmental issues in the workplace.

Safety

Catalog no. K11419, ISBN: 978-1-4398-2886-1 April 2011, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 252 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $49.95 / £31.99 Available in eBook

Loss Prevention and Safety Control Terms and Definitions

Occupational Health and Safety Management

Catalog no. 51806, ISBN: 978-1-4200-5180-3 October 2008, 7 x 10, 520 pp. Suggested Price: $102.95 / £66.99

Practical Atlas for Bacterial Identification

Dennis P. Nolan

Second Edition

Saudi Aramaco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Series: Occupational Safety & Health Guide

D. Roy Cullimore

An encyclopedic, A-to-Z listing of terminology, this book addresses the need for a reference that provides complete descriptions of the terminology used in the safety/loss prevention field. This text covers background, meanings, and descriptions of terms. It presents terminology in alphabetical order and contains supplemental appendices of safety organizations, common safety standards, and acronyms. Two-paragraph descriptions of terms, photographs, diagrams, graphs, and tables are included to aid understanding of the subject.

In a radical departure from the classical reductionist identification of bacteria dominated by genetic and biochemical analysis of separated strains of bacteria, this book takes a generalistic approach utilizing the form, function, and habitat of communities of bacteria. This completely revised and updated second edition introduces the concept of bacteria community intelligence as reflected in corrosion, plugging, and shifts in the quality parameters in water, gas, oil, food, or even air. The book allows readers to start with a symptom, uncover the bacterial activities, and then identify the communities distinctly enough to allow management and control.

Catalog no. K11539, ISBN: 978-1-4398-3363-6 November 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 324 pp. Suggested Price: $99.95 / £63.99 Available in eBook

Droycon Bioconcepts Inc., Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Catalog no. 87975, ISBN: 978-1-4200-8797-0 March 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 327 pp. Suggested Price: $139.95 / £89.00 Available in eBook

Motor Fleet Safety and Security Management

Principles of Emergency Management and Emergency Operations Centers (EOC)

Daniel E. Della-Giustina

Michael J Fagel

West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA

Aurora Safety, Founder, CEO, Illinois, USA

Laying the groundwork necessary for effective management of transportation systems, this book addresses the steps required for successful driver selection, training, instruction, and supervision. It provides a thorough understanding of how to develop and manage a comprehensive motor fleet safety and instructional program. Topics include accident prevention, considerations for a small fleet, vehicle inspection, organization of accident data, job safety analysis, school bus safety, hazmat shipping and storage, and transportation security. The appendix contains a model transportation program that will assist readers in the development of their company’s safety and training programs.

The culmination of many years of experience, this book discusses the process and systems that should be considered in emergency planning and preparedness efforts, providing critical insight helpful to those developing or revising emergency preparedness plans. The author details the needs for appropriate training and planning. He stresses the importance of consistency with the various national preparedness initiatives, includes definitions of terms, and examines language representative of the evolution of emergency planning. The book also discusses the development of an exercise program so that participants can simulate actual emergency preparedness scenarios.

Catalog no. L1650, ISBN: 978-1-56670-650-6 June 2004, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 240 pp. Suggested Price: $144.95 / £92.00

Catalog no. K11747, ISBN: 978-1-4398-3851-8 December 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 430 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99

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Process Plants A Handbook for Inherently Safer Design, Second Edition Trevor A. Kletz Paul Amyotte

Safety Professional’s Reference and Study Guide Bodine Services of the Midwest, Decatur, Illinois, USA

This second edition of a bestseller provides a well-illustrated resource that comprehensively covers the design of inherently safer and user-friendly plants. The book demonstrates how chemical plants can withstand human error and equipment failures without serious effects on safety, output, or efficiency. This edition features new chapters that outline the role of inherently safer design in explosion prevention and mitigation and the link between inherently safer design and process safety design. New sections address the hierarchy of controls and highlight human factors in determining risk. The text also includes case studies that review major process incidents.

Written as a reference and study guide for candidates preparing to take the Board of Certified Safety Professional’s exam, this book provides technical information needed for the test. It covers topics such as math review, ventilation, noise, gases and particulates, radiation, toxicology, industrial hygiene, biological hazards, thermal stressors, statistics, fire protection and prevention, accident investigation, mechanics, hydrostatics and hydraulics, electrical safety, engineering economy and worker’s compensation. The book provides step-by-step instructions on how to solve the equations and formulas on the exam and gives examples on how and when to use them.

Catalog no. K10249, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0455-1 May 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 384 pp. Suggested Price: $99.95 / £63.99

Catalog no. K11570, ISBN: 978-1-4398-3485-5 December 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 580 pp. Suggested Price: $99.95 / £63.99

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Radiation Threats and Your Safety A Guide to Preparation and Response for Professionals and Community Armin Ansari

Safety, Health, and Environmental Auditing A Practical Guide

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Simon Watson Pain

Written by a health physicist from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this book informs us about what we should know ahead of time and the best ways to respond to a nuclear or radiological incident either as an emergency responder or community/family member. It details protocols for accidental and intentional emergencies such as nuclear explosions and dirty bombs. It shows how to prepare a family emergency plan, covers medical responses to radiation including radiation drugs, and even discusses radiation from microwaves and cellular phones as well as food irradiation.

A practical guide to environmental, safety, and occupational health audits, this book allows organizations and business to avoid expensive external auditors and retain the knowledge and learning in-house. In contrast to the over-academic and uninspiring tone of most auditing books, this text gives accessible user-friendly advice in a step-by-step manner. Building on novel auditing techniques designed to overcome common problems in the audit process, it emphasizes accurate auditing that is representative and repeatable. It allows any competent manager or safety/environmental officer to undertake in-house audits in a competent and reproducible fashion.

Catalog no. C8361, ISBN: 978-1-4200-8361-3 October 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 344 pp. Suggested Price: $71.95 / £45.99 Available in eBook

Catalog no. K11449, ISBN: 978-1-4398-2947-9 April 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 230 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £57.99 Available in eBook

Safer Complex Industrial Environments A Human Factors Approach

Slip, Trip, and Fall Prevention

Edited by

A Practical Handbook, Second Edition

Erik Hollnagel

Steven Di Pilla

MINES ParisTech, France

ESIS, Inc., Haddon Heights, New Jersey, USA

Edited by industrial safety expert Eric Hollnagel and featuring commentary from leaders in the field, the book examines research on the contemporary human factors approach, looks at documented cases, and considers methods currently in practice. The book introduces theories and methods that can be used to describe human and collective performance in a complex socio-technical environment. Building on this, the text describes how contemporary human factors science can be used to go beyond failure analysis to actively make complex industrial environments safer.

A comprehensive reference for prevention, control, and mitigation of slip, trip, and fall accidents, this well-illustrated and carefully researched volume covers standards and best practices relating to facility design, effective management control programs, test methods and standards relating to pedestrian safety, and slip resistance methods. In addition to fall exposure profiles of high-risk occupations, the book contains chapters devoted to healthcare and food service. It provides step-by-step information on slip/fall accident reporting, investigation, and mitigation. It also includes checklists, handouts, case studies, rich online resources, and an extensive bibliography.

Catalog no. 92480, ISBN: 978-1-4200-9248-6 October 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 264 pp. Suggested Price: $92.95 / £58.99 Available in eBook

Safety

W. David Yates

Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Catalog no. 82345, ISBN: 978-1-4200-8234-0 July 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 480 pp. Suggested Price: $102.95 / £65.99 Available in eBook

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The Risk Management of Safety and Dependability W. Wong

David Rogers Danercon Limited, Harrow, UK

Safety / General References

The issue of risk should be embedded into the mindset of every engineer and manager to improve safety and dependability. Companies can be held accountable through law when a gross failing in health and safety management has fatal consequences. In this volume, risk management, the organizational structure required, and the main factors needed for its successful execution are explored. It covers what risks must be managed as a legal requirement, how risk is quantified, and what methods can be used to reduce risk. It uses case histories of recent disasters to illustrate failures in risk management.

Offering business practitioners updated methods of lean thinking, this text explores the potential of grafting newer concepts of production onto the solid foundations of lean principles. The author begins by covering the basics of Six Sigma and the Toyota production system. He then moves on to recent advances in process understanding. Through analyzing changing attitudes within the system, the book addresses ways in which new products are developed using lean thinking and gives examples on how e-commerce plays a role in the production. It also incorporates the green agenda into the concept of lean thinking.

Catalog no. N10174, ISBN: 978-1-4398-2992-9 May 2010, 6 x 9, 312 pp. Suggested Price: $205.95 / £130.00

Catalog no. K12329, ISBN: 978-1-4398-5102-9 May 2011, 6 x 9, 216 pp. Suggested Price: $39.95 / £25.99 Available in eBook

Intelligent Energy Field Manufacturing Entrepreneurship for Engineers

The Future of Lean Sigma Thinking in a Changing Business Environment

Interdisciplinary Process Innovations Edited by

Kenji Uchino

Wenwu Zhang

The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA

GE Global Research Center, Schenectady, New York, USA

Written by an electrical engineer with more than 20 years of successful business experience, this book covers every aspect engineers must master to become savvy entrepreneurs. The author begins with an exploration of the Industrial Evolution, where he theorizes how small corporations will begin to take the industrial lead position, much like the evolution from huge brontosaurus to small mammal. He then covers the fundamentals of global economies, accounting, finance, and quantitative business analysis. He also answers frequently asked questions such as how to start up a company, create product lines, collect venture capital, and keep cash flowing.

An in-depth introduction to Intelligent Energy Field Manufacturing (EFM), this book explores a fresh engineering methodology that not only integrates but goes beyond methodologies such as Design for Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, Concurrent Engineering, self-assembly, biometics, and more. It discusses dynamic M-PIE flows, the generalities of energy fields, logic functional materials and intelligence, the open scheme of intelligent EFM implementation, and the principles of intelligent EFM. The book takes a highly interdisciplinary approach that includes research frontiers such as micro/nano fabrication, high strain rate processes, and laser shock forming, to name just a few.

Catalog no. K10053, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0063-8 October 2009, 7 x 10, 366 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $51.95 / £32.99

Catalog no. 71017, ISBN: 978-1-4200-7101-6 July 2010, 7 x 10, 728 pp. Suggested Price: $149.95 / £95.00

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Flexibility

Introduction to Instrumentation and Measurements

Flexible Companies for the Uncertain World

Second Edition

Gill Eapen

Robert B. Northrop

Decision Options, LLC, Groton, Connecticut, USA

University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA

In an information- and knowledge-driven environment with high levels of uncertainty, most traditional ideas of structure, system, and strategy are ineffective. This book shows how to create, maintain, and accelerate an organization in a highly uncertain environment using flexibility. It analyzes the organization holistically and details its primary components independently. The author presents an economic framework of decision options to diagnose existing flexibility problems and provides guidance on how to improve flexibility and reduce risk. The text also describes how to design and maintain a high performance organization for the long run in an environment of high uncertainty.

Considered the benchmark for engineering measurement methodology, this book provides a firm knowledge base in modern areas such as sensor mechanisms, data compression, and specialized opto-electronic sensor systems. Sections include geophysical, chemical, and photonic instrumentation; photomultipliers and channel-plate photon sensors; GPS modifications; substance detection; lownoise system designs, digital signal processing, and interfaces; and more. This edition provides instructors with an excellent text and practicing engineers with a thorough and essential reference guide.

Catalog no. K10839, ISBN: 978-1-4398-1632-5 December 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 192 pp. Suggested Price: $61.95 / £39.99

Catalog no. 3773, ISBN: 978-0-8493-3773-4 June 2005, 7 x 10, 768 pp. Suggested Price: $109.95 / £69.99

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Keeping Your Business in the US Tim Hutzel

Reverse Engineering

Mainstream Management, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA

Technology of Reinvention

Paul Piechota

Wego Wang

University of Dayton, Ohio, USA

University of Massachusetts, Lowell, USA

Offering a positive antidote in an unusually negative business climate, this volume shows how American enterprises can buck the trend and survive and prosper in the United States. Based on case studies, each chapter presents the history of a business followed by a description of the core practices that have allowed it to successfully deal with the global marketplace while keeping their operations in the U.S. The authors compare business strategies, make key observations, and provide tips for duplicating and/or customizing their recipe.

Written to advance the technology of reinvention and improve the competitiveness of commercial parts in the aftermarket, this volume discusses the proper measuring and analyses required to reproduce or repair an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) part using modern reverse engineering technologies as well as regulations that govern the practice. Offering numerous real-world examples, the book enables readers to determine if a duplicated or repaired part can meet the design functionality of the original. Going beyond industrial manufacturing, the book also looks at the use of reverse engineering in academic research and legal and forensic analyses.

Catalog no. K10400, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0778-1 May 2011, 6 x 9, 250 pp. Suggested Price: $39.95 / £25.99 Available in eBook

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MOST® Work Measurement Systems

Root Cause Analysis

K.B. Zandin

Improving Performance for Bottom-Line Results, Third Edition

H.B. Maynard and Company, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Series: Industrial Engineering

Robert J. Latino, Kenneth C. Latino, and Mark A. Latino

This book is an essential guide for those in training for their MOST® certification and a great value to anyone looking to enhance their marketability to prospective employers. Revised to accommodate the evolving needs of current and emerging industries, the third edition clarifies the working rules and data card format for BasicMOST®, MiniMOST®, and MaxiMOST®; presents a thorough description of the application of AdminMOST™, a version of BasicMOST® for measuring administrative tasks in retail, banking, and service environments; and contains new photographs and illustrations. It is an excellent resource for practicing professionals and newcomers in the fields of industrial engineering and management.

In this third edition of a bestseller, acclaimed experts Robert, Kenneth, and Mark Latino offer a broad look at various approaches to RCA, comparing pros and cons, and supplying tools to implement or improve current RCA initiatives. They take a wider approach that covers opportunity analysis and RCA’s fit with Total Quality Management and Six Sigma. Overall, the book presents updated and expanded material including: a chapter devoted to problem-solving/brainstorming; methodology versus software; using the PROACT® approach complimented by PROACT® Enterprise Version 3.0 software; discussion of the various conflicting definitions of common terms used in RCA; and a focus on measuring ROI.

Third Edition

Catalog no. DK9535, ISBN: 978-0-8247-0953-2 December 2002, 6 x 9, 552 pp. Suggested Price: $98.95 / £62.99

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Probability, Statistics, and Reliability for Engineers and Scientists Third Edition Bilal M. Ayyub and Richard McCuen University of Maryland, College Park, USA

Emphasizing practical use, this best-selling textbook provides an introduction to the topics of probability, statistics, reliability, and risk methods. The third edition focuses on decision making under uncertainty, includes a more diversified presentation of applications from various engineering disciplines, and highlights simulation methods. With over 150 computational examples and more than 60 case study applications, this edition also contains more complex examples to demonstrate certain types of computations as well as additional problems and illustrations for better understanding. Data sets are available online. Catalog no. K10476, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0951-8 April 2011, 7 x 10, 568 pp. Suggested Price: $119.95 / £76.99

Simple Excellence Organizing and Aligning the Management Team in a Lean Transformation Adam Zak Bill Waddell This book charts a course of simplification through the complexity often associated with managing performance improvement initiatives. It explains what value streams are and how to use them to structure your business to align everyone with the things that matter most. The text boils constraint management down to its practical terms and lays out an approach to accounting that enables everyone to spend money where it adds value and to stop spending it where it doesn’t. Written by authorities with extensive experience helping organizations achieve Lean transformations, it includes case studies of organizations recognized for operational excellence. Catalog no. K11744, ISBN: 978-1-4398-3845-7 November 2010, 6 x 9, 155 pp. Suggested Price: $39.95 / £25.99

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General References

Profit Globally While Operating Locally

Turbo Flow Using Plan for Every Part (PFEP) to Turbo Charge Your Supply Chain

General References / Facility Management 22

Tim Conrad Robyn Rooks

Management & Strategies for Energy Professionals Reference Library CD Christopher Russell, John M. Studebaker, Stephen A. Roosa, Arun G. Jhaveri, and John Eggink

MPNL Solutions

This book explains how to use Plan for Every Part (PFEP) to boost performance and cost efficiencies in your supply chain. It explains how to use PFEP to improve management of your raw materials, WIP, and finished goods inventories. Tapping into two decades of combined experience at Toyota Motor Manufacturing, the authors explains how to use PFEP to determine how much you need to build, the proper frequency for deliveries, how often you need to pick up from suppliers, and how much inventory you require. Catalog no. K11093, ISBN: 978-1-4398-2067-4 November 2010, 7 x 10, 144 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $44.95 / £28.99 Available in eBook

Disaster and Recovery Planning

Including over a thousand pages of text, graphics, charts, and illustrations, the Management & Strategies for Energy Professionals Reference Library CD provides an economical training, research, and reference resource for today’s energy manager. Indexed with bookmarks for convenient navigation, the CD-ROM contains the following four complete books in Adobe PDF® format: Managing Energy From The Top Down; Maximizing Energy Savings and Minimizing Costs; Carbon Reduction: Policies, Strategies and Technologies; and Managing Energy Costs: A Behavioral and Non-Technical Approach. Catalog no. N10318, ISBN: 978-1-4398-5356-6 August 2010, 1071 pp., CD-ROM Suggested Price: $349.95 / £223.00

Managing Energy From the Top Down

A Guide for Facility Managers, Fifth Edition

Connecting Industrial Energy Efficiency to Business Performance

Joseph Gustin

Christopher Russell

Consultant, Lilburn, Georgia, USA

Consultant

Newly updated, the fifth edition of this bestselling resource addresses the complexities of disaster preparedness and business continuity. This edition includes the latest information on dirty bombs, and other chemical and biological weapons. It also offers updated information on disaster planning and recovery, regulatory influences, and emergency preparedness. This reference speaks to the issues of prevention as well as controlling the effects of a disaster on a company’s operations. Information is included on how to assess and manage the risk of bioterrorism. In addition, statistics cover various disaster/emergency declarations including for Hurricane Katrina.

Written in accessible, understandable prose, this book explains the connection between energy and business performance. It delineates how day-to-day choices relate to the risks and rewards of energy use. Concise, to-the-point chapters explain how energy is invested, preserved, and ultimately positioned to create wealth. Hard-nosed business leaders should appreciate the section with examples that show a strong financial case for energy improvements, including the save-orbuy criterion, the economic penalty for “doing nothing,” the break-even cost, and the budget for supporting design and analysis work.

Catalog no. N10275, ISBN: 978-1-4398-4467-0 June 2010, 6 x 9, 350 pp. Suggested Price: $119.95 / £76.99

Catalog no. N10176, ISBN: 978-1-4398-2996-7 December 2009, 6 x 9 Suggested Price: $92.00 / £57.99

Managing Indoor Air Quality Handbook of Energy Audits Eighth Edition

Fourth Edition Barney Burroughs Consultant, Alpharetta, Georgia, USA

Albert Thumann, William J. Younger, and Terry Niehus

Shirley J. Hansen Consultant, Gig Harbor, Washington, USA

The latest edition of this bestselling handbook includes revisions covering ASHRAE Level 1 and 2 energy audits as well as a new chapter on water conservation. Topics include energy assessment and computer software that will guide you in planning and carrying out a thorough and accurate energy audit for any type of facility, including electrical, mechanical, and building systems analysis. Clear, easy-to-follow instructions guide you through accounting procedures, rate of return, and life cycle cost analysis. Loaded with forms, checklists, and handy working aids, it provides important tools for anyone responsible for conducting or overseeing a facility energy audit. Catalog no. N10131, ISBN: 978-1-4398-2145-9 September 2009, 6 x 9, 470 pp. Suggested Price: $125.00 / £82.00

This practical guide covers how to treat existing indoor air problems effectively and how to prevent costly IAQ problems from occurring in the first place. A single discipline approach unfortunately tends to narrow both the control and the treatments options. This book cuts across professions to offer those concerned with the total facility a broader, more comprehensive approach to managing indoor air quality and mitigating indoor air quality problems. Catalog no. FP7155, ISBN: 978-1-4200-7155-9 April 2008, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 350 pp. Suggested Price: $104.95 / £66.99

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Alan Greggo

Applying Lean in Healthcare A Collection of International Case Studies Edited by

Principle and Founder PROFITRx, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Joe Aherne

Millie Kresevich

Leading Edge Group, Cobh, Ireland

Senior Manager Level Retail Executive, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

John Whelton

The days are long gone when alarm systems and guard dogs were enough to deter retail theft. Facing security problems on many fronts, including external and internal theft, operational and paperwork errors, vendor error, and Organized Retail Crime (ORC), retail security practitioners must be well-versed on the cause and effect of each problem as they are often called on for answers to mitigate these issues and protect the profitability of their company. This book provides an understanding of the fast-paced world of retail loss prevention, the day-today challenges retailers face, and solutions for the threats facing this multifaceted business. It also explains how to successfully assemble a Loss Prevention department and program.

Covering healthcare from clinical to nutritional services, this book provides a collection of international case studies that demonstrate how lean thinking can be applied in the healthcare industry. Offering an international perspective, the text introduces key concepts of lean healthcare and presents real-life examples to illustrate the practical benefits—which include more efficient processes, increased patient satisfaction, and cost savings—that can result from a lean philosophy. The book features a number of expert contributors who offer practical tips. It also includes a foreword from eminent psychiatry professor Jeffrey Clotheir, MD.

Catalog no. AU9006, ISBN: 978-1-4200-9006-2 December 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 274 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99

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Security Manager’s Guide to Disasters Managing Through Emergencies, Violence, and Other Workplace Threats

Dynamic Capacity Management for Healthcare Advanced Methods and Tools for Optimization

Anthony D. Manley

Pierce Story

Wantagh, New York, USA

Senior Consulting Manager, G.E. Healthcare, Wells, Maine, USA

Whether the cause of a disaster is a terrorist or criminal attack, fire emergency, civil or geographic disruption, or major electrical or electronic failure, security professionals must be aware of how such a crisis could affect all they are employed to protect. This volume examines the most significant emergencies that may confront the security, business continuity, or risk manager in the protection of people and property, the prevention of crime, and the avoidance of liability. The book includes ways to prevent or reduce the severity of the incident, suggests how to properly interact with governmental agencies, and provides managers with a system for stabilization, recovery, and restoration.

Presenting new approaches, tools, and perspectives, this book facilitates the effective management of the complexities and “dynamism” unique to health care operations. It introduces healthcare managers and professionals to state-of-theart concepts designed to improve both process- and dynamic systems-focused performance and develop appropriately dynamic process-level solutions to complex systems level issues. Employing common methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma, and CQI, the “Dynamic Capacity Management” approach addresses the analysis and improvement of hospital- and department-wide capacity, patient flow, resource allocation, and performance optimization.

Catalog no. K10448, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0906-8 July 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 408 pp. Suggested Price: $102.95 / £65.99

Catalog no. K11039, ISBN: 978-1-4398-1975-3 December 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 226 pp. Suggested Price: $59.95 / £38.99

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Spend Analysis and Specification Development Using Failure Interpretation Michael D. Holloway

Essentials for the Improvement of Healthcare Using Lean & Six Sigma D.H. Stamatis Contemporary Consultants, Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA

A guide to reducing operating costs, this book presents a method for lowering operational costs and increasing productivity by establishing a performancebased procurement specification on the components, devices, and items that contribute most to operational, downtime, and labor repair/replacement costs. The author discusses how to use product knowledge to develop a performancebased procurement specification based on reducing direct and indirect costs and explains how to review product submissions, select the product, and monitor the results. He covers the importance of performing a spend analysis, failure analysis, and understanding the equipment. Catalog no. K12333, ISBN: 978-1-4398-5107-4 February 2011, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 352 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99

By using theories of Six Sigma and Lean methodology, this text presents solutions to fundamental problems in healthcare. This text breaks the system down into three fundamental areas: primary care, hospitals, and managed care. The author identifies the four critical issues that affect healthcare as it relates to efficiency and cost. The book discusses the application of IT in healthcare as a tool of improvement and how to select the best project for improvement. The author also includes a discussion of ISO and the Malcolm Baldridge award. Case studies are included to illustrate successes. Catalog no. K12058, ISBN: 978-1-4398-4601-8 December 2010, 6 x 9, 463 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99 Available in eBook

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Facility Management / Health Systems Engineering

Retail Security and Loss Prevention Solutions

Healthcare Delivery in the U.S.A. An Introduction

Thomas L. Jackson

Margaret F. Schulte Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

Health Systems Engineering

The position of the medical sector as a growth market is opening new avenues for workers outside the traditional realm of healthcare, such as management engineers, IT professionals, and process improvement specialists. A guide for healthcare market entrants, this book equips new hires with the knowledge needed to navigate the business of medicine. It also provides a much-needed orientation to the broader healthcare work environment for those working in hospitals or as vendors and manufacturers. The author, editor of the American College of Health Executive’s Frontiers in Health Services Management, confronts challenges facing the industry as a whole, including finance, legal, regulatory, and workforce issues. Catalog no. PP8493, ISBN: 978-1-4200-8493-1 October 2009, 7 x 10, 144 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $51.95 / £32.99

J. Michael Rona Consulting Group, LLC, WA, USA Series: Lean Tools for Healthcare

This user-friendly book is designed to improve understanding of Kaizen. It describes what a Kaizen event is and explains all the phases necessary to learning and implementing continuous improvement practices by a group of individuals to a targeted area within a specified time period. It also outlines how to prepare a presentation and circulate and display results using lean implementations. This text aids in the understanding of concepts and theories through the use of margin assists that reveal important information, key terms and points, healthcare examples, and how-to steps. Catalog no. K11931, ISBN: 978-1-4398-4152-5 June 2011, 7 x 10, 120 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $28.95 / £18.99 Available in eBook

Healthcare Transformation A Guide for the Hospital Board Member Maulik Joshi Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement, Easton, Maryland, USA

Bernard Horak

Kaizen for Lean Healthcare

Leading the Lean Healthcare Journey Driving Culture Change to Increase Value

Health Systems Administration Programs, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA

Joan Wellman, Pat Hagan, and Howard Jeffries

Designed for easy reference by people with busy schedules, this concise manual provides hospital board members and executives with practical guidance on how to become actively engaged in the transformation of their organization. It focuses on how the healthcare industry as a whole is transforming and stresses the importance of having board members who are able to provide leadership. The manual is ideal for orienting new board members and for providing experienced members with insight on key issues. It supplies questions to ask stakeholders that will facilitate engagement. Each chapter is organized around action steps designed to build organizational quality and facilitate change.

Blending case studies with theory, this book describes how the healthcare value proposition can be changed by reducing waste, variation, and complexity in healthcare. It reveals the leadership tenacity and culture change required to remove waste from healthcare processes and eliminate the root cause of soaring costs, poor quality and safety, and limited access. It provides practical, applicable advice alongside personal and organizational stories and case studies told by physician and administrative leaders, all students of the Toyota Production System.

Catalog no. K10283, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0506-0 May 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 128 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $40.95 / £25.99

Catalog no. K11406, ISBN: 978-1-4398-2865-6 December 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 292 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $59.95 / £38.99 Available in eBook

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Improving Quality in Outpatient Services Carole Guinane Novant Health Inc., Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Noreen Davis CMS-Union, Monroe, North Carolina, USA

A valuable resource for students and professionals in the ambulatory field of patient care, this book offers instruction for creating a dynamic outpatient program. Included within the chapters are tools, plans, and policies needed to plot a plan of action to provide a safe environment and enhance the patient experience. The authors discuss courseware required by OSHA and other licensing and regulatory agencies as well as techniques for infection control and the elimination of medication errors. The text discusses how to include the patient in the decision making process and explains an evaluation system for all levels of an organization. Catalog no. K12304, ISBN: 978-1-4398-5060-2 May 2011, 6 x 9, 275 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99

Leveraging Lean in Healthcare Transforming Your Enterprise into a High Quality Patient Care Delivery System Charles Protzman, George Mayzell, and Joyce Kerpchar Expanding on the concepts and tools of lean hospitals and coupling these ideas with the principles of Six Sigma, this book presents a “how-to” guide to true efficiency in hospitals. Beginning with an overview and description of lean tools, such as Toyota and Gilbreth and Taylor, it demonstrates lean implementation at every level of a hospital including the ED, OR, Radiology, and Cath Lab. The authors discuss traditional methods, typical problems, and a value stream map for each area and provide actionable blueprints, case studies, and lessons learned to facilitate the duplication of lean improvements. Catalog no. K10715, ISBN: 978-1-4398-1385-0 December 2010, 8-1/2 x 11, 402 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $74.95 / £47.99 Available in eBook

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Understanding, Prevention, and Control Milos Jenicek

Safer Hospital Care Strategies for Continuous Innovation

McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Dev Raheja

This book arrives at a time of heightened concerns about patient safety in medical care and the overall responsibility assumed by health professionals. It begins by exploring experiences of error and harm in general, and it covers medical errors that can be attributed to system failures and errors in an individual’s reasoning, subsequent decision making, and execution of tasks in medical care. It focuses on how to detect, correct, and avoid errors and their sometimes disastrous consequences. The book concludes with an analysis of the contributions and expectations of physicians in tort litigation and legal decision making.

An examination of the effectiveness of present hospital care methods, this book illustrates how to find simple, comprehensive solutions that produce high return on investment. It emphasizes innovative techniques, proven safety methods, models for risk managers, heuristics for leading change, reliability methods that deliver right care over time, dangers in medical devices for critical care, and techniques for giving care with speed and efficiency without compromising safety. Experts from the aviation industry, world-class organizations such as Toyota and General Electric, and innovative hospitals such as Johns Hopkins offer their insight.

Catalog no. K11671, ISBN: 978-1-4398-3694-1 July 2010, 6 x 9, 384 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99

Catalog no. K11114, ISBN: 978-1-4398-2102-2 December 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 200 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $59.95 / £38.99

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Optimizing Emergency Department Throughput Operations Management Solutions for Health Care Decision Makers John M. Shiver College of Health and Human Services, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA

Standard Work for Lean Healthcare J. Michael Rona Consulting Group LLC

David Eitel

Series: Lean Tools for Healthcare

This critical resource provides senior-level Emergency Department (ED) managers and healthcare administrators with the essential tools to gain control in the wake of a crisis in ED capacity. It explores the relationships of individual stakeholders and illustrates how information technology can play an important role in improving the performance of the ED. It also demonstrates how to improve financial performance, specialty services, and billing and collections functions. Considering the many unpredictable elements related to the emergency room environment, this text explains how to predict patient volumes, flow, and space needs using historical data to best plan for the unknown.

Standard work is a major component of Kaizen activities and effective lean tools. Part of the Lean Tools for Healthcare Series, this user-friendly book contains innovative features designed to optimize this tool’s use. The text explains how standard work establishes the best way to do work and why it should be the basis for all continuous improvement activities. It describes work in terms of cycle time, work in process, take time, and layout. Margin assists reveal key terms and points, how-to steps, and healthcare examples, making this a valuable resource for healthcare professionals starting their lean journey.

