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Ergonomics & Human Factors Cognitive Engineering & Decision Making .......................................................................................................................3 Ergonomics & Psychology................................................................................................................................................5 Human Computer Interaction..........................................................................................................................................6 Human Performance Modeling.........................................................................................................................................7 Musculoskeletal Disorders...............................................................................................................................................10 Product Design ..............................................................................................................................................................11 Safety Design.................................................................................................................................................................13 Work Design...................................................................................................................................................................14 Industrial Engineering & Manufacturing Facility Management......................................................................................................................................................16 Manufacturing & Processing..........................................................................................................................................17 Operations Research.......................................................................................................................................................22 Organizational Culture...................................................................................................................................................27 Plant Engineering...........................................................................................................................................................30 Product Development....................................................................................................................................................31 Project Management......................................................................................................................................................33 Quality Control & Reliability ..........................................................................................................................................41 Supply Chain Management............................................................................................................................................47 Systems Engineering......................................................................................................................................................53 Textile Manufacturing.....................................................................................................................................................54 General References.........................................................................................................................................................55 Occupational Health & Safety Industrial Hygene...........................................................................................................................................................62 Safety.............................................................................................................................................................................64 General References.........................................................................................................................................................68 Title Index.............................................................................................................................................................................70 Author Index.........................................................................................................................................................................74 Sales Agents..........................................................................................................................................................................79

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Proceedings of the 4th AHFE Conference 21-25 July 2012 Edited by

Gavriel Salvendy Purdue University, West LaFayette, Indiana, USA and Tsinghua University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Waldemar Karwowski Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems - University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA

With contributions from an international group of authors with diverse backgrounds, this set comprises all fourteen volumes of the proceedings of the 4th AHFE Conference 21-25 July 2012. The set presents the latest research on current issues in human factors and ergonomics. It draws from an international panel that examines cross-cultural differences, design issues, usability, road and rail transportation, aviation, modeling and simulation, and healthcare. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-5262-3 August 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 8218 pp. Suggested Price: $1045.00 / £666.00

Advances in Social and Organizational Factors Edited by

Peter Vink Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-7019-8; eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-7020-4 July 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 840 pp., Suggested Price: $83.95 / £51.99

Advances in Applied Human Modeling and Simulation Edited by

Vincent G. Duffy Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-7031-0; eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-7032-7 July 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 578 pp., Suggested Price: $83.95 / £51.99

Advances in Affective and Pleasurable Design Edited by

Yong Gu Ji Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-7118-8; eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-7119-5 July 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 788 pp., Suggested Price: $83.95 / £51.99

Advances in Ergonomics in Manufacturing

Advances in Cognitive Engineering and Neuroergonomics

Edited by

Waldemar Karwowski

Kay M. Stanney and Kelly S. Hale

Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-7039-6; eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-7040-2 July 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 532 pp., Suggested Price: $83.95 / £51.99

Design Interactive Inc., Oviedo, Florida, USA

Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-7016-7; eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-7017-4 July 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 328 pp., Suggested Price: $83.95 / £51.99

Advances in Design for Cross-Cultural Activities Part I Edited by

Dylan D. Schmorrow US Naval Officer (Captain), Assoc. Director, Human Systems, USA

Denise M. Nicholson University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA

Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-7028-0; eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-7029-7 July 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 480 pp., Suggested Price: $83.95 / £51.99

Advances in Design for Cross-Cultural Activities Part II Edited by

Denise M. Nicholson and Dylan D. Schmorrow Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-5686-7; eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-5687-4 July 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 470 pp., Suggested Price: $83.95 / £46.99

Advances in Usability Evaluation Part I

Stefan Trzcielinski Poznan University of Technology, Poland

Advances in Human Aspects of Aviation Edited by

Steven J. Landry Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-7116-4; eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-7117-1 July 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 658 pp., Suggested Price: $83.95 / £51.99

Advances in Human Aspects of Road and Rail Transportation Edited by

Neville A. Stanton University of Southampton, UK

Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-7123-2; eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-7124-9 July 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 878 pp., Suggested Price: $83.95 / £51.99

Advances in the Human Side of Service Engineering Edited by

James C. Spohrer IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, California, USA

Louis E. Freund San Jose State University, California, USA

Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-7026-6; eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-7027-3 July 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 482 pp., Suggested Price: $83.95 / £51.99

Edited by

Marcelo M. Soares Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil

Francesco Rebelo

Advances in Physical Ergonomics and Safety

CIPER - Technical University of Lisbon, Dafundo, Portugal

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Tareq Z. Ahram

Advances in Usability Evaluation Part II Edited by

Francesco Rebelo and Marcelo M. Soares Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-6054-3; eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-6055-0 July 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 660 pp., Suggested Price: $83.95 / £51.99

Cognitive Engineering & Decision Making

Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics 2012 14 Volume Set

University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA

Waldemar Karwowski Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-7038-9; eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-7059-4 July 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 604 pp., Suggested Price: $83.95 / £51.99

Advances in Human Aspects of Healthcare Edited by

Vincent G. Duffy Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-7021-1; eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-7022-8 July 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 760 pp., Suggested Price: $83.95 / £51.99

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Auditory Cognition and Human Performance Research and Applications Carryl L. Baldwin George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA

Cognitive Engineering & Decision Making

Broad in scope, this book thoroughly examines the intersection of auditory processing and mental workload requirements, highlighting the information processing demands of auditory signals. The author provides background information before going on to explore methodologies and design issues. She provides extensive coverage of audition in human factors, cognitive aspects of auditory processing related to attention, working memory, speech and decision making, auditory processing changes associated with aging, and the impact of advanced auditory displays. The text draws together work from a vast array of disparate fields to create an interdisciplinary resource on auditory perception. Print ISBN: 978-0-415-32594-3 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-5354-5 February 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 343 pp. Suggested Price: $119.95 / £77.00 Also Available in Soft Cover

Designing Training and Instructional Programs for Older Adults Sara J. Czaja and Joseph Sharit

Intelligent Systems and Decision Making for Risk Analysis and Crisis Response Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Risk Analysis and Crisis Response, Istanbul, Turkey, 27-29 August 2013 Edited by

Chongfu Huang Academy of Disaster Reduction and Emergency Management, Beijing Normal University, China

Cengiz Kahraman Department of Industrial Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey

This proceedings volume contains papers presented at the 4th International Conference on Risk Analysis and Crisis Response (2013). Contributions cover theoretical developments and applications of intelligent systems and decision making for risk analysis and crisis response in numerous areas including catastrophies, threats, debt, terrorism, energy, food, environment, information and Internet. Print ISBN: 978-1-138-00019-3 July 2013, 6-3/4 x 9-3/4, 950 pp. Suggested Price: $309.95 / £197.00

Knowledge Service Engineering Handbook

University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA

Edited by

Covering theoretical and practical aspects, this book provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-science review of aging, learning, skill acquisition, and training. The text encompasses a broad range of issues relevant to current and future older populations, ranging from theories of learning in adulthood to practical guidelines for training and instructional design. It also addresses issues such as e-learning, multimedia training formats, training and telework, and findings regarding cognitive plasticity and cognitive training. The authors present case study examples from a variety of domains, including healthcare, and include discussions of motivation as well as age discrimination.

Department of Industrial Management - University of Vaasa, Finland

Jussi Kantola Waldemar Karwowski Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA

Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-4787-9 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-4847-0 October 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 325 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99

Covering the emerging field of knowledge service engineering, this groundbreaking handbook outlines how to acquire and utilize knowledge in the 21st century. Drawn on the expertise of the founding faculty member of the world’s first university knowledge engineering service department, this book describes what knowledge services engineering means and how it is different from service engineering and service production. Presenting multiple cultural aspects including US, Finnish, and Korean, this handbook provides engineering, systemic, industry, and consumer use viewpoints to knowledge service systems and paradigms.

Driver Distraction

Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-5294-1 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-5311-5 May 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 599 pp. Suggested Price: $104.95 / £66.99

Theory, Effects, and Mitigation Edited by

Michael A. Regan, John D. Lee, and Kristie L. Young 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. Print ISBN: 978-0-8493-7426-5 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4200-0749-7 October 2008, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 672 pp. Suggested Price: $154.95 / £99.00

Neuroadaptive Systems Theory and Applications Edited by

Magdalena Fafrowicz, Tadeusz Marek, Waldemar Karwowski, and Dylan Schmorrow With contributions from international professionals and researchers, this book is one of the first texts to address the emerging field of neuroadaptive systems and presents the state of the art developments in the field. It discusses neuroscience and human factors, as well as brain activity measurement. Topics covered include operator functional state (OFS) and neuroadaptive systems; psychological constructs versus neuronal mechanisms; object recognition versus object-directed grasping; mental fatigue, sleeplessness, and neural mechanisms of control; and attentional network and error-related negativity associated with sleep deprivation. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-5745-8 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-5799-1 October 2012, 7 x 10, 410 pp. Suggested Price: $135.95 / £86.00

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Coverbal Synchrony in HumanMachine Interaction

Edited by

Richard Schulz

Matej Rojc

University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

University of Maribor, Slovenia

A collaboration between leading scientists, practitioners, and researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh, this book describes the development, evaluation, adoption, and commercialization of quality of life technologies. It takes an interdisciplinary team approach to the process of technology development for disabled and older persons and discusses the state of the art and future directions of technologies. The book provides direction on how to identify user needs and preferences, engage end-users in the design and development process, and evaluate and commercialize the technologies. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-0534-6 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-0535-3 October 2012, 7 x 10, 334 pp. Suggested Price: $146.95 / £93.00

Nick Campbell Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

This book presents state-of-the-art concepts of advanced environment-independent multimodal human–machine interfaces that can be used in different contexts, ranging from simple multimodal web-browsers (for example, multimodal content readers) to more complex multimodal human–machine interfaces for ambient intelligent environments (such as supportive environments for elderly and agent-guided household environments). The interfaces can also be used in different computing environments—from pervasive computing to desktop environments. Within these concepts, the contributors discuss several communication strategies used to provide different aspects of human–machine interaction. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-9825-6 October 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 434 pp. Suggested Price: $129.95 / £82.00

Work Domain Analysis Concepts, Guidelines, and Cases Neelam Naikar Centre for Cognitive Work & Safety Analysis, Melbourne, Australia

A comprehensive treatment of work domain analysis, this book covers fundamental topics such as abstraction, decomposition, and structural means-ends and partwhole relations—the basic characteristics of a work domain model. It also covers more advanced topics such as the development of multiple models of a system and the distinction between causal and intentional systems, illustrated with numerous examples, crossing a range of systems including warships, libraries, and petrochemical plants. Three detailed case studies assessing the impact, uniqueness, and feasibility of applying work domain analysis in industrial settings are described as well. Print ISBN: 978-0-8058-6129-7 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4200-6353-0 May 2013, 7 x 10, 338 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £57.99

Cross-Cultural Design for IT Products and Services Pei-Luen Patrick Rau, Tom Plocher, and Yee-Yin Choong With the increase of globalization of business and industry, IT products and services are produced and marketed across geographical boundaries without any consideration of culture. There is a high probability that IT products and services developed in one country may not be effectively used in another country, which may hinder market penetration and sales and use of IT products and services. This book provides comprehensive coverage of the psychological foundations of cross-cultural design. The text presents methodology for assessing similarities, differences, likes, dislikes, and difficulties with different information appliance products and information services. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-3873-0 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-3874-7 December 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 263 pp. Suggested Price: $93.95 / £59.99

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Behavioural Adaptation and Road Safety Theory, Evidence and Action Edited by

Christina M. Rudin-Brown

The Human–Computer Interaction Handbook Fundamentals, Evolving Technologies, and Emerging Applications, Third Edition

Monash University and the Government of Canada

Edited by

Samantha L. Jamson

Julie A. Jacko

This book presents an exhaustive compilation of state-ofthe-art research and theory into the causes and consequences of behavioural adaptation in road transport/road safety and systems. It brings together earlier and more theories on behavioural adaptation, combined with practical advice and methods to minimize the potential impact of behavioural adaptation on the road transport system and road user safety. This text is an essential component of any road safety library, benefiting researchers, practitioners, designers, and policy-makers interested in maximizing safety while encouraging innovation and excellence in road transport-related design. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-5667-3 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-5668-0 May 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 467 pp. Suggested Price: $99.95 / £63.99

Cognitive Engineering & Decision Making / Ergonomics & Psychology

Quality of Life Technology Handbook

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

This third edition is the single largest, most complete compilation of HCI theories, principles, advances, case studies, and more that exists within a single volume. It captures the current and emerging sub-disciplines within HCI related to research, development, and practice that continue to advance by leaps and bounds at an astonishing rate. It features cutting-edge advances to the scientific knowledge base as well as visionary perspectives and developments that fundamentally transform the way in which researchers and practitioners view the discipline. Copiously illustrated with figures and tables, it contains nine new chapters covering topics such as creativity and cognition, social networking, human-robot interaction, and recommender systems. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-2943-1 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-2944-8 May 2012, 8-1/2 x 11, 1518 pp. Suggested Price: $149.95 / £95.00

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Ergonomics & Psychology / Human Computer Interaction

Principles and Practice of Aviation Psychology

Computer Access for People with Disabilities

Edited by

A Human Factors Approach

Pamela S. Tsang Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, USA

Michael A. Vidulich Air Force Research Laboratory

Covering field history and discussing actual modernday 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 implies that theories and principles of human behavior are shaped and improved by practical problems and applied studies. Print ISBN: 978-0-8058-3390-4 August 2002, 6 x 9, 624 pp. Suggested Price: $104.95 / £65.99

Affective Computing Theory, Methods, and Applications Eva Hudlicka Psychometrix Associates, Inc., Blacksburg, Virginia, USA

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 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 reference for researchers and practitioners in the different subfields of affective computing.