Catalog no. PP3775, ISBN: 978-1-4200-8377-4 December 2009, 8-1/2 x 11, 260 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $71.95 / £45.99

Practical Tactics for Integrating Medication Related Computer Systems, Teams and Processes Faron Moore After exploring how many of the challenges and frustrations for healthcare IT projects can be traced to confusing data related to medication processes, this text offers valuable insight into how these challenges might be addressed, both in pharmacy informatics and in the broader health IT arena. This book is easy and enjoyable to read, practical, and insightful into the source of challenges in an attempt to both aid and popularize pharmacy informatics. The book brings a fresh perspective on how healthcare IT project problems are faced and solved. A glossary and worksheets are provided to boost comprehension. Catalog no. K11929, ISBN: 978-1-4398-4148-8 July 2011, 7 x 10, 200 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $69.95 / £44.99 Available in eBook

Catalog no. K11697, ISBN: 978-1-4398-3741-2 May 2011, 7 x 10, 120 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $28.95 / £18.99 Available in eBook

Statistical Analysis for Decision Makers in Healthcare

Pharmacy Fits

Health Systems Engineering

Medical Error and Harm

Understanding and Evaluating Critical Information in Changing Times, Second Edition Jeffrey C. Bauer Futures Practice, ACS Health Care Solutions, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Designed for the busy health care professional who needs to collect, analyze, and/ or evaluate data, this readily accessible work explains the fundamental concepts, uses, and misuses of statistics. Without jargon or mathematical formulas, the author introduces the practice of quantitative analysis to provide an understanding of the principles of scientific inquiry applied to clinical medicine, program evaluation, policy analysis, management, accounting, and research. The book discusses practical scientific methods to show why statistics cannot compensate for bad science or bad data. It will help readers to intelligently evaluate the many numbers that cross their desk in the normal course of business. Catalog no. K10061, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0076-8 May 2009, 6 x 9, 160 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $51.95 / £32.99 Available in eBook

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Sustaining Lean in Healthcare Developing and Engaging Physician Leadership Michael Nelson

Value Stream Mapping for Healthcare Made Easy Cindy Jimmerson Lean Healthcare West, Missoula, Montana, USA

A resource designed to provide the physician’s perspective of lean, this book discusses how to engage physician leaders, apply standard methods for continuous deployment to new sites, and determine shared expectations for what success looks like early in the process. The author includes a case study that may be used in setting shared expectations for success along with a framework for continuous deployment of lean implementation over time and across multiple locations. Catalog no. K11864, ISBN: 978-1-4398-4027-6 May 2011, 7 x 10, 136 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $59.95 / £38.99 Available in eBook

Value Stream Mapping for Healthcare Made Easy introduces readers to the simple but essential method from the Toyota Production System: the well-known Value Stream Mapping (VSM) system. It offers an easy-to-learn introduction to VSM that can be used in every aspect of healthcare to identify, understand, and improve processes. Information included illustrates the simplicity and completeness of the tool and describes its applications to staff communication, regulatory documentation, and activities of daily work. The book also highlights simple-to-use data collection and interpretation as part of the VSM process. Catalog no. PP7852, ISBN: 978-1-4200-7852-7 August 2009, 8-1/2 x 11, 119 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $57.95 / £36.99 Available in eBook

The Definitive Guide to Emergency Department Operational Improvement Employing Lean Principles with Current ED Best Practices to Create the “No Wait” Department Joseph T. Crane Charles E. Noon

Applied Operational Research with SAS Ali Emrouznejad and William Ho Aston Business School, Birmingham, UK

Emergency departments were never designed to be the walk-in clinics they have become; yet with so many having nowhere else to turn for care, they have become cauldrons of resentment in which neither the best needs of patient nor hospital are served. Offering a solution to this fiscal and medical madness, this step-bystep guide shows how the application of lean principles can lead to more efficient, cost-effective, and patient-friendly departments. It brings together leading experts who demonstrate the unique application of lean tools and concepts to hospital operations and looks at those hospitals that have put this innovative approach into action.

Designed specifically for SAS users in operational research, this book focuses on the most recent development in SAS/OR optimization, PROC OPTMODEL. It contains a wide range of OR optimization problems that demonstrate how the SAS/ OR procedures work. It includes single criterion, project management decision, printed circuit board assembly, and multiple criteria decision making problems. Quite possibly the first book to cover the application of SAS/OR procedures to OR problems, it formulates OR problems as various types of mathematical models, including linear programming, integer linear programming, and global programming models.

Catalog no. K10415, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0840-5 January 2011, 7 x 10, 328 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $89.95 / £57.99

Catalog no. K11920, ISBN: 978-1-4398-4130-3 May 2011, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 300 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £57.99

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Transforming Health Care Virginia Mason Medical Center’s Pursuit of the Perfect Patient Experience Charles Kenney A chronicle of one of the most unusual series of events in the history of medicine, this book tells the story of a group of clinicians, administrators, frontline workers, trustees, and leaders blessed with vision, courage, and a relentless determination to improve. It is the story of a medical center transformed. Ultimately, it is the story of a new and possibly better way to take on the challenges we face in the U.S. to provide quality medical care while controlling costs. Catalog no. PP7375, ISBN: 978-1-56327-375-9 November 2010, 6 x 9, 248 pp. Suggested Price: $39.95 / £25.99 Available in eBook

Computational Methods in Finance Ali Hirsa Natixis Caspian Capital Management, LLC, New York, New York, USA Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Financial Mathematics

This text addresses a variety of numerical methods for pricing derivative contracts, including Fourier techniques, finite differences, numerical simulation, and Monte Carlo simulation methods—one of the first books to cover all of these techniques. After presenting the basics of pricing techniques, it covers key concepts of calibration and parameter estimation. Written by a popular professor at Columbia University and NYU’s Courant Institute, the book is suitable for any graduate course on computational finance in financial engineering and financial mathematics programs as well as for practitioners interested in computational methods in finance. Catalog no. K11454, ISBN: 978-1-4398-2957-8 May 2011, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 306 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99

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Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Science, Engineering, and Finance

Stewart Robinson, Roger Brooks, Kathy Kotiadis, and Durk-Jouke Van Der Zee

Walter A. Rosenkrantz

This volume provides comprehensive coverage of the state of the art in simulation conceptual modeling. The first section of the text discusses the purpose and requirements of a conceptual model. The next set of chapters provides frameworks and tools for conceptual modeling. The book then describes the use of soft systems methodology for model structuring as well as the application of software engineering methods and tools for model specification. After illustrating how conceptual modeling is adopted in the military and semiconductor manufacturing, the book concludes with a discussion on future research directions.

Integrating interesting and widely used concepts of financial engineering into traditional statistics courses, this introduction illustrates the role and scope of statistics and probability in various fields. Linking probability theory with statistical inference, it presents many application examples from engineering, computer performance analysis, public health, and finance. The text provides technical details for the derivation of various theorems, including the famous Black–Scholes option pricing formula, contains over 650 exercises, and offers a solutions manual for qualifying instructors. It also includes a CD-ROM with all of the data sets used in the book.

Catalog no. K10519, ISBN: 978-1-4398-1037-8 August 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 527 pp. Suggested Price: $99.95 / £63.99 Available in eBook

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA

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Introduction to Probability with Mathematica®

Decision Options The Art and Science of Making Decisions

Second Edition Kevin J. Hastings

Decision Options, LLC, Groton, Connecticut, USA

Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, USA Series: Textbooks in Mathematics, 8

Through theory and case studies, this book details how uncertainty and flexibility can be evaluated to assist in making better investment decisions in companies. It delivers an excellent balance of theory and practice in the area of investment decision making, demonstrates how financial and real options are related, and describes the theoretical underpinnings of both. The author presents case studies from diverse industries, including life sciences, pharmaceuticals, commodities, energy, technology, manufacturing, and financial services. He also looks at how organizations can become successful using a holistic framework that integrates uncertainty and flexibility.

Updated to conform to Mathematica® 7.0, this second edition shows how to easily create simulations from templates and solve problems using Mathematica. Along with new sections on order statistics, transformations of multivariate normal random variables, and Brownian motion, this edition offers an expanded section on Markov chains, more example data of the normal distribution, and more attention on conditional expectation. It also includes additional problems from Actuarial Exam P as well as new examples, exercises, and data sets. The accompanying CD-ROM contains updated Mathematica notebooks, and a revised solutions manual is available for qualifying instructors.

Catalog no. C6820, ISBN: 978-1-4200-8682-9 June 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 316 pp. Suggested Price: $82.95 / £52.99

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Gill Eapen

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Textbook Foundations and Principles, Second Edition

Introduction to Probability with R

Moshe Sniedovich

Kenneth P. Baclawski

University of Melbourne, Australia Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Pure and Applied Mathematics

Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Texts in Statistical Science

Incorporating a number of the author’s recent developments, this book continues to provide a systematic, formal outline of Bellman’s approach to dynamic programming. It looks at dynamic programming as a problem-solving methodology, identifying its constituent components and explaining its theoretical basis for tackling problems. Along with a new appendix on the Corridor method, this edition expands the discussions of sequential decision models and the role of the state variable in modeling. It also includes a new chapter on forward dynamic programming models and a new chapter on the Push method that gives a dynamic programming perspective on Dijkstra’s algorithm for the shortest path problem.

This text presents R programs and animations to provide an intuitive yet rigorous understanding of how to model natural phenomena from a probabilistic point of view. It centers on viewing probability as a way to look at the world and shows how to combine and link stochastic processes to form more complex processes that are better models of natural phenomena. The text also covers the Poisson process, transforms, Bayesian networks, entropy and information, and Markov chains. Each chapter includes a short biographical note about a contributor to probability theory, exercises, and selected answers. Ancillary material is accessible online.

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Dynamic Programming

Operations Research

Conceptual Modeling for Discrete-Event Simulation

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Introduction to Scheduling

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Edited by

Linear and Nonlinear Programming with MapleTM

Yves Robert École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Institut Universitaire de France, and Université de Lyon, France

Operations Research

Paul E. Fishback

INRIA and Université de Lyon, France Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Computational Science, 5

Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan, USA Series: Textbooks in Mathematics, 9

Full of practical examples, Introduction to Scheduling presents the basic concepts and methods, fundamental results, and recent developments of scheduling theory. With contributions from highly respected experts, it provides self-contained, easy-to-follow, yet rigorous presentations of the material. The text introduces methods for solving various scheduling problems, including resourceconstrained project scheduling, machine scheduling, and job scheduling. It covers both the foundations in scheduling and modern developments, such as online scheduling. Along with a number of examples, theorems, and pedagogical proofs, the book provides in-depth coverage of key application fields.

Integrating a hands-on learning approach, a strong linear algebra focus, Maple™ software, and real-world applications, this text introduces the mathematical concepts and principles underlying linear and nonlinear programming. It draws on the simplex method to develop the major ideas of duality and sensitivity analysis and provides applications and exercises from zoology, chemistry, and game theory to illustrate how linear and nonlinear programming are invaluable problem solving tools. The text solves problems using Maple and includes explicit Maple instructions, important commands, and sample worksheets. Maple worksheets and code are available on the book’s website.

Catalog no. C7273, ISBN: 978-1-4200-7273-0 November 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 333 pp. Suggested Price: $92.95 / £58.99

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Knowledge Science Modelling the Knowledge Discovery Creation Process

An Interactive, Applications-Based Approach

Frederic Vivien

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Manufacturing Facilities

Edited by

Location, Planning, and Design, Third Edition

Yashiteru Nakamori

Dileep R. Sule

Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Ishikawa

Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, USA

Providing an overview of this emerging interdisciplinary topic, this book brings together experienced researchers in decision science, artificial intelligence, systems engineering, behavioral science, and management science. The introductory chapter on knowledge technology and science addresses the roles and features of the field and emphasizes the multidisciplinary aspect of it. Contributors further discuss knowledge discovery and management, knowledge synthesis, knowledge justification, and knowledge construction. The book provides knowledge engineering tools and a framework for integrating knowledge creation, discovery, and management.

From plant layout and materials handling to quality function deployment and design considerations, this book explores topics crucial to the efficiency of a well-planned facility. This third edition of a classic provides the information and analytical tools necessary to move from product designs to production plans and then details planning techniques needed to build a manufacturing facility where safety, efficiency, and profit are interdependent. It covers lean manufacturing, supply chain effects, aggregate planning, scheduling, resource planning, machine layout models, economic evaluation of processes, and information technology and includes mathematical methods and problems.

Catalog no. K11740, ISBN: 978-1-4398-3836-5 May 2011, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 250 pp. Suggested Price: $129.95 / £82.00

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Learning Curves Theory, Models, and Applications Edited by

Mohamad Y. Jaber Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Series: Industrial Innovation

A contributed work covering advances in learning curve research theory and applications, this book draws a learning map to demonstrate where learning is involved within organizations and how it can be sustained, perfected, and accelerated. It reviews developments in research and explores the learning-quality relationship. The text explains how to improve learning curves using the Earned Value Method (EVM) and through the design of thinking systems. It also offers a chapter that reviews the Forgetting Curves. Catalog no. K10374, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0738-5 June 2011, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 544 pp. Suggested Price: $119.95 / £76.99 Available in eBook

Markov Chains and Decision Processes for Engineers and Managers Theodore J. Sheskin Cleveland State University, Ohio, USA

This book presents an introduction to finite Markov chains and Markov decision processes with applications in engineering and management. It introduces discrete-time, finite-state Markov chains, and Markov decision processes. The text describes both algorithms and applications, enabling students to understand the logical basis for the algorithms and be able to apply them. The applications address problems in government, business, and non-profit sectors. The author uses Markov models to approximate the random behavior of complex systems in diverse areas, such as management, production, science, health services, finance, and marketing. Catalog no. 51113, ISBN: 978-1-4200-5111-7 November 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 492 pp. Suggested Price: $99.95 / £63.99

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Modeling and Analysis of Stochastic Systems

Operations Research Calculations Handbook

Second Edition

Vidyadhar G. Kulkarni

Dennis Blumenfeld

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Texts in Statistical Science, 84

General Motors, Warren, Michigan, USA Series: Operations Research

This text covers the most important classes of stochastic processes used in the modeling of diverse systems. For each class of stochastic process, the author includes its definition, characterization, applications, transient and limiting behavior, first passage times, and cost/reward models. Along with new appendices that collect results from analysis and differential and difference equations, this edition contains a new chapter on diffusion processes with applications to finance. It also offers a more streamlined, application-oriented approach to renewal, regenerative, and Markov regenerative processes as well as downloadable MATLAB®-based programs on the author’s website. A solutions manual is available for qualifying instructors.

Completely revised and updated, this new edition of a bestselling handbook presents analytical results and formulas needed in the science applications of operations research and management. It provides quick calculations and insight into system performance. The material is organized by topic and presented in a concise format that allows readers ready access to a wide range of results in a single volume. The second edition adds a wealth of information including new chapters on reliability theory results, order statistics, heuristic search methods, and probability relationships. It also offers invaluable information on production systems modeling and priority queuing.

Catalog no. K10430, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0875-7 December 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 563 pp. Suggested Price: $99.95 / £63.99

Multiple Attribute Decision Making

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Methods and Applications

Optimal Design of Queueing Systems

Gwo-Hshiung Tzeng and Jih-Jeng Huang

Shaler Stidham Jr.

Kainan University, Luchu, Taiwan

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA

Covering modern decision making techniques, this reference focuses on the fuzzy set approach to multiple attribute decision making (MADM). Drawing on their extensive experience, the authors present methods and real-life applications of MADM techniques that can be used in decision analysis. The methodological section of the text explains the theory of each method and then illustrates the methods using a numerical example that can be calculated without a computer, providing a complete understanding of the procedures of MADM methods. The application section explores methods such as DEMANTEL, ISM, and FCM that are used to solve real-world MADM problems.

This book explores how to set the parameters of a queueing system before putting it into operation. It considers various optimality criteria, including individual, social, class, and facility optimal solutions. The book first covers the optimal arrival rate model for a single-facility, single-class queue as well as dynamic algorithms for finding individually or socially optimal arrival rates and prices. It then examines several special cases of multiclass queues, presents models in which the service rate is a decision variable, and extends models and techniques to multifacility queueing systems. Focusing on networks of queues, the final chapters emphasize the qualitative properties of optimal solutions.

Catalog no. K12846, ISBN: 978-1-4398-6157-8 May 2011, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 352 pp. Suggested Price: $129.95 / £82.00

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Nonsmooth Mechanics and Convex Optimization

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Yoshihiro Kanno

Michael J. Best

University of Tokyo, Japan

Portfolio Optimization University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

This book presents a methodology for comprehensive treatment of nonsmooth laws in mechanics in accordance with contemporary theory and algorithms of optimization. The author deals with theory and numerical algorithms comprehensively, providing a new perspective in nonsmooth mechanics based on contemporary optimization. Covering linear programs; semi-definite programs; second-order cone programs; complementarity problems; optimality conditions; Fenchel and Lagrangian dualities; algorithms of operations research and treating cable networks; membranes; masonry structures; contact problems; and plasticity, this is an ideal guide of nonsmooth mechanics for graduate students and researchers in civil and mechanical engineering and applied mathematics. Catalog no. 94238, ISBN: 978-1-4200-9423-7 March 2011, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 448 pp. Suggested Price: $129.95 / £82.00

Eschewing a more theoretical approach, Portfolio Optimization shows how the mathematical tools of linear algebra and optimization can quickly and clearly formulate important ideas on the subject. This practical book extends the concepts of the Markowitz “budget constraint only” model to a linearly constrained model. It explains how the basic portfolio optimization problem can help determine the optimal investment of an investor’s wealth in each asset owned. Along with endof-chapter exercises, the text includes MATLAB® to help with problem solving and offers the programs on a CD-ROM. A solutions manual is available for qualifying instructors. Catalog no. C5840, ISBN: 978-1-4200-8584-6 March 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 236 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99

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Operations Research

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Probability Models in Operations Research University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, USA

Advanced Power Plant Materials, Design and Technology

Joel A. Nachlas

Edited by

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA Series: Operations Research

D. Roddy

Balancing applications with mathematical rigor, Probability Models in Operations Research provides an introduction to the use of probability to define models that have applications in industrial engineering and operations research. With a concise review of the key components of probability theory, this book offers coverage of all basic model forms, probability modeling fundamentals, random variables analysis, multiple random variables analysis, Bernoulli processes, discrete-time Markov chains, Poisson processes, renewal processes, continuoustime Markov chains, and queueing theory. The text serves as a practical reference for those who use probability to model system behaviors.

Designed for power plant engineers and operators, this book provides a comprehensive reference on the state of the art of gas-fired and coal-fired power plants, their major components, and performance improvement options. It critically reviews advanced power plant designs that target both higher efficiency and flexible operation. The book describes major plant components that improve the operation, including advanced membrane technology. It also discusses lowrank coal upgrading and biomass resource utilization, which can enhance power plant fuel flexibility and have a better environmental impact.

C. Richard Cassady

Operations Research / Plant Engineering 30

Catalog no. 54899, ISBN: 978-1-4200-5489-7 August 2008, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 224 pp. Suggested Price: $102.95 / £41.99

Sir Joseph Swan Institute, Newcastle University, UK

Catalog no. N10145, ISBN: 978-1-4398-2727-7 July 2010, 6 x 9, 448 pp. Suggested Price: $249.95 / £160.00

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Simulation of Industrial Systems Discrete Event Simulation Using Excel/VBA David Elizandro

Autonomous Maintenance DVD Set

Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, USA

Shopfloor TPM Implementation

Hamdy Taha

Productivity Press

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, USA

Productivity Press, New York, USA

Serving a dual purpose, this book is written for novices who want to learn the basics of discrete simulation and professionals who wish to use discrete event simulation to model systems. The authors assume that the reader has a fundamental familiarity with modeling concepts and Excel; however, they do not assume prior programming experience. Organized into three parts, the book presents the concepts of discrete simulation, covers the Design Environment for Event Driven Simulation (DEEDS), and discusses a variety of applications using DEEDS. The DEEDS research features are demonstrated, and genetic algorithm techniques are integrated into the DEEDS environment to produce a powerful tool.

In Productivity’s Autonomous Maintenance video training series, readers learn how to unleash the hidden potential on the shopfloor and dramatically lower production costs. Each video goes inside American companies that have successfully introduced autonomous maintenance. Managers, shopfloor maintenance workers, and team leaders describe how AM worked for them. Employees from both discrete manufacturing and the process industry share their methods and successes in implementing autonomous maintenance. This video set covers the seven-step process for implementing autonomous maintenance and demonstrates the benefits of involving all employees in maintenance activities.

Catalog no. AU6744, ISBN: 978-1-4200-6744-6 December 2007, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 536 pp. Suggested Price: $129.95 / £82.99

The Supply Chain in Manufacturing, Distribution, and Transportation Modeling, Optimization, and Applications

Catalog no. PP7337, ISBN: 978-1-56327-337-7 March 2006, DVD Suggested Price: $2099.00 / £1337.00

Bioalcohol Production Biochemical Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass

Edited by

Kenneth D. Lawrence, Ronald K. Klimberg, and Virginia M. Miori

K. Waldron

Reporting on cutting-edge research in production, distribution, and transportation, this book details models for addressing the range of organizational issues that can adversely affect your supply chain. It considers high-level production schedules, product sourcing, network alignment, distribution center layouts, transportation operations with stochastic demand, inventory planning, and day-to-day operations planning. Because tactical and operational models rely on quality forecasts of demand, it also examines stochastic customer demand, coordination of supply chain functions, and solution algorithms.

This book provides a comprehensive and timely reference on the biochemical conversion of lignocellulosic biomass for the production of fuel alcohols, expertly reviewing the development of the entire second-generation bioalcohol production chain, which employs highly-efficient biochemical production techniques. The book covers the process engineering, technology, modeling, and integration of the entire production chain, from feedstock pretreatment on to hydrolysis, to fermentation, and on to purification. The book primarily covers the production of bioethanol but extends into coverage of the production of longer-chain bioalcohols that will be elemental to future utilization of biofuels.

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Institute of Food Research, UK

Catalog no. N10038, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0171-0 July 2010, 6 x 9, 496 pp. Suggested Price: $249.95 / £159.00

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Boilers for Power and Process

Third Edition Sunderesh S. Heragu

Pune, India

University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Written by an experienced boiler professional, this text is an invaluable reference for practicing engineers. After providing the necessary theoretical framework of topics involved in boiler technology, this book describes the practical aspects of industrial and utility boilers, including contemporary boiler constructional and various firing technologies. Broad in scope, this work will assist power consultants looking to purchase boiler plants, while providing operating engineers with a thorough grounding in the mechanics of various boilers. It will also provide designers with state-of-the art information on the newest construction features and design improvements.

Delineating the proper design, layout, and location of facilities, this book strikes a healthy balance between theory and practice. It provides an understanding of the practical aspects of implementing preliminary designs development through analytical models. The third edition of a bestseller, it features updated multimedia tools, new software, and additional exercise problems. The text presents analytical performance evaluation models and tests them using software available for download on the web. An appendix offers queuing and queuing models along with simulation examples. Each chapter includes a set of review questions for self-study.

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Protection of Capital Assets

Manager’s Guide to Preventive Building Maintenance

Herb Stanford

Ryan Cruzan

Consultant

NJ Certified Educational Facilities Manager

This text addresses in great detail the requirements for designing, implementing, and managing programs and procedures for the maintenance of major building elements. The book covers everything from the foundation to the roof, including interior and exterior support systems and sitework elements. Topics discussed include the concept of facilities as assets, planned replacement versus major renovation, preventive maintenance, special maintenance considerations, and designing for building maintenance. Appendices provide filter application guidelines, dilution ventilation requirements, maintenance staff job descriptions and other supplemental material.

This book is a comprehensive guide for developing an effective preventive maintenance program for any facility. Topics include facility inspection and assessment, effective lubrication practices, commercial roofing repair, indoor air quality management, applicable government codes, standards and regulations, detailed preventive maintenance procedures, and maintenance scheduling. Specific maintenance approaches are examined for more than 100 types of equipment and building components. Also discussed are the economic value of preventive maintenance, management and motivation of the preventive maintenance team, and setting up a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS).

Catalog no. N10282, ISBN: 978-1-4398-4553-0 August 2010, 6 x 9, 300 pp. Suggested Price: $99.95 / £63.99

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Effective Building Maintenance

Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing Second Edition

Practical Lubrication for Industrial Facilities

Edited by

Second Edition

Sunggyu Lee

Heinz P. Bloch

Ohio University, Athens, USA

Consultant, West Des Moines, Iowa, USA

Supplying nearly 350 expertly written articles on technologies that can maximize and enhance the research and production phases of current and emerging chemical manufacturing practices and techniques, this second edition provides gold standard articles on the methods, practices, products, and standards influencing the chemical industries. Material includes the design of key unit operations involved with chemical processes; design, unit operation, and integration of reactors and separation systems; process system peripherals such as pumps, valves, and controllers; analytical techniques and equipment; evolving industry practices; and pilot plant design and scale-up criteria.

This edition includes material on oil analysis, the energy conservation aspects of lube oil application and selection, and bearing protector seals. Information on synthesized hydrocarbons and oil mist lubrication is thoroughly revised. It addresses the full scope of industrial lubricants, including general purpose oils, hydraulic fluids, food-grade and environmentally friendly lubricants, synthetic lubricants, greases, pastes, waxes and tribosystems. Detailed coverage is provided on lubrication strategies for electric motor bearings, gear lubrication, compressors and gas engines, and steam and gas turbines. Other topics include proper lubricant handling and storage, as well as effective industrial plant oil analysis practices.

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Plant Engineering

Kumar Rayaprolu

Facilities Design

Practical Plant Failure Analysis A Guide to Understanding Machinery Deterioration and Improving Equipment Reliability Neville W. Sachs

Strategies for Excellence in Maintenance Management, Second Edition

Plant Engineering / Production Systems

Sachs, Salvaterra & Associates Inc., Syracuse, New York, USA Series: Dekker Mechanical Engineering

John Dixon Campbell James Reyes-Picknell

Providing a clear explanation of the major failure mechanisms and how to identify them, Practical Plant Failure Analysis describes mechanisms, wear, corrosion, overload, and fatigue. Showing how the failure mechanisms appear in components such as shafts, bearings, and gears, it examines many of the critical operating details in an accessible manner and offers charts that illustrate how to identify specific failure. Additional coverage includes physical failure analysis, basic materials properties, differences between ductile and brittle overload failures, high- and low-cycle fatigue, lubrication, ball and roller bearings, fastener failures, V-belts, and synchronous belts.

In today’s competitive marketplace, the flow of goods must not be hindered by avoidable obstacles such as maintenance downtime. This edition provides insight into successful strategies for managers, maintenance, and non-maintenance professionals alike. Topics cover current trends in technology, reliability maintenance improvements, and the challenges of finding qualified maintenance personnel due to an aging labor force. In addition, it gives a thorough review of what it takes to achieve excellence in maintenance. It treating this technical topic, it links a variety of seemingly disparate and competing concepts into a single simple strategy.

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Production and Operations Management Edited by

Vijay Kumar Khurana Rukukmani Devi Institute of Advanced Studies, Delhi, India

Uptime

As an authoritative presentation of activities, functions, and concepts of production and operations management activities, this reference work begins with the nature and scope of production management, guiding step-by-step through production activities, such as process and service design, facilities and plant location, layout planning, and materials planning. It also covers production planning and control and materials requirements. As a comprehensive manual for industrial engineers in a variety of fields, Production and Operations Management illustrates long-, medium-, and short-term production activities as well as support functions and advanced management concepts, making it a one-stop, essential resource. Catalog no. AB7048, ISBN: 978-1-4200-7048-4 February 2011, 7-3/8 x 9-1/4, 400 pp. Suggested Price: $99.95 / £60.99

The OEE Primer Understanding Overall Equipment Effectiveness, Reliability, and Maintainability D.H. Stamatis

Conveyors Application, Selection, and Integration Patrick M McGuire Glidepath, LLC, TX, USA Series: Industrial Innovation

This is probably the first book in 40 years to comprehensively discuss conveyors, a topic that seems mundane until the need arises to move material from point A to point B without manual intervention. This book gives industrial designers, engineers, and operations managers key information for determining which type of conveyor to purchase and how to use it to meet their transport needs. It discusses requirements for specific products or materials and environmental factors, including extreme temperatures. Each chapter covers a specific type of conveyor including chain, belt, and gravity varieties, highlighting the primary features such as load capacity and rate and operation. Catalog no. K10216, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0388-2 August 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 210 pp. Suggested Price: $92.95 / £58.99 Available in eBook

Handbook of Industrial Engineering Equations, Formulas, and Calculations Adedeji B. Badiru Air Force Institute of Technology, Dayton, Ohio, USA

Olufemi A. Omitaomu

President, Contemporary Consultants Co., Southgate, Michigan, USA

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, USA Series: Industrial Innovation

Breaking down the OEE methodology from a historical perspective, this book explores the overall effectiveness of machines and unveils novel design improvement methods, including hazard analysis, rate of change of failure analysis, failure rate finite element analysis, and theory of inventive problem solving. It covers loss of effectiveness, new machinery, electrical maintenance issues, Weibull distribution, measurement techniques, and mechanical and electrical reliability. Highlighting mechanical and electrical opportunities throughout, the text includes a CD with more than 100 pages of appendices and additional resources.

Industrial engineering practitioners don’t have to be computational experts; they just have to know where to get the computational resources that they need. This book provides access to computational resources needed by industrial engineers. It consists of several sections, each with a focus on a particular specialization area of industrial engineering, such as basic and engineering math, production engineering, engineering economics, ergonomics, systems and data engineering, project engineering, and simulation and statistical calculations. The book elucidates the underlying equations that facilitate the understanding required to improve design processes.

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Fourth I*PROMS Virtual International Conference, 1-14 July, 2008 Edited by

D.T. Pham, E.E. Eldukhri, and A.J. Soroka Cardiff University, UK

The fourth web-based conference on Innovative Production Machines and Systems organized by the EU-funded I*PROMS Network of Excellence, IPROMS 2008 built on the three previous successful conferences, attracting over 300 authors from 30 countries across five continents. This volume of 100 papers provides an invaluable state-of-the-technology review and assessment, enabling readers to appreciate developments and potential in a number of exciting fields. It is a focal point for access to information from researchers and industrial practitioners in the field of intelligent systems and soft computing techniques and their application in diverse areas within manufacturing. Catalog no. N10016, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0117-8 May 2009, 8 x 10, 650 pp. Suggested Price: $289.95

Lean Six Sigma in Service Applications and Case Studies Edited by

Sandra L. Furterer Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Bentonville, Arkansas and Southern Polytechnic State University, Marietta, Georgia, USA

Based on case studies, this book demonstrates real-world applications of Six Sigma, especially in service or non-traditional industries and processes. In a clean, clear style that is not overly technical, the text describes the Six Sigma DMAIC and Design for Six Sigma IDDOV problem solving approach and how it can be applied to service and transaction related processes. The case studies illustrate the application of Lean Six Sigma tools to a wide variety of processes and problems including, but not limited to, financial process improvement, designing a recruiting process, managing a college’s assets, and improving educational processes. Catalog no. 78887, ISBN: 978-1-4200-7888-6 May 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 468 pp. Suggested Price: $82.95 / £52.99 Available in eBook

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Inventory Management Non-Classical Views

Real Options in Engineering Design, Operations, and Management

Production Systems

Innovative Production Machines and Systems

Edited by

Harriet Black Nembhard

Mohamad Y. Jaber Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Series: Industrial Innovation

Classical inventory management focuses on cost minimization as a performance measure, where many cost parameters are difficult to estimate and inventory system costs are hidden. Constantly changing in response to international competition and new technology, inventory management requires a new family of performance measures that represent situations more realistically. Establishing the foundation for new areas of research, Inventory Management: Non-Classical Views focuses on the need to design inventory systems that serve as a means of flexibility, to develop performance measures other than cost to control inventory, and to view inventory as a contributor to customer value creation. Catalog no. 79972, ISBN: 978-1-4200-7997-5 August 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 242 pp. Suggested Price: $82.95 / £52.99

Penn State University, University Park, USA

Mehmet Aktan Ataturk Universitesi, Erzurum, Turkey

Real options methodology has long been proposed as an approach to making business decisions, and the field of engineering is no exception. It is valued today as an approach for the evaluation and optimization of engineering systems under uncertainty. This book presents and synthesizes the body of knowledge in the area of real options for engineering systems. Providing case studies at the end of each application chapter, it covers engineering applications across different disciplines such as industrial and civil engineering, and computer science. Stepby-step computations of real options valuation are included. Catalog no. 71696, ISBN: 978-1-4200-7169-6 October 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 253 pp. Suggested Price: $82.95 / £52.99 Available in eBook

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RFID and Auto-ID in Planning and Logistics A Practical Guide for Military UID Applications

Lean Manufacturing

Erick C. Jones

Business Bottom-Line Based

University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA

John X. Wang

Christopher A. Chung

Lean Six Sigma Institute of Technology, Marion, Iowa, USA

Seabrook, Texas, USA

Written by an expert who has seen firsthand the limitations of traditional lean manufacturing, this book demonstrates how an awareness of manufacturing business metrics is absolutely essential for every lean manufacturing practitioner. The author outlines case studies relating world events and manufacturing efficiency and presents lean manufacturing strategies and techniques designed to accelerate responses to current and future events on the floors of the world’s manufacturing facilities. The book introduces key methods for harnessing market forces by following the Three Golden Rules to reduce production and inventory costs.

Now that RFID technology has come of age and there are numerous choices, the challenge has become how to select the right one for the job. A practical reference on the workings of RFID and Auto-ID technologies such as satellite tags and barcodes and their integration into logistics initiatives, this book covers background, history, and current applications. It delineates a decision model for choosing RFID and other Auto-ID technologies. It covers integrating and developing RFID and Auto-ID applications, traditional planning and logistics, military UID requirements, and future research.

Catalog no. 86022, ISBN: 978-1-4200-8602-7 August 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 288 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £57.99

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Social Responsibility Failure Mode Effects and Analysis Holly Alison Duckworth

Production Systems / Project Management 34

The Complete Project Management Office Handbook

Gilbert, Arizona, USA

Second Edition

Rosemond Ann Moore

Gerard M. Hill

University of Texas, Texas, USA Series: Industrial Innovation

Principal, Hill Consulting Group, Woodbridge, Virginia, USA Series: ESI International Project Management

There’s been a lot of buzz recently about social responsibility among organizational leaders in the public and private sector. Although many books cover market response and interest to this global concern, this is the first book to focus on methods for assessing an organization’s process towards its social responsibility performance through failure mode and risk assessment. The text defines social responsibility, explains how the new ISO 26000 standard will affect the marketplace, and provides practical problem solving methods that can be put to use immediately in any organization to improve overall social responsibility.

The second edition of The Complete Project Management Office Handbook extends the concepts and considerations of modern project management into the realm of project management oversight, control, and support. Recognizing the need for a centralized organizational entity—the project management office (PMO)—to perform in this capacity, this book considers five stages of PMO along a competency continuum, establishing the depth of its functional responsibility. This revised edition also presents 20 functional models that can be used to guide deliberation and development of PMO operational capability. The text provides a starting point for readers to resolve their specific project management needs.

Catalog no. K10208, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0372-1 March 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 201 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99 Available in eBook

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COSMIC Function Points Theory and Advanced Practices

Best Practices in Business Technology Management

Edited by

Stephen J. Andriole

Alain Abran

Villanova University, Pennsylvania, USA

Universite du Quebec a Montreal, Canada

Written in a compelling, conversational manner, this book offers qualitative and quantitative methods, tools, and techniques for deploying and supporting all kinds of information technology. It identifies the range of technology decisions that managers make and the best practices that define good acquisition, deployment, and support decisions, all in an easy-to-absorb, conversational tone. The book covers the interrelated business technology alignment areas of business strategy as well as technology applications, architecture, infrastructure, support, acquisition, and organization. Each section ends with a summary of actionable best practices.

An overview of the COSMIC FFP functional size measurement method, this book describes theory and practice in the international software measurement community. Delineating the method’s history and intentions, the editors present a summary of the scientific and practical background of the FSM method presented during international workshops, covering essential aspects of the next generation of functional size measurement methods. The book is useful for creating, practically implementing, standardizing, successfully distributing, and adapting any FSM method.

Catalog no. AU6333, ISBN: 978-1-4200-6333-2 September 2008, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 368 pp. Suggested Price: $75.95 / £47.99

Reiner Dumke University of Magdeburg, Germany

Catalog no. K11991, ISBN: 978-1-4398-4486-1 February 2011, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 360 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99 Available in eBook

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The Complete Project Management Methodology and Toolkit

Effective Communications for Project Management

Gerard M. Hill

Senior Project Manager, Fortune 500 Firm

Principal, Hill Consulting Group, Woodbridge, Virginia, USA

Ralph L. Kliem, PMP

Written by one of the nation’s most highly regarded project management mentors, The Complete Project Management Methodology and Toolkit provides a business-relevant project management solution that can be readily applied in any industry by both novice and experienced project managers. Aligned with common business practices, Gerard Hill’s method shows how to develop project plans, keep on schedule, manage budgets, maintain areas of responsibility, and evaluate a project’s progress from concept to completion. The text also offers insight for customizing the methodology to meet the unique needs of individual organizations.

This book examines elements of the communications process and describes the role that the Project Management Information System (PMIS) has in helping project managers become better communicators. In addition to describing how personality affects communications, the book details the seven elements of effective communications: applying active and effective listening; preparing the communications and establishing an issues management process; drafting and publishing documentation; conducting meetings; giving effective presentations; developing and deploying a project website; and building a project war room. Each chapter contains examples and checklists that can be adapted to each reader’s environment.

Catalog no. K10095, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0154-3 October 2009, 8-1/2 x 11, 420 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £54.99

Catalog no. AU6246, ISBN: 978-1-4200-6246-5 November 2007, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 240 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £50.99

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Kerry Wills Southington, Connecticut, USA

Not only do project managers have to be diligent in project planning and execution, they also need to have skills in persuasion, self-management, communication, and relationship management. This volume empowers project managers to master the skills necessary to succeed in the current environment. It examines several trends within the project landscape, describes the challenges created by these trends, and provides case studies that elucidate each trend and its impact. The book offers techniques to help readers master the needed skills. It also includes additional case studies that illustrate how the techniques are used and discuss the outcomes. Catalog no. K11341, ISBN: 978-1-4398-2716-1 May 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 220 pp. Suggested Price: $69.95 / £44.99

Green Project Management Richard Maltzman David Shirley Offering the latest in green techniques and methods, this book is designed to help project managers maximize limited project resources and get the most out of a finite budget. It provides proven techniques and best practices in green project management, including risk and advantage assessments and the procurement of incentives such as grants, rebates, and tax credits. With illustrative case studies and insights from acknowledged leaders in green project management, this book is a crucial addition to any project manager’s library in this age of ecological awareness. Catalog no. K11466, ISBN: 978-1-4398-3001-7 August 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 296 pp. Suggested Price: $69.95 / £44.99 Available in eBook

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Handbook of Military Industrial Engineering Essentials of Engineering Leadership and Innovation Pamela McCauley-Bush and Lesia L. Crumpton-Young University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA

Edited by

Adedeji B. Badiru and Marlin U. Thomas Air Force Institute of Technology, Dayton, Ohio, USA Series: Industrial Innovation

The global economy, international engineering challenges, dismal economic climate, and growing shortage of the world’s natural resources means that engineers must not only innovate and solve problems but be integral parts of the holistic process of developing and disseminating the outcomes of technology. Designed to prepare engineers for technical, project, and managerial success, this book discusses how to approach and apply engineering leadership principles from an engineering education perspective. It covers innovation, problem solving, issues of diversity, and global work environments, supplemented with case studies.

IIE/Joint Publishers Book-of-the-Year Award! A compilation of the fundamentals, tools, principles, and modeling techniques, this book discusses the application of industrial engineering (IE) to military systems. Globally respected IE experts provide proven strategies that can help any military organization effectively create, adapt, utilize, and deploy resources, tools, and technology. Topics include supply chain management, lean enterprise concepts for military operations, modeling and optimization, economic planning, contingency planning and logistics, human factors and ergonomics, and information management and control.

Catalog no. K11060, ISBN: 978-1-4398-2011-7 June 2011, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 200 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99

Catalog no. 66285, ISBN: 978-1-4200-6628-9 February 2009, 7 x 10, 828 pp. Suggested Price: $133.95 / £85.00

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Global Engineering

Implementing Program Management

Design, Decision Making, and Communication Carlos Acosta Universidad de las Americas, Mexico

V. Jorge Leon, Charles R. Conrad, and Cesar O. Malave Texas A&M University, USA Series: Industrial Innovation

Project Management

Essential Project Management Skills

Templates and Forms Aligned with the Standard for Program Management, Second Edition (2008) Ginger Levin Project Management Consultant, Lighthouse Point, Florida, USA

Allen R. Green

Written by a multidisciplinary team of experts in industrial, mechanical, and manufacturing engineering as well as organizational communications, this book provides a primer on how to better design, make decisions, and communicate in an international working environment. The contents of the book reflect the authors’ multidisciplinary perspective and their experience working on projects around the world. The book presents globalization as a prevalent phenomenon affecting both the way companies operate and most engineering functions. It uses a case study format that is based on real industrial projects, ranging from design to supply chain and logistics problems and system improvement projects.

Written by two successful PgMPs, this work presents a step-by-step methodology for managing a program from initiation to closure. Mirroring PMI’s Standard for Program Management–Second Edition (2008), the book goes beyond the best practices listed in the PMI’s Standard to provide detailed guidance for these practices, enabling program managers to successfully coordinate any program. The templates described can be customized as required through a CD-ROM that is included with this book. This unique package of ready-to-use documents, tools, forms, templates, and reports empowers program managers to bring their programs to a successful finish and deliver its intended benefits to stakeholders.

Catalog no. K10580, ISBN: 978-1-4398-1155-9 September 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 256 pp. Suggested Price: $92.95 / £58.99

Catalog no. K10824, ISBN: 978-1-4398-1605-9 October 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 312 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99

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Implementing the Project Management Balanced Scorecard Jessica Keyes New Art Technologies, Edgewater, New Jersey, USA

Project Management

Business managers have long known the power of the Balanced Scorecard in executing corporate strategy. This volume shows project managers how they too can use this framework to meet strategic objectives. It supplies valuable insight into the project management process as a whole as well as detailed explanations on how to implement the balanced scorecard to measure and manage performance and projects. It investigates numerous sample scorecards, metrics, and techniques and includes a plethora of resources in its appendices and on the accompanying CD, including instructions for developing a measurement program, a full metrics guide, a sample project plan, and a set of project management fill-in forms. Catalog no. K11342, ISBN: 978-1-4398-2718-5 July 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 447 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99 Available in eBook

Edward B. Farkas Jackson Heights, New York, USA Series: ESI International Project Management, 7

A practical, step-by-step guide to managing web-based projects, this hands-on approach demystifies even the most daunting tasks. Using common sense tips and proven tools, international consultant Edward B. Farkas outlines a typical project lifecycle including project integration, scope and scope change, and work breakdown structures. He addresses concepts such as risk, time, human resources, communications, and quality management. Dozens of templates, schedules, checklists, and flow charts, prepare you to become a project management professional, fully versed in and aligned with the nine knowledge areas and five processes codified by the internationally accepted standards of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®). Catalog no. K10273, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0495-7 October 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 401 pp. Suggested Price: $61.95 / £39.99 Available in eBook

Leadership Principles for Project Success Thomas Juli Thomas Juli Empowerment Partners, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Managing Web Projects

Moving from Project Management to Project Leadership A Practical Guide to Leading Groups R. Camper Bull Series: Industrial Innovation

Filled with samples, templates, and guidelines that readers can immediately use in their projects, this practical guide covers the five principles of effective project leadership and how they can be applied in daily project work. Based on experience in project management and the literature on leadership, project management, business, systems, and complexity theory, the five principles include building vision, nurturing collaboration, promoting performance, cultivating learning, and ensuring results. The book explains these principles in simple, non-technical language and shows how they can set up, manage, and align projects for success.

For managers to truly excel into a position of leadership, they must increase efficiency and develop the soft skills necessary to inspire people to do more with less. Providing a series of practical and tested lessons, this book offers a clear, coherent, and effective way of tactfully directing project managers. Written by a highly successful author, it gives real-world examples, survey materials including a high performing team questionnaire, and exercises in conflict resolution, conflict continuum, and team effectiveness. It also provides a website with downloadable documents and a podcast to continually reinforce the material.

Catalog no. K11559, ISBN: 978-1-4398-3461-9 August 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 284 pp. Suggested Price: $69.95 / £44.99

Catalog no. K11303, ISBN: 978-1-4398-2667-6 April 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 298 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99

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PMP® Exam Managing Projects in Trouble

Practice Test and Study Guide, Eighth Edition

Achieving Turnaround and Success

Edited by

Ralph L. Kliem, PMP

J. LeRoy Ward

Senior Project Manager, Fortune 500 Firm

ESI International, Arlington, Virginia, USA

This step-by-step guide explains how to turn a project from potential failure to surefire success. It draws on the author’s 25 years of experience to offer readers the practical tools needed. Using checklists and diagrams, it explains how to recognize the symptoms of troubled projects—supplying proven techniques to address problems. Readers will learn how to revisit a project’s vision and how to develop a new one by identifying the possible options and choosing the most appropriate.

This rigorous study guide provides 40 multiple-choice practice questions in each of nine knowledge areas and the professional and social responsibilities domain and a composite 200-question practice test that simulates the PMP® exam. This spiral bound text includes fully referenced answers keyed to the five project management process groups, a complete bibliography, and a study matrix to help readers key in on specific areas that require further study. Using the selfexamination and study tools in this book, readers can increase their chances of passing the PMP® certification exam the first time.

Catalog no. K12412, ISBN: 978-1-4398-5246-0 April 2011, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 184 pp. Suggested Price: $69.95 / £44.99 Available in eBook

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Program Management Complexity A Competency Model

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Project Management Consultant, Lighthouse Point, Florida, USA

J. LeRoy Ward ESI International, Arlington, Virginia, USA Series: ESI International Project Management Series

Written by two of the first people to obtain the Program Management Professional (PgMP) certification from the Project Management Institute, this book explores various competency models for program management. The book delineates a competency model that follows the framework of PMI’s model for project managers but is applied to program managers with performance and personal competencies. After an overview of the model, the text presents three separate questionnaires designed for organizations, existing program managers, and aspiring program managers, respectively, to assess their own development plans. Catalog no. K12335, ISBN: 978-1-4398-5111-1 February 2011, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 136 pp. Suggested Price: $69.95 / £44.99 Available in eBook

Project Execution

Project Management Theory and Practice Gary L. Richardson University of Houston, TX

Following and expanding on PMI’s Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®), this classroom-tested text provides a complete overview of project management theory. It translates the abstract model vocabulary and processes from A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), Fourth Edition into accessible discussions. Filled with end-of-chapter questions, scheduling and budgeting problems, scoping projects, and sample worksheets illustrating various analytical tools and management decisions, the book is ideal for classroom use and essential reading for those seeking project management certification. Catalog no. K10496, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0993-8 January 2010, 7 x 10, 578 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £57.99

A Practical Approach to Industrial and Commercial Project Management

Project Management Tools and Techniques for Success

Chitram Lutchman

Christine B. Tayntor

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Independent Consultant, Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA

Focusing primarily on the project execution phase of a project, this book provides a practical approach for executing large industrial and commercial projects. The author identifies people, processes, and system readiness as key components of an overall process so that projects can be executed within budget and on schedule. He also identifies strong leadership behaviors, stakeholder relations and management as key requirements for successful project execution. An easy-to-follow road map, the book discusses practical tools and processes which can be adapted for varying scales of projects and in many different industries.

Emphasizing the power of up-front planning techniques to prevent projects from imploding, this book explains the tools and concepts of Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) in an easy-to-understand style. By adding a layer of statistical methods and tools to the front-end of a project, DFSS augments the standard Six Sigma process to ensure that a project fully meets the customers’ needs so that delays caused by new requirements and rework after implementation are either eliminated or substantially reduced. Detailed case studies demonstrate project management fundamentals and common pitfalls to translate concepts into practical applications.

Catalog no. K11755, ISBN: 978-1-4398-3863-1 July 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 252 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99 Available in eBook

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Project Management for Healthcare David Shirley Series: ESI International Project Management Series

This book explores project management from the perspective of the healthcare environment. It is organized into three sections corresponding to the three major phases of a project: planning, executing, and controlling. Dissecting each phase, it examines the influences of healthcare on each phase. The planning section covers the tools and techniques required to successfully plan a project. The executing section explains how to use the project plan to achieve budget, schedule, and quality objectives. The control section covers project changes, milestones, and metrics. Catalog no. K11028, ISBN: 978-1-4398-1953-1 April 2011, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 192 pp. Suggested Price: $69.95 / £44.99 Available in eBook

Project Management Systems, Principles, and Applications Adedeji B. Badiru Air Force Institute of Technology, Dayton, Ohio, USA Series: Industrial Innovation

The practice of project management continues to grow at an exponential rate. As more and more organizations realize the benefits of project management, the need for training in this area increases. Covering all major phases, this textbook presents the tools and techniques used in each stage of project management from a pedagogical perspective. Using end-of-chapter exercises, software tools, case studies, and graphical representations to supplement concepts, the author presents complete coverage of a wide range of topics, including planning, organization, scheduling, resource allocation, control, systems engineering, economics, decision analysis as well as lean and Six Sigma techniques. Catalog no. 83198, ISBN: 978-1-4200-8319-4 June 2011, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 384 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99

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Project Management

Ginger Levin

STEP Project Management Risk Management Techniques Decision Theory and Sociological Influences Adam Greene-Wright

Project Management

A remarkably insightful look into the relationship between choice and the human condition, this book examines the philosophy of decision making under conditions of uncertainty. It covers how we search for, accept, and discard information and presents the relationship between information, knowledge, complexity, and uncertainty. Placing man’s relationship with uncertainty in a historical context, the book goes on to discuss the conceptualization of the interpretative effect of experiential and motivational factors on decision making and how this relationship will continue to evolve. Catalog no. K11386, ISBN: 978-1-4398-2811-3 June 2011, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 264 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99 Available in eBook

Adedeji B. Badiru Air Force Institute of Technology, Dayton, Ohio, USA Series: Industrial Innovation

Presenting a step-by-step approach to managing projects in science, technology, and engineering, this volume uses the time-tested concepts of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®). The book combines managerial, organizational, and quantitative techniques into a logical sequence of project implementation steps, discussing the management of scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, communications, risk, and procurement. Using a compelling case study that profiles the errors leading to the 1986 Challenger disaster, the book examines how flaws in decision-making, failure to consider all factors, lack of communication, and inappropriate priorities can lead to catastrophe. Catalog no. 72358, ISBN: 978-1-4200-7235-8 April 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 421 pp. Suggested Price: $92.95 / £58.99 Available in eBook

Scrum Project Management

Supply Chain Project Management

Kim H. Pries

Second Edition

Value Transformation LLC, Texas, USA

James B. Ayers

Jon M. Quigley

Guide for Science, Technology, and Engineering Projects

CGR Management Consultants, Playa del Rey, California, USA

Presenting a modified version of the agile software development framework, the book introduces Scrum basics and explains how to apply this adaptive technique to effectively manage a wide range of programs and complex projects. It provides proven planning methods for controlling project scope and ensuring your project stays on schedule. It also includes Scrum tracking methods to help your team maintain a focus on improving throughput and streamlining communications. Having successfully deployed and implemented Scrum across multiple companies and departments, the authors provide valuable insight into how they achieved their past successes and how they overcame the trials involved with the deployment of a Scrum environment. Catalog no. K11197, ISBN: 978-1-4398-2515-0 August 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 198 pp. Suggested Price: $49.95 / £31.99

This updated guide explains how to implement project management best practices for continued improvement to the supply chain. James Ayers, an authority on supply chain implementation and management, offers unique perspectives, augmented by anecdotes garnered from years of experience. He covers SCM execution, highlights the challenges managers are likely to face, and offers multiple viewpoints and definitions from the supply chain and project management perspectives. The text also explains how to achieve companywide agreement for developing and directing strategies that will lower risk in undertaking difficult supply chain change. Catalog no. AU3929, ISBN: 978-1-4200-8392-7 October 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 430 pp. Suggested Price: $82.95 / £52.99 Available in eBook

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Software Testing and Continuous Quality Improvement Third Edition

The 12 Pillars of Project Excellence A Lean Approach to Improving Project Results

William E. Lewis President and CEO, Smartware Technologies Inc., Plano, Texas

Adil F. Dalal

This third edition of a bestseller provides a comprehensive look at software testing as part of the project management process, emphasizing testing and quality goals early on in development. The text explains how compliance testing helps an IT organization meet Sarbanes-Oxley and Basel II requirements. The sections on test effort estimation emphasize testing metrics, while additional chapters address process, application, and organizational metrics. The book also examines all aspects of functional testing and looks at the relation between changing business strategies and changes to applications in development.

Written to unite project management with lean, this workbook concentrates on the most basic tenet of lean thinking: eliminating waste. To demonstrate why lean is the best tool for project success, the author addresses gaps in current project management and provides corrective methods. The book defines the nine wastes found in project management and addresses them with Lean tools. The book also demonstrates how lean can be improved through application of project management principles. To aid the reader in understanding, the author includes examples, case studies, and group exercises that emphasize principles and concepts.

Catalog no. AU0733, ISBN: 978-1-4200-8073-5 December 2008, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 688 pp. Suggested Price: $85.95 / £54.99 Available in eBook

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Acceptance Sampling in Quality Control Second Edition Edward G. Schilling Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, USA

Dean V. Neubauer

Shankar Jha

Corning Incorporated, Horseheads, New York, USA Series: Statistics: A Series of Textbooks and Monographs

Describing the challenges and opportunities of communication in a project environment, this detailed guide highlights the range of tools available to the project manager and instructs on their effective use and application. Written from a practical standpoint, this book provides the tools and best practices needed for successful communication management. It deals primarily with written communication, including plans, reports, guidelines, procedures, messages, and presentations. Using easy-to-understand language, this book highlights the various project communication tools available for use including email and PowerPoint®.

Integrating both theory and practice, this comprehensive book encompasses the most widely used acceptance sampling techniques. This second edition includes coverage of ISO 2859 and 3951 standards and the ASTM version (E2234) of MIL-STD-105E, along with a new section on credit-based sampling plans. It also stresses the role of sampling schemes with switching rules and extensively discusses accept zero plans, including TNT, credit-based, the Nelson monograph for c=0, and MIL-STD-1916. The authors introduce the fundamentals of probability theory and provide problems at the end of each chapter with solutions at the end of the text.

Catalog no. K10497, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0995-2 March 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 200 pp. Suggested Price: $59.95 / £38.99

Catalog no. C9527, ISBN: 978-1-58488-952-6 March 2009, 7 x 10, 700 pp. Suggested Price: $119.95 / £72.99

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Applied Reliability The Strategic Project Office Second Edition

Third Edition Paul A. Tobias Retired, Austin, Texas, USA

J. Kent Crawford

David C. Trindade

Series: PM Solutions Research

Sun Microsystems, Inc., Palo Alto, California, USA

The second edition of this award-winning reference provides step-by-step instructions for establishing and maturing a project management office (PMO). Concise and easy to read, the text covers the four primary areas of knowledge and practice regarding the PMO: governance and portfolio management, resource optimization, organizational change, and performance measurement. Winner of the 2001 David I. Cleland Project Management Literature Award, the first edition introduced the concept of PMO as a strategic resource. This edition adds reporting on cutting-edge research on the status and roles of today’s PMO, highlights best practices and includes case studies of award-winning PMOs.

This popular book is an easy-to-use guide that addresses basic descriptive statistics, reliability concepts, the exponential distribution, the Weibull distribution, the lognormal distribution, reliability data plotting, acceleration models, life test data analysis and systems models, and much more. The third edition includes a new chapter on Bayesian reliability analysis and expanded, updated coverage of repairable system modeling. Taking a practical and example-oriented approach to reliability analysis, it also provides detailed illustrations of software implementation throughout using several widely available software packages. Software and other files are available for download at www.crcpress.com.

Catalog no. K11727, ISBN: 978-1-4398-3812-9 September 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 394 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99

Catalog no. C4665, ISBN: 978-1-58488-466-8 June 2011, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 600 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £63.99

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Asset Management Excellence Optimizing Equipment Life-Cycle Decisions, Second Edition

The A3 Workbook Unlock Your Problem-Solving Mind Daniel D. Matthews Facilitating participation and responsibility across an entire organization, this one-of-a-kind workbook takes readers step-by-step through the disciplined development of an A3 report, a single-sided piece of paper used by Lean companies to promote efficiency. The A3 provides all employees at all levels with a method to quickly identify a problem, analyze its root cause, select appropriate countermeasures, and communicate necessary actions to decision makers. The workbook includes worksheet templates that can be reproduced and used in future problem-solving efforts. Catalog no. K11572, ISBN: 978-1-4398-3489-3 October 2010, 8-1/2 x 11, 183 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $49.95 / £31.99 Available in eBook

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John D. Campbell, Andrew K.S. Jardine, and Joel McGlynn Based on real-world consulting and research, Asset Management Excellence: Optimizing Equipment Life-Cycle Decisions provides the methods and tools needed for making life-cycle decisions associated with physical asset management. This second edition features new chapters on the world of life cycle management and asset classes; information management and related technology; design of strategy and implementation; and the future of management maintenance. Including updated case studies, additional new material addresses leadership issues, presents key factors for successful implementation of reliability-centered maintenance, and discusses the optimization of insurance spares and software. Catalog no. 0300, ISBN: 978-0-8493-0300-5 November 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 496 pp. Suggested Price: $99.95 / £63.99 Available in eBook

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Project Management / Quality Control & Reliability

The Project Manager’s Communication Toolkit

The Basics of FMEA Second Edition Raymond J. Mikulak, Robin McDermott, and Michael Beauregard

Nigel Hyatt

Quality Control & Reliability

Resource Engineering, Tolland, Connecticut, USA

Dyadem, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada

Reflecting ISO 9000 and ISO/TS 16949 standards, The Basics of FMEA, Second Edition systematically assists developers and engineers in achieving quality and cost-efficiency. It fully defines Failure Mode and Effect Analysis and provides a definitive ten-step method for its implementation illustrated by an extended case study. The book demonstrates how to involve all stakeholders in the process so as to identify and preemptively eliminate those product deficiencies that originate in production. With a long track record of success in the military and the automotive industry, FMEA is now being applied to production concerns across a variety of industries.

This unique manual is a comprehensive, easy-to-read overview of hazards analysis as it applies to the process and allied industries. The book begins by building a background in the technical definition of risk, past industrial incidents and their impacts, ensuing legislation, and the language and terms of the risk field. It addresses the different types of structured analytical techniques for conducting Process Hazards Analyses (PHA), provides a “what if ” checklist, and shows how to organize and set up PHA sessions. Other topics include layout and siting considerations, human factors, loss of containment, and PHA team leadership issues.

Catalog no. PP7377, ISBN: 978-1-56327-377-3 December 2008, 6 x 9, 90 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $15.95 / £10.99

Catalog no. 1909, ISBN: 978-0-8493-1909-9 March 2003, 8-1/2 x 11, 474 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $226.95 / £145.00 Available in eBook

Electric Power Distribution Reliability Second Edition

Human Reliability, Error, and Human Factors in Engineering Maintenance With Reference to Aviation and Power Generation

Richard E. Brown

Guidelines for Process Hazards Analysis (PHA, HAZOP), Hazards Identification, and Risk Analysis

Vice President, Quanta Technology, Cary, North Carolina, USA Series: Power Engineering (Willis)

B.S. Dhillon

Presenting a wealth of useful knowledge, Electric Power Distribution Reliability remains the authoritative reference on distribution system reliability. This edition features a history of reliability indices, benchmarking information, guidelines for using the IEEE 2.5 Beta methodology, comprehensive treatment of storm hardening, and a detailed section on overhead to underground conversion. It also contains a chapter on aging infrastructure, with an extensive discussion on how to effectively manage equipment when it nears the end of its useful life.

Blending coverage of human reliability, error, and human factors in engineering maintenance, this text offers a tool for dealing with the increasing problem of human error. The author’s clear, concise, user-friendly style breaks the information down into understandable and applicable concepts. He discusses the maintenance environment, typical maintenance errors and their causes, and useful design improvement guidelines to reduce equipment maintenance errors. The author includes eight methods considered useful for performing human reliability and error analysis as well as mathematical models.

Catalog no. 7567, ISBN: 978-0-8493-7567-5 September 2008, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 504 pp. Suggested Price: $139.95 / £89.00 Available in eBook

University of Ottawa, Canada

Catalog no. K10213, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0383-7 April 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 200 pp. Suggested Price: $92.95 / £58.99 Available in eBook

Food Industry Quality Control Systems Mark Clute

Industrial Applications of Laser Diagnostics

Turtle Mountain, LLC, Eugene, Oregon, USA

Yoshihiro Deguchi

With more than 100 tables, spreadsheets, and program outlines, Food Industry Quality Control Systems features all of the systems needed for food manufacturing facilities to assure food quality and safety. This book outlines the role of management in overall quality control and the role of HACCP within a company. It explains the basics of quality control programs including pest control programs, lot coding, organizational charts, specifications, supplier certification, and sanitation programs. Readers can visit the CRC website to download supporting programs in a “plug-and-play” format and adaptable forms with specific examples and resources that enable companies to customize forms to fit their own needs.

With numerous real-world industrial examples, this cohesive work reviews current laser-based techniques as applied to industrial monitoring and diagnostics. It covers regulations, safety and environmental issues, and a range of modern applications in industrial physics and engineering. The book focuses on laserinduced fluorescence, laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy, tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy, time-of-flight mass spectroscopy, and optical fiber sensing technology. It also explores industrial products that address environmental and safety requirements.