Richard C. Simpson New York Institute of Technology, New York, USA

This book provides the information clinicians need to know in order to provide effective alternative computer access solutions to individuals with disabilities. It presents technology for individuals with physical, cognitive, and sensory impairments, and for older adults. The text covers text entry devices, pointing devices, switch access, automatic speech recognition, and web accessibility. The book draws on research from the fields of rehabilitation engineering, occupational therapy, and human-computer interaction and emphasizes fundamental concepts and principles that remain true regardless of which specific operating system or product is being used. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-5371-2 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-5372-9 January 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 339 pp. Suggested Price: $99.95 / £63.99

Computer Systems Experiences of Users with and Without Disabilities An Evaluation Guide for Professionals Edited by

Simone Borsci, Masaaki Kurosu, Stefano Federici, and Maria Laura Mele, This book provides the necessary tools for the evaluation of the interaction between the user who is disabled and the computer system that was designed to assist that person. It creates an evaluation process able to assess the user’s satisfaction with a developed system. It takes into account all of the individuals involved in the evaluation process. It presents a new theoretical perspective in the human-computer interaction evaluation of disabled persons.

Print ISBN: 978-1-4200-8262-3 June 2014, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 300 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99

Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-1113-2 November 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 294 pp. Suggested Price: $149.95 / £95.00

Bioinformatics Ethics

Graphics Interface 2012

Gary Skuse

Edited by

Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, USA

Stephen Brooks, Kirstie Hawkey, and Pourang Irani

Highlighting the many challenges of bioinformatics, specifically data access, security, confidentiality, and propriety, this timely book considers the changing ethical demands of those responsible for sensitive data. Practitioners increasingly engage in human healthrelated work—from clinical trials to genetic testing—all of which brings a minefield of issues. Examining a range of relevant issues, the book covers decision making in terms of access, implementation, and validation; application in the military and civilian arenas; and potential abuses and criminal uses, including sale of personal information to insurance companies. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-1565-6 April 2014, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 300 pp. Suggested Price: $59.95 / £38.99

This volume is the proceedings of the oldest regularly scheduled conference in the field of computer graphics, interactive systems, and human-computer interaction. Topics include shading and rendering, geometric modeling and meshing, image-based rendering, image synthesis and realism, computer animation, real-time rendering, nonphotorealistic rendering, interaction techniques, human interface devices, augmented reality, data and information visualization, mobile computing, haptic and tangible interfaces, and perception. Print ISBN: 978-1-4503-1420-6 July 2012, 8-1/2 x 11, 200 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $73.95 / £46.99

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Mastering Technical Communication Skills

User Interface Software

A Student’s Handbook

Manuel Perez-Quinones, Pardha Pyla, and Manas Tungare

Peter Wide Orebro University, Sweden

This handbook provides students with the communication skills they will need to further their careers. It provides self-assessments, a structure for planning, and the skills required for starting a career. The handbook highlights the main issues that have to be taken into consideration when planning a career. More essentially, it provides directions on how to acquire the skills and competencies that are needed after completing education at the university. Print ISBN: 978-981-4364-67-6 November 2013, 6 x 9, 250 pp. Suggested Price: $49.95 / £31.99

A timely contribution to the literature of humancomputer interaction, this text explains how to build interactive software applying principles from the fields of human-computer interaction, psychology, and software engineering. The book’s primary emphasis is on how to build interactive software, with a secondary emphasis on what makes systems easy to use. It uses several different styles of user interfaces (desktop, mobile, web) to illustrate the principles behind building interactive software, and employs several languages and technologies throughout. The coverage includes new technologies, such as mashups and RSS feeds, and a discussion of social software principles. Print ISBN: 978-1-4200-8252-4 May 2014, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 300 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99

Mining User Generated Content

Web 2.0 and Beyond

Edited by

Principles and Technologies

Marie-Francine Moens, Juanzi Li, and Tat-Seng Chua User Generated Content (UGC) is heterogeneous, distributed, and unstructured, presenting unique problems for data analysis. This edited book presents the latest techniques extracting knowledge and mining data from UGC. This has numerous potential applications in business, politics, and consumer media research. The sections of this book define the tasks and media involved when processing user generated content and present the most effective models for extracting and linking structured knowledge from UGC. This lays the foundations for semantic annotation of UGC and multimodal processing of UGC sources. The book also discusses the collective intelligence and social aspects of UGC and latent topic modeling in UGC. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-5740-6 December 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 434 pp. Suggested Price: $99.95 / £63.99

Paul Anderson Intelligent Content Limited, Nottingham, UK

Incorporating research from a range of disciplines, this book provides an accessible and engaging explanation of Web 2.0 and its wider context yet is still grounded in the rigor of computer science. The author discusses the underlying ideas and principles and covers the main types of Web 2.0 services, including social networks, media sharing sites, and microblogging. He also presents the technologies and standards that underpin the operation of Web 2.0 and goes beyond this to explore cloud computing, web science, and other emerging topics. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-2867-0 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-6619-4 May 2012, 7 x 10, 408 pp. Suggested Price: $73.95 / £46.99

Software Designers in Action

Biomechanics

A Human-Centric Look at Design Work

Principles and Practices

Edited by

Marian Petre

Joseph D. Bronzino

The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK

Simsbury, Connecticut, USA

André Van Der Hoek

Donald R. Peterson

University of California, Irvine, USA

University of Connecticut, Farmington, USA

This book examines how developers actually perform software design in their day-to-day work. It offers a comprehensive look at early software design, exploring the work of professional designers from a range of different viewpoints. Divided into four sections, the book discusses various theoretical examinations of the nature of software design and particular design problems, critically assesses the processes and practices that designers follow, presents in-depth accounts of key supporting elements of design, and explores the role of human interaction in software design.

Biomechanics: Principles and Practices draws on material from the biomechanics section of The Biomedical Engineering Handbook, Fourth Edition, and includes additional chapters containing highly relevant, cutting-edge material dealing with cellular mechanics. Edited by Donald A. Peterson and Joseph D. Bronzino, this comprehensive reference brings together contributions by world-class experts in the field. Offering an overview of major research topics in biomechanics, this is a useful resource for practitioners, scientists, and researchers in biomechanics as well as bioengineering graduate students studying biomechanics, human performance engineering, and human factors.

Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-0109-6 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-0110-2 September 2013, 7 x 10, 452 pp. Suggested Price: $69.95 / £44.99

Human Computer Interaction / Human Performance Modeling

Principles and Technologies

Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-7098-3 April 2014, 7 x 10, 400 pp. Suggested Price: $139.95 / £89.00

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Biomechanics of Human Motion Applications in the Martial Arts Emeric Arus, Ph.D. International Sendo-Ryu Karatedo Federation, Astoria, New York, USA

Human Performance Modeling

This book provides an overview of human motion studies—biomechanics—using martial arts as extensive examples and references to fundamental theory. It covers in depth the anatomical foundation of biomechanics, the biomechanical and physiological foundation of human motion, and fundamentals of biomechanics. The book begins with musculoskeletal anatomy of the most important muscles and their functions. The author describes the biomechanical and physiological foundations of human motion. He covers kinematics and kinetics—the core of biomechanics—and includes examples for martial arts and sports activities that emphasize the concepts described. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-6323-0 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-6324-7 December 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 559 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $83.95 / £51.99

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A Guide to Human Factors and Ergonomics Second Edition Martin Helander 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. Print ISBN: 978-0-415-28248-2 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4822-2000-1 December 2005, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 408 pp. Suggested Price: $99.95 / £65.99

Complexity and the Human Experience

Handbook of Digital Human Modeling

Modeling Complexity in the Humanities and Social Sciences

Research for Applied Ergonomics and Human Factors Engineering

Edited by

Paul A. Youngman, Mirsad Hadzikadic, and Theodore D. Carmichael

Vincent G. Duffy

With the increased adoption of natural science tools in economics, anthropology, and political science, (only a few social scientific fields highlighted in this volume), quantitative methods in the humanities are becoming more common. This book offers a tour of quantitative analyses, models, and simulations of humanities and social science phenomena that have been historically the purview of qualitative methods. This is the first book of its kind that deals with computer modeling in both the humanities and the social sciences, and thus, simultaneously creates and explores new ground.

With an editorial panel that spans the globe, this book provides a wealth of international knowledge and guidelines. Highlighting theory, tools, and methods, 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 web site include downloadable software and a 220-page step-by-step UGS-Jack help manual developed at Purdue.

Print ISBN: 978-981-4463-26-3 January 2014, 6 x 9, 350 pp. Suggested Price: $149.95 / £95.00

Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Print ISBN: 978-0-8058-5646-0 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4200-6352-3 November 2008, 7 x 10, 1006 pp. Suggested Price: $179.95 / £112.00

Evaluation of Human Work

Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics Methods

Third Edition

Edited by

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

Textbook

John R. Wilson Nigel Corlett Completely revised and updated, Evaluation of Human Work, Third Edition is a compendium of ergonomics methods and techniques that is both broad and deep. The editors have once again brought together a team of world-renowned experts and created a forum for them to introduce their most valued techniques and methods. Almost every chapter has been revised and several new chapters have been added. The editors place ergonomics methodology in context, and each chapter carefully describes the background to 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. Print ISBN: 978-0-415-26757-1 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4200-5594-8 April 2005, 7 x 10, 1048 pp. Suggested Price: $75.95 / £48.99

This book delivers an authoritative and practical account of methods that incorporate human capabilities and limitations, environmental factors, human-machine 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. Print ISBN: 978-0-415-28700-5 eBook ISBN: 978-0-203-48992-5 August 2004, 7 x 10, 768 pp. Suggested Price: $146.95 / £93.00

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Human Factors Engineering and Ergonomics A Systems Approach, Second Edition Stephen J. Guastello Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

The psychology of person-machine interaction has changed in the past few decades. The widespread influence of computer-based technologies has permeated every aspect of the person-machine system. As systems become more complex, new principles of their operation emerge. Reflecting new development in the field, this second edition addresses a wide range of human factors and ergonomics principles found in conventional and 21st century technologies and environments. It emphasizes fundamental concepts, systems thinking, the changing nature of the person-machine interface, and the dynamics of systems as they change over time. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-6009-3 December 2013, 7 x 10, 483 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $69.95 / £44.99

Human Factors in Simulation and Training Edited by

Dennis A. Vincenzi, John A. Wise, Mustapha Mouloua, and Peter A. Hancock 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 authors examine the validity and functionality of simulators as a training device. The book provides advanced understanding of training techniques and methods and discusses methods of fidelity, interfaces and control devices, transfer of training, simulator sickness, and effects of motion on simulator systems. It also incorporates theories pertaining to the motivational aspects of training, simulation of social events, and PC-based simulation.

Human Performance Modeling

Textbook

Print ISBN: 978-1-4200-7283-9 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4200-7284-6 December 2008, 7 x 10, 453 pp. Suggested Price: $125.95 / £82.00

Human Thermal Environments Human Factors in Lighting Third Edition Peter Robert Boyce Canterbury, Kent, UK

The availability of electric lighting has changed the lives of people the world over, and lighting is a major consumer of energy. This book is a comprehensive review of the interaction of people and lighting and surpasses the author’s classic first edition. The technology has changed markedly in recent years with the introduction of new light sources and new methods of light distribution and because the significance of specialist lighting applications is now better understood. The third edition includes new and updated information to help readers understand the forms of lighting that can alter human visual capabilities and enhance productivity, ensure comfort, and create appropriate lighting conditions.

The Effects of Hot, Moderate, and Cold Environments on Human Health, Comfort, and Performance, Third Edition Ken Parsons Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK

The third edition of a bestseller, this book will continue to be the standard text for the design of environments for humans to live and work safely, comfortably, and effectively, and for the design of materials which help the same people cope with their environments. This book covers hot, moderate, and cold environments, and defines them in terms of six basic parameters: air temperature, radiate temperature, humidity, air velocity, clothing worn, and the person’s activity. It focuses on the principles and practice of human response, which incorporates psychology, physiology, and environmental physics with applied ergonomics.