Catalog no. 8028, ISBN: 978-0-8493-8028-0 October 2008, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 536 pp. Suggested Price: $149.95 / £96.00

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki, Japan

Catalog no. K12464, ISBN: 978-1-4398-5337-5 June 2011, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 288 pp. Suggested Price: $139.95 / £89.00 Available in eBook

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Maintenance, Replacement, and Reliability Theory and Applications

Practical Stress Analysis in Engineering Design Third Edition Ronald Huston University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Andrew K.S. Jardine

Harold Josephs

University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Based on results of research in physical asset management, Maintenance, Replacement, and Reliability: Theory and Applications provides the necessary tools for making data-driven decisions. This book offers a solid theoretical foundation for these tools, demonstrating applications through various case studies. The applications relate to such areas as food processing, petrochemical, military, mining, transportation, steel, and pharmaceutical industries. Ideal for classroom use, this text also features supplementary software that can be downloaded from the CRC website. These software packages include educational versions of OREST®, EXAKT®, PERDEC®, WeibullSoft, Crew Size Simulators, and more. Catalog no. DK9669, ISBN: 978-0-8493-3966-0 September 2005, 6 x 9, 350 pp. Suggested Price: $139.95 / £89.00

Updated and revised, this book presents the application of engineering design and analysis based on the approach of understanding the physical characteristics of a given problem and then modeling the important aspects of the physical system. This third edition provides coverage of new topics including contact stress analysis, singularity functions, gear stresses, fasteners, shafts, and shaft stresses. It introduces finite element methods as well as boundary element methods and also features worked examples, problems, and a section on the finite difference method and applications. This text is suitable for undergraduate and graduate students in mechanical, civil, and aerospace engineering. Catalog no. DK4291, ISBN: 978-1-57444-713-2 December 2008, 7 x 10, 664 pp. Suggested Price: $146.95 / £93.00 Available in eBook

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Models of Network Reliability

Principles of Total Quality

Analysis, Combinatorics, and Monte Carlo

Third Edition

Ilya B. Gertsbakh

Vincent K. Omachonu

Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel

University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA

Yoseph Shpungin

Joel E. Ross

Shamoon College of Engineering, Beer Sheva, Israel

Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA

Unique in its approach, this volume provides a brief introduction to Monte Carlo methods and a concise exposition of reliability theory ideas. From there, it investigates a collection of principal network reliability models and provides solutions for most principal network reliability problems as Monte Carlo algorithms, illustrated by numerical examples and tables. Written by reliability experts with significant teaching experience, this reader-friendly text serves the needs of software, industrial, and reliability engineering students, researchers, and engineers. Stressing intuitive explanations and providing detailed proofs of difficult statements, the book offers end-of-chapter exercises with many worked numerical examples and a solutions manual—making it ideal for self-study and practical use.

An exceptionally thorough treatment of quality, this bestselling text provides practical instruction for students as well as for those responsible for quality implementation and management. The authors address reliability against the backdrop of increasing litigation in the area of product performance. Complete chapters provide a historical perspective for Six Sigma and discuss the concepts of service excellence within healthcare organizations. The authors also provide an expanded analysis of process quality management and quality function deployment, parameters for customer satisfaction, ways to organize for TQM, and the use of control charts to account for variables.

Catalog no. K10902, ISBN: 978-1-4398-1741-4 December 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 217 pp. Suggested Price: $82.95 / £52.99

Practical Reliability Engineering and Analysis for System Design and Life-Cycle Sustainment William Wessels

Catalog no. SL3267, ISBN: 978-1-57444-326-4 May 2004, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 512 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £50.99

Product Reliability, Maintainability, and Supportability Handbook Second Edition Edited by

Michael Pecht

University of Alabama, Huntsville, USA

University of Maryland, College Park, USA

Structured in stand-alone sections, designed specifically for practicing engineers, this book addresses specific reliability and maintainability analysis methods for part design, systems integration and life-cycle sustainment. Unlike many books on this subject, this one departs from the nearly exclusive use of the exponential probability distribution to characterize failure and demonstrates other probability distributions that more accurately describe the true behavior of failure. It emphasizes failure that results from wear-out over the useful life of the part. The engineering, rather than a mathematical or statistical approach, sets this book apart.

To ensure product reliability, an organization must follow certain practices during the product development process that impact reliability. The second edition of this bestselling volume helps professionals to identify the shortcomings in the reliability practices of their organizations and empowers them to take actions to overcome them. The book focuses on identifying failure mechanisms and teaches traditional maintainability and supportability tasks. Edited by a mechanical engineer known for his work in product development, reliability, packaging, and supply chain efficiency, this invaluable resource is now updated to include new optimization methods.

Catalog no. 94394, ISBN: 978-1-4200-9439-8 April 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 497 pp. Suggested Price: $129.95 / £82.00

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Quality Control & Reliability

Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan, USA Series: Dekker Mechanical Engineering

Albert H.C. Tsang

Quality Management in Construction Projects Abdul Razzak Rumane

Risk Analysis in Engineering

Quality Control & Reliability

Engineer, Consultant, SSH International Engineering Consultants, Kuwait Series: Industrial Innovation

Techniques, Tools, and Trends

Concise and easy to read, this reference presents information on how to approach quality assurance for construction projects. Containing quick reference tables and a wealth of figures, the book presents valuable quality-related data and guidelines, with coverage that spans from project inception through to issuance of a completion certificate. In addition to procedures and concepts, the author discusses a wide range of tools and techniques to address quality management, including Six Sigma, TRIZ, and Total Quality Management, as well as ISO 9000 and the ISO 14000 Environmental Management System.

Developed as a guide for practitioners and as a textbook for upper-level courses in risk analysis, Risk Analysis in Engineering presents an engineering approach to probabilistic risk analysis (PRA). It particularly emphasizes methods for comprehensive PRA studies, including techniques for risk management. The book requires no prior knowledge of risk analysis and provides the necessary mathematical and engineering foundations. The text relies heavily on, but is not limited to, examples from the nuclear industry, because that is where PRA techniques were first developed. Since PRA provides a best-estimate approach, the author pays special attention to explaining uncertainty characterization.

Catalog no. K11759, ISBN: 978-1-4398-3871-6 November 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 464 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £57.99 Available in eBook

Reliability Analysis and Prediction with Warranty Data Issues, Strategies, and Methods

Mohammad Modarres University of Maryland, College Park, USA

Catalog no. DK4812, ISBN: 978-1-57444-794-1 January 2006, 7 x 10, 424 pp. Suggested Price: $139.95 / £89.00

RSM Simplified

University of Massachusetts, USA

Optimizing Processes Using Response Surface Methods for Design of Experiments

Nanua Singh

Patrick J. Whitcomb and Mark J. Anderson

Consultant, Michigan, USA

Stat-Ease, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

This accessible guide helps readers successfully interpret warranty data to make accurate predictions. It discusses practical issues associated with the modeling and analysis of warranty data and includes a number of useful strategies to reduce costs of warranties. The authors offer a step-by-step approach with flowcharts to extract meaningful information from the warranty data, demonstrating each approach with detailed application examples. They also illustrate the use of neural networks in predicting warranty performance and show how other statistical methodologies can help support strategic, tactical, and operational types of managerial decision making.

A complete demystification of response surface methods (RSM), this book takes a simple and fun approach that provides knowledge on RSM in an easy-toread, informal style. Keeping formulas to a minimum and making liberal use of figures, charts, graphs, and checklists, the book offers relevant examples, amusing sidebars, and do-it-yourself exercises that lead readers to the peak potential for their product quality and process efficiency. The book includes Design-Expert®, version 7, with a 180-day free trial, allowing readers to do the complex statistical computations, generate the necessary graphics, and perform the numerical optimization.

Catalog no. K10183, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0325-7 April 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 184 pp. Suggested Price: $82.95 / £52.99

Catalog no. PP7297, ISBN: 978-1-56327-297-4 November 2004, 7 3/8 x 9 1/4, 304 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $61.95 / £39.99

Bharatendra K. Rai

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Reliability Engineering and Risk Analysis A Practical Guide, Second Edition University of Maryland, College Park, USA

Statistical Process Control for Real-World Applications

Vasiliy Krivtsov

William A. Levinson

Mohammad Modarres and Mark Kaminskiy Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan, USA

Levinson Productivity Systems, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA

Only a handful of books cover both reliability engineering and probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) together. With a focus on reliability analysis, this text provides a practical and comprehensive overview of reliability and risk analysis techniques. This second edition features additional topics including generalized renewal with applications, more detailed Bayesian estimation methods, and estimation of bounds of repairable unit reliability and availability. With numerous illustrative examples, this book also expands discussions on the models for physics of failure type probabilistic life estimation and uncertainty analysis and presents elementary risk analysis techniques.

Picking up where the textbooks usually leave off, this book equips readers to deal with non-normal applications scientifically and to explain the methodology to suppliers and customers. It shows how to handle uncooperative real-world processes that do not follow textbook assumptions. The text explains how to set realistic control limits and calculate meaningful process capability indices for non-normal applications. Highlighting the pitfalls of assuming normality for all processes, the book addresses multivariate systems, nested variation sources, as well as lognormal, gamma, and Weibull distributions.

Catalog no. 9247, ISBN: 978-0-8493-9247-4 September 2009, 7 x 10, 471 pp. Suggested Price: $102.95 / £41.99

Catalog no. K11055, ISBN: 978-1-4398-2000-1 December 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 272 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99 Available in eBook

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Evolving From Product Control to Process Control Douglas B. Relyea

Using Human Systems Dynamics to Build a Culture of Process Improvement Lawrence Solow 3-D Change, Inc., Westampton, New Jersey, USA

Brenda Fake

Quality Principle Associates, Norwich, Connecticut, USA

O-2 Optimizing Organizations, San Diego, California, USA

Using real-world examples in the context of the shop floor, this book addresses statistical process control through a non-mathematical, step-by-step explanation of the process capability study. It enables manufacturing personnel to understand how to recover a significant return on their investment from statistical process control. Machine operators and supervisors will better understand how they can communicate their process knowledge to management. Managers will then better understand the limitations of the process as it exists and will have a simple tool for managing process improvement.

Focusing on Lean Enterprise, Six Sigma, and Human Systems Dynamics, this guide provides new tools for managing and sustaining process improvement in today’s complex non-linear environments and helps readers apply new, relevant theory to their own management practices. With more than 50 combined years of change management and process improvement consulting experience, the authors offer valuable practical insights for creating dynamic organizational change. They describe the impact of both linear and adaptive approaches to process improvement. Case studies reveal ways to avoid common mistakes and demonstrate how to integrate new processes with past efforts.

Catalog no. K12127, ISBN: 978-1-4398-4778-7 February 2011, 7 x 10, 160 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $39.95 / £25.99 Available in eBook

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Architecture and Principles of Systems Engineering Transportation Systems Reliability and Safety B.S. Dhillon University of Ottawa, Canada

By integrating coverage of transportation reliability and safety topics and concepts into a single volume, this book eliminates the need to consult a number of different resources to obtain important information. It begins with mathematical concepts and safety basics considered useful to understanding the contents of subsequent chapters. The author then covers the significance of human error in rail and transportation systems and provides material on methods used to perform reliability and safety analyses. He offers problems to test reader comprehension and examples with solutions. Catalog no. K12078, ISBN: 978-1-4398-4640-7 February 2011, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 238 pp. Suggested Price: $99.95 / £63.99 Available in eBook

Charles Dickerson Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK

Dimitri N. Mavris Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA Series: CRC Complex and Enterprise Systems Engineering, 3

The emergence of Model Based Architecture (MDA™) and recent initiatives for model-based systems engineering (MBSE) will play heavily in how the practice of architecture and systems engineering evolves over the next several years. Rooted in the long-standing practices of engineering, science, and mathematics, this book gives readers the foundation and elementary methods to step into the domain of model-based architecture and systems engineering practices. It explores the fundamentals of systems architecture, describes how it fits into systems engineering, explains the role of a systems architect, and provides succinct recommendations on how systems architecture should be practiced. Catalog no. AU7253, ISBN: 978-1-4200-7253-2 November 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 496 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £58.99 Available in eBook

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The Art of Systems Architecting

Visual Controls Applying Visual Management to the Factory Chris A. Ortiz and Murry Park Kaizen Assembly, Inc., Bellingham, Washington

Leaving little to chance, this book provides a detailed explanation of how to apply the Lean principles of 5S to convert a factory to a fully functioning visual workplace. It covers the range of methods that compose an effective visual management system and explains management’s role in creating a Lean strategy to accomplish the transformation. The text covers visual Kanban, material replenishment, and the implementation of a visual maintenance department. Describing how to hasten the required cultural changes, it also includes step-bystep instructions for creating visual shadow boards. Catalog no. K11109, ISBN: 978-1-4398-2090-2 December 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 180 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $39.95 / £25.99 Available in eBook

Third Edition Mark W. Maier Aerospace Corporation, Chantilly, Virginia, USA Series: Systems Engineering

This book explains how to create a system from scratch, presenting invention/ design rules together with clear explanations of how to use them. The author supplies practical guidelines for avoiding common systematic failures while implementing new mandates. He uses a heuristics-based approach that provides an organized attack on very ill-structured engineering problems. Examining architecture as more than a set of diagrams and documents but as a set of decisions that either drive a system to success or doom it to failure, the book provide methods for integrating business strategy with technical architectural decision making. Catalog no. 79131, ISBN: 978-1-4200-7913-5 January 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 472 pp. Suggested Price: $102.95 / £65.99

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Quality Control & Reliability / Systems Engineering

The Practical Application of the Process Capability Study

What Works for GE May Not Work for You

Decentralized Control and Filtering in Interconnected Dynamical Systems Magdi S. Mahmoud KFUPM, Dharan, Saudi Arabia

Systems Engineering

Based on the many approaches available for dealing with large-scale systems (LSS), this book supplies a rigorous framework for studying the analysis, stability, and control problems of LSS. Providing an overall assessment of LSS theories, it addresses model order reduction, parametric uncertainties, time delays, and control estimator gain perturbations. It addresses the dominating sources of difficulties due to dimensionality, information structure constraints, uncertainties, and time delays. The text is supported by proofs, efficient computational methods, end-ofchapter problems, and approximately 1,300 equations. Catalog no. K11728, ISBN: 978-1-4398-3814-3 November 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 612 pp. Suggested Price: $119.95 / £76.99 Available in eBook

Advances in the Theory and Practice Edited by

George Rebovich, Jr. and Brian E. White The MITRE Corporation, Bedford, Massachusetts, USA Series: Complex and Enterprise Systems Engineering

With coverage ranging from the complex characteristics and behaviors of enterprises to the challenges they pose for engineering and technology, this book examines the impacts of enterprise processes and leading-edge technologies on the evolution of an enterprise. It discusses new and emerging modes of thought that are increasingly being recognized as essential to successful systems engineering, defining and examining key building blocks of this evolving field. It addresses the issues of the changing nature of SE, lays out a recommended direction for the future, and provides a unified basis for moving toward a mature discipline with an expanded scope. Catalog no. AU7329, ISBN: 978-1-4200-7329-4 July 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 477 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £57.99 Available in eBook

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Theory, Architecture, and Methods

Fundamentals of Linear Systems for Physical Scientists and Engineers

Ronald E. Giachetti

N.N. Puri

Florida International University, Miami, Florida

Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA

Specifically written for graduate and undergraduate courses, this book provides the knowledge and skills necessary to lead enterprise engineering projects. The book describes a systematic methodology to design an enterprise system and presents an enterprise architecture that has three views of process, information, and organization. The text includes methods to analyze and design each view and then demonstrates how to integrate them to arrive at the overall enterprise design. The author also includes enterprise project template in MS Word and MS Excel, a business process analyzer in MS Excel, PowerPoint slides for each chapter, as well as solutions for the 200 problems that are presented in the book.

The advent of inexpensive computing allows engineers to analyze, compute, and develop results that were unthinkable in the past. This book draws from diverse areas of engineering and the physical sciences to cover the fundamentals of linear systems. Assuming no prior knowledge of complex mathematics, the author uses his nearly 40 years of experience to address all of the necessary mathematical techniques. Original proofs, hundreds of examples, and theorems that have been proven from the student’s point of view illustrate and clarify the material. An extensive table provides Lyapunov functions for differential equations and conditions of stability for the equilibrium solutions.

Catalog no. K10955, ISBN: 978-1-4398-1823-7 January 2010, 7 x 10, 447 pp. Suggested Price: $99.95 / £63.99

Catalog no. K10583, ISBN: 978-1-4398-1157-3 October 2009, 7 x 10, 899 pp. Suggested Price: $102.95 / £65.99

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Design of Enterprise Systems

Enterprise Systems Engineering

Engineering Mega-Systems The Challenge of Systems Engineering in the Information Age

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Getting Design Right

Renee Stevens

A Systems Approach

MITRE, McLean, Virginia, USA Series: CRC Complex and Enterprise Systems Engineering

Peter L. Jackson

Explaining how the engineering of mega-systems is inherently different from that of large-scale monolithic systems, this book supplies the vocabulary and framework needed to explore the issues relevant to mega-systems. This framework then evolves into a diagnostic tool that helps readers to understand the nature and context of the system at hand and, on that basis, select the most appropriate processes, tools, and techniques. The text examines commercial and government applications of mega-systems and includes two case studies in engineering megasystems that illustrate valuable lessons learned and highlight emerging practices.

Classroom-tested and industry-reviewed, this text takes readers through the steps of customer-focused design. It integrates aspects from both design and systems engineering to provide a solid understanding of the fundamental principles and best practices in these areas. The author examines software engineering from a behavioral perspective that results in an object-oriented methodology. He also presents a holistic view of design by covering project management and scheduling. Through case studies and useful design challenges, the text encourages readers to create an initial product design and project plan. Numerous relevant spreadsheet files are available on the book’s website.

Catalog no. AU6663, ISBN: 978-1-4200-7666-0 July 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 254 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £54.99 Available in eBook

Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

Catalog no. K10556, ISBN: 978-1-4398-1115-3 September 2009, 7 x 10, 392 pp. Suggested Price: $82.95 / £52.99

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Interactive Dynamic-System Simulation

Edited by

Second Edition

Yuehwern Yih

Granino A. Korn

Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA Series: Industrial and Systems Engineering

Chelan, Washington, USA Series: Numerical Insights

While system engineering concepts have been broadly applied in the healthcare systems, most improvements have been focused on a specific segment or unit of the delivery system. Using a system engineering perspective, this handbook offers theoretical foundations, methodologies, and case studies in each main sector of the system. It explores how system engineering methodologies and their applications could improve patient outcomes and cost effectiveness. It offers a comprehensive description of the healthcare delivery system from the macro level (hospitals) to the micro level (operating room).

Showing you how to use personal computers for modeling and simulation, this practical tutorial discusses how to effectively simulate dynamical systems, such as aerospace vehicles, power plants, chemical processes, control systems, and physiological systems. This edition introduces a new vectorizing compiler for fast vector operations and parameter-influence studies, incorporates a new treatment of the difference equation programs for modeling sampled-data control systems with digital controllers, and presents improved versions of several classical simulation programs to illustrate useful programming tricks. An accompanying CD-ROM includes a complete, industrial-strength simulation program package.

Catalog no. K10187, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0333-2 December 2010, 7 x 10, 812 pp. Suggested Price: $129.95 / £82.00 Available in eBook

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Handbook of Industrial and Systems Engineering Edited by

Irregularities and Prediction of Major Disasters Yi Lin School of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, People’s Republic of China

Systems Engineering

Handbook of Healthcare Delivery Systems

Shoucheng OuYang

Adedeji B. Badiru Air Force Institute of Technology, Dayton, Ohio, USA Series: Industrial Innovation

Responding to the demand for a comprehensive handbook, the Handbook of Industrial and Systems Engineering offers full access to a wide range of industrial and systems engineering tools and techniques in a concise format. Providing state-of-the-art coverage from more than 40 contributing authors, many of whom are “rising stars” in this area, this volume emphasizes systems engineering aspects and expands beyond the topics found in the existing references in this field. The handbook is a one-stop reference for industrial and systems engineering. It introduces new technologies, offers a systems integration approach, and provides coverage of information engineering. Catalog no. 2719, ISBN: 978-0-8493-2719-3 December 2005, 7 x 10, 768 pp. Suggested Price: $167.95 / £107.00 Available in eBook

Department of Scientific Research, Chengdu University of Information Technology, People’s Republic of China Series: Systems Evaluation, Prediction, and Decision-Making

This book presents a series of new understandings and a new system of methodology in the area of prediction. The text brings the reader into the system of evolution science by demonstrating that the informational digitization is not only a revolution of scientific methods but also a major reform of theories. Reallife case studies illustrate how to digitize information, simplifying the difficult problem of prediction into an easy task that can be learned, mastered, and applied in the analysis and prediction of forthcoming changes in materials and fluids. The authors also point out why frequent failures are experiences in forecasting and why some of the fundamentals in basic scientific theories need to be changed. Catalog no. AU7452, ISBN: 978-1-4200-8745-1 March 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 627 pp. Suggested Price: $129.95 / £82.00 Available in eBook

Hybrid Rough Sets and Applications in Uncertain Decision-Making Lirong Jian, Sifeng Liu, and Yi Lin Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, People’s Republic of China Series: Systems Evaluation, Prediction, and Decision-Making

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Modeling and Control of Engineering Systems Clarence W. de Silva University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

By analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of practical applications and the scope of application of the rough set theory as well as a variety of uncertainties in the practical application of knowledge representation systems, this book systematically introduces the hybrid methods and applications of rough set theory and other related soft technology theories. It emphasizes the application of soft computing technology, minimizes the detailed introduction of complicated mathematical formula, and uses many cases to illustrate the specific application of hybrid methods in order to highlight rough set theory and other soft computing technologies.

This text provides a unified treatment of the modeling of mechanical, electrical, fluid, and thermal systems and then systematically covers conventional, advanced, and intelligent control, instrumentation, experimentation, and design. It takes an integrated approach to modeling multidomain systems that draws from equivalent circuits, Thevenin’s theorem, and linear graphs. It also presents important aspects of laboratory experimentation, including control system instrumentation. The author discusses the use of MATLAB®, Simulink®, LabVIEW™, and the associated toolboxes and includes numerous real-world examples, problems, and exercises.

Catalog no. AU7487, ISBN: 978-1-4200-8748-2 September 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 284 pp. Suggested Price: $129.95 / £82.00

Catalog no. 76868, ISBN: 978-1-4200-7686-8 August 2009, 7 x 10, 796 pp. Suggested Price: $124.95 / £51.99

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Model-Oriented Systems Engineering Science A Unifying Framework for Traditional and Complex Systems Duane W. Hybertson MITRE, McLean, Virginia, USA Series: CRC Complex and Enterprise Systems Engineering, 2

Boyd L. Summers

Systems Engineering

The field of systems engineering (SE) is at a juncture in its history where it needs to strengthen and extend its methods to support its expanding scope. This book lays out a recommended direction to do this and provides a unified basis for its development into a mature discipline. The author’s approach is to build on the strengths of traditional SE, remedy the weaknesses, and unify all these elements on a common foundation. The book addresses the systems that will be most prevalent from this point on—those characterized as a combination of traditional and complex, mechanistic and organic, natural and artificial.

Written to answer questions regarding the setup and performance of specific software engineering reviews and audits, this book explains how to conduct reviews and audits properly and in compliance with mandatory software requirements. It provides best methods for conducting reviews and audits for aerospace companies, defense contractors, and software organizations. Authored by an industry professional with more than 20 years of experience, the text offers insight on conducting functional and physical configuration audits. It includes a glossary of acronyms and abbreviations for ease of comprehension.

Catalog no. AU7251, ISBN: 978-1-4200-7251-8 June 2009, 7 x 10, 379 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £58.99

Catalog no. K12356, ISBN: 978-1-4398-5145-6 January 2011, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 192 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £49.99

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Optimization of Regional Industrial Structures and Applications

System Management

Nanjing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics, China

Planning, Enterprise Identity, and Deployment, Second Edition

Yuhong Wang

Jeffrey O. Grady

Yaoguo Dang and Sifeng Liu

Software Engineering Reviews and Audits

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA Series: Systems Evaluation, Prediction, and Decision-Making

JOG System Engineering, Inc., San Diego, California, USA Series: Systems Engineering

Drawn from the authors’ experiences in the trenches, this book explains how to optimize industrial structures. It introduces the basic theory for optimizing industrial structures and includes cases studies based on the authors’ actual projects. Emphasizing the combination of theory and practice, it employs grey systems theory as its method of analysis. The text integrates this systems theory with the study of optimization of industrial structures. All of the methods covered are employed in the case studies to provide readers with a rich and vivid understanding.

The second edition of a bestseller, System Management: Planning, Enterprise Identity, and Deployment demonstrates how to make systems development work for any organization. Updated with new chapters, new examples, and new figures, it discusses the optimum marriage between specific program planning and a company’s generic identity. The author focuses on the management aspects of the functional departments and programs and highlights the areas that must be improved in order to implement outstanding systems capability.

Catalog no. AU7479, ISBN: 978-1-4200-8747-5 November 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 372 pp. Suggested Price: $129.95 / £82.00

Catalog no. K11061, ISBN: 978-1-4398-2013-1 May 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 628 pp. Suggested Price: $119.95 / £76.99 Available in eBook

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Product Release Planning

System Synthesis

Methods, Tools and Applications

Product and Process Design

Güenther Ruhe

Jeffrey O. Grady

University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

JOG System Engineering, Inc., San Diego, California, USA

Authored by renowned expert Günther Ruhe, this book presents methods and tools to apply sound planning for product development and product management. It covers aspects of supporting product release decisions ranging from foundations to methods, tools, and applications. Equal parts art and science, the actual decision-making is described as a process of combining rigorous methods with the intuition and experience of the human experts. Ruhe provides a guided tour through the release planning, starting with technology and market needs and proceeding to product planning and finally to development projects.

Based on the author’s 45 years of experience, this book examines the activities that must take place in the development of any system between the completion of the requirements work and the verification of work. The book provides insight into complex problems, focusing on the boundary conditions that exist between the knowledge domains of the specialized engineers populating a program and the product domains related to the product being developed by different teams on a program. It explores the role of the system engineer in design, material procurement, and manufacturing.

Catalog no. 2620, ISBN: 978-0-8493-2620-2 June 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 339 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £57.99

Catalog no. K11032, ISBN: 978-1-4398-1961-6 May 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 574 pp. Suggested Price: $119.95 / £76.99

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Introduction to Supply Chain Management Technologies Second Edition

Edited by

David Frederick Ross

Ali K. Kamrani and Maryam Azimi

APICS Series: Resource Management

University of Houston, Texas, USA

Waste, inadequate system performance, cost overruns, and schedule problems often result from failure to apply advanced systems engineering early in project development. Systems engineering is a systematic method to manage the formulation, analysis, and interpretation of what a system will produce and whether the outcome is the one that is desired. This book provides detailed discussions on engineering design and management processes within system life cycles. The text addresses various issues of systems engineering fundamentals, emphasizing an integrated approach. The text presents methods, frameworks, techniques, and tools for designing, implementing, and managing large-scale systems. Catalog no. K10460, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0926-6 December 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 362 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £57.99

The second edition of this popular resource reflects new technology in supply chain management (SCM). Providing a comprehensive review of business computing, it features new chapters on the fundamentals of computing and their enabling power as well as the basics of contemporary ERP/supply chain business solutions. This book remains a critical resource on the enabling power of today’s technologies and their impact on SCM. Focusing on the impact of the Internet on strategic elements of SCM, the author highlights integrative software tools that allow for new levels of collaboration, flexibility, and performance. Catalog no. K11705, ISBN: 978-1-4398-3752-8 October 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 424 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99 Available in eBook

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Testing Complex and Embedded Systems Kim H. Pries Stonebridge Electronics North America, El Paso, Texas

Jon M. Quigley Using combinatorial approaches, this book aims to motivate testers and testing organizations to perform meaningful testing. The text details planning activities prior to testing, how to scope the work, and how to achieve a successful conclusion. Rather than presenting the entire continuum of testing for a particular product or design attribute, this volume focuses on boundary conditions. The authors provide various techniques that can be used to streamline testing and help identify problems before they occur, including turbocharge testing methods from Six Sigma. Coverage includes testing, simulation, and emulation. Catalog no. K11134, ISBN: 978-1-4398-2140-4 December 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 319 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £57.99 Available in eBook

It’s About Time The Competitive Advantage of Quick Response Manufacturing Rajan Suri Founding Director, Center for Quick Response Manufacturing, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Presenting the developments in QRM since the publication of Rajan Suri’s landmark text, Quick Response Manufacturing, this book illustrates how QRM can not only reduce lead times but also improve quality, reduce operating costs, and enable companies to gain a substantial market share. It explains how factories in advanced nations can use QRM strategy to compete with manufacturers in low-wage countries and provides helpful pointers for QRM implementation, including accounting strategies, novel cost-justification approaches, and a stepwise process for implementation. It also includes a CD with time-saving tips to help you work through implementation issues—including simple calculation methods and tools to support the design of your QRM strategy. Catalog no. K10299, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0595-4 March 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 228 pp. Suggested Price: $39.95 / £25.99 Available in eBook

Implementing Lean Six Sigma throughout the Supply Chain The Comprehensive and Transparent Case Study Elizabeth A. Cudney Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, USA

Kanban for the Shopfloor

Rodney Kestle

Productivity Press Development Team

From start to finish, this book follows a comprehensive case study of a team as they implement a Lean Six Sigma project. This in-depth case study considers the data and explains how the team drew their conclusions. The accompanying CD includes the data covered in the case study so readers can perform their own analyses. Using more than 100 illustrative figures and tables, the text demonstrates the links between all of the Lean Six Sigma tools.

Kanban is the name given to the inventory control card used in a pull system. The primary benefit of kanban is to reduce overproduction, the worst of the seven deadly wastes. A true kanban system produces exactly what is ordered, when it is ordered, and in the quantities ordered. Kanban for the Shopfloor provides a working manual for those seeking to implement this method of production control in any operation. It defines the various terms and methods employed in kanbans and illustrates how, when adhered to, kanban is an element of continuous improvement that ultimately leads to the ideal of one-piece flow.

Catalog no. K11389, ISBN: 978-1-4398-2814-4 November 2010, 7 x 10, 280 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $59.95 / £38.99 Available in eBook

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Systems Engineering / General References

Systems Engineering Tools and Methods

Thin Air Lean Supply Chain Management Essentials A Framework for Materials Managers

General References / Lean Manufacturing 48

Bill Kerber Brian J. Dreckshage

How Wireless Technology Supports Lean Initiatives Dann Anthony Maurno Salem, Massachusetts, USA

Louis Sirico San Jose, California, USA

This book presents an alternate approach to supply chain issues. The authors argue that the traditional materials planning environment, typically embodied by an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, is an ineffective support system for a company that wants to adopt Lean practices. Presenting a materials planning and control chart approach using only Lean tools, the text focuses on the materials management aspects of Lean, such as leveling work within the value stream and the concept of Every Part Every Interval. It combines independent demand characteristics with manufacturing strategy. Catalog no. K11892, ISBN: 978-1-4398-4082-5 March 2011, 7 x 10, 271 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $59.95 / £38.99 Available in eBook

This volume proposes practices and paradigms to help readers integrate lean’s culture of continuous process improvement with wireless technology. It discusses the application of a wide range of wireless technologies, including Wi-Fi, RFID, wireless sensor networks, real-time location systems, and global positioning systems. It addresses the modernization of infrastructure, the elimination of costly hardware and redundant equipment, the facilitation of e-Kanban, and the provision of real-time visibility. Drawing on success stories from American Apparel, the US Postal Service, Ford, Boeing, and Motorola, the text includes access to a Lean Wireless ROI Calculator that readers can use to calculate estimated savings in labor and excess capacity. Catalog no. K10242, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0439-1 April 2010, 6 x 9, 251 pp. Suggested Price: $59.95 / £38.99 Available in eBook

Manufacturing Strategy How to Formulate and Implement a Winning Plan, Second Edition John Miltenburg McMaster University, Ontario, Canada

Completely revised and updated, this second edition of a bestseller expands its focus in the areas of international manufacturing, competitive strategy, and manufacturing programs. It offers a sensible and systematic method to: (1) evaluate domestic and foreign factories and international manufacturing and (2) plan the appropriate manufacturing strategy to be first in the market. This gives managers a common language for dealing with manufacturing problems at both strategic and operational levels. It improves communication between manufacturing managers and those outside manufacturing (who will now have a better understanding of what manufacturing can and cannot do). Catalog no. PP7317, ISBN: 978-1-56327-317-9 March 2005, 8-1/2 x 11, 448 pp. Suggested Price: $73.95 / £46.99

The Toyota Product Development System Integrating People, Process, and Technology James Morgan Jeffrey K. Liker In The Toyota Product Development System: Integrating People, Process, and Technology, James Morgan and Jeffrey Liker compare and contrast the world-class product development process of Toyota with that of a U.S. competitor. They use extensive examples from both of the competitors to demonstrate value stream mapping as an extraordinarily powerful tool for continuous improvement. Through examples and case studies, this book illustrates specific techniques and proven practices for dealing with challenges associated with product development, such as synchronizing multiple disciplines, multiple function workload leveling, compound process variation, effective technology integration, and knowledge management. Catalog no. PP7282, ISBN: 978-1-56327-282-0 March 2006, 6 x 9, 400 pp. Suggested Price: $45.95 / £29.99

Textbook

Principles of Supply Chain Management Richard E. Crandall and Charlie C. Chen Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, USA

William Crandall

Andy & Me Crisis and Transformation on the Lean Journey, Second Edition

University of North Carolina, Pembroke, USA Series: Resource Management, 41

Pascal Dennis

Supplying a balanced look at supply chains, including manufacturing and procurement, this accessible introduction to supply chain basics details the logic behind why supply chain management is essential, examines how supply chains are evolving, and looks ahead to future developments. It covers the forward supply chain (supplier to customer),the reverse supply chain (recycling), triple bottom line, cradle-to-grave, and cradle-to-cradle. Focusing on the customer and working backwards to the point of origin, the text provides numerous examples and case histories that outline a proven approach for achieving effective supply chain integration.

In an era when auto companies are being propped up instead of profiting, many firms are revisiting this award-winning fictionalized account and the very real lessons it teaches. The second edition of this entertaining parable, one of the most popular ever written on Lean, emphasizes practicality and a can do attitude in the face of all challenges, big and small. This edition adds study questions that highlight critical leadership lessons and includes corresponding notes that provide up-front guidance. The author is a Toyota veteran with two decades of professional experience as a consultant in Lean management and manufacturing.

Catalog no. 91077, ISBN: 978-1-4200-9107-6 December 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 645 pp. Suggested Price: $92.95 / £58.99

Lean Productivity Network

Catalog no. K11209, ISBN: 978-1-4398-2538-9 December 2010, 5 1/4 x 8, 216 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $29.95 / £18.99 Available in eBook

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JIT Implementation Manual Tools to Sustain Lean Conversions, Second Edition David Mann The new edition of this Shingo Prize winning international bestseller shows you how to implement a Lean transformation that really works by developing a culture that builds success from the top down and the bottom up at the same time. If you are a leader at any level in an organization undergoing or considering a Lean transformation, this is the book you must read. Improved throughout, this new edition offers new guidance on Lean management in discrete manufacturing, office, and process manufacturing environments; provides specifics on engaging executives through Gemba walks; and offers several new case studies as well as invaluable lessons that David Mann has learned since the first edition went to print. Catalog no. K10570, ISBN: 978-1-4398-1141-2 March 2010, 7 x 10, 316 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $39.95 / £25.99

The Complete Guide to Just-in-Time Manufacturing, Second Edition (Six-Volume Set) Hiroyuki Hirano JIT Management Laboratory Co.

Known as the JIT Bible in Japan, this six-volume set presents the genius of Hiroyuki Hirano, who leaves no detail to chance in explaining how to implement and maintain a Just-in-Time manufacturing program. Encyclopedic in scope, it provides information on every aspect of JIT, from its philosophical underpinnings to the myriad systems, techniques, and tools for every factory setting. While each volume is available individually, we have affordably priced the set to honor Hirano’s recommendation that readers “avoid taking a piecemeal approach… The overall flow is the most important aspect of production, and the key ingredient for creating a good overall flow is comprehensive improvement… .” Catalog no. PP9013, ISBN: 978-1-4200-9013-0 April 2009, 8-1/2 x 11, 999 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $205.95 / £131.00

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Feedback Toolkit 16 Tools for Better Communication in the Workplace, Second Edition Rick Maurer Maurer & Associates, Arlington, Virginia, USA

Also sold separately

Volume 1 — The Just-In-Time Production System

Written by a noted leadership and change management authority, this toolkit provides managers with critical guidelines on effective feedback for high performance based on best practices and offers a six-step framework on the feedback process. It presents tools for giving and receiving feedback in a variety of situations, including one-on-one use and group use. This second edition addresses new developments that include key teachings on overcoming resistance to change, the role of performance appraisals using feedback as a mentoring tool, and modeling feedback on “after-action” reports commonly used in military operations.

Catalog no. PP9016, ISBN: 978-1-4200-9016-1 April 2009, 8-1/2 x 11, 192 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $40.95 / £25.99

Catalog no. K11899, ISBN: 978-1-4398-4093-1 January 2011, 6 x 9, 81 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $16.95 / £10.99

Volume 3 — Flow Manufacturing – Multi-Process Operations and Kanban

Volume 2 — Waste and the 5S’s Catalog no. PP9024, ISBN: 978-1-4200-9024-6 April 2009, 8-1/2 x 11, 216 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $40.95 / £25.99

Catalog no. PP9026, ISBN: 978-1-4200-9026-0 April 2009, 8-1/2 x 11, 194 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $40.95 / £25.99

Volume 4 — Leveling – Changeover and Quality Assurance

Implementing TWI Creating and Managing a Skills-Based Culture Patrick Graupp Robert J. Wrona

Lean Manufacturing

Creating a Lean Culture

Catalog no. PP9028, ISBN: 978-1-4200-9028-4 April 2009, 8-1/2 x 11, 188 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $40.95 / £25.99

Featuring modern implementation strategies employed in Lean initiatives, this volume describes the experiences of a variety of companies using TWI (Training Within Industry). Based on their experience implementing TWI in companies across the world, Graupp and Wrona highlight critical elements and point out key stumbling blocks to successful TWI implementation. This hands-on manual includes case studies as well as a variety of updated tools and templates.

Volume 5 — Standardized Operations – Jidoka and Maintenance/Safety

Catalog no. K11246, ISBN: 978-1-4398-2596-9 November 2010, 7 x 10, 500 pp. Suggested Price: $49.95 / £31.99

Volume 6 — JIT Implementation Forms and Charts

Catalog no. PP9030, ISBN: 978-1-4200-9030-7 April 2009, 8-1/2 x 11, 128 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $40.95 / £25.99

Catalog no. PP9032, ISBN: 978-1-4200-9032-1 April 2009, 8-1/2 x 11, 184 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $40.95 / £25.99

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Lean Production Simplified Inside the Mind of Toyota Management Principles for Enduring Growth Satoshi Hino

Pascal Dennis Lean Productivity Network

Lean Manufacturing

Winner of the 2007 Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing Research, this book examines the fundamental thinking and management structures that underlie the creation of the famed Toyota Production system. Satoshi Hino presents a fresh and detailed analysis of Toyota’s essential management system, where the goal is not simply to mimic Toyota’s formula but to learn from it and, in doing so, surpass it. From the Translator’s Foreword: “This is not a cookbook and it is not ‘Toyota Lite.’ It deserves serious study, application and experimentation. Learn how Toyota thinks, Hino is telling us. Learn Toyota’s strengths, make them your own and then exceed them.”

A 2006 Shingo Prize Winner for Excellence In Manufacturing Research, this book delivers as inside practitioner’s view of lean manufacturing. It provides a comprehensive view of Toyota¹s lean manufacturing system, looks at the origins and underlying principles of lean, discusses practical problem solving for lean production, and details activities that support involvement, including Kaizen circles and suggestion systems. This new edition is updated with expanded information on the Lean Improvement Process; Production Physics and Little’s Law; Value Stream Thinking; the Hoshin Planning and Execution Tree diagram, and Problem Solving by way of the Five Why method.

Catalog no. PP7300, ISBN: 978-1-56327-300-1 November 2005, 6 x 9, 352 pp. Suggested Price: $57.95 / £36.99

Catalog no. PP7356, ISBN: 978-1-56327-356-8 March 2007, 7 x 10, 192 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $40.95 / £25.99

The Kaizen Event Planner Achieving Rapid Improvement in Office, Service, and Technical Environments

Lean Safety

Karen Martin & Associates, San Diego, California, USA

Transforming your Safety Culture with Lean Management

Mike Osterling

Robert Hafey

Osterling Consultants, La Mesa, California, USA

Homer Glen, Illinois, USA

A practical how-to guide, this book takes readers through the ins and outs of planning and executing Kaizen Events in non-manufacturing settings and conducting post-event follow-up to sustain the changes made. The authors provide methods and tools to help build a motivated workforce and lay a foundation for continuous improvement. Readers will learn how to effectively scope the activity, engage the right people, and facilitate events with measureable results. Their clear, concise presentation allows beginners and experienced practitioners to venture into non-manufacturing environments with comfort and ease. An accompanying CD provides immediate access to a number of Excel-based tools.

Written by a leader in Lean implementation with more than 30 years of experience, this book provides the knowledge necessary to both assess and improve safety programs by using Lean tools and techniques. The text focuses on cultural change, leadership, improvement methodologies, investigations designed to get at root causes, and the standards and metrics required to maintain and track a fluid approach to safety. The author takes lessons learned from Lean and applies them to the building of a world-class safety-first organization.

Karen Martin

Second Edition A Plain-Language Guide to the World’s Most Powerful Production System

Catalog no. PP7351, ISBN: 978-1-56327-351-3 October 2007, 8-1/2 x 11, 240 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $57.95 / £36.99

Kaizen for the Shopfloor A Zero-Waste Environment with Process Automation Productivity Press Development Team The philosophy of kaizen, which simply means continuous improvement, needs to adopted by any organization seeking to implement lean improvements that go beyond cost cutting. Kaizen events are opportunities to make focused changes in the workplace. This book takes readers through the critical steps for conducting a very effective kaizen event: one that is well planned, well implemented, and well documented. As part of the Shingo Prize winning Shopfloor Series, Kaizen for the Shopfloor distills the complexities of jumpstarting lean processes into an easily accessible format for those frontline employees who make lean possible. Catalog no. PP7272, ISBN: 978-1-56327-272-1 February 2002, 7 x 10, 112 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $29.95 / £18.99

Catalog no. K10844, ISBN: 978-1-4398-1642-4 December 2009, 7 x 10, 186 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $40.95 / £25.99

Made-to-Order Lean Excelling in a High-Mix, Low-Volume Environment Greg Lane Low Volume Lean, Stockton, California, USA

Toyota’s methods have rendered remarkable results in high-volume plants, but they have not been fully understood and correctly applied in high-mix, lowvolume environments. While lean principles apply in such an environment, implementation methods and tools must be adapted and alternate methods embraced. Written by Greg Lane, one of the few individuals certified as a Toyota Production System Key Person, this book is specifically geared for manufacturers that have hundreds to thousands of active part numbers with few or no ongoing forecasted volumes and for shops that build to order. It focuses on eliminating non-value-added activities and instituting improvements on repetitive jobs. Catalog no. PP7362, ISBN: 978-1-56327-362-9 August 2007, 8-1/2 x 11, 192 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $57.95 / £36.99

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New Horizons in Standardized Work Techniques for Manufacturing and Business Process Improvement

Quality Management

Timothy D. Martin Jeffrey T. Bell

Theory and Application

Understanding the thinking behind standardized work is essential to realizing its maximum benefits. This book is an all-inclusive guide to applying standardized work principles to virtually any situation or process. It includes an array of examples that demonstrate how the concepts can be applied in a variety of industries and business applications. In a step-by-step format, the book discusses the relationship of the work period of takt time— as expressed in the short-cycle, long-cycle, and non-cyclic applications—parallel work steps, takt boards, the three main worker interface levels in job designs, and their applications.

Quality is not an engineering discipline but a business practice. Dr. Peter D. Mauch offers his expertise in this groundbreaking book, demonstrating the necessity of quality as a sustained management activity. Divided into five sections, the book covers staffing, motivation, control, planning, and organization. It offers quality management practices and discusses the impact of managing for quality throughout an organization. The book addresses the alignment of individual departments to maximize quality, business planning and success metrics, record keeping, and department-level quality control implementation and deviations.

Catalog no. K11891, ISBN: 978-1-4398-4080-1 January 2011, 7 x 10, 176 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $49.95 / £31.99

Catalog no. K10712, ISBN: 978-1-4398-1380-5 December 2009, 6 x 9, 171 pp. Suggested Price: $51.95 / £32.99

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Progressive Kaizen The Key to Gaining a Global Competitive Advantage

Self-Balancing Processes

John W. Davis

Gordon Ghirann

Designed to teach the reader how to fully exploit Kaizen events, this book explains the four distinct types of Kaizen and that each has its own particular purpose. The book points out why and how Kaizen should be used as a prominent strategy in implementing Lean. This includes developing a structured plan for Kaizen and giving strong consideration to the insertion of a “Waste Reduction Activity Process” (WRAP), which provides employee incentives for implemented improvements at an individual job level. It outlines how to conduct each type of Kaizen event, who to involve, and what the results should be.

Since Henry Ford sent the first chassis down an assembly line, line balancing issues have proven hard to eradicate. Oftentimes, the achievement of TAKT is an illusion. Human factors, quality of parts, and variation all must be considered every day. To maintain continuous flow requires not a single fix but requires a paradigm shift in thinking that encourages continual self-correcting. Relying on a number of successful case studies of improvements initiated by the author, this book demonstrates ways to recognize weak links and continually solve them. It offers rules, tools (including simulation software), and guidelines to eliminate problems before they start or at the root.

Catalog no. K12062, ISBN: 978-1-4398-4608-7 January 2011, 7 x 10, 216 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $39.95 / £25.99 Available in eBook

True Lean Continuous Flow

Catalog no. K11034, ISBN: 978-1-4398-1965-4 May 2011, 7 x 10, 200 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $44.95 / £27.99 Available in eBook

Pull Production for the Shopfloor

Lean Manufacturing

Peter D. Mauch

Standard Work for the Shopfloor

Productivity Press Development Team

An introduction to basic pull production concepts, this book gives production teams and managers the understanding they need to begin implementing this Lean tool. It shows readers how to get everyone on board to reduce work in process inventory, lead-time, and other profit-draining expenses. The book also covers how to get support from higher management for pull implementation efforts. Well-organized and structured for ease of use, the book includes chapter overviews and summaries, questions throughout each chapter to help readers apply the information in their workplace, drawings and illustrations, and margin icons that flag definitions, main points, and other highlights.

Standard work is an agreed-upon set of work procedures that effectively combines people, materials, and machines to maintain quality, efficiency, safety, and predictability. Work is described in terms of cycle time, work in process, sequence, layout, and the inventory needed to conduct the activity. Standard work begins as an improvement baseline and evolves into a reliable method. It establishes the best activities and sequence to maximize performance and minimize waste. This volume discusses the characteristics, applications, and benefits of standards. It covers standard work concepts, calculations, and documentation, as well as the use of standard work manuals, charts, and worksheets.

Catalog no. PP7274, ISBN: 978-1-56327-274-5 May 2002, 7 x 10, 128 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $29.95 / £18.99

Catalog no. PP7273, ISBN: 978-1-56327-273-8 July 2002, 7 x 10, 112 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $29.95 / £18.99

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Standardized Work for Noncyclical Processes

The Toyota Kaizen Continuum

Joseph Niederstadt

John Stewart

Lean Manufacturing

Gates Corporation, Suzhou, China

Monomoy Capital Partners, Midway, Kentucky, USA

While most Lean companies adopt methods to standardize cyclical activities, they often fail to apply the same rigor to non-cyclical work. This book shows you how to measure non-repeating job processes and eliminate waste associated with noncyclical activities. Laying out the proven methods he has instituted in more than 30 factories around the world, the author details a process for building consistent quality products at reduced costs. Covering activities involving multiple machine job setters, maintenance, stockers, and quality auditors, the text includes a CD with the forms discussed and color versions of the images and charts included in the text.

Written by an expert with 18 years of experience working for Toyota from an entry-level operational position through the executive ranks of the company, this book provides a firsthand account of how to implement the Toyota Production System (TPS) throughout an organization. It answers the questions of how to get the process started and how to get senior management excited about the possibilities of an organization that embraces TPS. The author gives real knowledge and examples to equip readers with the ability to make immediate improvements in their area of responsibility in the organization.

Catalog no. K11219, ISBN: 978-1-4398-2550-1 August 2010, 7 x 10, 120 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $39.95 / £25.99

Catalog no. K12059, ISBN: 978-1-4398-4604-9 June 2011, 7 x 10, 180 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $39.95 / £25.99 Available in eBook

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Staying Lean Thriving, Not Just Surviving Peter Hines Pauline Found Gary Griffiths Richard Harrison

Toyota Production System An Integrated Approach to Just-In-Time, Fourth Edition Yasuhiro Monden Mejiro University, Tokyo, Japan

Originally designed as a self-published report, which was awarded the 2009 Shingo Prize, this book draws on the experience of a multi-national company that has successfully implemented Lean in its manufacturing and commercial areas. Based on a model of sustainable change, the text addresses the elements of successful Lean management that are often difficult to emulate as well as the more visible features of process management and lean techniques.

A Practical Guide to Implementing Lean

Catalog no. K11258, ISBN: 978-1-4398-2617-1 January 2011, 7 x 10, 282 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $39.95 / £25.99 Available in eBook

A bestseller for more than two decades, this classic work covers the entire framework of the Toyota Production System (TPS), including its theoretical underpinnings as well as pragmatic information on how it is implemented. The revised fourth edition presents the latest developments in TPS at Toyota. For example, the text emphasizes the humanistic production system, that is, how respect for humanity was introduced into TPS. The author also explores the link between Kaizen methods and calculation methods in TPS. New material focuses on electronic Kanban systems, computer-based information systems, cellular manufacturing systems versus conveyor lines, and mini-profit centers. Catalog no. K11111, ISBN: 978-1-4398-2097-1 June 2011, 6 x 9, 450 pp. Suggested Price: $69.95 / £42.99 Available in eBook

Stories from My Sensei Two Decades of Lessons Learned Implementing Toyota-Style Systems

Training Within Industry

Steve Hoeft

Donald Dinero

In this unique volume, the author, a Toyota-trained expert, employs memorable stories from his own learning experiences to teach Toyota Production System principles. Organized according to the “Toyota House” model of Lean, the stories provide a framework for understanding. Each story is complemented by questions that encourage the reader to reflect on how each principle applies in their own business, process, or life. Each chapter includes a more detailed description of the tools and principles in the respective part of the house model. This compelling and sometimes humorous book helps bring the Toyota system to life.

The Training Within Industry (TWI) program, developed by the US during World War II, has been used by Toyota for decades. Winner of a 2006 Shingo Prize for Excellent in Manufacturing Research, this book elucidates the history and application of the four modules that comprise TWI. The author explores a crucial piece of a Lean initiative that is often overlooked. He demonstrates how to train employees to perform their tasks as quickly as they are capable with minimal waste, improve their processes using existing resources, solve personnel problems in an analytical, non-emotional manner so that employees stay focused, and develop robust training plans to meet the particular needs of a specific plant.

Catalog no. K10850, ISBN: 978-1-4398-1654-7 September 2009, 6 x 9, 180 pp. Suggested Price: $30.95 / £19.99

The Foundation of Lean

Catalog no. PP7307, ISBN: 978-1-56327-307-0 May 2005, 6 x 9, 352 pp. Suggested Price: $51.95 / £32.99

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Friction Stir Welding

Standard Work, Continuous Improvement, and Teamwork Donald A. Dinero

Edited by

D. Lohwasser Airbus Deutschland GmbH, Germany

Z. Chen

Round Pond Consulting, Rochester, New York, USA

AUT University Auckland, New Zealand

Formatted as a collection of case studies, this book describes what activities decision-makers must accomplish to successfully incorporate Training Within Industry (TWI) into the business culture effectively. It covers key points and important steps, developing a questioning attitude, engaging continual improvement, analysis of a problem, and building personnel relationships. These concepts in Lean are proven requirements for a company’s long-term survival. The book includes guidelines for making business decisions as well as numerous case studies readers will use to apply the guidelines previously learned.

Friction stir welding (FSW) is a solid-state welding process that is gaining wide acceptance in industry, especially the shipbuilding, aerospace, mass transportation, and automotive industries. FSW is particularly suited to those industries that use aluminum and its alloys. This authoritative book provides a comprehensive review of the subject of friction stir welding and covers topics such as process basics, equipment, modeling, inspection, and quality control and applications.

Catalog no. K12063, ISBN: 978-1-4398-4610-0 April 2011, 7 x 10, 80 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $39.95 / £24.99

Catalog no. N10049, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0211-3 January 2010, 6 x 9, 384 pp. Suggested Price: $229.95 / £145.00

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Handbook of Thermal Process Modeling of Steels Edited by

The TWI Workbook Essential Skills for Supervisors Patrick Graupp Robert J. Wrona

Cemil Hakan Gur Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

Jiansheng Pan Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Winner of the 2007 Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing Research, this text covers Training within Industry (TWI), the production plant methodology that won WWII in the factories. It demonstrates efficient ways to instruct employees on how to perform jobs safely and conscientiously; looks at ways to produce more quality products in less time through the handling of workforce, machines, and materials; and shows how to improve performance with employee relations that preemptively prevent problems. The authors include exercises that can be applied to readers’ own worksites. A companion CD provides forms needed to complete the exercises and implementation case studies.

Over the years, any developments in thermal processes relied largely on empiricism and traditional practice, but advancements in computer technology are beginning to change this. Comprehensive and authoritative, the Handbook of Thermal Process Modeling of Steels provides practicing engineers with the first complete resource that meets the needs of both those new to modeling and those hoping to profit from advances in the field. Written by those with practical experience, it demonstrates what is involved in predicting material response under industrial rather than laboratory conditions and, consequently, gives heightened insight into the physical origins of various aspects of materials behavior.

Catalog no. PP7315, ISBN: 978-1-56327-315-5 February 2006, 8-1/2 x 11, 224 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $51.95 / £32.99

Catalog no. 190X, ISBN: 978-0-8493-5019-1 December 2008, 7 x 10, 712 pp. Suggested Price: $185.95 / £119.00 Available in eBook

Understanding A3 Thinking A Critical Component of Toyota’s PDCA Management System Durward K. Sobek II.

Hot Deformation and Processing of Aluminum Alloys Hugh J. McQueen, Stefano Spigarelli, Michael E. Kassner, and Enrico Evangelista

University of Montana, Bozemont, USA

Art Smalley Art of Lean, Huntington Beach, California, USA

Series: Manufacturing Engineering and Materials Processing

The A3 report has proven to be a key tool in Toyota’s successful move toward organizational efficiency. The power of the A3 report, however, derives not from the report itself but rather from the development of the dynamic culture required for the implementation of an A3 system. Winner of a 2009 Shingo Research and Professional Publication Prize, this manual highlights the deep learning and professional development that occurs in the A3 process. The authors show that the report is an especially effective tool when implemented in conjunction with a PDCA-based management philosophy. The book includes some very practical advice on how to write and review A3 reports.

This reference provides descriptions on techniques relating to the hot deformation of aluminum alloys. It provides detailed explanations on how this process relates to creep, superplasticity, cold working, and annealing processes. Chapter topics include information on hot work testing techniques, quality and defects in industrial processing, metal forming and deformation modes, and dispersoid and solute alloys. In addition, Hot Deformation and Processing of Aluminum Alloys applies individual concepts to processes such as extrusion, rolling, forging, and thermomechanical processing.

Catalog no. PP7360, ISBN: 978-1-56327-360-5 March 2008, 6 x 9, 184 pp. Suggested Price: $42.95 / £27.99

Catalog no. DK4130, ISBN: 978-1-57444-678-4 April 2011, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 728 pp. Suggested Price: $199.95 / £127.00 Available in eBook

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Lean Manufacturing / Machining & Metalsworking

TWI Case Studies

Composite Materials Technology

Machining & Metalsworking / Manufacturing & Processing 54

Neural Network Applications

Hybrid Laser-Arc Welding

Edited by

Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

F.O. Olsen

Iqbal Mohammed Mujtaba

S.M. Sapuan

Technical University of Denmark

University of Bradford, England, UK

Hybrid laser-arc welding (HLAW) is a combination of laser welding with arc welding that overcomes many of the shortfalls of both processes. This important book gives a comprehensive account of hybrid laser-arc welding technology and applications including the advantages and disadvantages of the hybrid laser-arc approach. The first part reviews the characteristics of the process, including the properties of joints produced by hybrid laser-arc welding and ways of assessing weld quality. Part 2 discusses applications of the process to such metals as magnesium alloys, aluminum, and steel as well as the use of hybrid laser-arc welding in such sectors as ship building and the automotive industry.

Bringing together the work of leading researchers from all parts of the world, this book provides readers with an understanding of the various applications of artificial neural networks (ANN) involved in composite material technology, a relatively new area. Covering composite mechanics, materials characterization, product design, and other important areas, it first presents a review of the literature and then offers new research on neural network approaches for defect detection in a variety of composite materials. It also explores techniques for selecting, predicting the behavior, and monitoring composite materials.

Catalog no. N10051, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0214-4 July 2009, 6 x 9, 320 pp. Suggested Price: $224.95 / £135.00

Catalog no. 93320, ISBN: 978-1-4200-9332-2 December 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 368 pp. Suggested Price: $144.95 / £92.00 Available in eBook

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Modeling of Steelmaking Processes Dipak Mazumdar

Composites Manufacturing

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

Materials, Product, and Process Engineering

James W. Evans

Sanjay Mazumdar

University of California, Berkeley, USA

Lucintel, Dallas, Texas, USA

Responding to a resurgence in the steel industry and the need for experts trained in current steelmaking techniques, this volume goes beyond fundamental modeling concepts to address physical and mathematical modeling, steelmaking technology, and the scientific basis of steelmaking. It also provides computational fluid dynamics (CFD) codes and covers FLUENT software. Written for students in materials, metallurgy, and engineering, the text is based on classroom-proven notes that have trained two generations of steelmakers. The authors include a practice session on physical mathematical modeling, complete with review problems. A solutions manual is available for qualifying instructors.

Covering all of the aspects of high-quality, low-cost composite parts manufacturing, this book provides a fundamental classification of processes that helps readers understand where a process fits within their overall scheme and which process is best suited for a particular component. The author discusses materials selection guidelines, product manufacturability, product development process, cost estimatin techniques, and more. The book presents the latest information and guidelines for making all types of products using composite materials and includes coverage of the aerospace, automotive, marine, and sporting goods industries.

Catalog no. 62433, ISBN: 978-1-4200-6243-4 August 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 493 pp. Suggested Price: $144.95 / £92.00

Welding Thermal Processes and Weld Pool Behaviors Chuan Song Wu

Catalog no. 0585, ISBN: 978-0-8493-0585-6 December 2001, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 416 pp. Suggested Price: $179.95 / £114.00 Available in eBook

Distillation Control, Optimization, and Tuning Fundamentals and Strategies

Institute for Materials Joining, Shandong University, China

Lanny Robbins

After introducing the concepts and characteristics of welding thermal processes and weld pool behaviors, this book addresses essential advances in welding analysis and processes with an emphasis on the latest modeling and simulation methods. It covers techniques and formulas for assessing welding thermal processes, finite difference and finite analysis methods for calculating thermal conduction, numerical simulation of weld pool behaviors in metal-inert-gas/metal-active-gas arc welding, It also covers keyhole and weld pool dynamics in plasma arc welding, and vision-based sensing of weld pool shape and geometry, and provides case studies of fluid flow and heat transfer in tungsten-inert-gas arc welding.

With a focus on the fundamentals and strategies of distillation columns, this book covers the process variables for continuous distillation columns as well as four basic control strategies and the typical cases in which they are used. The author defines the inlet and outlet streams and process variables for a distillation column and then explains the overall concept of the separation and purification that is performed. Performance and product quality are described in terms of specification requirements, and tools and techniques for the optimization of quality performance are provided. Figures and graphs are included within the reference to illustrate concepts.

Catalog no. N10126, ISBN: 978-7-111-21962-0 September 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 445 pp. Suggested Price: $239.95 / £133.00

Catalog no. K12689, ISBN: 978-1-4398-5748-9 March 2011, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 136 pp. Suggested Price: $149.95 / £95.00 Available in eBook

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Geopolymers Structures, Processing, Properties and Industrial Applications

Edited by

X. Sun

J.L. Provis and J.S.J. van Deventer

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA

University of Melbourne

Of use to a wide range of professionals, this well-organized reference first covers the mechanics modeling of spot welds, applications to fatigue life predictions, resistance spot weld failure mode, and weld performance for alloys and steels. It then discusses fatigue behavior of spot welded joints, the non-destructive evaluation of spot weld quality, solid state joining, and failure mechanisms in friction stir welds before describing the microstructure characteristics and mechanical properties of laser weld bonding of alloys. The book also explores fatigue in laser welds, weld metal ductility, the joining of lightweight materials using reactive nanofoils, fatigue life prediction, and improvements for MIGwelded advanced high strength steel weldments.

A review of the latest research involving geopolymers, this book discusses their synthesis and characterization, properties, and applications. The distinguished editors and international contributors discuss topics such as fly ash chemistry and inorganic polymer cements, geopolymer precursor design, nanostructure/ microstructure of metakaolin and fly ash geopolymers, accelerated aging, and chemical durability. The book also explores engineering properties, the production of fire and heat resistant geopolymers, mining wastes, thermal properties, commercialization for construction, and applications in waste management.

Catalog no. N10210, ISBN: 978-1-4398-3172-4 August 2010, 368 pp. Suggested Price: $209.95 / £135.00

Flat-Rolled Steel Processes Advanced Technologies

Catalog no. N10092, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0970-9 July 2009, 6 x 9 Suggested Price: $229.95 / £145.00

Handbook for Critical Cleaning

Edited by

Second Edition

Vladimir B. Ginzburg

Edited by

International Rolling Mill Consultants, Pennsylvania, USA

Barbara Kanegsberg and Ed Kanegsberg

Considered one of the major innovators in the flat-rolling of steel, Vladimir B. Ginzburg holds more than two dozen patents in the industry. In this volume, Ginzburg brings together other industry pioneers to define the latest developments in flat-rolled processes. This includes the revolutionary introduction of computerbased technology in both new and existing conventional rolling mills. Each section provides a brief topic summary and then goes on to describe the latest advances specific to that area. Main subjects include advanced hot rolling mills, advanced cold rolling mills, control systems, and the production of advanced flat-rolled steel products.

Updated, re-organized, and rewritten, this two-volume handbook covers cleaning processes, applications, management, safety, and environmental concerns. The editors rigorously examine technical issues, cleaning agent options and systems, chemical and equipment integration, contamination control, cleanliness standards, analytical testing, process selection, implementation and maintenance, specific application areas, and regulatory issues. International contributors give the text a global viewpoint. Color illustrations, video clips, and animation for download are available from the website for better understanding.