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International Encyclopedia of Ergonomics and Human Factors

Human Factors in Simple and Complex Systems Second Edition

Second Edition, Three-Volume Set

Robert W. Proctor Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Trisha Van Zandt

Waldemar Karwowski University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA

Ohio State University, Columbus, 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. Print ISBN: 978-0-8058-4119-0 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-8949-7 April 2008, 7 x 10, 696 pp. Suggested Price: $119.95 / £55.99

Edited by

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. Print ISBN: 978-0-415-30430-6 eBook ISBN: 978-0-8493-7547-7 March 2006, 8-1/2 x 11, 3728 pp. Suggested Price: $1101.00 / £701.00

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Occupational Ergonomics

Human Performance Modeling / Musculoskeletal Disorders 10

Theory and Applications, Second Edition Edited by

Amit Bhattacharya University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

James D. McGlothlin Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

This volume presents a comprehensive introduction to the fundamental principles of ergonomics. It details the practical application of ergonomic principles in solving actual problems in the workplace, and reviews ergonomic case studies from various industries. It also contains helpful ergonomic tables; a work-saving list of vendors of ergonomic tools, software, and video-training materials; and convenient ergonomic check lists. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-1934-0 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-1935-7 March 2012, 7 x 10, 1332 pp. Suggested Price: $139.95 / £89.00

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Variability in Human Performance Thomas Jay Smith, Robert A Henning, and Michael G. Wade This book introduces a comprehensive framework for understanding human performance variability in terms of how human control of behavior is closely tied to design factors in the performance environment. It introduces empirical evidence, as well as practical examples and application areas, in support of this framework. The book provides suggestions on how individuals, groups, and organizations can significantly reduce variability in human performance that often leads to systems failures. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-7971-2 June 2014, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 280 pp. Suggested Price: $119.95 / £76.99

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Error, Guilt, Trauma, and Resilience

Fundamentals of Biomechanics

Sidney Dekker

Ronald L. Huston

Griffith University Nathan, Australia

University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

We tend to blame and forget those professionals who cause incidents and accidents, but they are victims too. They are second victims whose experiences of an incident or adverse event can be as traumatic as that of the first victims’. This book goes through what we know about trauma, guilt, forgiveness, and injustice and how these might be felt by the second victim. It discusses how to conduct investigations of incidents that do not alienate second victims or make them feel even worse. It enters into a conversation on support and resilience and where the responsibilities for creating it may lie.

This textbook provides a comprehensive survey of how the principles of mechanics are applied to human systems and organs. After a review of terminology, a summary of human anatomy, and a presentation of anthropometric data, the text discusses methods for biomechanical analyses including essential mathematics, mechanics, and modeling techniques. It then covers tissue biomechanics, kinematics, and dynamics of human body models, and applications such as lifting, walking, swimming, and accident victim simulation. Each chapter contains reference lists for more in-depth study and problems sets with solutions.

Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-8341-2 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-8342-9 March 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 128 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $34.95 / £22.99

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Skill Training in Multimodal Virtual Environments

Manual Lifting

Edited by

A Guide to the Study of Simple and Complex Lifting Tasks

Massîmo Bergamasco, Benoit Bardy, and Daniel Gopher

Daniela Colombini, Enrico Occhipinti, Enrique Alvarez-Casado, and Thomas R. Waters

The outcome of a five-year European research program that focused on the development and transfer of human perceptual model skills trained in multimodal virtual and augmented reality platforms, this unique book outlines the domain of human training in virtual environments and presents a practical and scientific viewpoint as to how virtual and augmented reality systems can be designed to address the transfer and training of skills in varying contexts. Highlighting skills from several domains, including sports, rehabilitative, industrial, and surgical settings, it demonstrates how these technology-oriented training conditions give better results when compared with traditional training conditions.

Commonly used throughout the world, manual lifting tasks—whether simple or complex—all involve variable loads, postures, and movements. This practical guide discusses how to analyze the intricate lifting function and prevent injury during its execution. Outlining Revised NIOSH Lifting Equation (RNLE) methods, the book illustrates their use in assessing manual lifting tasks of varying degrees of difficulty. Using examples to reinforce presented concepts, it explains how RNLE methods can be applied to evaluate single, composite, variable, and sequential lifting tasks. It also explores how to interpret and apply the results according to international standards and guidelines.

Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-7895-8 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-7899-6 August 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 321 pp. Suggested Price: $115.95 / £72.99

Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-5663-5 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-5664-2 July 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 256 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $69.95 / £44.99

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Orthopaedic Biomechanics

Cultural Ergonomics

Edited by

Theory, Methods, and Applications

Beth A. Winkelstein

Edited by

Tonya Lynette Smith-Jackson, Marc Resnick, Kayenda Johnson, and Sharnnia Artis An introduction to cultural ergonomics within a human factors framework, this book is a primer on how to implement the approach. It provides systemic methods to apply what is learned from analyses of culture to the design, development, and evaluation of products and systems. The author includes interdisciplinary coverage of theory, methods, applications, and methodological approaches backed up by concrete examples and case studies to assist with applications. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-1260-0 December 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 220 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £57.99

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Architecture Follows NatureBiomimetic Principles for Innovative Design

Textbook

Ilaria Mazzoleni

Second Edition

This full-color volume proposes an innovative methodology that uses the functional aspects of nature to inspire improvements in building design and form, encouraging designers to apply biomimetic principles to architectural processes. The book focuses on the analysis of various animal skins, translating the principles of communication, thermoregulation, water balance, and protection into the built environment. Illustrating how biomimetic principles can create a more sustainable way of building, this is the first time the author’s new methodology—as well as the 12 case studies—has been published.

Paul H. King

Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-0607-7 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-0609-1 March 2013, 7 x 9, 264 pp. Suggested Price: $99.95 / £63.99

Design of Biomedical Devices and Systems Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Richard C. Fries ISORel, Inc., Fitchburg, Wisconsin, 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. This second edition features information on device definition and reliability, as well as testing and hardware verification and each chapter has been updated to reflect the latest advances in the field. Print ISBN: 978-1-4200-6179-6 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-8973-2 August 2008, 7 x 10, 424 pp. Suggested Price: $135.95 / £87.00

Automotive Ergonomics

Ergonomics for Children

Driver-Vehicle Interaction Edited by

Designing Products and Places for Toddler to Teens

Nikolaos Gkikas

Edited by

Autonomics, HFES, IEHF, Northampton, UK

Rani Lueder

This book presents the latest developments and addresses its implications for the design of modern and future vehicles. It covers new areas such as human-machine interaction as well as power train and alternative fuels, which create new challenges as well as opportunities for the automotive industry. A special chapter is devoted to Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS). The text also explains vibration in vehicles, noise perception, and digital human modeling, among other topics, in addition to discussions of best practices and emerging developments.

Humanics ErgoSystems, Inc., Encino, California, USA

Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-9425-5 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-9427-9 September 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 194 pp. Suggested Price: $119.95 / £77.00

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

This is a practical manual about child ergonomics written for people who design for, play with, teach, supervise, and protect children. The authors discuss 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. Print ISBN: 978-0-415-30474-0 eBook ISBN: 978-0-203-60916-3 July 2007, 8-1/2 x 11, 984 pp. Suggested Price: $125.95 / £82.00

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Musculoskeletal Disorders / Product Design

This book presents state-of-the-art developments of orthopedic biomechanics across tissues in the musculoskeletal system at all size scales and with direct relevance to engineering and clinical applications. Discussing the relationship between mechanical loading, function, and biological performance, it first reviews basic structure-function relationships for most major orthopaedic tissue types followed by the most relevant structures of the body. It then addresses multiscale modeling and biologic considerations. It concludes with a look at applications of biomechanics, focusing on advances in theory, technology, and applied engineering approaches.

Human Factors Issues in Handgun Safety and Forensics

Managing Emotion in Design Innovation

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

Amitoj Singh

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 an accompanying DVD with hundreds of color photos.

This book presents an emotion-centered research framework titled “emoha” for design innovation. It defines emoha and underlines the importance of the developed framework in culturalization of technology and thereby design innovation. The book explains the detailed research on product styling which leads to the creation of emoha and how to use it in product design.

Product Design

Print ISBN: 978-0-8058-5742-9 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4200-6297-7 November 2007, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 248 pp. Suggested Price: $115.95 / £72.99

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Human Factors of a Global Society

Methods in Product Design

A System of Systems Perspective

Edited by

Ali K. Kamrani, Maryam Azimi, and Abdulrahman M. Al-Ahmari

Tadeusz Marek, Waldemar Karwowski, Marek Frankowicz, Jussi Kantola, and Pavel Zgaga This book explores the human factors issues in contemporary global society, with a focus on engineering, technology, business, science, and education from a system of systems viewpoint. It examines the human aspects related to contemporary societal developments in science, engineering, and higher education in the context of unprecedented progress in those areas. The book also discusses new paradigms for higher education, including education delivery, and administration in the coming of the Conceptual Age.

Samsung India Electronics Pvt. Ltd

Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-7286-7 March 2014, 7 x 10, 1149 pp. Suggested Price: $149.95 / £95.00

Instrumentation, Data Acquisition, and Applications in Ground Vehicle Design Peijun Xu Ebco, Inc., Springview Lane, Dublin, Ohio, USA

Xiaobo Yang Oshkosh Corporation, Neenah, Wisconsin, USA

Computer modeling and simulation allow engineers to predict and optimize the performance of components and the vehicle system at early design stage. Covering techniques on virtual and physical evaluation for vehicles and their components, this book introduces design evaluation methods and practical techniques of transducers, data acquisition systems, and acquired data applications for ground vehicle development. It presents the optimal design of instrumentation associated with the data application to help automotive engineers save the data acquisition cost and time. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-8010-4 May 2014, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 672 pp. Suggested Price: $149.95 / £95.00

New Strategies in Reengineering

Customer-focused product design strives to meet changing customer requirements with new product features. This book discusses ways to assess changing demands and sources, and delves into what is needed to successfully manufacture goods in a demanding market. It reviews proven methods for assessing customer need. After showing how changing needs impact the reengineering of products, the book explains how change can be efficiently achieved. It details how IT advances and technology supports customer-focused product development, discusses cutting-edge mass customization principles that maximize cost-effective production, and illustrates how to implement a webbased product design environment. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-0832-0 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-0833-7 May 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 340 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £57.99

The Science of Footwear Edited by

Ravindra S. Goonetilleke Series: Human Factors and Ergonomics

Covering every aspect of the process, this book introduces the design, development, manufacturing, and marketing of footwear. It also presents a comprehensive discussion of how the footwear industry attempts to cater to the wide needs of sophisticated and demanding customers. The text provides a basic understanding of the technology and techniques involved in the design and development of a popular and demanding consumer product. Topics include the measurement and testing process, foot and footwear interaction, mass customization, the manufacturing process, and the marketing process. The author also addresses the latest trends in footwear technology. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-3568-5 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-3569-2 November 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 726 pp. Suggested Price: $149.95 / £95.00

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A New Foundation for Design

Contemporary Ergonomics and Human Factors 2012

Klaus Krippendorff

Edited by

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

Martin Anderson

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 new 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. Print ISBN: 978-0-415-32220-1 eBook ISBN: 978-0-203-29995-1 December 2005, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 368 pp. Suggested Price: $109.95 / £69.99

Health and Safety Executive, Bootle, UK

Reflecting the name change of the Ergonomics Society to the Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors, the peerreviewed papers in this volume embrace a wide range of issues related to ergonomics. International contributors provide insight into current practice and present new research findings. They cover an array of topics, including defense; hazardous industries; human factors integration; inclusive design; medical; methods and tools; occupational health and safety; slips, trips, and falls; transport; and applications of ergonomics. Print ISBN: 978-0-415-62152-6 eBook ISBN: 978-0-203-10283-1 April 2012, 6-1/4 x 9-1/4, 458 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $146.95 / £93.00

Usability Evaluation for In-Vehicle Systems

Contemporary Ergonomics and Human Factors 2013

Catherine Harvey and Neville A. Stanton

Edited by

University of Southampton, UK

Martin Anderson

This book presents a process which will support the evaluation and modeling of driver-interface interactions in a dual-task driving context. This process consists of a framework of methods which can be used to evaluate and model the usability of In-Vehicle Information Systems (IVIS). The book’s focus on design and evaluation of IVIS, coupled with a systems approach to the concept of usability, sets it apart. This method presents both an autopsy and diagnostic approach to investigating usability in IVIS.

Health and Safety Executive, Bootle, UK

Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-1429-4 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-1430-0 April 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 230 pp. Suggested Price: $99.95 / £63.99

This book presents the papers of the international conference on Contemporary Ergonomics and Human Factors 2013. A wide range of topics are covered, including human computer interaction, standards, accessibility, work & wellbeing, design, transport, safety culture, green ergonomics, healthcare, human cognition, biomechanics, crowd behavior, and the systems approach. Of interest to mainstream ergonomists and human factors specialists and all who are concerned with people’s interactions with their working and leisure environment including designers, manufacturing and production engineers, health and safety specialists, psychologists, and applied physiologists. Print ISBN: 978-1-138-00042-1 eBook ISBN: 978-0-203-74458-1 April 2013, 6-1/4 x 9-1/4, 468 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $139.95 / £89.00

Around the Patient Bed Human Factors and Safety in Health Care Edited by

Yoel Donchin Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

Daniel Gopher Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa

This book presents a systematic, human factors-based, proactive approach to the improvement of health care work and patient safety. The proposed approach delineates a more direct and powerful alternative to the contemporary dominant focus on error investigation and care providers’ accountability. It demonstrates how significant improvements in the quality of care and enhancement of patient safety are contingent on a major shift from efforts and investments driven by a retroactive study of errors, incidents, and adverse events, to an emphasis on proactive, human factors-driven intervention and the development of corresponding conceptual approaches and methods for its systematic implementation.