Catalog no. 72927, ISBN: 978-1-4200-7292-1 May 2009, 8-1/2 x 11, 384 pp. Suggested Price: $174.95 / £111.00

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Critical Cleaning Agents and Systems Edited by

Gear Cutting Tools Fundamentals of Design and Computation Stephen P. Radzevich Eaton Corporation, Southfield, MI, USA

This book presents the DG/K-based method of surface generation, a novel and practical mathematical method for designing gear cutting tools with optimal parameters. The author, an industry leader for the past 30 years, proposes a scientific classification for all possible kinds of the gear machining meshes before discussing optimal designs of gear cutting tools. This classification makes it possible to consider all possible designs of gear cutting tools, including those currently used in practice and those expected to be used in the future. It also allows the author to develop scientific predictions and optimal designs. In most cases, solutions appear in analytical form and/or graphical form. Catalog no. K11035, ISBN: 978-1-4398-1967-8 February 2010, 7 x 10, 786 pp. Suggested Price: $179.95 / £114.00

Barbara Kanegsberg and Ed Kanegsberg Catalog no. K11396, ISBN: 978-1-4398-2827-4 February 2011, 7 x 10, 564 pp. Suggested Price: $99.95 / £63.99 Available in eBook

Critical Cleaning Applications, Processes, and Controls Edited by

Barbara Kanegsberg and Ed Kanegsberg Catalog no. K11397, ISBN: 978-1-4398-2829-8 February 2011, 7 x 10, 576 pp. Suggested Price: $99.95 / £63.99 Available in eBook

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Manufacturing & Processing

Failure Mechanisms of Advanced Welding Processes

Electrolytic In-Process Dressing (ELID) Technologies Fundamentals and Applications Edited by

Hitoshi Ohmori Materials Fabrication Laboratory, Saitama-KEN, Japan

Second Edition

Ioan D. Marinescu

Dale R. Patrick and Stephen W. Fardo

Manufacturing & Processing

University of Toledo, Ohio, USA

Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, USA

Kazutoshi Katahira

This book provides a basic approach to understanding and effectively applying industrial process control based on the systems concept. It provides an overview of an operating system and then divides it into sections for individual discussion. It covers topics including the operating system, process control, pressure systems, thermal systems, and level determining systems. It also addresses flow process systems, analytical process systems, microprocessor systems, automated processes, and robotic systems.

A complete review of Electorlytic-In-Process Dressing (ELID) fundamentals and applications, this book explains what ELID is and covers its development process since the early 90s from Japan. The text covers the basic fundamentals of ELID, the fundamentals of ELID grinding types, ELID grinding methods, ELID lapgrinding, ELID honing, ELID free form grinding, ultra/nanoprecision ELID, and micro-ELID grinding. This volume examines how this process improves the surface characteristics of the processed piece, and why it is more efficient and productive than polishing and lapping. Catalog no. K10038, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0036-2 June 2011, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 504 pp. Suggested Price: $149.95 / £95.00

Catalog no. N10114, ISBN: 978-1-4398-1576-2 June 2009, 6 x 9, 476 pp. Suggested Price: $115.00 / £76.99

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Handbook of Industrial Drying Third Edition

Innovations in Materials Manufacturing, Fabrication, and Environmental Safety Edited by

Edited by

Mel Schwartz

Arun S. Mujumdar

Consultant, Clearwater, Florida, USA

National University of Singapore

Industrial Process Control Systems

As interest in industrial drying operations continually grows, so does the need for up-to-date information. This handbook provides a comprehensive collection of expert knowledge from international academic and industry leaders. Encompassing fundamental aspects of various dryer types and methods, this book focuses on drying in a range of industrial sectors, from all foods to textiles, biofuels, ceramics, polymers, and nanoparticles. It addresses emerging technologies in detail and covers relevant topics including risk analysis and safety, cost estimation, and process calculations.

With contributions from a panel of experts from industry, government, and academia, this volume is a practical guide to the latest innovations in materials processing and fabrication. It examines current and developing processes in the aerospace, industrial, commercial, military, and electronic industries. Coverage for each process spans the testing background, why and where it is being used, applications, potential to replace existing processes, and environmental and safety concerns. The various processes and fabrication methods include friction stir welding, infusion mold technologies, heat treatment processing, plasma brazing, diffusion and adhesive bonding, and laser processes.

Catalog no. DK4102, ISBN: 978-1-57444-668-5 November 2006, 8-1/2 x 11, 1312 pp. Suggested Price: $289.95 / £187.00

Catalog no. 82159, ISBN: 978-1-4200-8215-9 December 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 814 pp. Suggested Price: $159.95 / £99.00

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Integrated Product and Process Design and Development Handbook of Machining with Grinding Wheels Ioan D. Marinescu, Mike Hitchiner, Eckart Uhlmann, W. Brian Rowe, and Ichiro Inasaki

The Product Realization Process, Second Edition Edward B. Magrab, Satyandra K. Gupta, F. Patrick McCluskey, and Peter Sandborn

Series: Manufacturing Engineering and Materials Processing

University of Maryland, College Park, USA Series: Environmental & Energy Engineering

Written by an international team of experts unrivalled in their experience and standing in the field, this comprehensive reference takes a unified approach to abrasive machining that emphasizes the underlying physical principles and how this knowledge can best be applied to solving new grinding problems. Coverage is split neatly into two main sections, with the first dedicated to basic concepts such as grinding parameters, removal mechanisms, abrasive characteristics, and economic efficiency. The remainder of the book addresses applications, including grinding of ductile and brittle materials, grinding machines, and surface, cylindrical, internal, centerless, and ultrasonic-assisted grinding.

The second edition of a bestseller, this book discusses an integrated product and process design that has been successfully used to conceptualize, design, and rapidly produce competitively-priced quality products. It examines the overlapping, interacting, and iterative nature of the engineering aspects that impact the product realization process. A detailed introduction to the creation of highquality products, the new edition explores the role of innovation, requirements engineering, smart materials, different rapid prototyping methods, and life-cycle cost determination, to name just a few. The book delineates proven methods that have been used successfully to create products.

Catalog no. DK4115, ISBN: 978-1-57444-671-5 December 2006, 7 x 10, 632 pp. Suggested Price: $167.95 / £107.00

Catalog no. 70606, ISBN: 978-1-4200-7060-6 July 2009, 7 x 10, 304 pp. Suggested Price: $124.95 / £79.99

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Introduction to Process Control Jose A. Romagnoli Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA and University of Sydney, Australia

Ahmet Palazoglu University of California, Davis, USA Series: Chemical Industries

Life Cycle Costing for Engineers B.S. Dhillon

Catalog no. DK496X, ISBN: 978-0-8493-3496-2 July 2005, 6 x 9, 528 pp. Suggested Price: $149.95 / £96.00

Lean for the Process Industries

The life cycle cost is the sum of all costs incurred during the lifetime of an item. In today’s global economy, the procurement decisions of many engineering products are not entirely made on initial procurement costs alone but on their life cycle costs. Past experiences indicate that product ownership cost often exceeds the procurement cost. Eliminating the need to consult many different sources, this book brings together useful, up-to-date life cycle costing concepts for various industrial sectors. It explores the economics of life cycle costing, presents introductory engineering reliability and maintainability concepts, and includes numerous examples with solutions. Catalog no. K10869, ISBN: 978-1-4398-1688-2 October 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 224 pp. Suggested Price: $102.95 / £65.99 Also Available in Soft Cover and in eBook

Liquid Lean

Dealing with Complexity

Developing Lean Culture in the Process Industries

Peter L. King

Raymond C. Floyd

Lean Dynamics LLC, Newark, Delaware, USA

Suncor, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Compared to its widespread implementation in nearly all areas of production, Lean improvement lags behind in the process industries. Drawing on 40 years of experience at one of the world’s largest chemical and materials manufacturers, Peter King provides the first Lean resource written explicitly for the process industries. Focusing on where the needs of the process industry differ from those of parts assembly manufacturing, he discusses the eight wastes described in Lean literature, looking at how they manifest themselves in process operations. He explains how to adapt value stream mapping for process operations and how to identify and eliminate the root causes of bottlenecks.

Liquid industries, including reactive chemical manufacturing, petroleum and metal refining, and food and bio-pharma production, can make great use of the concepts of Lean. However, largely because they are naturally conservative and more financially stable than most, these industries do not generally make use of Lean manufacturing, and great case stories of successful Lean implementation are rare. This book is the first to offer details and examples of adapting Lean manufacturing to liquid industries. It is based on more than 20 years of industry experience from the legendary Raymond Floyd, one of the first to successfully practice Lean in the chemical industry.

Catalog no. PP7851, ISBN: 978-1-4200-7851-0 May 2009, 6 x 9, 358 pp. Suggested Price: $51.95 / £32.99

Catalog no. PP8629, ISBN: 978-1-4200-8862-5 February 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 346 pp. Suggested Price: $49.95 / £31.99 Available in eBook

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Lean Production for Competitive Advantage A Comprehensive Guide to Lean Methodologies and Management Practices John Nicholas

Metal Cutting Theory and Practice Second Edition David A. Stephenson and John S. Agapiou

Loyola University Department of Operations, Chicago, Illinois, USA

General Motors, Pontiac, Michigan, USA

Based on the author’s three decades involvement with teaching Lean principles, this volume introduces the Lean philosophy and uses real-world case studies to illustrate the active application of Lean tools to improve set-up, production, maintenance, and distribution. It explains how to effectively partner with suppliers and employees to accomplish productivity goals. It also offers practical advice on implementing a culture of continuous improvement on the shopfloor or in the office, so as to encourage a heightened sense of responsibility and pride in all stakeholders.

With information on machine tools, cutting tool material, and workholding technologies, this book provides selection criteria needed to identify the proper machine tool and tool materials for quality and cost effectiveness. The authors emphasize physical understanding of machining processes, including tool wear, forces, power, rigidity, and machining economics. They explore ways of extending tool life, diagnosing machining problems, and solving them using various technologies. This second edition includes chapters on cutting fluids, agile and high-throughput machining, and design for machining as well as examples and end-of-chapter problems for textbook use.

Catalog no. K11112, ISBN: 978-1-4398-2096-4 July 2010, 7 x 10, 527 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £48.99

Catalog no. DK3108, ISBN: 978-0-8247-5888-2 December 2005, 7 x 10, 864 pp. Suggested Price: $144.95 / £92.00

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Manufacturing & Processing

University of Ottawa, Canada

Introduction to Process Control infuses traditional topics with modern industry-based practices that provide more integrated process operation, control, and information systems. The authors adopt a beautifully-conceived approach that follows a continuing problem throughout the entire text, adding new concepts and strategies to the example and culminating in a complete control design strategy. This fully realized system is implemented in MATLAB®, with software downloads available from the CRC website. The book also introduces data processing and reconciliation along with process monitoring as integral components of overall control system architecture and addresses the issues of plantwide control.

Plastic Conversion Processes

Edited by

Manufacturing & Processing

A Concise and Applied Guide

George T. Halmos

Eric Cybulski 3M Innovative Properties Co., St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

Delta Engineering Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Canada Series: Manufacturing Engineering and Materials Processing, 67

Although there are books available that describe a single plastic conversion process, such as injection molding, few if any sources describe and compare a comprehensive list of such processes. This book answers that need by providing a basic overview of seven conversion processes used in the industry—methods that account for the creation of more than 97% of all plastic products. Each chapter begins with a process attribute table to serve as a quick guide and then briefly describes a particular conversion process, along with a short history. This text also details equipment, tooling, materials, and other important topics to bolster understanding of the field.

Over 35 percent of all light gauge steel produced in North America is processed through roll forming lines, and nearly all ductile sheet metals with a thickness between .004” and .75” can also be roll formed. The Roll Forming Handbook is the first comprehensive guide to all aspects of the roll forming process, from conception to practical know-how. Under the guidance of George Halmos, expert contributors share insights based on many years of hard-won experience and provide information on roll forming mills, uncoilers, presses, die accelerators, and other equipment. Supplementing this information are discussions on roll design, setup, troubleshooting, materials to be formed, and lubrication.

Catalog no. 94068, ISBN: 978-1-4200-9406-0 May 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 165 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $71.95 / £45.99

Catalog no. DK1201, ISBN: 978-0-8247-9563-4 November 2005, 7 x 10, 584 pp. Suggested Price: $205.95 / £133.00

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Process Modeling in Composites Manufacturing

Systems Life Cycle Costing

Second Edition Suresh G. Advani

Economic Analysis, Estimation, and Management

University of Delaware, Newark, USA

John V. Farr

E. Murat Sozer

United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, USA Series: Complex Systems Engineering and Management

Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey

An introduction to modeling of composite manufacturing processes, this book covers the basic principles of fluid mechanics and heat transfer. The book includes example problems solved to facilitate the use of back-of-the-envelope calculations, introducing a scientific basis to manufacturing. The end of each chapter has questions and problems that reinforce the content and fill-in-the-blanks sections that will develop the experience base of the manufacturing, materials, and design engineer or scientist. In this new edition, the computer-based solutions were obtained using MATLAB® code and also flow simulation based analysis.

Roll Forming Handbook

Catalog no. 90828, ISBN: 978-1-4200-9082-6 July 2010, 7 x 10, 630 pp. Suggested Price: $149.95 / £95.00

An analysis of today’s business environment and the integration of software, people, and interfaces, this book explores the roles of engineers, information technologists, and product development professionals. It provides methods, processes, and tools (MPTs) for life cycle costing while focusing on technology-centric examples. The author includes unpublished material on the costing of commercial off-the-shelf systems and presents the MPTs for a product development perspective. The text also covers applications that use Excel spreadsheets for better comprehension. Catalog no. K11422, ISBN: 978-1-4398-2891-5 February 2011, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 328 pp. Suggested Price: $99.95 / £63.99 Available in eBook

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Product Design for Manufacture and Assembly Third Edition

The Chemical Components of Tobacco and Tobacco Smoke Alan Rodgman

Geoffrey Boothroyd Boothroyd Dewhurst Inc., Wakefield, Rhode Island, USA

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA

Peter Dewhurst and Winston A. Knight

Thomas A. Perfetti

University of Rhode Island, Kingston, USA Series: Manufacturing Engineering and Materials Processing

Perfetti and Perfetti, LLC, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA

Now in its third edition, this volume features new problem sets and student assignments, making this respected reference work now even more suitable for use in product design and design for manufacture courses. Chapters have been updated from previous editions with more recent case studies of the application of design for manufacture and assembly (DFMA) techniques, important industry changes, and emphasis on current trends such as design for power injection molding and surface mount devices. Each chapter also includes updated cost information on materials, labor, and machine operations.

Cataloging more than 8400 tobacco and tobacco smoke components, this book provides the most comprehensive, single-source reference published on the subject since 1968. It reviews every chemical class of component found in tobacco and tobacco smoke and presents more than 6000 cited references that deal with many topics pertinent to the ones in question. The authors list the corresponding Chemical Abstracts Registry Number for those most cataloged. They also examine adverse health-related problems assigned to specific tobacco smoke components as well as components reported to negate such harmful effects. The accompanying CD-ROM contains a searchable, 300-page alphabetical index.

Catalog no. 89277, ISBN: 978-1-4200-8927-1 December 2010, 7 x 10, 709 pp. Suggested Price: $129.95 / £82.00

Catalog no. 78836, ISBN: 978-1-4200-7883-1 December 2008, 8-1/2 x 11, 928 pp. Suggested Price: $319.95 / £204.00 Available in eBook

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Six Steps to Improvement

Food Packaging and Shelf Life

Isao Kato

A Practical Guide

TMI, Aichi, Japan

Edited by

Art Smalley

Gordon L. Robertson

Art of Lean, Huntington Beach, California, USA

Food Packaging Environment, Hope Island, Australia

This workbook is the first of its kind to document and outline the actual kaizen practices taught within the Toyota Motor Corporation to develop leadership skills and personal responsibility close to the manufacturing floor. By explaining in full context the six basic kaizen principles that govern Toyota, the authors enable readers to improve their own skills and those of their employees making full use of the kaizen approach. The text examines simple analytic methods for work elements, time, motion, production lead-time, machine losses, and standardized work.

Organized according to specific food products, this practical handbook defines the indices of failure for foods as diverse as milk, fruits, bottled water, juices, vegetables, fish, and beef. It discusses the deteriorative reactions for each and reviews how different packaging materials may influence time to failure and thus shelf life. Biobased packaging is examined in a separate chapter as is the impact of active packaging on shelf life. Packaging and the microbial shelf life of foods is the subject of another chapter, while a further chapter discusses shelf life testing methodology.

Catalog no. K11748, ISBN: 978-1-4398-3853-2 October 2010, 8-1/2 x 11, 156 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $49.95 / £31.99

Catalog no. 78445, ISBN: 978-1-4200-7844-2 December 2009, 7 x 10, 404 pp. Suggested Price: $164.95 / £102.00 Available in eBook

Aseptic Processing and Packaging of Food and Beverages Desktop Reference for Food Industry Practitioners, Second Edition Jairus R.D. David, Ralph H. Graves, and Thomas Szemplenski A must-have reference for researchers in product formulation, engineering, and production, this book reviews the history of aseptic processing and packaging, describes current technologies, and explains why these technologies are effective. Specific topics include: pumping-timing, heat exchange, hold-tube design, system design, and production of culinary steam and air. This book fills in the gaps left by other sources to provide a comprehensive one-volume guide. Catalog no. K10365, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0719-4 May 2011, 7 x 10, 512 pp. Suggested Price: $189.95 / £121.00 Available in eBook

Development of Products and Packaging for Use in Microwave Ovens Edited by

Textbook

Food Packaging Science and Technology Dong Sun Lee, Kit L. Yam, and Luciano Piergiovanni With a wealth of illustrations, examples, discussion questions, and case studies, this textbook covers basic principles and advanced technologies. Emphasizing the application of scientific principles to create effective designs and quality products, this text discusses packaging materials science and the chemical and physical properties of plastics, glass, metal, and cellulosic packaging materials. It analyzes traditional methods such as end-of-line operations as well as canning, aseptic and vacuum/modified atmosphere packaging. It studies the shelf lives of various food categories and addresses sustainable packaging as well as sociological and legislative considerations. Catalog no. DK3076, ISBN: 978-0-8247-2779-6 April 2008, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 656 pp. Suggested Price: $94.95 / £60.99

Textbook

Food Packaging Principles and Practice, Second Edition

M.W. Lorence P.S. Pesheck

Gordon L. Robertson

General Mills, USA

Food Packaging Environment, Hope Island, Australia

Development of Packaging and Products for Use in Microwave Ovens provides a focused and comprehensive review for developers in the food and packaging industries. The first section discusses the principles of microwave heating and ovens. The text emphasizes the effect of food dielectric properties and geometry on heating uniformity, flavor optimization, and colors of microwave foods. The second part discusses microwave packaging materials and design with chapters that cover rigid packaging, susceptors, and shielding. Also discussed are product development, oven safety, and computer modeling of microwave products.

Originally published in 1993, Food Packaging: Principles and Practice went on to become a bestselling textbook and industry standard. The second edition continues this tradition, with an integrated approach toward the study of packaging technology that covers chemistry, microbiology, and engineering, but with significant additions. Five chapters and numerous diagrams have been incorporated to explain developments in processes and equipment. The author has updated all of the references and added a chapter explaining active packaging technologies. This second edition adheres to the essential format that made the first edition so informative and accessible.

Catalog no. N10045, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0207-6 September 2009, 6 x 9, 408 pp. Suggested Price: $239.95 / £150.00

Manufacturing & Processing / Packaging

Toyota Kaizen Methods

Catalog no. DK775X, ISBN: 978-0-8493-3775-8 September 2005, 7 x 10, 568 pp. Suggested Price: $102.95 / £66.99

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Modified and Controlled Atmospheres for the Storage, Transportation, and Packaging of Horticultural Commodities

Advances in Wool Technology

Edited by

Elhadi M. Yahia

N.A.G Johnson and I. Russell

Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro, Mexico

CSIRO Textile and Fibre Technology, Australia

Providing a complete analysis of MA and CA research, development, and future possibilities, this book delineates the ideal conditions for many horticultural commodities and outlines the effects of MA and CA on the physiology and biochemistry of these commodities and on their flavors and quality. The 23 chapters in the book cover basic and applied aspects related to the science and application of this technology to the handling of specific agricultural commodities. They discuss all technological applications of MA and CA (storage, transport, and packaging) for fruits, vegetables, and ornamentals of temperate, subtropical, and tropical origin.

Wool is increasingly being seen as a high performance fiber with new modifications and applications. Advances in Wool Technology presents a comprehensive account of these innovations. It begins with an overview of the advances that have occurred in the production of wool and includes coverage of the progress in wool spinning and the role of enzymes for improved wool production. The book then reviews wool products and applications. Additional topics include brighter wool, intelligent wool apparel and wool for medical textiles. The book will be a valuable reference and a stimulus to improve wool and its end performance.

Catalog no. 69578, ISBN: 978-1-4200-6957-0 March 2009, 7 x 10, 608 pp. Suggested Price: $185.95 / £119.00

Catalog no. WP7968, ISBN: 978-1-4200-7968-5 January 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 320 pp. Suggested Price: $239.95 / £126.00

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Advanced Textiles for Wound Care

Applications of Nonwovens in Technical Textiles

Edited by

S. Rajendran

R. Chapman

University of Bolton, UK

Consultant, UK

This collection provides a detailed review of how textiles are incorporated into wound care applications, explaining the importance and suitability of using textiles on different wound types. It introduces wound care and covers wound management and the importance of laboratory testing in relation to wound care. It comprehensively reviews the different textile dressings available, moist would management, and bioactive dressings to promote healing. The concluding chapters describe how advanced textiles, such as smart temperature controlled textiles and composites, can be used for wound care products. The final chapter gives an interesting insight into the use of fibrous scaffolds for tissue engineering.

One of the fastest growing and most exciting sectors of the textiles market, nonwovens offer a broad spectrum of end uses, ranging from medical products to interior textiles. This book focuses on the variety of technical nonwoven applications available. Part one examines the fundamental principles of nonwoven fabrics and includes topics such as the formation of nonwovens and the influence of fiber and fabric properties on nonwoven performance. Part two provides valuable examples of how nonwoven materials can be used in a variety of textile products for apparel, filtration, and personal hygiene.

Catalog no. WP9489, ISBN: 978-1-4200-9489-3 June 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 384 pp. Suggested Price: $222.95 / £135.00

Catalog no. N10179, ISBN: 978-1-4398-3057-4 July 2010, 6 x 9, 224 pp. Suggested Price: $189.95 / £121.00

Advances in Carpet Manufacture

Biologically Inspired Textiles

Edited by

K K Goswami

A. Abbott and M. Ellison

Indian Institute of Carpet Technology

Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA

This book provides an overview of the developments and innovations within this area, covering the manufacture of many different types of carpet. It begins by discussing the different types and requirements of carpets along with the structure and properties of the carpet fibers and yarns that are used. The book then explores recent developments in the manufacture of carpets. Topics include the advances in carpet weaving and the reduction of static in carpets. The book also examines a selection of carpet types, including wool carpets, textile sports surfaces and handmade carpets.

Written by a distinguished team of international authors, Biologically Inspired Textiles explores the current state of the art in this research arena and examines how biomimetics are increasingly applied to new textile technologies. It discusses the principles, production, and properties of biomimetics. Chapters include recombinant DNA technologies and their application for protein production, spinning of fibers from protein solutions, and structure/function relationships in spider silk. Building on this foundation, the book then provides a review of the application of biomimetics to a range of textile applications, including the design of clothing and self-cleaning textiles.

Catalog no. WP9491, ISBN: 978-1-4200-9491-6 April 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 320 pp. Suggested Price: $222.95 / £135.00

Catalog no. WP7985, ISBN: 978-1-4200-7985-2 March 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 320 pp. Suggested Price: $219.95 / £115.00

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Engineering Apparel Fabrics and Garments Edited by

Geosynthetic Clay Liners for Waste Containment Facilities Abdelmalek Bouazza

J. Fan Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

L. Hunter

Dept. Civil Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

John J. Bowders, Jr.

As consumer demands increase and global competition intensifies, the industry must find ways of engineering certain performance requirements into textiles and apparel. Edited by two highly distinguished authors, this book reviews how fabrics and garments can be engineered to meet technical performance and other characteristics required for the specific end-use. The authors cover fabric and garment handling and making-up performance and wear appearance issues such as wrinkling, pilling, and bagging. They also discuss fabric and garment drape, durability related issues, physiological and psychological comfort, fire retardancy, waterproofing, breathability, and ultraviolet protection. Catalog no. N10093, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0972-3 July 2009, 6 x 9 Suggested Price: $229.95 / £145.00

This book gives a comprehensive and authoritative review of the current state of practice on geosynthetic clay liners in waste containments. It provides an insight into individual materials (bentonite and the associated geosynthetics) and the manufacturing processes. This is followed by the coverage of important topics such as hydraulic conductivity, chemical compatibility, contaminant transport, gas migration, shear strength and slope stability, and field performance. Catalog no. K00009, ISBN: 978-0-415-46733-9 January 2010, 6-3/4 x 9-3/4, 254 pp. Suggested Price: $149.95 / £95.00

Edited by

High-Speed Spinning of Polyester and its Blends with Viscose

M. Miraftab

Edited by

Fatigue Failure of Textile Fibres The University of Bolton, UK

S.Y. Nanal

Expertly edited with an international panel of contributors, this book explains the different types of fatigue failure that can occur in textiles, including tensile, torsional and flex fatigue, describing the mechanisms of each type of fatigue. With chapters covering the factors that can affect fatigue life and fatigue behavior, the book underlines the relationship that fatigue has with the environment and looks at testing and modeling fatigue in such areas as polymer matrices. It then relates actual fiber fatigue failures to those of laboratory tests and explains how they influence mathematical modeling to predict potential failure.

The book is based on consultation experiences gained in the process of helping four mills that are running their ring frames at the highest spindle speed in the world. It examines economics of high-speed spinning and ends up predicting the future of high-speed spinning technology. It includes four live case studies of spinning mills in India that are running their ring frames successfully. This information can then be used to outline a practical plan of action to redesign current mills or design new ones.

Catalog no. N10048, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0210-6 May 2009, 6 x 9, 248 pp. Suggested Price: $209.95 / £115.00

Fundamentals and Practices in Colouration of Textiles Edited by

Catalog no. N10111, ISBN: 978-1-4398-1541-0 August 2009, 6 x 9, 134 pp. Suggested Price: $109.95 / £70.00

Handbook of Tensile Properties of Textile and Technical Fibres Edited by

A.R. Bunsell Ecole Des Mines de Paris, France

P. Schwartz

J N Chakraborty National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, India

This book discusses in detail the fundamentals and practices of dyeing and coloration of textiles. It covers academic as well as industrial aspects of coloration while also defining problems and providing solutions. It is of interest to researchers who study process and quality control. New developments and research in the area of dyeing, viz. dyeing of micro-fiber, garment dyeing, etc. have also been included to keep pace with modern day requirements. Another unique feature of this book is that it is a concise, compact textbook containing chemistry and application details of all classes of dyes. Catalog no. N10135, ISBN: 978-81-908001-4-3 February 2009, 6 x 9 Suggested Price: $179.95 / £110.00

Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA

This book provides a concise and authoritative overview of tensile behavior of a wide range of both natural and synthetic fibers used in textiles and high performance materials. After preliminary chapters that introduce the reader to tensile properties, failure, and testing of fibers, the book is split into two parts. Part One examines tensile properties and failure of natural fibers, such as cotton, hemp, wool, and silk. Part Two discusses the tensile properties and failure of synthetic fibers. Many chapters also provide a general background to the fiber, including the manufacture, microstructure, factors that affect tensile properties, as well as methods to improve tensile failure. Catalog no. N10032, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0145-1 November 2009, 6 x 9, 696 pp. Suggested Price: $249.95 / £160.00

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Textile Manufacturing

Dept. Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA

CSIR, South Africa

Handbook of Textile Fibre Structure Volume 1, Fundamentals and Manufactured Polymer Fibres Edited by

S. Eichhorn, J.W.S. Hearle, M. Jaffe, and T. Kikutani

Textile Manufacturing

Due to their complexity and diversity, understanding the structure of textile fibers is of key importance. This authoritative collection comprehensively reviews the structure of an extensive range of textile fibers. After an introductory set of chapters on fiber structure and methods to characterize fibers, the book covers the structure of manufactured polymer fibers, including polyester, polyamides, polyolefin, elastomeric and aramid fibers, and high-modulus, high-tenacity polymer fibers. It also discusses fiber formation during processing and how this affects fiber structure and mechanical properties. Catalog no. N10017, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0119-2 November 2009, 6 x 9, 524 pp. Suggested Price: $249.95 / £160.00

Handbook of Textile Fibre Structure Volume 2, Natural, Regenerated, Inorganic, and Specialist Fibres Edited by

Interior Textiles Design and Developments Edited by

T. Rowe University of Bolton, UK

Providing an overview of the types of textiles used within the interior textile sector, this book explores key technological developments and safety issues affecting the industry. The first group of chapters reviews types and selection of materials for interior textiles, including natural and synthetic fibers as well as knitted, woven, and nonwoven fabrics. Further chapters review surface design of interior textiles and textile use in carpets and floor coverings. It further discuses developments in such areas as joining furniture fabrics, the use of sustainable and recycled textiles, using interior textiles to minimize pollution, flame retardant materials and innovative textiles for seating. Catalog no. WP9482, ISBN: 978-1-4200-9482-4 October 2009, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 304 pp. Suggested Price: $199.95 / £125.00

Medical and Healthcare Textiles 2007 Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Healthcare and Medical Textiles Edited by

J.F. Kennedy Chembiotech Ltd., UK

S. Eichhorn, J.W.S. Hearle, M. Jaffe, and T. Kikutani

S.C. Anand, M. Miraftab, and S. Rajendran

Edited by leading authorities on the subject and with a team of international authors, this handbook examines the structure of natural fibers, including cellulosic, cotton, protein, silk, and wool. It also considers regenerated cellulosic, protein, alginate, chitin, and chitosan fibers. The book concludes with discussions on the structure of a variety of inorganic fibers, such as glass, carbon, and ceramic, as well as specialist fibers that include thermally and chemically resistant, optical, and hollow fibers. The text also reviews how fiber structure contributes to key mechanical properties.

This volume is based off of papers presented in 2007 at the University of Bolton. Contributors cover a range of topics including: emerging textile-based biomaterials; hygienic textiles; the use of textiles in infection control and as barrier materials; bandaging and pressure garments for managing chronic infections such as ulcers; the role of textiles in the management of burns and wounds; textilebased implantable devices such as tissue scaffolds and sutures; and intelligent textiles.

Catalog no. N10129, ISBN: 978-1-4398-2072-8 December 2009, 6 x 9, 532 pp. Suggested Price: $249.95 / £160.00

Catalog no. WP7989, ISBN: 978-1-4200-7989-0 August 2010, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 512 pp. Suggested Price: $249.95 / £159.00

Humidification and Ventilation Management in Textile Industry

Modelling and Predicting Textile Behaviour

Edited by

B. Purushothama

X. Chen

The University of Bolton, UK

Purushothama Consultants, Bangalore, India

University of Manchester, UK

Production and quality can be significantly impacted by improper selection or inadequate maintenance of temperature and humidity measures. Based on the author’s 38 years in the textile industry, this book explains the principles adopted in different humidification plants and their adoption. The author translates his experience working as technician dealing with the problems of humidification it into a comprehensive, authoritative guide.

The textile industry can experience a vast array of problems, and modelling can highlight the mechanisms involved and analyze useful predictive results for solving these problems. This book provides an overview of how textile modelling can be used within the textile industry. The first group of chapters reviews the different types of models and methods of how models can predict textile structures and behavior. The second group of chapters presents a selection of case studies, expressing the strengths, limitations, and how various models are applied in specific applications. Chapters include the modelling of color and drape in textiles.

Catalog no. N10134, ISBN: 978-81-908001-2-9 February 2010, 6 X 9, 415 pp. Suggested Price: $189.95 / £121.00

Catalog no. N10008, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0107-9 January 2010, 6 x 9, 560 pp. Suggested Price: $239.95 / £150.00

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More about Fibre Friction and its Measurements Edited by

Pulse-Jet Filtration An Effective Way to Control Industrial Pollution Edited by

Arunangshu Mukhopadhyay

Mehmet Emin Yuyksekkaya

National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, India

In today’s competitive market, fiber testing instruments must be very fast and accurate; otherwise, they will not be useful for commercial purposes. For example, the length, color, and trash content of hundreds of thousands of cotton bales should be tested within a very short period of time. Without having the data describing the properties of cotton fibers, cotton bales cannot be sold commercially in most countries. Many of the properties of cotton fibers can be assessed by using an HVI fiber-testing instrument. This book covers the historical perspective of fiber friction studies and fiber friction measurement-testing devices. Catalog no. K11958, ISBN: 978-0-415-57188-3 February 2010, 64 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $29.95 / £14.99

A Novel Green Treatment for Textiles Plasma Treatment as a Sustainable Technology C.W. Kan The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Series: Sustainability

Focusing on green chemistry and sustainability, this book discusses how plasma treatment has been used to modify textile properties. The book highlights the benefits of generating plasma and the reaction mechanisms between the surface of a textile and plasma species. The text addresses factors such as the nature of plasma gas, gas flow rate, system pressure, and discharge power that affect the final results of plasma treatments. An opening chapter presents current “brown” methods of treating textiles, exploring the environmental, economic and social costs of these methods. Throughout the book, the author presents the twelve principles of green chemistry and how they can be applied to the textile industry. Catalog no. K11802, ISBN: 978-1-4398-3944-7 June 2011, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 280 pp. Suggested Price: $149.95 / £95.00 Available in eBook

Part 1: Theory, Selection and Design of Pulse-Jet Filter This work presents the fundamental concepts involved in designing and developing pulse-jet filters under varied situations. It provides a comprehensive knowledge-base for the proper design and development of filter media and ultimately for successfully running a filter unit. The book also discusses technical and commercially attractive solutions for the successful operation of industries integrated with pollution control equipment that maintain clean air requirements. Catalog no. K11696, ISBN: 978-0-415-58103-5 July 2010, 128 pp., Soft Cover, Suggested Price: $29.95 / £14.99

Part II: Process Characterization and Evaluation of Filter Media Part II develops an in-depth understanding of the mechanism and factors governing the filtration process. It covers modeling and simulation aspects related to the filtration process, helping you judge process performance for effective process monitoring and set the process and design parameters at an optimum level. The text also incorporates a thorough examination of various methods for testing and evaluating filter media. Catalog no. K12103, ISBN: 978-0-415-59287-1 June 2010, Soft Cover, Suggested Price: $29.95 / £14.99

Quality Characterisation of Apparel Edited by

Subrata Das Central Silk Technological Institute, Bangalore, India

Apparel creators face new technologies and testing devices to ensure the quality and safety of their products. This book discusses different testing protocols for apparel and related accessories, pinpointing their salient features. It covers the importance of various essential standards and regulations associated with quality evaluation of apparels for the export market and reviews assorted safety aspects of children’s apparel. The book also highlights the role of retailers, agents, vendors, and laboratories in the quality program of the clothing sector. Catalog no. N10133, ISBN: 978-81-908001-3-6 February 2010, 6 X 9, 200 pp. Suggested Price: $159.95 / £99.00

Physical Principles of Electrospinning Electrospinning as a Nano-Scale Technology of the Twenty-First Century Edited by

D. Lukas, A. Sarkar, L. Martinova, K. Vodsed’alkova, D. Lubasova, J. Chaloupek, P. Pokorny, P. Mikes, J. Chvojka, and M. Komarek After introducing the history and process of electrospinning, this book, Volume 41.2 of the journal Textiles Progress, highlights the self-organization of fluid in electrospinning. It then describes the jet path and its possible control by special collectors and spinning electrodes. The text also discusses two electrospinning variants (melt and core-shell electrospinning) as well as two exceptional features of electrospinning (electric wind and accompanying irradiations). The book concludes with a discussion on the quality of polymeric solutions for electrospinning from the standpoint of Hansen solubility parameters and entanglements among polymeric chains. Catalog no. K11231, ISBN: 978-0-415-55823-5 March 2009, Soft Cover Suggested Price: $30.95 / £19.71

Textile Manufacturing

Usak University, Turkey Series: Textile Progress

Smart Clothes and Wearable Technology Edited by

J. McCann University of Wales, Newport, UK

D. Bryson University of Derby, UK

A comprehensive review of the technologies and materials available for the design and production of smart clothing, this book goes beyond the basics to provide a comprehensive overview of various wearer requirements. After assessing the design and materials available for smart clothing and wearable technology, the book covers the design process from fiber selection through to product development in digital print technology. It then examines the general requirements, types of technologies available, and manufacturing methods of smart clothing. The coverage includes developments in fabric joining and graphic communications. Catalog no. N10013, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0113-0 March 2009, 6 x 9, 384 pp. Suggested Price: $249.95 / £150.00

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Smart Textile Coatings and Laminates

Textile Manufacturing 64

Technical Textiles Yarns Edited by

R. Alagirusamy

Edited by

Indian Institute of Technology

W.C. Smith

A. Das

Industrial Textile Associates, USA

Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi

Coatings and laminates allow for the introduction of smart functionalities for textile products. They are suitable for a wide range of textile applications and can contribute to improving product performance. This pioneering book is a valuable reference and stimulus for developing and improving coated and laminated textile products. The first section covers the fundamentals of coatings and laminates. Themes range from coating and laminating processing and production techniques to testing and quality assurance. The remainder of the book covers different types of smart coatings and laminates such as intelligent weatherproof coatings, phase change coatings, and nanotechnology based coatings.

This book covers a wide variety of areas within textile applications. The first part of the book begins by reviewing the advances in yarn production. The text examines advances in textile yarn spinning, modification of textile yarn structures, the reduction of yarn hairiness, and coatings for technical textile yarns. The second group of chapters describes the range of technical yarns for biomedical applications, such as electro-conductive textile yarns, novel yarns, and plasma treated yarns. Technical sewing threads and biodegradable textile yarns are also discussed.

Catalog no. N10027, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0133-8 February 2010, 6 x 9, 320 pp. Suggested Price: $209.95 / £126.00

Catalog no. N10203, ISBN: 978-1-4398-3154-0 August 2010, 6 x 9, 510 pp. Suggested Price: $259.95 / £165.00

Surface Modification of Textiles

Textiles for Cold Weather Apparel

Edited by

Q. Wei

J. Williams

Jiangnan University, China

De Montfort University, UK; Glyndwr University, UK

Covering everything from traditional solution treatment to biological approaches, this book reviews fundamental issues relating to textile surfaces and their characterization. It explores the exciting opportunities for surface modification in a range of different textiles to meet special requirements for various applications. Introductory chapters review some important surface modification techniques employed for improved functional behavior of textiles and the various surface characterization methods available. Further chapters examine the different types of surface modification suitable for textiles, ranging from the use of plasma treatments and physical vapor deposition to the use of nanoparticles. The book concludes by discussing surface modification strategies for various applications of textiles.

Textiles for Cold Weather Apparel reviews the principles, materials, and requirements of cold weather apparel and stimulates ideas for future innovation and improved end performance. The first part of the book covers the fundamental scientific issues and types of materials suitable for cold weather clothing including how to achieve comfort in cold weather. It also discusses design and ergonomic aspects such as designing for ventilation. Part two discusses ways of evaluating cold weather clothing, including standards and legislation governing cold weather clothing and laboratory assessments. Part three concludes with applications including cold weather apparel for the military and footwear.

Catalog no. N10099, ISBN: 978-1-4398-1102-3 September 2009, 6 x 9, 360 pp. Suggested Price: $211.95 / £135.00

Catalog no. N10018, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0123-9 October 2009, 6 x 9, 432 pp. Suggested Price: $211.95 / £135.00

Woven Textile Structure Theory and Applications

Sustainable Textiles Life Cycle and Environmental Impact

Edited by

B.K. Behera

Edited by

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

R.S. Blackburn

P.K. Hari

University of Leeds, UK

Technological Institute of Textile & Sciences, Bhiwani, India

Sustainable Textiles reviews ways of achieving more sustainable materials and technologies as well as improving recycling in the textile industry. The first part of the book discusses ways of improving sustainability at various points in the supply chain. Chapters discuss how sustainability can be integrated into textile design. This integration ensures more sustainable production of both natural and synthetic fibers, improving sustainability in processes such as dyeing as well as more environmentally-friendly technologies. The second part of the book reviews consumer perceptions of recycled textiles, eco-labeling, organic textiles, and the use of recycled materials in textile products.

Woven Textile Structure: Theory and Applications provides comprehensive coverage of the structure, behavior, modeling, and design of woven fabrics and their relevance to the textile industry. The first chapters review the fundamental principles of woven fabric structures. Part two discusses the mechanics of woven fabrics, including shrinkage, yarn behavior, and bending behavior in woven fabrics. Part three, in discussing the design engineering of woven fabrics, covers themes such as textile product design methods and modeling for woven fabric design. The final chapters address practical applications of woven fabrics.

Catalog no. N10023, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0128-4 November 2009, 6 x 9, 416 pp. Suggested Price: $229.95 / £145.00

Catalog no. N10191, ISBN: 978-1-4398-3116-8 March 2010, 6 x 9 Suggested Price: $229.95 / £145.00

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A Guide to Human Factors and Ergonomics, Second Edition................3 A Novel Green Treatment for Textiles: Plasma Treatment as a Sustainable Technology.........................................................................63 About Designing: Analysing Design Meetings......................................10 Acceptance Sampling in Quality Control, Second Edition....................39 Advanced Power Plant Materials, Design and Technology....................30 Advanced Textiles for Wound Care.......................................................60 Advances in Applied Digital Human Modeling......................................8 Advances in Carpet manufacture..........................................................60 Advances in Cognitive Ergonomics.........................................................4 Advances in Cross-Cultural Decision Making.........................................4 Advances in Ergonomics Modeling and Usability Evaluation..................9 Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare.................15 Advances in Human Factors, Ergonomics, and Safety in Manufacturing and Service Industries...................................................11 Advances in Occupational, Social, and Organizational Ergonomics........3 Advances in Understanding Human Performance: Neuroergonomics, Human Factors Design, and Special Populations....................................9 Advances in Wool Technology..............................................................60 Affective Computing: Theory, Methods, and Applications.....................6 Agents, Games, and Evolution: Strategies at Work and Play.................26 Air Pollution: Health and Environmental Impacts................................14 Andy & Me: Crisis and Transformation on the Lean Journey, Second Edition.....................................................................................48 Applications of Nonwovens in Technical Textiles..................................60 Applied Operational Research with SAS...............................................26 Applied Reliability, Third Edition.........................................................39 Applying Lean in Healthcare: A Collection of International Case Studies..........................................................................................23 Architecture and Principles of Systems Engineering..............................43 Aseptic Processing and Packaging of Food and Beverages: Desktop Reference for Food Industry Practioners, Second Edition.....................59 Asset Management Excellence: Optimizing Equipment Life-Cycle Decisions, Second Edition....................................................................39 Autonomous Maintenance DVD Set: Shopfloor TPM Implementation....................................................................................30 Aviation Psychology and Human Factors................................................4

B Best Practices in Business Technology Management..............................34 Bioalcohol Production: Biochemical Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass.................................................................................................30 Biologically Inspired Textiles.................................................................60 Biomechanics of the Upper Limbs: Mechanics, Modeling and Musculoskeletal Injuries, Second Edition..............................................13 Bodyspace: Anthropometry, Ergonomics and the Design of Work, Third Edition........................................................................................13 Boilers for Power and Process................................................................31 Building Vulnerability Assessments: Industrial Hygiene and Engineering Concepts...........................................................................14 Bullying and Harassment in the Workplace: Developments in Theory, Research, and Practice, Second Edition.................................................13

C Canine Ergonomics: The Science of Working Dogs................................5 Composite Materials Technology: Neural Network Applications..........54 Composites Manufacturing: Materials, Product, and Process Engineering...........................................................................................54 Computational Methods in Finance.....................................................26 Conceptual Modeling for Discrete-Event Simulation............................27 Concise Guide to Workplace Safety and Health: What You Need to Know, When You Need It.....................................................................15 Content Preparation Guidelines for the Web and Information Appliances: Cross-Cultural Comparisons................................................6 Context-Aware Computing and Self-Managing Systems.........................6 Conveyors: Application, Selection, and Integration..............................32 COSMIC Function Points: Theory and Advanced Practices.................34 Creating a Lean Culture: Tools to Sustain Lean Conversions, Second Edition.....................................................................................49 Critical Cleaning Agents and Systems...................................................55 Critical Cleaning Applications, Processes, and Controls........................55

D Decentralized Control and Filtering in Interconnected Dynamical Systems.................................................................................................44

Decision Options: The Art and Science of Making Decisions...............27 Definitions, Conversions, and Calculations for Occupational Safety and Health Professionals, Third Edition......................................................15 Design of Biomedical Devices and Systems Second edition..................11 Design of Enterprise Systems: Theory, Architecture, and Methods.......44 Designing Displays for Older Adults.......................................................5 Designing for Older Adults: Principles and Creative Human Factors Approaches, Second Edition.................................................................11 Developing a Safety and Health Program, Second Edition....................15 Development of Products and Packaging for Use in Microwave Ovens....................................................................................................59 Disaster and Recovery Planning: A Guide for Facility Managers, Fifth Edition.........................................................................................22 Display and Interface Design: Subtle Science, Exact Art.........................5 Distillation Control, Optimization, and Tuning: Fundamentals and Strategies...............................................................................................54 Driver Distraction: Theory, Effects, and Mitigation................................5 Dynamic Capacity Management for Healthcare: Advanced Methods and Tools for Optimization....................................................23 Dynamic Programming: Foundations and Principles, Second Edition.. 27

E Effective Building Maintenance: Protection of Capital Assets...............31 Effective Communications for Project Management.............................34 Electric Power Distribution Reliability, Second Edition........................40 Electrolytic In-Process Dressing (ELID) Technologies: Fundamentals and Applications............................................................56 Enabling Context-Aware Web Services: Methods, Architectures, and Technologies...........................................................................................6 Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing (Print Version)...........................31 Engineering Apparel Fabrics and Garments..........................................61 Engineering Mega-Systems: The Challenge of Systems Engineering in the Information Age..............................................................................44 Enterprise Systems Engineering: Advances in the Theory and Practice...........................................................................................44 Entrepreneurship for Engineers.............................................................20 Ergonomic Trends from the East: Proceedings of Ergonomic Trends from the East, Japan, 12â&#x20AC;&#x201C;14 November 2008................................................13 Ergonomics for Beginners: A Quick Reference Guide, Third Edition..........................................................................................3 Ergonomics for Children: Designing Products and Places for Toddlers to Teens.....................................................................................................11 Ergonomics for Rehabilitation Professionals...........................................9 Ergonomics in Developing Regions: Needs and Applications.................3 Essential Project Management Skills.....................................................35 Essentials for the Improvement of Healthcare Using Lean & Six Sigma..............................................................................................23 Essentials of Engineering Leadership and Innovation............................35 Evaluation of Human Work, 3rd Edition................................................9

F Facilities Design, Third Edition............................................................31 Failure Mechanisms of Advanced Welding Processes.............................55 Fatal Accidents......................................................................................16 Fatigue Failure of Textile Fibres.............................................................61 Feedback Toolkit: 16 Tools for Better Communication in the Workplace, Second Edition.....................................................................................49 Fire Protection for Commercial Facilities..............................................16 Fitting the Human: Introduction to Ergonomics, Sixth Edition.............3 Flat-Rolled Steel Processes: Advanced Technologies..............................55 Flexibility: Flexible Companies for the Uncertain World......................20 Food Industry Quality Control Systems...............................................40 Food Packaging and Shelf Life: A Practical Guide.................................59 Food Packaging Science and Technology...............................................59 Food Packaging: Principles and Practice, Second Edition......................59 Friction Stir Welding.............................................................................53 Fundamentals and Practices in Colouration of Textiles.........................61 Fundamentals of Linear Systems for Physical Scientists and Engineers..............................................................................................44

G Gear Cutting Tools: Fundamentals of Design and Computation..........55 Geopolymers: Structures, Pricessing, Properties and Industrial Applications..........................................................................................55 Geosynthetic Clay Liners for Waste Containment Facilities..................61 Getting Design Right: A Systems Approach..........................................44 Global Engineering: Design, Decision Making, and Communication...................................................................................35

Green Project Management..................................................................35 Guidelines for Process Hazards Analysis (PHA, HAZOP), Hazards Identification, and Risk Analysis...........................................................40

H Handbook for Critical Cleaning, Second Edition.................................55 Handbook of Aviation Human Factors, Second Edition.........................9 Handbook of Chemicals and Safety......................................................16 Handbook of Control Room Design and Ergonomics: A Perspective for the Future, Second Edition...................................................................13 Handbook of Digital Human Modeling: Research for Applied Ergonomics and Human Factors Engineering.........................................9 Handbook of Driving Simulation for Engineering, Medicine, and Psychology..............................................................................................5 Handbook of Energy Audits, Eighth Edition........................................22 Handbook of Environmental Health, Fourth Edition, Two Volume Set....................................................................................16 Handbook of Healthcare Delivery Systems...........................................45 Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care and Patient Safety........................................................................................16 Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics Methods......................10 Handbook of Human Factors in Medical Device Design......................11 Handbook of Human Factors in Web Design, Second Edition...............6 Handbook of Industrial and Systems Engineering................................45 Handbook of Industrial Drying, Third Edition....................................56 Handbook of Industrial Engineering Equations, Formulas, and Calculations..........................................................................................32 Handbook of Machining with Grinding Wheels..................................56 Handbook of Military Industrial Engineering.......................................35 Handbook of Modern Hospital Safety, Second Edition........................16 Handbook of Occupational Safety and Health.....................................17 Handbook of Tensile Properties of Textile and Technical Fibres............61 Handbook of Textile Fibre Structure, Volume 1: Fundamentals and Manufactured Polymer Fibres...............................................................62 Handbook of Textile Fibre Structure, Volume 2: Natural, Regenerated, Inorganic, and Specialist Fibres.............................................................62 Handbook of Thermal Process Modeling Steels....................................53 Hazardous Laboratory Chemicals Disposal Guide, Third Edition........17 Healthcare Delivery in the U.S.A.: An Introduction.............................24 Healthcare Transformation: A Guide for the Hospital Board Member.. 24 High Speed Spinning of Polyester and its Blends with Viscose..............61 Hot Deformation and Processing of Aluminum Alloys.........................53 Human Error in Medicine, Second Edition..........................................17 Human Factors and Ergonomics in Consumer Product Design: Methods and Techniques......................................................................11 Human Factors in Simple and Complex Systems, Second Edition........10 Human Factors in Simulation and Training..........................................10 Human Factors in the Design and Evaluation of Central Control Room Operations.................................................................................13 Human Factors Issues in Handgun Safety and Forensics.......................12 Human Factors Methods and Sports Science: A Practical Guide...........10 Human Reliability Assessment Theory and Practice..............................17 Human Reliability, Error, and Human Factors in Engineering Maintenance: with Reference to Aviation and Power Generation..........40 Human Safety and Risk Management, Second Edition.........................17 Human-Computer Etiquette: Cultural Expectations and the Design Implications They Place on Computers and Technology.........................6 Human-Computer Interaction and Operatorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Performance: Optimizing Work Design with Activity Theory......................................7 Human-Computer Interaction Fundamentals........................................7 Human-Computer Interaction: Design Issues, Solutions, and Applications............................................................................................7 Human-Computer Interaction: Designing for Diverse Users and Domains.................................................................................................7 Human-Computer Interaction: Development Process............................7 Humidification and Ventilation Management in Textile Industry.........62 Hybrid Laser Arc Welding....................................................................54 Hybrid Rough Sets and Applications in Uncertain Decision-Making...45

I Implementing Lean Six Sigma throughout the Supply Chain: The Comprehensive and Transparent Case Study.........................................47 Implementing Program Management: Templates and Forms Aligned with the Standard for Program Management Second Edition (2008)..........................................................................35 Implementing the Project Management Balanced Scorecard.................36 Implementing TWI: Creating and Managing a Skills-Based Culture....49 Improving Quality in Outpatient Services............................................24

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Title Index

Indoor Air Quality: The Latest Sampling and Analytical Methods, Second Edition.....................................................................................14 Industrial Applications of Laser Diagnostics..........................................40 Industrial Process Control Systems, Second Edition.............................56 Innovations in Materials Manufacturing, Fabrication, and Environmental Safety............................................................................56 Innovations of Kansei Engineering........................................................12 Innovative Production Machines and Systems: Fourth I*PROMS Virtual International Conference, 1-14 July, 2008 ...............................33 Innovative Solutions: What Designers Need to Know for Today’s Emerging Markets.................................................................................12 Inside the Mind of Toyota: Management Principles for Enduring Growth.................................................................................................50 Integrated Product and Process Design and Development: The Product Realization Process, Second Edition.................................56 Intelligent Energy Field Manufacturing: Interdisciplinary Process Innovations...........................................................................................20 Interactive Dynamic-System Simulation, Second Edition.....................45 Interior Textiles: Design and Developments..........................................62 International Encyclopedia of Ergonomics and Human Factors, Second Edition - 3 Volume Set.............................................................10 Introduction to Ergonomics, Third Edition............................................3 Introduction to Human Factors and Ergonomics for Engineers..............4 Introduction to Instrumentation and Measurements............................20 Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Science, Engineering, and Finance.................................................................................................27 Introduction to Probability with Mathematica, Second Edition...........27 Introduction to Probability with R.......................................................27 Introduction to Process Control............................................................57 Introduction to Scheduling...................................................................28 Introduction to Supply Chain Management Technologies, Second Edition..................................................................................................47 Inventory Management: Non-Classical Views.......................................33 Irregularities and Prediction of Major Disasters....................................45 It’s About Time: The Competitive Advantage of Quick Response Manufacturing......................................................................................47

JIT Implementation Manual -- The Complete Guide to Just-In-Time Manufacturing: Volume 1 -- The Just-In-Time Production System......49 JIT Implementation Manual -- The Complete Guide to Just-In-Time Manufacturing: Volume 2 -- Waste and the 5S’s...................................49 JIT Implementation Manual -- The Complete Guide to Just-In-Time Manufacturing: Volume 3 -- Flow Manufacturing -- Multi-Process Operations and Kanban........................................................................49 JIT Implementation Manual -- The Complete Guide to Just-In-Time Manufacturing: Volume 4 -- Leveling -- Changeover and Quality Assurance..............................................................................................49 JIT Implementation Manual -- The Complete Guide to Just-In-Time Manufacturing: Volume 5 -- Standardized Operations -- Jidoka and Maintenance/Safety..............................................................................49 JIT Implementation Manual -- The Complete Guide to Just-In-Time Manufacturing: Volume 6 -- JIT Implementation Forms and Charts...49 JIT Implementation Manual: The Complete Guide to Just-in-Time Manufacturing, Second Edition (6-Volume Set)...................................49

Lean Production for Competitive Advantage: A Comprehensive Guide to Lean Methodologies and Management Practices...............................57 Lean Production Simplified, Second Edition: A Plain-Language Guide to the World’s Most Powerful Production System.....................................50 Lean Safety: Transforming your Safety Culture with Lean Management . ......................................................................................50 Lean Six Sigma in Service: Applications and Case Studies.....................33 Lean Supply Chain Management Essentials: A Framework for Materials Managers..............................................................................................48 Learning Curves: Theory, Models, and Applications.............................28 Leveraging Lean in Healthcare: Transforming Your Enterprise into a High Quality Patient Care Delivery System..........................................24 Life Cycle Costing for Engineers...........................................................57 Linear and Nonlinear Programming with Maple: An Interactive, Applications-Based Approach................................................................28 Liquid Lean: Developing Lean Culture in the Process Industries..........57 Loss Control Auditing: A Guide for Conducting Fire, Safety, and Security Audits......................................................................................18 Loss Prevention and Safety Control: Terms and Definitions.................18

M Made-to-Order Lean: Excelling in a High-Mix, Low-Volume Environment.........................................................................................50 Maintenance, Replacement, and Reliability: Theory and Applications.. 41 Management & Strategies for Energy Professionals Reference Library CD........................................................................................................22 Manager’s Guide to Preventive Building Maintenance..........................31 Managing Energy From the Top Down: Connecting Industrial Energy Efficiency to Business Performance.......................................................22 Managing Indoor Air Quality, Fourth Edition......................................22 Managing Projects in Trouble: Achieving Turnaround and Success.......36 Managing Web Projects........................................................................36 Manufacturing Facilities: Location, Planning, and Design, Third Edition........................................................................................28 Manufacturing Strategy: How to Formulate and Implement a Winning Plan, Second Edition.............................................................48 Markov Chains and Decision Processes for Engineers and Managers....28 Medical and Healthcare Textiles 2007: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Healthcare and Medical Textiles..............62 Medical Error and Harm: Understanding, Prevention, and Control.....25 Metal Cutting Theory and Practice.......................................................57 Microorganisms in Home and Indoor Work Environments: Diversity, Health Impacts, Investigation and Control, Second Edition . ..............14 Model-oriented Systems Engineering Science: A Unifying Framework for Traditional and Complex Systems.................................46 Modeling and Analysis of Stochastic Systems, Second Edition..............29 Modeling and Control of Engineering Systems.....................................45 Modeling of Steelmaking Processes.......................................................54 Modelling and Predicting Textile Behaviour..........................................62 Models of Network Reliability: Analysis, Combinatorics, and Monte Carlo.....................................................................................................41 Modified and Controlled Atmospheres for the Storage, Transportation, and Packaging of Horticultural Commodities.......................................60 More about Fibre Friction and its Measurements..................................63 MOST Work Measurement Systems, Third Edition,............................21 Motor Fleet Safety and Security Management.......................................18 Moving from Project Management to Project Leadership: A Practical Guide to Leading Groups.....................................................................36 Multiple Attribute Decision Making: Methods and Applications..........29

Kaizen for Lean Healthcare...................................................................24 Kaizen for the Shop Floor: A Zero-Waste Environment with Process Automation...........................................................................................50 Kanban for the Shopfloor.....................................................................47 Kansei Engineering...............................................................................12 Kansei/Affective Engineering................................................................12 Keeping Your Business in the US: Profit Globally While Operating Locally..................................................................................................21 Knowledge Science: Modelling the Knowledge Discovery Creation Process..................................................................................................28

Nanotechnology: Health and Environmental Risks..............................14 New Horizons in Standardized Work: Techniques for Manufacturing and Business Process Improvement..............................................................51 Nonlinear Dynamical Systems Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences Using Real Data......................................................................................5 Nonsmooth Mechanics and Convex Optimization...............................29

Labor and Employment Issues for the Safety Professional.....................17 Leadership Principles for Project Success...............................................36 Leading the Lean Healthcare Journey: Driving Culture Change to Increase Value.......................................................................................24 Lean for the Process Industries: Dealing with Complexity....................57 Lean Manufacturing: Business Bottom-Line Based...............................33

Occupational Health and Safety Management: A Practical Approach, Second Edition.....................................................................................18 Operations Research Calculations Handbook, Second Edition.............29 Optimal Design of Queueing Systems..................................................29 Optimization of Regional Industrial Structures and Applications.........46 Optimizing Emergency Department Throughput: Operations Management Solutions for Health Care Decision Makers....................25

P Pharmacy Fits: Practical Tactics for Integrating Medication Related Computer Systems, Teams and Processes..............................................25 Physical Principles of Electrospinning (Electrospinning as a Nano-Scale Technology of the Twenty-First Century).............................................63 Plastic Conversion Processes: A Concise and Applied Guide.................58 PMP Exam: Practice Test and Study Guide, Eighth Edition.................36 Portfolio Optimization..........................................................................29 Practical Atlas for Bacterial Identification, Second Edition....................18 Practical Lubrication for Industrial Facilities, Second Edition...............31 Practical Plant Failure Analysis: A Guide to Understanding Machinery Deterioration and Improving Equipment Reliability............................32 Practical Reliability Engineering and Analysis for System Design and Life-Cycle Sustainment.........................................................................41 Practical Speech User Interface Design....................................................7 Practical Stress Analysis in Engineering Design, Third Edition.............41 Principles and Practice of Aviation Psychology........................................4 Principles of Emergency Management and Emergency Operations Centers (EOC).....................................................................................18 Principles of Hazardous Materials Management, Second Edition.........14 Principles of Supply Chain Management..............................................48 Principles of Total Quality, Third Edition.............................................41 Probability Models in Operations Research...........................................30 Probability, Statistics, and Reliability for Engineers and Scientists, Third Edition........................................................................................21 Process Modeling in Composites Manufacturing, Second Edition........58 Process Plants: A Handbook for Inherently Safer Design, Second Edition.....................................................................................19 Product Design for Manufacture and Assembly, Third Edition.............58 Product Release Planning: Methods, Tools and Applications................46 Product Reliability, Maintainability, and Supportability Handbook, Second Edition.....................................................................................41 Production and Operations Management.............................................32 Program Management Complexity: A Competency Model..................37 Progressive Kaizen:: The Key to Gaining a Global Competitive Advantage.............................................................................................51 Project Execution: A Practical Approach to Industrial and Commercial Project Management.........................................................37 Project Management for Healthcare......................................................37 Project Management Theory and Practice.............................................37 Project Management Tools and Techniques for Success.........................37 Project Management: Systems, Principles, and Applications.................37 Pull Production for the Shopfloor.........................................................51 Pulse-Jet Filtration: an Effective Way to Control Industrial Pollution: Part 1: Theory, Selection and Design of Pulse-Jet Filter........................63 Pulse-Jet Filtration: An Effective Way to Control Industrial Pollution: Part II: Process Characterization and Evaluation of Filter Media...........63

Q Quality Characterisation of Apparel......................................................63 Quality Management in Construction Projects.....................................42 Quality Management: Theory and Application.....................................51