Eliminating Serious Injury and Death from Road Transport A Crisis of Complacency Ian Johnston, Carlyn Muir, and Eric William Howard The book explodes the myths that currently drive society’s view of traffic safety and limit progress in reducing death and serious injury. It presents current scientific knowledge in a non-technical way and draws parallels with other areas of public safety and public health. It uses examples from the media and from public policy debates to paint a clear picture of a flawed public policy approach and offers preventive medicine principles to take the field forward. Print ISBN: 978-1-4822-0825-2 December 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 202 pp. Suggested Price: $99.95 / £63.99

Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-7362-8 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-7363-5 October 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 349 pp. Suggested Price: $99.95 / £63.99 For more information and a complete list of titles, visit us at www.crcpress.com

Product Design / Safety Design

The Semantic Turn

Human and Organizational Factors in Nuclear Safety The French Approach to Safety Assessments Gregory Rolina Ecole des Mines de Paris, France

Safety Design / Work Design

This book discusses the specifics of safety regulations regarding nuclear risk and how experts contribute to the safety of nuclear installations. Drawing on research conducted in collaboration with the French Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN), the ideas that are put forward rely on a review of the practices of specialists in human and organizational factors concerning nuclear safety. This work will be of interest to all involved in nuclear power engineering and in the field of risk management and nuclear safety. Print ISBN: 978-1-138-00035-3 August 2013, 6-1/4 x 9-1/4, 294 pp. Suggested Price: $119.95 / £76.99

Supporting Reliability, Safety, and Cost Reduction Edited by

Nastaran Dadashi, Anita Scott, John R. Wilson, and Ann Mills The book represents the best of current work in rail human factors, and starts to define the framework for the next few years. The Lille 3rd International Conference on Rail Human Factors, and thus the book, are notable for sessions on simulation in rail human factors and on human factors in metro design and operation. The book also reflects the increased attention being paid to, and developments in, understanding all aspects of rail stakeholders’ behavior, and also the contribution of ergonomics/human factors to innovative network control systems which will enhance reliability, safety, and use of capacity. Print ISBN: 978-1-138-00037-7 eBook ISBN: 978-0-203-75972-1 February 2013, 6-1/4 x 9-1/4, 762 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $159.95 / £99.00

Human Safety and Risk Management

Rail Human Factors around the World

Second Edition

Impacts on and of People for Successful Rail Operations

A. Ian Glendon, Sharon G. Clarke, and Eugene F. McKenna Reflecting a decade’s worth of changes, this second edition addresses safety culture and models of risk as well as offers 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.

Rail Human Factors

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Introduction to Hazard Control Management

Edited by

John R. Wilson, Ann Mills, Theresa Clarke, and Jane Rajan The book represents the best of current work in rail human factors, and starts to define the framework for the next few years. The London 4th International Conference on Rail Human Factors, and thus the book, are notable for contributions covering the range of human and organizational issue on the railway, from driving to signaling and control, to maintenance and engineering work, to passenger and security issues such as trespassing. The book also addresses improvements in safety, reliability, use of capacity, efficiency, and quality. Print ISBN: 978-0-415-64475-4 eBook ISBN: 978-0-203-07921-8 September 2012, 6-1/4 x 9-1/4, 868 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $169.95 / £104.00

Bodyspace

A Vital Organizational Function

Anthropometry, Ergonomics and the Design of Work, Third Edition

James T. Tweedy

Stephen Pheasant

International Board for Certification of Safety Managers, Helena, Alabama, USA

Christine M. Haslegrave

Designated as the primary study reference for those preparing for the Certified Hazard Control Manager (CHCM) credential, this text outlines the importance of using management and leadership principles to improve hazard control and safety management effectiveness. It focuses on improving organizations by viewing hazard control and safety management as organizational functions. It presents proactive hazard control management as essential in improving the bottom line of the organization. The book addresses the inter-relationships of other organizational functions to the functions of hazard control, accident prevention, and safety. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-5158-9 September 2013, 7 x 10, 288 pp. Suggested Price: $99.95 / £63.99

University of Surrey, Guildford, UK University of Nottingham, UK

This third edition maintains the same content and structure as previous editions, but updates the material and references to account for 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. The book includes information on new and revised international standards and regulations; introduces new approaches to risk management and new assessment tools; and offers information on a variety of computer input devices, “hot desking,” and children’s use of computers. Print ISBN: 978-0-415-28520-9 July 2005, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 352 pp. Suggested Price: $83.95 / £51.99

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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 Hogeschool Utrecht, University of Applied Science, The Netherlands

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. Print ISBN: 978-1-4200-7751-3 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4200-7752-0 May 2008, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 160 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $37.95 / £23.99

Ergonomics in Asia: Development, Opportunities and Challenges Proceedings of the 2nd East Asian Ergonomics Federation Symposium Edited by

Handbook of Control Room Design and Ergonomics A Perspective for the Future, Second Edition Edited by

Toni Ivergard Rangsit University, Bangkok, Thailand

Brian Hunt Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Published two decades ago, the first edition of this bestselling handbook became the go-to reference for this field. With more than 20 new chapters and subchapters, 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 authors make 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. Print ISBN: 978-1-4200-6429-2 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4200-6434-6 October 2008, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 384 pp. Suggested Price: $154.95 / £99.00

Textbook

Introduction to Ergonomics Third Edition

Yuh-Chuan Shih, Sheau-Farn Max Liang, Yu-Hsing Huang, Yu-Cheng Lin, and Chih-Long Lin

R.S. Bridger

This volume contains the 48 selected papers presented at the Second East Asian Ergonomics Federation Symposium (EAEFS), held from October 4 to 8, 2011 at the National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan. The Second EAEFS, endorsed by the International Ergonomics Association (IEA), consolidates the established ties within East Asia extends the cooperation among ergonomics researchers, professionals, and practitioners in the region to other regions in Asia and the world. The papers contributing to this book address the latest research and application in accordance with the theme of the symposium, “Ergonomics in Asia: Development, Opportunities and Challenges,” and cover the following areas: Virtual Environments & Design, Aging & Work Ability, Usability & Interface, Biomechanics & Anthropometry, and Occupational Safety & Health.

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.

Print ISBN: 978-0-415-68414-9 eBook ISBN: 978-0-203-11999-0 April 2012, 6-3/4 x 9-3/4, 336 pp. Suggested Price: $146.95 / £93.00

Hants, UK

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Textbook

Introduction to Human Factors and Ergonomics for Engineers

Textbook

Fitting the Human

Second Edition

Introduction to Ergonomics, Sixth Edition

Mark Lehto and Steven J. Landry

Karl H.E. Kroemer

With a practical, applied orientation, this book presents and integrates in a single source important methods and tools used in the fields of industrial engineering, human factors and ergonomics to design and improve jobs, tasks, and products. The author covers such topics as the human system, motion analysis, predicting human performance, simulation in ergonomic design, product quality and usability, macroergonomics, and occupational safety and health. Each chapter offers challenging problems and examples to illustrate concepts. The second edition features two chapters that address human error causation and reduction and human computer interaction.

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA

With extensive 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. Print ISBN: 978-1-4200-5539-9 October 2008, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 464 pp. Suggested Price: $65.95 / £42.99

Work Design

Textbook

Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

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The Rules of Work

Energy Management Handbook

A Practical Engineering Guide to Ergonomics, Second Edition

Eighth Edition

Dan MacLeod

Energy Engineer, Colorado Springs Utilities, Colorado, USA

Dan MacLeod LLC, Milford, Pennsylvania, USA

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Revised and updated to reflect new insights from workplace developments, this second edition of a bestseller continues the tradition of providing essential tools for implementing good ergonomics in a way that simultaneously improves both productivity and safety. Based on 35 years of practical problem-solving in over 1,500 workplaces, the book provides a downto-earth and practical guide for solving ergonomics problems. It provides a framework for evaluating tasks using low-tech, non-quantitative methods, along with an overview of the standard measuring systems for those occasions when numbers are needed. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-9906-9 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-6025-3 October 2012, 8-1/2 x 11, 196 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $59.95 / £39.99

Steve Doty Wayne C. Turner Professor Emeritus, Oklahoma State University

This comprehensive handbook has become recognized as the definitive stand-alone energy manager’s desk reference, used by thousands of energy management professionals throughout the industry. Newly revised and edited, this eighth edition includes significant updates to energy management controls systems, commissioning, measurement and verification, and high performance green buildings. Revised chapters cover motors and drives, HVAC systems, lighting, alternative energy systems, building envelope, performance contracting and natural gas purchasing. Detailed illustrations, tables, graphs, and other helpful working aids are provided throughout. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-7828-9 November 2012, 8-1/2 x 11, 950 pp. Suggested Price: $259.95 / £165.00

Universal Design

Handbook of Energy Audits

Principles and Models

Ninth Edition

Edited by

Albert Thumann, Terry Niehus, and William J. Younger

Roberta Null Common Place Design, Whittier, California, USA

As the baby boom generation ages, it is crucial that the next generation of designers understand all they can about bringing this group, as well as all others, design that will offer function, aesthetics, and quality of life. The book helps readers understand how the principles of Universal Design can be used to evaluate all products and places by showing Best Practice examples and explaining why they are universally designed. It presents a variety of user/groups in different situations and then shows design directives for meeting their needs. It includes both commercial and residential design. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-0529-2 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-0530-8 October 2013, 8-1/2 x 11, 394 pp. Suggested Price: $129.95 / £82.00

Creating a Strategic Energy Reduction Plan Scott Offermann This book outlines a simple and easy-to-follow process for auditing building operation to identify and reduce energy consumption. It explains the operational and cost-based opportunities, assessing the current conditions, analyzing the opportunities, and reporting the findings and documenting the plan. The book discusses the different building components and systems and how they affect energy efficiency and describes the operational energy efficiencies that can be gained by implementing no cost changes or alternate maintenance activities already funded. Capital improvement opportunities, and evaluating Return on Investment and life cycle replacement of equipment are also covered. Print ISBN: 978-1-4822-2884-7 December 2013, 6 x 9, 225 pp. Suggested Price: $129.95 / £82.00

This bestselling handbook is the most comprehensive and practical reference available on energy auditing in buildings and industry. Topics include energy assessment and computer software which will guide you in planning and carrying out a thorough and accurate energy audit of 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. Also covered is information on understanding your utility bill and using that knowledge to trim your energy costs. Loaded with forms, checklists, and handy working aids, book is required reading for anyone responsible for conducting or overseeing a facility energy audit. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-6162-5 November 2012, 6 x 9, 495 pp. Suggested Price: $129.95 / £82.00

Handbook of Energy Engineering Seventh Edition Albert Thumann Association of Energy Engineers, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

D. Paul Mehta Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, USA

With new chapters on electrical system optimization and ISO 50001, this edition covers the latest updates to codes and standards in the energy industry. It includes chapters on energy economic analysis, energy auditing, waste heat recovery, utility system optimization, HVAC, cogeneration, control systems, energy management, compressed air system optimization and financing energy projects. This reference will guide you step by step in applying the principles of energy engineering and management to the design of electrical, HVAC, utility, process and building systems for both new design and retrofit projects. The text is thoroughly illustrated with tables, graphs, diagrams, and sample problems. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-6161-8 February 2013, 6 x 9, 486 pp. Suggested Price: $129.95 / £82.00

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High-Performance Buildings

Composites Manufacturing

A Guide for Owners and Managers

Materials, Product, and Process Engineering

This book provides a blueprint for action for readers making decisions about how to improve the energy efficiency and performance of new or existing buildings. Suitable for both seasoned veterans and new managers, it takes an objective and orderly approach to what is often a complex, costly, and time-consuming process. The book presents fundamental principles illustrated with case studies. It thoroughly covers the topics in a concise, technically accurate way. The book is designed for architects, engineers, and construction managers. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-5199-9 December 2013, 6 x 9 Suggested Price: $149.95 / £95.00

Sanjay K. Mazumdar Lucintel, Dallas, Texas, USA

Covering all of the aspects of high-quality, low-cost composite parts manufacturing, this book 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 estimation techniques, and more. The book presents guidelines for making all types of products using composite materials, including in the aerospace, automotive, marine, and sporting goods industries. Print ISBN: 978-0-8493-0585-6 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4200-4198-9 December 2001, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 416 pp. Suggested Price: $210.00 / £133.00

Quality Lighting for High Performance Buildings

Control for Aluminum Production and Other Processing Industries

Michael Stiller

Mark Philip Taylor, John J. J. Chen, and Brent Richmond Young

This book provides an overview of the basic concepts of quality, indoor lighting, and explains concepts like visual comfort, visual interest, and integrated design as they relate to the practice of lighting design. Energy-efficient lighting technologies, including LED lighting and digital control systems, and design strategies that increase visual comfort and productivity are discussed in plain language, and examined in a straightforward way to give the reader, whether an architect, interior designer, engineer, building trades professional, or student a broad understanding of the art and science of energy-efficient quality lighting. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-0130-0 March 2012, 6 x 9, 300 pp. Suggested Price: $129.95 / £82.00

The book is a synthesis of new control thinking with process variability understanding. The diagnosis of abnormalities and the resolution of their causes are demonstrated for aluminum production plants, and a compendium of symptom/cause/correction responses is included for aluminum plant operators. Most narrated examples also demonstrate the interaction between human behavior and control, requiring a more scientific, questioning approach to the management of production. This approach is drawn from the authors’ more than 25 years of experience, not only in metals plants but also in petrochemical and in food processing plants. Readers get a view into the human aspect of accidents and the problems of production.

Facility Management / Manufacturing & Processing

Anthony Robinson

Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-1469-0 October 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 264 pp. Suggested Price: $169.95 / £108.00

17 Composite Materials and Processing

The Customer-Driven Organization

M. Balasubramanian

Employing the Kano Model

IIT Madras, Chennai, India

Lance B. Coleman

An exploration of the processing of composite materials, this book covers fiber reinforcements, production of various fibers and properties, and the processing of polymer matrix, metal matrix, and ceramic matrix composites. It then discusses topics illustrating advanced composites, such as carbon-carbon composites and nanocomposites, processing of polymer-clay nanocomposites, carbon nanotube-reinforced composites, and nanoparticle-reinforced composites. The book also includes a chapter on practical instructions for processing composites. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-7935-1 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-8054-8 September 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 648 pp. Suggested Price: $139.95 / £89.00

The Tech Group, Tempe, Arizona, USA

Which organizations provide customer satisfaction or inspire customer loyalty? Which is more important? This book gives detailed examples of how to deploy the Kano model of customer service excellence in a manufacturing setting, as opposed to a service environment, which is much more common. Readers will learn how to directly apply Kano principles in their own business environment, establish priorities, increase efficiency, improve communication, and expand on business relationships. Print ISBN: 978-1-4822-1710-0 May 2014, 7 x 10, 150 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $39.95 / £25.99

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Design for Six Sigma in Product and Service Development

Formal Methods in Manufacturing

Applications and Case Studies

Edited by

Elizabeth A. Cudney Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, USA

Sandra L. Furterer Southern Polytechnic State University, Marietta, Georgia, USA

Manufacturing & Processing

Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) is a data-driven quality strategy for designing products and services. The goal of DFSS is to avoid process problems using systems engineering techniques. DFSS consists of five interconnected phases: Define, Measure, Analyze, Design, Verify. This book provides a detailed description of how to apply DFSS in product and service development. It provides instructional strategies, an overview of benefits and uses, and a roadmap that links several methodologies including organizational leadership, product development, system integration, critical parameter management, voice of the customer, quality function deployment, and concept generation.

The book gives an overview of the most important solutions to a series of problems that usually occur in manufacturing systems, focusing on those solutions that are based on a formal model of the system. The main problems considered are modeling and simulation, supervisory control (including deadlock prevention), performance evaluation (including scheduling and optimization), fault diagnosis, and reconfiguration. The book also presents formal methods in detail for specific problems in the above framework, all illustrated with examples from manufacturing. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-6155-7 February 2014, 7 x 10, 736 pp. Suggested Price: $189.95 / £121.00

Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-6060-1 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-6640-5 June 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 444 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99

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Design Synthesis

Friction and the Hot Rolling of Steel

Integrated Product and Manufacturing System Design

Vladimir Panjkovic

Graeme Arthur Britton

This book presents the evolution of and key factors influencing friction in the engineering systems. Using theoretical concepts, experimental observations and phenomena in various areas of science engineering, the book describes key frictional phenomena which play a significant role in important, large-scale commercial industrial process of hot strip rolling. Through the breadth and depth of the acquired knowledge, the reader will be able to understand and control frictional phenomena in other important industrial sectors, such as the automotive industry, railway transport, metal cutting and forming, and more.

Raffles University System, Singapore

Seppo Torvinen Tampere University of Technology, Kalvanto, Finland

This textbook provides a conceptual framework and methodologies for integrating product design and manufacturing. The readers should be able to use the framework and methodologies provided to jointly optimize the design/ re-design of new products and manufacturing systems to produce better quality products faster and cheaper. The textbook includes homework problems and numerous real life examples. An SM and PP Slides will go along with the book to enhance textbook adoptions.

Javier Campos, Carla Seatzu, and Xiaolan Xie

Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-8164-4 November 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 380 pp. Suggested Price: $129.95 / £78.99

Drills

Major Furnace Australia

Print ISBN: 978-1-4822-0589-3 February 2014, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 224 pp. Suggested Price: $169.95 / £108.00

Textbook

Science and Technology of Advanced Operations

Fundamentals of Machining Processes

Viktor P. Astakhov

Conventional and Nonconventional Processes, Second Edition

The weakest link in the design of high-efficiency drilling operations is the readiness of cutting tool users/ machining operation designer/planners and cutting tool manufacturers plus the lack of relevant research works on the modern hole making operations. This book addresses the most important issues in drilling operations, and is designed to familiarize application specialists with properly defined basic concepts, terminology, and essentials of drilling. Materials common for making drilling tools are considered from the point of the cutting tool design and implementation to deliver an unprecedented depth of scientific and technical explanation needed for proper manufacturing and selection of a tool material for any given application. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-8434-1 April 2014, 7 x 10, 1016 pp. Suggested Price: $159.95 / £99.00

Hassan Abdel-Gawad El-Hofy This textbook provides fundamental theoretical analysis of machining by cutting, abrasion, erosion, and combined processes. The author presents the principles and theories of material removal and applications for conventional and nonconventional machining processes, discusses the role of machining variables in the technological characteristics of each process, and provides treatment of current technologies in high speed machining and micromachining. The book includes machining data, solved examples, and review questions. Completely revised, it includes new figures and problems along with two new chapters: Machinability of Engineering Materials and Selection of a Machining Process. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-7702-2 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-9750-1 August 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 562 pp. Suggested Price: $119.95 / £76.99

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Green Design, Materials and Manufacturing Processes

Handbook of Industrial Drying

Edited by

Helena Bartolo, Paulo Jorge Da Silva Bartolo, Nuno Manuel Fernandes Alves, Artur Jorge Mateus, Henrique Amorim Almeida, Ana Cristina Soares Lemos, Flávio Craveiro, Carina Ramos, Igor Reis, Lina Durão, Telma Ferreira, José Pinto Duarte, Filipa Roseta, Eduardo Castro e Costa, Filipe Quaresma, and João Paulouro Neves

Arun S. Mujumdar

Print ISBN: 978-1-138-00046-9 eBook ISBN: 978-1-315-87948-2 June 2013, 6-3/4 x 9-3/4, 704 pp. Suggested Price: $279.95 / £178.00

Green Electronics Manufacturing Creating Environmental Sensible Products John X. Wang Lean Six Sigma Institute of Technology, Marion, Iowa, USA

National University of Singapore

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. Print ISBN: 978-1-57444-668-5 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4200-1761-8 November 2006, 8-1/2 x 11, 1312 pp. Suggested Price: $336.00 / £214.00

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

Written for scientists and engineers involved in creating environmentally sensible products and technologies, Green Electronic Manufacturing offers an approach to designing electronics with special consideration for the environmental impacts of the product during its entire lifecycle, from raw material mining to end-of-life disposal or recycling. Examining the vast implications of eco-design on business and technology, this book goes beyond “green-practice” in the manufacturing process to discuss responsible electronics development as a management philosophy, design paradigm, and corporate culture toward an ultimately holistic environmental custodianship and commitment to society.

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 describes how this knowledge can best be applied to solving 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.

Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-2664-5 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-2669-0 July 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 360 pp. Suggested Price: $104.95 / £66.99

Print ISBN: 978-1-57444-671-5 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4200-1764-9 December 2006, 7 x 10, 632 pp. Suggested Price: $199.95 / £127.00

Handbook of Induction Heating

Handbook of Thermal Process Modeling Steels

Valery Rudnev, Don Loveless, Raymond Cook, and Micah Black Offering ready-to-use tables, diagrams, graphs, and simplified formulas for at-a-glance guidance in induction heating system design, this book contains numerous photographs, magnetic field plots, temperature profiles, case studies, hands-on guidelines, and practical recommendations to navigate through various system designs and avoid surprises in installation, operation, and maintenance. It covers basic principles, modern design concepts, and advanced techniques engineers use to model and evaluate the different types of manufacturing processes based on heating by induction. The handbook further explains the electromagnetic and heat transfer phenomena that take place during induction heating. Print ISBN: 978-0-8247-0848-1 December 2002, 7 x 10, 796 pp. Suggested Price: $357.00 / £228.00

Edited by

Cemil Hakan Gur Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

Jiansheng Pan Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

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. Print ISBN: 978-0-8493-5019-1 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4200-0358-1 December 2008, 7 x 10, 712 pp. Suggested Price: $220.00 / £141.00

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Manufacturing & Processing

This book includes essential research in the field of sustainable intelligent manufacturing and related topics, making a significant contribution to further development of these fields. The volume covers wide range of topics such as eco design and innovation, energy efficiency, green and smart manufacturing, green transportation, life-cycle engineering, renewable energy technologies, reuse and recycling techniques, smart design, smart materials, sustainable business models, and sustainable construction.

Third Edition

Industrial Brazing Practice Second Edition Philip Roberts Delphi Brazing Consultants, Cheshire, England

Manufacturing & Processing 20

Written by an expert with more than 50 years of experience, this book helps you develop best-practice solutions to any brazing problems you may encounter. It reveals the six simple rules of brazing that form the bedrock of problem-solving procedures. It also explains how to conduct a process audit, from identifying service conditions, to selecting materials and design, to assessing the process. Packed with useful flowcharts and tables, this second edition covers new ISO specifications, alloy and flux codes, production developments, technologies, and more. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-6774-0 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-6775-7 March 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 460 pp. Suggested Price: $219.95 / £140.00

Laser and Photonic Systems Design and Integration Edited by

The Lean Management Systems Handbook H. James Harrington, Rich Charron, and Frank Voehl This book presents a first of its kind approach that describes critical components for sustainable Lean management. The handbook shows how managers at all levels of the organization can integrate Lean into their daily management activities. It also defines the Lean philosophy, beliefs and behaviors required to develop a thriving Lean company culture. Packed with detailed examples and step-by-step instructions, it’s the ideal handy reference guide to help mangers and leaders make the transition from the classroom to the field. It will feature brief summaries and examples of the most important tools in Lean management systems development. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-6435-0 June 2014, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 536 pp. Suggested Price: $59.95 / £38.99

Textbook

Materials and Process Selection for Engineering Design

Shimon Y. Nof, Andrew M. Weiner, and Gary J. Cheng

Third Edition

Laser and photonic technologies and solutions influenced many aspects of everyday life. With new and significant recent scientific discoveries in their fields, systems perspectives and integrated design approaches can improve even further the impact in critical areas of challenge. Yet this knowledge is dispersed across several disciplines and research arenas. This book brings together a multidisciplinary group of experts in many of these areas to foster increased understanding of the ways in which systems perspectives may influence laser and photonic innovations and application integration.

The American University in Cairo, Egypt

Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-6950-8 March 2014, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 392 pp. Suggested Price: $139.95 / £89.00

Mahmoud M. Farag Since the publication of the second edition, changes have occurred in the fields of materials and manufacturing. Industries place more emphasis on manufacturing products and goods locally, nanostructured and smart materials appear more frequently in products, and more emphasis is placed on how products affect the environment. In addition, there has been a change in how the subjects of materials and manufacturing are taught. This third edition of a bestseller has been comprehensively revised and reorganized to reflect these changes. It also includes more real-world case studies. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-6409-1 November 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 536 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $99.95 / £63.99

Lean Management System LMS:2012

Metal Cutting Theory and Practice

A Framework for Continual Lean Improvement

David A. Stephenson

William A. Levinson Levinson Productivity Systems, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA

The synergy of the human and technological aspects of Lean form what Henry Ford called a universal code for achieving world-class results in any enterprise. This book expands upon and systemizes this universal code into a structure or framework that promotes organizational self-audits and continuous improvement. The first section offers a foundation of four simple but comprehensive Lean key performance indicators (KPIs): waste of the time of things (as in cycle time), waste of the time of people, waste of energy, and waste of materials. The second section consists of an unofficial (and therefore customizable) standard against which the organization can audit its Lean management system. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-0537-7 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-0538-4 August 2012, 7 x 10, 215 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $41.95 / £26.99

D3 Vibrations, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA

John S. Agapiou General Motors, Pontiac, Michigan, USA

With updated 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 the addition of examples and end-of-chapter problems for textbook use. Print ISBN: 978-0-8247-5888-2 December 2005, 7 x 10, 864 pp. Suggested Price: $164.95 / £106.00

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Micromanufacturing Processes

Process Techniques for Engineering High-Performance Materials

Edited by

V.K. Jain

Tim Oberle

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanur

Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-5290-3 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-5291-0 October 2012, 7 x 10, 429 pp. Suggested Price: $129.95 / £82.00

With processed materials, subtle variations in the production process can affect the performance of individual batches, for better or for worse. This book explores R&D strategies for developing products when the properties are highly dependent on processing variables. It also offers practical advice on how to foster creativity, avoid the inevitable scale-up problems, get the most out of expensive trial work in a plant environment, and find systems solutions to customer problems. Hundreds of real-world examples illustrate successes and failures in materials development. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-8188-3 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-8189-0 June 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 493 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $89.95 / £57.99

Model Free Adaptive Control

The Product Wheel Handbook

Theory and Applications

Creating Balanced Flow in High-Mix Process Operations

Zhongsheng Hou School of Electronic Information and Engineering, Beijing Jiatong University

Shangtai Jin

Peter L. King Lean Dynamics LLC, Newark, Delaware, USA

Jennifer S. King

The book summarizes theory and applications of datadriven model-free adaptive control (MFAC) which is different from the traditional adaptive control. The traditional unmodeled dynamics do not exist in MFAC framework. In addition, MFAC is suitable for many practical applications since it is easily implemented and has strong robustness. By reading this book, readers become familiar with MFAC in a short time, and can quickly carry out their independent research and applications. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-9418-0 September 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 380 pp. Suggested Price: $129.95 / £82.00

Manufacturing & Processing

Sealed Air Corporation, Saddle Brook, New Jersey, USA

In addition to covering all processes in a single source, Micromanufacturing Processes also deals with various aspects of micromanufacturing. This book presents the principles, basic micro tools, and developments in micromanufacturing processes and systems. It also includes measurement techniques as well as research trends. Ideal as a reference for researchers or for undergraduate students, the text addresses several different types of micromanufacturing processes, such as micromachining, microforming, microcasting, microjoining, nanofinishing, and micrometrology. Figures and technical data illustrate the processes and concepts that are discussed by the author.