R Radiation Threats and Your Safety: A Guide to Preparation and Response for Professionals and Community.........................................................19 Radioactive Air Sampling Methods.......................................................15 Real Options in Engineering Design, Operations, and Management....33 Reliability Analysis and Prediction with Warranty Data: Issues, Strategies, and Methods........................................................................42 Reliability Engineering and Risk Analysis: A Practical Guide, Second Edition.....................................................................................42 Retail Security and Loss Prevention Solutions.......................................23 Reverse Engineering: Technology of Reinvention..................................21 RFID and Auto-ID in Planning and Logistics: A Practical Guide for Military UID Applications....................................................................33 Risk Analysis in Engineering: Techniques, Tools, and Trends................42 Risk Management Techniques: Decision Theory and Sociological Influences..............................................................................................38 Roll Forming Handbook.......................................................................58 Root Cause Analysis: Improving Performance for Bottom-Line Results, Third Edition...........................................................................21 RSM Simplified: Optimizing Processes Using Response Surface Methods for Design of Experiments.....................................................42

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Safer Complex Industrial Environments: A Human Factors Approach.19 Safer Hospital Care: Strategies for Continuous Innovation...................25 Safety Professional’s Reference and Study Guide...................................19 Safety, Health, and Environmental Auditing: A Practical Guide...........19 Scrum Project Management..................................................................38 Security Manager’s Guide to Disasters: Managing Through Emergencies, Violence, and Other Workplace Threats..........................23 Self-Balancing Processes: True Lean Continuous Flow..........................51 Sick Building Syndrome and Related Illness: Prevention and Remediation of Mold Contamination...................................................15 Simple Excellence: Organizing and Aligning the Management Team in a Lean Transformation............................................................21 Simulation of Industrial Systems: Discrete Event Simulation Using Excel/VBA............................................................................................30 Slip, Trip, and Fall Prevention: A Practical Handbook, Second Edition.....................................................................................19 Smart Clothes and Wearable Technology..............................................63 Smart Clothing: Technology and Applications........................................7 Smart Textile Coatings and Laminates..................................................64 Social Computing and Virtual Communities..........................................8 Social Responsibility: Failure Mode Effects and Analysis.......................34 Software Engineering Reviews and Audits.............................................46 Software Testing and Continuous Quality Improvement, Third Edition........................................................................................38 Spend Analysis and Specification Development Using Failure Interpretation........................................................................................23 Standard Work for Lean Healthcare......................................................25 Standard Work for the Shopfloor..........................................................51 Standardized Work for Noncyclical Processes........................................52 Statistical Analysis for Decision Makers in Healthcare, Second Edition: Understanding and Evaluating Critical Information in Changing Times....................................................................................25 Statistical Process Control for Real-World Applications........................42 Staying Lean: Thriving, Not Just Surviving...........................................52 STEP Project Management: Guide for Science, Technology, and Engineering Projects.............................................................................38 Stories from My Sensei: Two Decades of Lessons Learned Implementing Toyota-Style Systems.............................................................................52 Supply Chain Project Management. Second Edition............................38 Surface Modification of Textiles............................................................64 Sustainable Textiles: Life Cycle and Environmental Impact...................64 Sustaining Lean in Healthcare: Developing and Engaging Physician Leadership.............................................................................................26 System Management: Planning, Enterprise Identity, and Deployment, Second Edition.....................................................................................46 System Synthesis: Product and Process Design......................................46 Systems Engineering Tools and Methods..............................................47 Systems Life Cycle Costing: Economic Analysis, Estimation, and Management.........................................................................................58

T Technical Textiles Yarns.........................................................................64 Testing Complex and Embedded Systems.............................................47 Textiles for Cold Weather Apparel........................................................64 The 12 Pillars of Project Excellence: A Lean Approach to Improving Project Results.......................................................................................38 The A3 Workbook: Unlock Your Problem-Solving Mind.....................39 The Art of Systems Architecting, Third Edition....................................43 The Basics of FMEA, 2nd Edition........................................................40 The Chemical Components of Tobacco and Tobacco Smoke................58 The Complete Project Management Methodology and Toolkit............34 The Complete Project Management Office Handbook, Second Edition.....................................................................................34 The Definitive Guide to Emergency Department Operational Improvement: Employing Lean Principles with Current ED Best Practices to Create the “No Wait” Department.....................................26 The Future of Lean Sigma Thinking in a Changing Business Environment.........................................................................................20 The Human-Computer Interaction Handbook: Fundamentals, Evolving Technologies and Emerging Applications, Second Edition.......7 The Kaizen Event Planner: Achieving Rapid Improvement in Office, Service, and Technical Environments....................................................50 The OEE Primer: Understanding Overall Equipment Effectiveness, Reliability, and Maintainability.............................................................32 The Practical Application of the Process Capability Study: Evolving From Product Control to Process Control............................................43

The Project Manager’s Communication Toolkit....................................39 The Risk Management of Safety and Dependability.............................20 The Semantic Turn: A New Foundation for Design..............................12 The Strategic Project Office, Second Edition........................................39 The Supply Chain in Manufacturing, Distribution, and Transportation: Modeling, Optimization, and Applications...........................................30 The Toyota Kaizen Continuum: A Practical Guide to Implementing Lean......................................................................................................52 The Toyota Product Development System: Integrating People, Process, and Technology.....................................................................................48 The TWI Workbook: Essential Skills for Supervisors............................53 The Universal Access Handbook.............................................................8 Thin Air: How Wireless Technology Supports Lean Initiatives.............48 Toyota Kaizen Methods: Six Steps to Improvement..............................59 Toyota Production System: An Integrated Approach to Just-In-Time, 4th Edtion......................................................................52 Training Within Industry: The Foundation of Lean..............................52 Transforming Health Care: Virginia Mason Medical Center’s Pursuit of the Perfect Patient Experience...............................................................26 Transportation Systems Reliability and Safety.......................................43 Turbo Flow: Using Plan for Every Part (PFEP) to Turbo Charge Your Supply Chain........................................................................................22 TWI Case Studies: Standard Work, Continuous Improvement, and Teamwork.............................................................................................53

U Ubiquitous Computing Fundamentals...................................................8 Understanding A3 Thinking: A Critical Component of Toyota’s PDCA Management System.................................................................53 Uptime: Strategies for Excellence in Maintenance Management, Second Edition.....................................................................................32 Usability of Complex Information Systems: Evaluation of User Interaction..............................................................................................8

V Value Stream Mapping for Healthcare Made Easy................................26 Visual Controls: Applying Visual Management to the Factory..............43

W-Z Web Wisdom: How To Evaluate and Create Information Quality on the Web, Second Edition......................................................8 Welding Thermal Processes and Weld Pool Behaviors...........................54 What Works for GE May Not Work for You: Using Human Systems Dynamics to Build a Culture of Process Improvement..........................43 Woven Textile Structure: Theory and Applications...............................64 Writing and Designing Manuals and Warnings 4e..................................4

A Abbott; A..............................................................................................60 Abran; Alain..........................................................................................34 Acosta; Carlos.......................................................................................35 Advani; Suresh G..................................................................................58 Agapiou; John S....................................................................................57 Aherne; Joe...........................................................................................23 Ahram; Tareq Z.......................................................................................9 Aktan; Mehmet.....................................................................................33 Alagirusamy; R......................................................................................63 Albers; Michael.......................................................................................8 Amyotte; Paul ......................................................................................19 Anderson; Mark J..................................................................................42 Andriole; Stephen J...............................................................................34 Ang; Chee Siang.....................................................................................8 Ansari; Armin.......................................................................................19 Armour; Margaret-Ann.........................................................................17 Ayers; James B.......................................................................................38 Ayyub; Bilal M......................................................................................21 Azimi; Maryam.....................................................................................47

B Baclawski; Kenneth P............................................................................27 Badiru; Adedeji B..........................................................32, 35, 37, 38, 45 Bauer; Jeffrey C.....................................................................................25 Beauregard; Michael.............................................................................40 Bedny; Gregory Z...................................................................................7 Behera; B. K..........................................................................................64 Bell; Jeffrey T.........................................................................................51 Bennett; Kevin B....................................................................................5 Best; Michael J......................................................................................29 Bisesi; Michael S...................................................................................16 Blackburn; R. S.....................................................................................63 Bloch; Heinz P......................................................................................31 Blumenfeld; Dennis..............................................................................29 Bogner; Marilyn Sue.............................................................................17 Boothroyd; Geoffrey.............................................................................58 Boss; Martha J......................................................................................14 Bouazza; Abdelmalek............................................................................61 Bowders, Jr.; John J...............................................................................61 Boy; Guy.................................................................................................4 Bridger; R.S............................................................................................3 Bromann; Mark....................................................................................16 Brookhuis; Karel...................................................................................10 Brooks; Roger.......................................................................................27 Brown; Richard E.................................................................................40 Bryson; D.............................................................................................63 Buck; Jim................................................................................................4 Bull; R. Camper....................................................................................36 Bunsell; A. R.........................................................................................62 Burroughs; Barney................................................................................22

C Caird; Jeffrey...........................................................................................5 Campbell; John D.................................................................................39 Campbell; John Dixon..........................................................................32 Carayon; Pascale...................................................................................16 Cassady; C. Richard..............................................................................30 Chakraborty; J N..................................................................................61 Chaloupek; J.........................................................................................62 Chambers; Gary....................................................................................15 Chapman; R.........................................................................................60 Charness; Neil.......................................................................................11 Charney; William.................................................................................16 Chavan; Apala Lahiri............................................................................12 Chen; Charlie C....................................................................................48 Chen; X................................................................................................62 Chen; Z................................................................................................53 Cho; Gilsoo............................................................................................7 Chung; Christopher A..........................................................................33 Chvojka; J.............................................................................................62 Clarke; Sharon G..................................................................................17 Clute; Mark..........................................................................................40 Conrad; Charles R................................................................................35 Conrad; Tim.........................................................................................22 Cooper; Cary........................................................................................13 Corlett; Nigel..........................................................................................9 Crandall; Richard E..............................................................................48 Crandall; William.................................................................................48 Crane; Joseph T.....................................................................................26 Crawford; J. Kent..................................................................................39 Crumpton-Young; Lesia L....................................................................35 Cruzan; Ryan........................................................................................31

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Title Index / Author Index

Cudney; Elizabeth A.............................................................................47 Cullimore; D. Roy................................................................................18 Cybulski; Eric.......................................................................................58 Czaja; Sara J..........................................................................................11

Author Index

Dalal; Adil F..........................................................................................38 Dang; Yaoguo.......................................................................................46 Dargie; Waltenegus.................................................................................6 Das; A...................................................................................................63 Das; Subrata..........................................................................................63 David; Jairus R. D................................................................................59 Davis; John W.......................................................................................51 Davis; Noreen.......................................................................................24 Day; Dennis W.....................................................................................14 de Silva; Clarence W..............................................................................45 Deguchi; Yoshihiro ..............................................................................40 Della-Giustina; Daniel E.................................................................15, 18 Dennis; Pascal.................................................................................48, 50 Dewhurst; Peter....................................................................................58 Dhillon; B.S..............................................................................40, 43, 57 Di Pilla; Steven.....................................................................................19 Dickerson; Charles................................................................................43 Dikshith; T.S.S......................................................................................16 Dinero; Donald....................................................................................52 Dinero; Donald A.................................................................................53 Dreckshage; Brian J...............................................................................48 Duckworth; Holly Alison......................................................................34 Duffy; Vincent G..........................................................................8, 9, 15 Dul; Jan..................................................................................................3 Dumke; Reiner.....................................................................................34 Dunlap; E. Scott...................................................................................18 Dustdar; Schahram.................................................................................6

E Eapen; Gill......................................................................................20, 27 Eggink; John.........................................................................................22 Eichhorn; S...........................................................................................62 Einarsen; Stale.......................................................................................13 Eitel; David...........................................................................................25 Eldukhri; E.E........................................................................................33 Elizandro; David...................................................................................30 Ellison; M.............................................................................................60 Emrouznejad; Ali..................................................................................26 Evangelista; Enrico................................................................................53 Evans; James W.....................................................................................54

Fagel; Michael J....................................................................................18 Fake; Brenda.........................................................................................43 Fan; J....................................................................................................61 Fardo; Stephen W..................................................................................56 Farkas; Edward B..................................................................................36 Farr; John V...........................................................................................58 Finucane; Edward W.............................................................................15 Fishback; Paul E....................................................................................28 Fisher; Donald L.....................................................................................5 Fisk; Arthur D......................................................................................11 Flach; John M.........................................................................................5 Flannigan; Brian...................................................................................14 Floyd; Raymond C...............................................................................57 Found; Pauline . ...................................................................................52 Freivalds; Andris...................................................................................13 Fries; Richard C....................................................................................11 Furterer; Sandra L.................................................................................33

G Gardner-Bonneau; Daryle Jean.............................................................11 Garland; Daniel J....................................................................................9 Gertsbakh; Ilya B..................................................................................41 Ghirann; Gordon..................................................................................51 Giachetti; Ronald E..............................................................................44 Gibbon; Adam......................................................................................10 Ginzburg; Vladimir B...........................................................................55 Glendon; A. Ian....................................................................................17 Goldstein; Walter E...............................................................................15 Goswami; K K......................................................................................60 Grady; Jeffrey O....................................................................................46 Graupp; Patrick...............................................................................49, 53 Graves; Ralph H...................................................................................59 Green; Allen R......................................................................................35 Greene-Wright; Adam...........................................................................38 Greggo; Alan.........................................................................................23 Gregson; Robert A.M.............................................................................5

Griffin; Roger D...................................................................................14 Griffiths; Gary......................................................................................52 Guastello; Stephen J................................................................................5 Guinane; Carole....................................................................................24 Guo; Yinni..............................................................................................6 Gupta; Satyandra K..............................................................................56 Gur; Cemil Hakan................................................................................53 Gurjar; Bhola R....................................................................................14 Gustin; Joseph F....................................................................................22

H Hafey; Robert.......................................................................................50 Hagan; Pat............................................................................................24 Halmos; George T.................................................................................58 Hancock; Peter A..................................................................................10 Hansen; Shirley J..................................................................................22 Hari; P. K..............................................................................................64 Harrison; Richard.................................................................................52 Haslegrave; Christine M.......................................................................13 Hastings; Kevin J..................................................................................27 Hayes; Caroline C...................................................................................6 Hearle; J.W. S.......................................................................................62 Hedge; Alan......................................................................................9, 10 Helander; Martin....................................................................................3 Helton; William S...................................................................................5 Hendrick; Hal W............................................................................10, 12 Heragu; Sunderesh S.............................................................................31 Hess-Kosa; Kathleen.............................................................................14 Hill; Gerard M......................................................................................34 Hines; Peter..........................................................................................52 Hino; Satoshi........................................................................................50 Hirano; Hiroyuki..................................................................................49 Hirsa; Ali .............................................................................................26 Hitchiner; Mike....................................................................................56 Ho; William..........................................................................................26 Hoeft; Steve..........................................................................................52 Hoel; Helge...........................................................................................13 Hollnagel; Erik......................................................................................19 Holloway; Michael D............................................................................23 Hoover; Mark D...................................................................................15 Hopkin; V. David...................................................................................9 Horak; Bernard.....................................................................................24 Hornick; Richard J................................................................................12 Huang; Jih-Jeng....................................................................................29 Hudlicka; Eva.........................................................................................6 Hunt; Brian..........................................................................................13 Hunter; David R.....................................................................................4 Hunter; L..............................................................................................61 Huston; Ronald....................................................................................41 Hutzel; Tim..........................................................................................21 Hyatt; Nigel..........................................................................................40 Hybertson; Duane W............................................................................46

I Inasaki; Ichiro.......................................................................................56 Ivergard; Toni........................................................................................13

J J. Michael Rona Consulting Group LLC..............................................25 Jaber; Mohamad Y...........................................................................28, 33 Jacko; Julie A...........................................................................................7 Jackson; Peter L.....................................................................................44 Jackson; Thomas L................................................................................24 Jaffe; M.................................................................................................62 Jardine; Andrew K.S.......................................................................39, 41 Jeffries; Howard....................................................................................24 Jenicek; Milos.......................................................................................25 Jenkins; Daniel ..............................................................................10, 13 Jha; Shankar..........................................................................................39 Jhaveri; Arun G.....................................................................................22 Jian; Lirong...........................................................................................45 Jimmerson; Cindy.................................................................................26 Johnson; N A G....................................................................................60 Jones; Erick C.......................................................................................33 Josephs; Harold.....................................................................................41 Joshi; Maulik.........................................................................................24 Juli; Thomas.........................................................................................36

K Kaber; David B.......................................................................................4 Kaminskiy; Mark..................................................................................42 Kamrani; Ali K......................................................................................47 Kan; C. W.............................................................................................62 Kanegsberg; Barbara..............................................................................55

Kanegsberg; Ed.....................................................................................55 Kanno; Yoshihiro..................................................................................29 Kantola; Jussi..........................................................................................3 Karwowski; Waldemar............................................................7, 9, 10, 11 Kassner; Michael E...............................................................................53 Katahira; Kazutoshi...............................................................................56 Kato; Isao..............................................................................................59 Kennedy; J.F..........................................................................................61 Kenney; Charles . .................................................................................26 Kerber; Bill...........................................................................................48 Kerpchar; Joyce . ..................................................................................24 Kestle; Rodney......................................................................................47 Keyes; Jessica.........................................................................................36 Khalid; Halimahtun................................................................................9 Khurana; Vijay Kumar..........................................................................32 Kikutani; T............................................................................................62 Kimbrough; Steven Orla.......................................................................26 King; Paul.............................................................................................11 King; Peter L.........................................................................................57 Kletz; Trevor A......................................................................................19 Kliem, PMP; Ralph L.....................................................................34, 36 Klimberg; Ronald K..............................................................................30 Knight; Winston A...............................................................................58 Komarek; M.........................................................................................62 Koradecka; Danuta...............................................................................17 Koren; Herman.....................................................................................16 Korn; Granino A...................................................................................45 Kotiadis; Kathy.....................................................................................27 Kresevich; Millie...................................................................................23 Krippendorff; Klaus..............................................................................12 Krivtsov; Vasiliy....................................................................................42 Kroemer; Karl H.E.................................................................................3 Krumm; John.........................................................................................8 Kulkarni; Vidyadhar G.........................................................................29 Kumar; Shrawan.....................................................................................9 Kumashiro; Masaharu...........................................................................13

L Lancaster; J. F........................................................................................16 Lane; Greg............................................................................................50 Latino; Kenneth C................................................................................21 Latino; Mark A.....................................................................................21 Latino; Robert J....................................................................................21 Lawrence; Kenneth D...........................................................................30 Lee; Dong Sun......................................................................................59 Lee; John D............................................................................................5 Lee; Sunggyu.........................................................................................31 Lehto; Mark............................................................................................4 Lehto; Mark R........................................................................................4 Leon; V. Jorge.......................................................................................35 Levin; Ginger..................................................................................35, 37 Levinson; William A.............................................................................42 Lewis; James R........................................................................................7 Lewis; William E...................................................................................38 Liao; Huafei............................................................................................6 Liker; Jeffrey K......................................................................................48 Lin; Yi...................................................................................................45 Liu; Sifeng.......................................................................................45, 46 Lloyd; Peter...........................................................................................10 Lohwasser; D........................................................................................53 Lokman; Anitawati Mohd.....................................................................12 Lorence; M. W......................................................................................59 Lubasova; D..........................................................................................62 Lueder; Rani.........................................................................................11 Lukas; D...............................................................................................62 Lutchman; Chitram..............................................................................37

M Magrab; Edward B................................................................................56 Mahmoud; Magdi S..............................................................................44 Maiello; Mark L....................................................................................15 Maier; Mark W.....................................................................................43 Malave; Cesar O...................................................................................35 Maltzman; Richard ..............................................................................35 Manley; Anthony D..............................................................................23 Mann; David........................................................................................49 Marek; Tadeusz.......................................................................................9 Marinescu; Ioan D................................................................................56 Martin; Karen.......................................................................................50 Martin; Timothy D...............................................................................51 Martinova; L.........................................................................................62 Martinussen; Monica..............................................................................4 Matthews; Daniel D.............................................................................39 Mauch; Peter D....................................................................................51 Maurer; Rick.........................................................................................49

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N Nachlas; Joel A......................................................................................30 Nagamachi; Mitsuo...............................................................................12 Nakamori; Yashiteru.............................................................................28 Nanal; S Y . ..........................................................................................61 Nelson; Michael....................................................................................26 Nembhard; Harriet Black......................................................................33 Neubauer; Dean V................................................................................39 Nicholas; John......................................................................................57 Nicholson; Denise...................................................................................4 Niederstadt; Joseph...............................................................................52 Niehus; Terry........................................................................................22 Nolan; Dennis P....................................................................................18 Noon; Charles E...................................................................................26 Northrop; Robert B..............................................................................20

O Ohmori; Hitoshi...................................................................................56 Ojha; C.S. P..........................................................................................14 Olsen; F. O...........................................................................................54 Omachonu; Vincent K.........................................................................41 Omitaomu; Olufemi A.........................................................................32 Ortiz; Chris A.......................................................................................43 Osterling; Mike.....................................................................................50 OuYang; Shoucheng.............................................................................45

P Pain; Simon Watson..............................................................................19 Pak; Richard............................................................................................5 Palazoglu; Ahmet..................................................................................57 Pan; Jiansheng.......................................................................................53 Paradis; Paul..........................................................................................12 Park; Murry..........................................................................................43 Patrick; Dale R......................................................................................56 Pecht; Michael......................................................................................41 Perfetti; Thomas A................................................................................58 Pesheck; P. S..........................................................................................59 Pham; D.T............................................................................................33 Pheasant; Stephen.................................................................................13 Piechota; Paul.......................................................................................21 Piergiovanni; Luciano...........................................................................59 Pokorny; P.............................................................................................62 Prabhu; Girish V...................................................................................12 Pries; Kim H...................................................................................38, 47 Proctor; Robert W.............................................................................6, 10 Productivity; Press...............................................................30, 47, 50, 51 Protzman; Charles.................................................................................24 Provis; J. L............................................................................................55 Puri; N.N..............................................................................................44 Purushothama; B..................................................................................61

Q Quigley; Jon M...............................................................................38, 47

R Radzevich; Stephen P.............................................................................55 Raheja; Dev..........................................................................................25 Rai; Bharatendra K...............................................................................42 Rajendran; S...................................................................................60, 61 Rayaprolu; Kumar.................................................................................31 Rebovich, Jr.; George............................................................................44 Reese; Charles D...................................................................................18 Regan; Michael A....................................................................................5 Relyea; Douglas B.................................................................................43 Reyes-Picknell; James............................................................................32 Rice; Valerie............................................................................................9 Rice; Valerie J. Berg...............................................................................11 Richardson; Gary L...............................................................................37 Rizzo; Matthew.......................................................................................5 Robbins; Lanny.....................................................................................54 Robert; Yves..........................................................................................28 Robertson; Gordon L............................................................................59 Robinson; Patricia A...............................................................................4 Robinson; Stewart.................................................................................27 Roddy; D..............................................................................................30 Rodgman; Alan.....................................................................................58 Rogers; David.......................................................................................20 Rogers; Wendy A..................................................................................11 Romagnoli; Jose....................................................................................57 Rooks; Robyn.......................................................................................22 Roosa; Stephen A..................................................................................22 Rosenkrantz; Walter A..........................................................................27 Ross; David Frederick...........................................................................47 Ross; Joel E...........................................................................................41 Rowe; T.................................................................................................61 Rowe; W. Brian.....................................................................................56 Ruhe; Guenther....................................................................................46 Rumane; Abdul Razzak.........................................................................42 Russell; Christopher . ...........................................................................22 Russell; I...............................................................................................60

S Sachs; Neville W....................................................................................32 Salas; Eduardo.......................................................................................10 Salmon; Paul...................................................................................10, 13 Salvendy; Gavriel..............................................................................6, 11 Samson; Robert A.................................................................................14 Sandborn; Peter.....................................................................................56 Sapuan; S.M.........................................................................................54 Sarkar; A. .............................................................................................62 Savoy; April.............................................................................................6 Schilling; Edward G..............................................................................39 Schmorrow; Dylan..................................................................................4 Schneid; Thomas D..............................................................................17 Schulte; Margaret F...............................................................................24 Schwartz; Mel.......................................................................................56 Schwartz; P............................................................................................62 Scott; Patricia A......................................................................................3 Sears; Andrew.........................................................................................7 Sharit; Joseph........................................................................................11 Shatkin; Jo Anne...................................................................................14 Sheng; Quan Z.......................................................................................6 Sheskin; Theodore J..............................................................................28 Shirley; David.................................................................................35, 37 Shiver; John M......................................................................................25 Shpungin; Yoseph.................................................................................41 Singh; Nanua........................................................................................42 Sirico; Louis..........................................................................................48 Smalley; Art....................................................................................53, 59 Smith; W. C..........................................................................................63 Sniedovich; Moshe................................................................................27 Soares; Marcelo M................................................................................11 Sobek II.; Durward K...........................................................................53 Solow; Lawrence...................................................................................43 Soroka; A.J............................................................................................33 Sozer; E. Murat.....................................................................................58 Spigarelli; Stefano..................................................................................53 Spurgin; Anthony J...............................................................................17 Stamatis; D.H.................................................................................23, 32 Stanford; Herb......................................................................................31 Stanton; Neville A.....................................................................10, 11, 13 Stephanidis; Constantine........................................................................8 Stephenson; David A............................................................................57 Stevens; Renee.......................................................................................44

Stewart; John .......................................................................................52 Stidham Jr.; Shaler................................................................................29 Still; Brian...............................................................................................8 Story; Pierce..........................................................................................23 Studebaker; John M..............................................................................22 Sule; Dileep R.......................................................................................28 Summers; Boyd L.................................................................................46 Sun; X...................................................................................................55 Suri; Rajan............................................................................................47 Szemplenski; Thomas...........................................................................59

T Taha; Hamdy........................................................................................30 Tate; Marsha Ann...................................................................................8 Tayntor; Christine B.............................................................................37 Thomas; Marlin U................................................................................35 Thumann; Albert..................................................................................22 Tobias; Paul A.......................................................................................39 Trindade; David C................................................................................39 Tsang; Albert H.C.................................................................................41 Tsang; Pamela S......................................................................................4 Tzeng; Gwo-Hshiung...........................................................................29

U Uchino; Kenji.......................................................................................20 Uhlmann; Eckart..................................................................................56

V Van Der Zee; Durk-Jouke.....................................................................27 van Deventer; J. S. J..............................................................................55 Vidulich; Michael A................................................................................4 Vincenzi; Dennis A...............................................................................10 Vink; Peter..............................................................................................3 Vivien; Frederic.....................................................................................28 Vodsedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;alkova; K...................................................................................62 Vu; Kim-Phuong L.................................................................................6

Author Index

Maurno; Dann Anthony.......................................................................48 Mavris; Dimitri N.................................................................................43 Mayzell; George....................................................................................24 Mazumdar; Dipak.................................................................................54 Mazumdar; Sanjay................................................................................54 McCann; J............................................................................................63 McCauley-Bush; Pamela.......................................................................35 McCluskey; F. Patrick...........................................................................56 McCuen; Richard.................................................................................21 McDermott; Robin...............................................................................40 McDonnell; Janet.................................................................................10 McGlynn; Joel......................................................................................39 McGuire; Patrick M..............................................................................32 McKenna; Eugene.................................................................................17 McLaughlin; Anne..................................................................................5 McQueen; Hugh J................................................................................53 Mikes; P................................................................................................62 Mikulak; Raymond J............................................................................40 Miller; Christopher A..............................................................................6 Miller; J. David.....................................................................................14 Miltenburg; John..................................................................................48 Miori; Virginia M.................................................................................30 Miraftab; M..........................................................................................61 Modarres; Mohammad.........................................................................42 Molina; Luisa T.....................................................................................14 Monden; Yasuhiro.................................................................................52 Moore; Faron........................................................................................25 Moore; Rosemond Ann........................................................................34 Morgan; James......................................................................................48 Mouloua; Mustapha..............................................................................10 Mujtaba; Iqbal Mohammed..................................................................54 Mujumdar; Arun S...............................................................................56 Mukhopadhyay; Arunangshu................................................................62

W, X Waddell; Bill.........................................................................................21 Waldron; K...........................................................................................30 Walker; Guy..........................................................................................13 Walker; Guy H. ...................................................................................10 Wang; John X.......................................................................................33 Wang; Wego.........................................................................................21 Wang; Yuhong......................................................................................46 Ward; J. LeRoy...............................................................................36, 37 Weerdmeester; Bernard...........................................................................3 Wei; Q..................................................................................................63 Weinger; Matthew Bret.........................................................................11 Wellman; Joan......................................................................................24 Wessels; William...................................................................................41 Whelton; John......................................................................................23 Whitcomb; Patrick J.............................................................................42 White; Brian E......................................................................................44 Wiklund; Michael E.............................................................................11 Williams; J............................................................................................64 Wills; Kerry..........................................................................................35 Wilson; John R.......................................................................................9 Wise; John A. . .................................................................................9, 10 Wong; W...............................................................................................20 Wrona; Robert J..............................................................................49, 53 Wu; Chuan Song..................................................................................54

Y Yahia; Elhadi M....................................................................................60 Yam; Kit L............................................................................................59 Yates; W. David.....................................................................................19 Yih; Yuehwern.......................................................................................45 Young; Kristie.........................................................................................5 Younger; William J................................................................................22 Yu; Jian...................................................................................................6 Yuyksekkaya; Mehmet Emin.................................................................62

Z Zak; Adam............................................................................................21 Zandin; K. B.........................................................................................21 Zandt; Trisha Van.................................................................................10 Zapf; Dieter..........................................................................................13 Zaphiris; Panayiotis.................................................................................8 Zhang; Wenwu.....................................................................................20

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Lisa Hetherington Sales Representative Taylor & Francis Drottensgatan 2 222 23 Lund, Sweden Mobile: +46762220300 e-mail: lisa.hetherington@tandf.co.uk

Taylor & Francis Asia Pacific Tel: +66 (2) 6427954-6 ext. 406 Fax: +66 (2) 6427677 Jeffrey Lim, Books Sales Director e-mail: jeffrey.lim@tandf.com.sg Nonglak Sawaithong, Sales Executive e-mail: s.nonglak@tandf.com.sg

England and Wales

Gabriela Mauch Area Sales Manager

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Anna-Peters-Str. 49 70597 Stuttgart, Germany Tel: +49 (0)711 7207231 Fax: +49 (0)711 7220668 Mobile +49 (0)173 9059469 e-mail: gabriela.mauch@tandf.co.uk

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Eastern Europe Marek Lewinson (Humanities and Social Sciences) Bohaterewicza 3/45 03-982 Warsaw, Poland Tel/fax: +48 (0) 22 6714819 Mobile: +48 (0) 602 707 037 e-mail: mlewinso@it.com.pl Radek Janousek (Science and Technology) Pod Nouzovem 972/21 197 00 Prague, Czech Republic Tel: +42 (0) 28 658 49888 Mobile: +42 (0) 602294014 e-mail: radek@mareklewinson.com

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Library Supply Nigel Berkeley Library Supply and London Key Accounts Manager Mobile: 07795 968206 e-mail: nigel.berkeley@tandf.co.uk

Online Retailers Rod Abraham Assistant UK Sales Manager Mobile: 07860 380 814 Fax: 01372 273 744 e-mail: rod.abraham@tandf.co.uk

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