The product wheel (PW) design process has practical methods for finding the optimum sequence, therefore minimizing changeover costs and freeing up useful capacity. This book describes this proven technique for dealing with all of the issues related to multiple product situations. It walks the reader through a logical, and detailed, step-by-step, process for designing and implementing the PW technique. Breaking down a fairly complex design process down into discrete, practical, manageable steps, it includes a case study from actual practice that illustrates the design process and the benefits. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-5418-4 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-5419-1 April 2013, 8-1/2 x 11, 219 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $49.95 / £31.99

Process Safety Management

The Right Light

Leveraging Networks and Communities of Practice for Continuous Improvement

Matching Technologies to Needs and Applications

Chitram Lutchman, Douglas Evans, Rohanie Maharaj, and Ramesh Sharma

Athens, Greece

Spiros Kitsinelis

In a thin margins business environment characterized by scarce resources, operational discipline and excellence drive stakeholder confidence and corporate performance. Networks and communities of practices ensure sustained and continuous improvements in business. This book provides a simple path forward for organizations to recognize the benefits of networks and to proactively establish and support them within organizations to generate continuous and sustained improvement in work practices, procedures, and business performance.

With the help of guides and tables, this book assists readers in making the right lighting technology choices for specific applications, introduces readers to the topic of dynamic lighting that can accommodate a range of needs and tasks under one system, and helps a variety of professionals (from local authorities to doctors) to design the appropriate living and working environments for a wide spectrum of people with special requirements. In addition, the text is useful to anyone interested in everyday use of light sources or looking for lighting solutions.

Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-5361-3 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-5363-7 July 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 244 pp. Suggested Price: $99.95 / £63.99

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Roll Forming Handbook

Value Proposition Identification

Edited by

H. James Harrington

George T. Halmos

Harrington Institute, Los Gatos, California, USA

Delta Engineering Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Brett Trusko

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 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.

Value propositions are potential answers to each business performance issue. They are the “going in” assumptions about future research results. If uniquely proven true, the potential answers become conclusions that should fully address each issue. This book identifies key opportunities to provide value for the organization. It focuses analysis on necessary data collection efforts and provides direction and motivation for the improvement process. It details a method for continuous review of the improvement process and encourages timeliness through digital-setting and milestones.

Print ISBN: 978-0-8247-9563-4 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4200-3069-3 November 2005, 7 x 10, 584 pp. Suggested Price: $241.00 / £153.00

Sustainable Manufacturing Arun N. Nambiar California State University, Fresno, USA

Adnar H. Sabuwala California State University, Fresno, USA

A resource for students and practitioners, this book covers a wide range of topics, including product design, supply chain management, performance indicators, implementation frameworks, information systems, requirements, and mathematical models. The text features case studies, end-of-chapter review questions, an instructor’s manual, as well as online supplemental materials such as PowerPoint slides and sample exam questions with solutions. It provides practitioners in the industry valuable insights into the sustainable manufacturing principles that enable them to effectively use these practices to their maximum benefits. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-4519-6 June 2014, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 300 pp. Suggested Price: $99.95 / £63.99

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Analysis of Queues Methods and Applications Natarajan Gautam Texas A&M, College Station, USA

Analysis of queues is used in a variety of domains including call centers, web servers, internet routers, manufacturing and production, telecommunications, transportation, hospitals and clinics, restaurants, and theme parks. Combining elements of classical queueing theory with advances in studying stochastic networks, this book covers a broad range of applications. It contains numerous real-world examples and industrial applications in all chapters. The text is suitable for graduate courses, as well as researchers, consultants and analysts that work on performance modeling or use queueing models as analysis tools. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-0658-6 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-6110-6 April 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 802 pp. Suggested Price: $119.95 / £77.00

Techniques and Sample Outputs

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H. James Harrington

Ming Liao

Applied Stochastic Processes

Harrington Institute, Los Gatos, California, USA

Auburn University, Alabama, USA

Chuck Mignosa

This text presents a concise, graduate-level treatment of the subject, emphasizing applications and practical computation. It also establishes the complete mathematical theory in an accessible way. After reviewing basic probability, the text covers Poisson processes, renewal processes, discrete- and continuous-time Markov chains, and Brownian motion. It also offers an introduction to stochastic differential equations. While the main applications described are queues, the book also considers other examples, such as the mathematical model of a single stock market.

Business Systems Architects, Santa Clara, California, USA

Value propositions are potential answers to each business performance issue. They are the going in assumptions about future research results. If uniquely proven true, the potential answers become conclusions that should fully address each issue. This book identifies key opportunities to provide value for the organization. It focuses analysis on necessary data collection efforts and provides direction and motivation for the improvement process. It details a method for continuous review of the improvement process and encourages timeliness through digital-setting and milestones. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-7726-8 June 2014, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 200 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $29.95 / £18.99

Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-8933-9 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-8935-3 July 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 208 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99

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Applying Analytics

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A Practical Introduction

Data Mining

E.S. Levine

Theories, Algorithms, and Examples

Covering the technical and professional skills needed by analysts in the academic, private, and public sectors, this text systematically teaches novices how to apply algorithms to real data and how to recognize potential pitfalls. It concentrates on the interpretation, strengths, and weaknesses of analytical techniques, along with challenges encountered by analysts in their daily work. The author also shares various lessons learned from applying analytics in the real world. Example data sets used in the text are available for download online so that readers can test their own analytic routines. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-5718-5 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-5719-2 June 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 290 pp. Suggested Price: $69.95 / £44.99

Nong Ye Series: Human Factors and Ergonomics

Written for those with a science and engineering background, this book introduces and explains a comprehensive set of data mining techniques from various data mining fields. Concepts and methodologies are illustrated through numerous examples of data mining applications in cyber attack detection, discovery of neuronal population dynamics, and manufacturing quality control. Other topics include methodologies for mining classification and prediction patterns, mining clustering, and mining data reduction patterns and sequential and time series patterns. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-0838-2 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-0839-9 July 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 349 pp. Suggested Price: $119.95 / £76.99

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Business Process Modeling, Simulation and Design

Decision Making in Service Industries A Practical Approach

Second Edition

Edited by

Manuel Laguna

Javier Faulin, Angel A. Juan, Scott E. Grasman, and Michael J. Fry

University of Colorado, Boulder, USA

Johan Marklund Lund University, Sweden

Developed from the authors’ many years of teaching process design and simulation courses, this text provides students with a thorough understanding of numerous analytical tools that can be used to model, analyze, design, manage, and improve business processes. It presents the tools to design effective business processes and the management techniques to operate them efficiently. This edition includes an introduction to simulation, a new chapter on business process analytics, and three completely revised chapters that incorporate ExtendSim 8. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-8525-3 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-8440-2 April 2013, 7 x 10, 523 pp. Suggested Price: $99.95 / £63.99

Computational Methods in Finance Ali Hirsa Caspian Capital Management, LLC, New York, USA

Helping readers accurately price a vast array of derivatives, this self-contained text explains how to solve complex functional equations through numerical methods. It addresses key computational methods in finance, including transform techniques, the finite difference method, and Monte Carlo simulation. Developed from his courses at Columbia University and the Courant Institute of New York University, the author also covers model calibration and optimization and describes techniques, such as Kalman and particle filters, for parameter estimation. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-2957-8 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-2958-5 September 2012, 7 x 10, 444 pp. Suggested Price: $93.95 / £62.99

Providing insight and understanding of practical and methodological issues related to decision-making processes under uncertainty conditions in the service industries, this book integrates decision-making tools with real-world examples to present worldwide best practices as well as theoretical and applied strategies such as the use of hybrid and stochastic algorithms. It discusses emerging tendencies regarding decision-support systems and information systems to support decision-making in real scenarios and includes up-to-date research on how probabilistic algorithms and simulation-based approaches are changing experiences and practices in service management. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-6734-1 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-6745-7 August 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 465 pp. Suggested Price: $119.95 / £77.00

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Operations Research

Analytics Professional, New York, New York, USA

Design and Construction of an RFID-enabled Infrastructure The Next Avatar of the Internet Nagabhushana Prabhu Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Radio frequency identification (RFID) is one of the gamechanging technologies of the 21st century. This book explores the prospects of RFID and its transformative impact on the design and operation of complex systems governing human and computer interactions. The text examines the informatics challenges involved in integrating the physical and cyber worlds and in analyzing large volumes of raw data to derive decision-aiding information, particularly in the context of largescale, globally distributed infrastructures. It also details the near- and long-term potential of this technology, including its expanding role in the service sector. Case studies illustrate the role of RFID. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-0741-5 November 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 242 pp. Suggested Price: $99.95 / £63.99

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Discrete and Continuous Simulation Theory and Practice Susmita Bandyopadhyay Ranjan Bhattacharya

Operations Research

This book explores varied aspects of simulation concepts including continuous event simulation, optimization, with simulation. It also discusses various probability distributions required for simulation and the random number generation techniques as the preliminary background concepts of simulation. It details the application of simulation for various fields of study and presents an overview of the existing literature on simulation, especially in the manufacturing field. The authors cover application of simulation in supply chain, future technologies, and future trends. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-9639-9 March 2014, 7 x 10, 536 pp. Suggested Price: $179.95 / £114.00

Fixed Point Theory, Variational Analysis, and Optimization Edited by

Saleh Abdullah R. Al-Mezel, Falleh Rajallah M. Al-Solamy, and Qamrul Hasan Ansari

Generalized Convexity, Nonsmooth Variational Inequalities, and Nonsmooth Optimization Qamrul Hasan Ansari, C.S. Lalitha, and Monika Mehta Until now, no book addressed convexity, monotonicity, and variational inequalities together. This book covers all three topics, including new variational inequality problems defined by a bifunction. It deepens your understanding of various classes of problems, such as systems of nonlinear equations, optimization problems, complementarity problems, and fixed-point problems. The first part of the book focuses on generalized convexity and generalized monotonicity. The second part offers insight into variational inequalities and optimization problems in smooth as well as nonsmooth settings. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-6820-1 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-6821-8 July 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 280 pp. Suggested Price: $99.95 / £63.99

Geographical Information Systems and Spatial Optimization Sami Faiz Faculte des Sciences Juridiques, Jendouba, Tunisia

Saoussen Krichen

This book provides the basic theory of directional derivatives and monotonicity required for the understanding of the theory of variational inequality problems. It is divided in to three parts: (i) Fixed Point Theory (ii) Variational Inequalities (iii) Vector Optimization. People working in the area of nonlinear analysis, optimization theory, variational inequalities, and mathematical economics would benefit from this book. It can also be used as a text book for postgraduates involved in nonlinear analysis and optimization.

Faculte des Sciences Juridiques, Jendouba, Tunisia

Print ISBN: 978-1-4822-2207-4 March 2014, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 340 pp. Suggested Price: $129.95 / £82.00

Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-7747-3 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-7748-0 November 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 176 pp. Suggested Price: $83.95 / £51.99

Fuzzy Multiple Objective Decision Making

Human-Robot Interaction in Social Robotics

Gwo-Hshiung Tzeng

Takayuki Kanda

Kainan University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

ATR Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories, Kyoto, Japan

Jih-Jeng Huang SooChow University, Taipei, Taiwan

Focusing on the methodologies and applications of the field, this book presents mathematical tools for complex decision making. The first part of the book introduces the most popular methods used to calculate the solution of MOP in the field of MODM. The authors describe multi-objective evolutionary algorithms; expand de novo programming to changeable spaces, such as decision and objective spaces; and cover network data envelopment analysis. The second part focuses on various applications, giving readers a practical, in-depth understanding of MODM. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-5461-0 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-5462-7 August 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 322 pp. Suggested Price: $129.95 / £82.00

This book deals with the basic concepts of GIS and optimization. It provides an overview of various integration protocols that are termed GIS-O integration strategies applied to practical applications. It also develops an integration approach for the vehicle routing problem with resource and distance requirements and approves it with numerical results. The book will be useful for researchers, decision makers, and practitioners who try to implement upgraded systems that derive benefits of both GIS and optimization.

Hiroshi Ishiguro Osaka University, Japan

Social robots are a frontier research area in robotics and human–computer interaction. This book summarizes the research of the Robovie project at ATR Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories, a world leader in humanoid interactive robotics. The text covers interdisciplinary topics related to interactive robots, including human behavior recognition and behavior-based control. It presents the results of field studies conducted with non-technical users in everyday environments—such as train stations and shopping malls—and discusses the implementation of robots that interact with sensors and users over a telecommunications network. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-0697-8 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-0698-5 September 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 372 pp. Suggested Price: $159.95 / £93.00

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Introduction to Linear Optimization and Extensions with MATLAB®

Introduction to Probability with R

University of Toronto, Canada

This book fills the need for an introductory book on linear programming that discusses the important ways to mitigate parameter uncertainty. It includes two major ways of including parameter uncertainty: stochastic linear programming and robust linear optimization. Presenting basics before theory, the author offers a rigorous development of linear programming theory and methods. The text contains financial optimization case studies, an extensive bibliography, and MATLAB® exercises, with the code available on the book’s CRC Press web page. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-6263-6 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-6264-3 September 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 362 pp. Suggested Price: $99.95 / £63.99

Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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. Print ISBN: 978-1-4200-6521-3 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-8987-9 January 2008, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 384 pp. Suggested Price: $104.95 / £67.99

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Introduction to Numerical Methods and Optimization

Introduction to Software Project Management

Sergiy Butenko

Adolfo Villafiorita

Texas A&M University, College Station, USA

Bruno Kessler Foundation

Panos M. Pardalos University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

Based on the authors’ experience teaching introductory numerical methods and optimization courses, this book covers numerical methods for industrial and systems engineering and operations Research. It combines the materials from introductory numerical methods and introductory optimization courses into a single text, which, on the one hand, enriches a “standard” numerical methods syllabus with optional chapters on numerical optimization, and, on the other hand, provides a valuable numerical methods background for students taking an introductory optimization course. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-7777-0 February 2014, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 300 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99

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Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Science, Engineering, and Finance Walter A. Rosenkrantz University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA

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. Print ISBN: 978-1-58488-812-3 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-9053-0 July 2008, 7 x 10, 680 pp. Suggested Price: $104.95 / £58.99

Operations Research

Roy H. Kwon

Kenneth Baclawski

A proper development process and sound project management remain the top reasons software projects fail or succeed. This book is an introduction to the area of software project management. After presenting the main definitions and concepts, the book is organized in two main parts. The first part describes the technical activities for developing software and managing projects. The second part of the book organizes the technical activities in a coherent process and shows how this process is customized in practice to fit common software-development scenarios. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-5953-0 March 2014, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 272 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £57.99

25 Iterative Optimization in Inverse Problems Charles L. Byrne University of Massachusetts, Lowell, USA

This book covers iterative optimization methods that stems from inverse problems and related issues. The author presents the theoretical side of inverse methods and as a result ignores discrete problems, stochastic methods, and combinatorial optimization. The coverage moves from an introduction of auxiliary function methods to a discussion of several examples of auxiliary fixed (AF) point methods in optimization to consideration of related topics such as operator fixed point methods. A few problems have been scattered throughout the book so that it might be used in a special topics class on optimization at the graduate level. Print ISBN: 978-1-4822-2233-3 January 2014, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 304 pp. Suggested Price: $99.95 / £63.99

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Linear Programming with Duals A Modern Exposition Craig A. Tovey Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA

Operations Research

This textbook presents a theoretical treatment of linear programming, network flows and applications, integer programming, and computational complexity. The author includes a rigorous discussion of theory, numerous examples and exercises, and geometric intuitive explanations. He also offers computational tips and interpretation of software input. Unlike other books, this text incorporates duality throughout its chapters, rather than treating it as an add-on topic. It also discusses computational complexity theory, which can be used to classify problems according to the appropriate solution method. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-8746-2 February 2014, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 480 pp. Suggested Price: $99.95 / £63.99

Janos D. Pinter Ozyegin University, Istanbul, Turkey

Written by one of the main developers of the Global Optimization Maple™ Toolbox, this book uses the Maple 13 computing system as an advanced multipurpose modeling and optimization environment. It reviews the necessary components of Maple that serve as the basic building blocks of optimization models and discusses how to develop various models with Maple. A large number of numerical examples and case studies highlight the use of Maple in various application situations. Specific topics addressed include linear optimization, quadratic optimization, and nonlinear local and global optimization. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-3907-2 June 2014, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 320 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £57.99

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Manufacturing Facilities

Probability and Stochastic Modeling

Location, Planning, and Design, Third Edition

Vladimir I. Rotar

Dileep R. Sule

San Diego State University, California, USA

Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, USA

This book not only covers all the topics found in a traditional introductory probability course, but also emphasizes stochastic modeling, including Markov chains, birth-death processes, and reliability models. Unlike most undergraduate-level probability texts, the book also focuses on increasingly important areas, such as martingales, classification of dependency structures, and risk evaluation. Numerous examples, exercises, and models using real-world data demonstrate the practical possibilities and restrictions of different approaches and help students grasp general concepts and theoretical results. A solutions manual is available with qualifying course adoption.

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.

Optimization with Maple for Engineers and Scientists

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Modeling of Responsive Supply Chain M.K. Tiwari, B. Mahanty, S.P. Sarmah, and M. Jenamani

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Probability Foundations for Engineers Joel A. Nachlas

Addressing various aspects of supply chain management, this book describes the coordination between various elements in supply chain and optimizes the problem using both conventional and evolutionary approaches. It considers different models in the supply chain such as the transportation model, facility location model, assignment model, and planning and scheduling models. The text presents diverse technologies like RFID tags for detection of flow of particular item in the supply chain network. It also addresses the use of artificial intelligent optimization techniques in different types of supply chain problems and the use of specific coordination mechanisms and different analytical models.

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA

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Suitable for a first course in probability theory, this textbook covers theory in an accessible manner and includes numerous practical examples based on engineering applications. The book begins with a summary of set theory and then introduces probability and its axioms. It covers conditional probability, independence, and approximations. An important aspect of the text is the fact that examples are not presented in terms of “balls in urns”. Many examples do relate to gambling with coins, dice and cards but most are based on observable physical phenomena familiar to engineering students.

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Support Vector Machines

Probability Models in Operations Research

Optimization Based Theory, Algorithms, and Extensions

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, USA

Joel A. Nachlas Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA

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. Print ISBN: 978-1-4200-5489-7 August 2008, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 224 pp. Suggested Price: $119.95 / £77.99

Reliability and Maintenance

Enabling a sound understanding of SVMs, this book gives readers the tools to solve real-world problems using SVMs. It presents an accessible treatment of the two main components of SVMs—classification problems and regression problems. The authors emphasize the close connection between optimization theory and SVMs since optimization is one of the pillars on which SVMs are built. They construct SVMs for semi-supervised, knowledge-based, and robust classification problems. They also cover SVMs for Universum, privileged, multi-class, multi-instance, and multi-label classification problems. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-5792-2 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-5793-9 December 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 363 pp. Suggested Price: $93.95 / £59.99

Networks and Systems

Achieving HR Excellence through Six Sigma

Frank Beichelt

Daniel Bloom

University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Daniel Bloom & Associates, Inc., Largo, Florida, USA

Peter Tittmann

From the history of the Total Quality movement to strategic initiatives for introducing a six sigma continuous process improvement strategy in a human resources department, this book clearly illustrates how the methodology works. It examines specific examples of organizations that have used six sigma within HR to improve their organizations. It also provides a list of resources for continuing their exploration of this dynamic improvement tool. The book supplies a roadmap to help readers find hidden wastes in their HR processes and also describes how to build a new business model for an HR organization.

University of Applied Sciences Mittweida, Germany

This work gives an up-to-date presentation of system and network reliability analysis as well as maintenance planning with a focus on applicable models. Balancing theory and practice, it presents state-of-the-art research in key areas of reliability and maintenance theory and includes numerous examples and exercises. The book focuses on three key interconnected aspects of reliability theory: binary systems, network reliability, and maintenance models. Every chapter starts with theoretical foundations and basic models and leads to more sophisticated models and ongoing research. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-2635-5 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-2636-2 May 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 344 pp. Suggested Price: $104.95 / £66.99

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Risk Management and Simulation

Amoeba Management The Dynamic Management System for Rapid Market Response

Aparna Gupta Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA

Kazuo Inamori

The challenges of the financial environment have revealed the need for a new generation of professionals who combine training in traditional finance disciplines with an understanding of sophisticated quantitative and analytical tools. This book shows how simulation modeling and analysis can help you solve problems of risk management related to market, credit, operational, business, and strategic risk. Making simulation accessible, the author walks you through the concepts, models, and computational techniques. Topics covered include developing and validating models, designing simulation experiments, and conducting analysis.

Especially effective in dynamic and highly competitive environments, the Amoeba Management System has received attention from the Harvard Business Review and has been successfully adopted at hundreds of companies around the world. Written by the system’s creator, this book provides a complete introduction to this unique and time-tested method of management control and accounting. Explaining the management philosophy and principles, it unveils fresh insights on how to foster a culture of leadership and responsibility in your organization.

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Operations Research / Organizational Culture

Naiyang Deng, Yingjie Tian, and Chunhua Zhang

C. Richard Cassady

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Beyond Lean Production

The Kaizen Event Planner

Roger G. Lewandowski

Achieving Rapid Improvement in Office, Service, and Technical Environments

Stating that US-based industry is only operating at approximately 65 percent effectiveness in implementing Lean production, this book reasons that overseas factories can’t compete with domestic factories in speed and delivery to the customer if USbased operations run at 100 percent effectiveness. The first part of the book goes through the fundamentals needed to be competitive in the marketplace. It lists tools that readers can use to compete and hold position until they can implement the methods described in phase II, the advanced portion of the book.

Organizational Culture

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Karen Martin & Associates, San Diego, California, USA

Mike Osterling Osterling Consulting, La Mesa, California, 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 Excelbased tools. Print ISBN: 978-1-56327-351-3 October 2007, 8-1/2 x 11, 240 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $65.95 / £42.99

A Culture of Rapid Improvement

Kaizen for the Shop Floor

Creating and Sustaining an Engaged Workforce

A Zero-Waste Environment with Process Automation

Raymond C. Floyd

Productivity Press Development Team

Suncor, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Filled with lessons garnered from practical examples, this text is based on Ray Floyd’s 40 years of industrial management experience, including his more than 20 years at Exxon Mobil. He is the winner of a Shingo Prize and also holds the unique distinction of having led businesses from two different industries that were both recognized by IndustryWeek as being among the Best Plants in America. The work identifies and demonstrates the application of the management tasks required to inspire and develop a culture of improvement that ctively involves all stakeholders. If you approach the task of improvement with full participation, improvement is not just possible, but inevitable.

Karen Martin

Print ISBN: 978-1-56327-378-0 April 2008, 6 x 9, 328 pp. Suggested Price: $49.95 / £28.99

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. Kaizen for the Shopfloor takes readers through the critical steps for conducting a very effective kaizen event: one that is well planned, well implemented, and well documented. As the newest addition to 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. Print ISBN: 978-1-56327-272-1 February 2002, 7 x 10, 112 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $35.95 / £17.99

The Four Components of a Fast-Paced Organization

Leadership Basics for Frontline Managers

Going Beyond Lean Sigma Tools Robert Baird

Tips for Raising Your Level of Effectiveness and Communication

Lean Teams USA Consulting

William G. Templeman

This book examines the four components that must be in place for manufacturing and service organizations to achieve world-class business results: leadership and mentoring, process design and visual value streams, organization structure for sustainment, and fast knowledge sharing. The book illustrates the author’s actual experience working on a special Lean Sigma transformation at an organization going through a market alteration and having to consider outsourcing production to low-cost countries. The text illustrates how the four key components helped them achieve a doubling of productivity, a 75 percent improvement to their yield, and on time delivery above 90 percent.

This book explains how to manage and work with people more effectively. Focused on interpersonal management skills, it is organized into three categories: Personal Effectiveness, Leadership, and Communication. Each chapter has been written to stand on its own and can easily be read in short time periods. Each article concludes with a list of bullet points for taking action. This book is ideal for frontline, new, and experienced managers who want to refresh their leadership skills or who are now in a position of managing a diverse group of employees.

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The Lean Practitioner Handbook

People, Process, and Culture

Charles Protzman, Fred Whiton, Joyce Kerpchar, Christopher Lewandowski, Steve Stenberg, and Patrick Grounds

Jeffrey P. Wincel Thomas J. Kull

This book introduces a concept call the Lean Practitioner. Unlike Six Sigma, there have not been great strides in standardizing Lean Practices. While there are Lean Certification programs, most companies have their own internal certification training paths or in most cases “job description” for Lean Specialists and Lean Masters which are granted after participating or leading in 5 05 6 kaizen events. The authors believe that the level of kaizen events should not determine a person’s ‘expert’ status and have developed a true learning path for those seeking to learn the lean principles.

This book examines the global cultural influences on the understanding and application of Lean production systems within various geographic and cultural areas. It identifies the cultural values as examined against Lean manufacturing disciplines to derive culturally based Lean manufacturing values. The approach of people, process, and culture will help managers better understand the potential limitations and performance shortfalls that result from varying interpretations and applications of Lean systems. This approach will help readers demystify the sometimes complex characteristics of a Lean transformation.

Lean Manufacturing in the Real World

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Learning with Lean Unleashing the Potential for Sustainable Competitive Advantage James Zurn and Perry Mulligan QLogic Corporation, Aliso Viejo, California, USA

The toughest Lean Journey is one taken in an organization that is successful over a long period. Process and people are fixed in their ways and exhibit engrained behaviors. A natural resistance to change (learning) is evident and the organization tries to go back to its ‘old’ ways when pressured for changed (“where is the need for change? There is no burning platform”). This book focuses the reader through identification and recognition that in order to accelerate results and systemically improve performance they must become a ‘learning organization’. The book’s theme is about using Lean as the best ‘common vehicle’ across an organization to drive the right behaviors and focus on successful results. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-7294-2 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-7295-9 August 2013, 7 x 10, 294 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $49.95 / £31.99

The Psychology of Lean Improvements Why Organizations Must Overcome Resistance and Change the Culture Chris A. Ortiz The inherent fear and reluctance of many companies to embark on a Lean journey can be self-destructive. This Shingo Prize-winning book explores the psychology behind why so many companies avoid Lean and hold on to inefficient processes. Drawing on personal experience, the author describes why and how businesses cling to the eight deadly wastes and why they continue to find ways to place improvement on the back burner. Whether it’s poor leadership, the inability to change, or pure ego, the text explores this perplexing commitment to inefficiency. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-7879-8 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-7881-1 April 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 182 pp. Suggested Price: $41.95 / £26.99

The New Thoughtware

The Right Choice

Designing Your Business on Purpose Philip Kirby

Using Theory of Constraints for Effective Leadership

Organization Thoughtware International Inc., Canada

Ted Hutchin

This book covers the downside of old thoughtware and the upside of new thoughtware. It sets out the principles on which thoughtware operates, describes its application at every level of work, and exemplifies its impact with real-life examples and case reports. One of the unique aspects of this book is the magnitude of results companies have achieved. Kirby covers more than twenty years of successful implementation of new thoughtware practices across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The documented results make this book a compelling and inspiring must-read.

I & J Munn Limited, Leicestershire, UK

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Organizational Culture

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Arizona State University, Tempe, USA

Introducing a powerful technique to help leaders make better decisions, this book explains how readers can prepare to manage effectively well into the future through the use of the coaching cycle and the reflection process. The book’s case studies illustrate what people have actually done, what they have struggled with, and the importance of understanding causal relationships. They demonstrate how conflicts can be resolved and relationships restored through the use of the tools described, in particular the “cloud” technique from the Theory of Constraints Thinking Processes. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-8621-2 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-8625-0 May 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 176 pp. Suggested Price: $52.95 / £33.99

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Sustainable Lean

Flow Assurance

The Story of a Cultural Transformation

Fundamentals of Solids in Oil and Gas Production

Robert B. Camp

Organizational Culture / Plant Engineering 30

Burlington Medical Supplies Inc., Newport News, Virginia, USA

Jon Steinar Gudmundsson

Anybody can start a Lean transformation. That’s easy. Sustaining it is hard. Detailing the process for creating a sustainable Lean transformation, this book addresses how to stay on course over the long term. It describes how topdown metrics evolve into the identification of strategic and tactical opportunities for improvement. The author describes a process that sets boundaries for decisions and teaches a data-driven methodology for making good decisions. He supplies tools for good leadership and teaches how to monitor success.

A multitude of mechanisms are responsible for precipitation and deposition of solids in oil and gas production. This book deals with the basic phenomena regarding the occurrence of obstructions by solids. It futher discusses the four most common solids in gas and oil: aspahltene, paraffin wax, gas hydrate and inorganic solids, thus providing a guide on their occurrence and prevention. The book combines all relevant information on solids for the oil and gas industry in one text with detailed appendices, tables, and diagrams for more specialist information.

Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-7168-6 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4822-0153-6 March 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 183 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $29.95 / £18.99

The Workforce Engagement Equation

Print ISBN: 978-0-415-68083-7 February 2014, 6-3/4 x 9-3/4, 130 pp. Suggested Price: $69.95 / £44.99

Practical Plant Failure Analysis

A Practitioner’s Guide to Creating and Sustaining High Performance

A Guide to Understanding Machinery Deterioration and Improving Equipment Reliability

Jamison J. Manion

Neville W. Sachs

Workforce Engagement Solutions, LLC, USA

Sachs, Salvaterra & Associates Inc., Syracuse, New York, USA

This step-by-step guide lays out the principles, tools, and techniques that have proven effective in leading and managing the people side of process improvement. It demystifies the complexity of organizational change with easy-to-understand explanations, intuitive graphics, and real-world examples. Filled with helpful practical knowledge, it will help you assess exactly where your organization is along the change continuum and what actions will help propel your organization to higher levels of organizational effectiveness.

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.

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Textbook

Facilities Design

Print ISBN: 978-0-8493-3376-7 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4200-2000-7 August 2006, 7 x 10, 288 pp. Suggested Price: $129.95 / £84.00

Process Plants

Third Edition

Shutdown and Turnaround Management

Sunderesh S. Heragu

Trinath Sahoo

University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Indian Oil Coporation Ltd, Uttar Pradesh, India

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 design development through analytical models. 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.

With large amounts of revenue at stake, process industries are focusing more on turnaround management as they strive to lengthen the interval between turnarounds. This book outlines a strategy to execute optimized shutdown and turnaround by changing plant operating conditions and inspection techniques. Because shutdown cost for a petroleum refinery is normally 30 percent higher than annual maintenance costs, this book details how to manage the more favorable turnaround option. The author explores different aspects, including philosophy, planning and scheduling, estimation, contractor management, and execution.

Print ISBN: 978-1-4200-6626-5 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-9016-5 June 2008, 7 x 10, 624 pp. Suggested Price: $154.95 / £99.00

Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-1733-2 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-1734-9 October 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 406 pp. Suggested Price: $159.95 / £99.00

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Edited by

Vijay Kumar Khurana Rukukmani Devi Institute of Advanced Studies, India

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. The book illustrates long-, medium-, and short-term production activities as well as support functions and advanced management concepts, making it a one-stop essential resource. Print ISBN: 978-1-4200-7048-4 December 2013, 7 3/8 x 9 1/4, 400 pp. Suggested Price: $99.95 / £60.99

The Basics of Project Evaluation and Lessons Learned Second Edition Willis H. Thomas Associate Director of Learning Management, Pfizer/Wyeth Research, Montvale, New Jersey, USA

The first edition won the Project Management Institute’s (PMI®) David I. Cleland Project Management Literature Award. Following in the footsteps of its popular predecessor, this second edition provides an easy-to-follow, systematic approach to conducting lessons learned on a project. The research is this book is founded on four years of doctoral dissertation research and is supported by renowned experts in the field of evaluation. The concepts covered are applicable to all types of organizations that implement projects and need to conduct lessons learned. Print ISBN: 978-1-4822-0453-7 May 2014, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 165 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $24.95 / £14.99

Design for Manufacturability How to Use Concurrent Engineering to Rapidly Develop Low-Cost, High-Quality Products for Lean Production David M. Anderson This book explains how to develop manufactured products right, the first time around. It describes how to reduce total cost, ramp to volume production on schedule, and increase production for demand so as not to limit growth. Most design for manufacturability books are written for design engineers and focus on the parts that determine 20% of the costs. This book focuses on designing products which determine 60% of the costs. This book is suitable for anyone involved in product development at manufacturing companies, including management, ownership, and the consultants that serve them. Print ISBN: 978-1-4822-0492-6 February 2014, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 424 pp. Suggested Price: $59.95 / £38.99

The Toyota Product Development System Integrating People, Process, and Technology James M. 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. Print ISBN: 978-1-56327-282-0 March 2006, 6 x 9, 400 pp. Suggested Price: $52.95 / £35.99

The Lean 3P Advantage

Unleashing the Power of 3P

A Practitioner’s Guide to the Production Preparation Process

The Key to Breakthrough Improvement

Allan R. Coletta

Dan McDonnell Drew A. Locher

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Bear, Delaware, USA

Written from an operations perspective, this Shingo Prizewinning book explains how to build collaborative thinking and innovation into the front end of the design process. Describing how to develop successful new products concurrently with new operations, the book illustrates real-world scenarios with numerous examples and case studies to help newcomers succeed the first time around. For those familiar with 3P, the book supplies the basis to explore Evergreen 3P—a process for applying 3P to small-scale design projects for similar benefits. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-7911-5 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-7912-2 March 2012, 7 x 10, 336 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $41.95 / £26.99

Change Management Associates, Mt. Laurel, New Jersey, USA

A guide for Production Preparation Process (3P) execution, this book presents a step-by-step methodology for successful implementation of even the most aggressive corporate change programs. The authors provide methods that can be applied to any combination of product, process, and facility design to help reduce costly redesign iterations and associated delays. Based on a true story, the text brings readers on a start-to-finish journey as the fictional company Acme completes a new production start-up in dramatically reduced time and cost. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-8612-0 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-8613-7 October 2012, 8-1/2 x 11, 182 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $52.95 / £33.99

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Plant Engineering / Product Development

Production and Operations Management

Culture and Trust in TechnologyDriven Organizations

Human Work Productivity

Frances Alston

Edited by

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, California, USA

Shrawan Kumar, Anil Mital, and Arunkumar Pennathur

This book provides insight into the important role that culture and trust can play in the success of hightechnology organizations. There has been little research to demonstrate a connection between organizational culture and trust. This book introduces a review of the literature and the result of an empirical study that investigated the relationship between mechanistic and organic cultures and the level of trust in technologybased organizations.

Product Development

Print ISBN: 978-1-4822-0923-5 December 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 172 pp. Suggested Price: $99.95 / £63.99

The current global economic downturn and considerable shifting in industrial and manufacturing activities have disturbed the homeostasis of the industrial order. Many issues have to be examined in new context to objectively establish new and adjusted approaches. Human work productivity is one of the most important components of industrial economy and the factor that determines competiveness. All components must be considered as an integrated whole for sustained productivity. This book explores these aspects as independent factors and their impact on productivity. It discusses models integrating these factors and schemes of optimization for incorporation in practice. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-7414-1 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-7415-8 August 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 253 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £57.99

Global Production Networks Operations Design and Management Second Edition

Optimal Supervisory Control of Automated Manufacturing Systems

Edited by

Yu Feng Chen and Zhiwu Li

Ander Errasti

Xidian University, Shaanxi Province, China

Tecnun University of Navarra, San Sebastian, Spain

This monograph presents the state-of-the-art developments in the design of behaviorally and structurally optimal livenessen-forcing Petri net supervisors with computationally tractable approaches. It details optimal supervisory control problems arising in automated production systems and outlines a methodology to achieve the optimality purposes of deadlock prevention via converting a variety of problems under consideration into integer linear programming models. The book includes a reference bibliography at the end of each chapter and a complete index.

This book provides the principles, tools, and techniques of the Internationalization Process to help managers and practitioners to tackle the design and management of a Global Manufacturing and Logistics Networks. It presents a guideline for those companies that have begun the Internationalization Process in recent years and focuses on SMEs, with case studies that show best practices and trends. The author offers a methodological answer for the analysis and design of global networks with productive multilocation as well as the design of plants and warehouses and supplier networks in the new international contexts.

A Global Perspective

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Handbook of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Six Sigma Case Studies with Minitab®

Edited by

Kishore K. Pochampally

Adedeji B. Badiru

Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, USA

Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, USA

Surendra M. Gupta Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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 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 technologies, offers a systems integration approach, and provides coverage of information engineering.

Six Sigma is one of the most widely used quality improvement methodologies today, both in manufacturing and service industries. Minitab® is a statistical software package that is often used in conjunction with Six Sigma projects. This book illustrates the application of Minitab® for Six Sigma projects, using case studies in a variety of sectors, such as healthcare, manufacturing, airline, and fast food. Detailed steps and screenshots are provided to explain how to use a number of quality analysis and improvement tools in Minitab®. Figures will include Minitab® screenshots and Minitab® worksheets for the case studies will be available for download.

Print ISBN: 978-0-8493-2719-3 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4200-3834-7 December 2005, 7 x 10, 768 pp. Suggested Price: $199.95 / £127.00

Print ISBN: 978-1-4822-0557-2 January 2014, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 320 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £57.99

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Utilizing Lean Six Sigma Techniques

Best Practices in Business Technology Management

Tina Agustiady

Stephen J. Andriole

BASF – The Chemical Company

Villanova University, Pennsylvania, USA

Adedeji B. Badiru

The book presents the application of Six Sigma methodology as a viable path for achieving the goals of sustainability. Sustainability is a tool that helps companies gain true benefits off of their improvements. Many companies make improvements but cannot keep the results successful. This book not only shows how to use particular lean six sigma tools, but also how to sustain results for companies to be profitable with continuous improvement.

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.

Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-1424-9 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-1425-6 December 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 258 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £59.99

Print ISBN: 978-1-4200-6333-2 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4200-6334-9 September 2008, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 368 pp. Suggested Price: $87.95 / £55.99

Applying Guiding Principles of Effective Program Delivery

Business Analysis for Business Intelligence

Kerry R. Wills

Bert Brijs

Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, USA

Southington, Connecticut, USA

The landscape of programs has been evolving over the last several decades with trends such as increased complexity, increased number of stakeholders to influence, and the need for more transparency and diligence in all areas of execution. In order to manage large programs in this environment, it is imperative to take a “consultative approach” to running them. This includes providing insight and diligence across all functions of a program office. This book will explain the landscape, identify key guiding principles, and propose several strategies to enable Program Managers to be successful in the new landscape. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-8789-2 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-8790-8 July 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 247 pp. Suggested Price: $69.95 / £44.99

Aligning your business intelligence (BI) infrastructure with your strategy process can help to enhance your organization’s responsiveness to changing environments and create added value for investments in BI infrastructure and development. This book explains how to use business intelligence to improve your analysis activities and provides a framework for developing data models and solutions that fit your organization’s strategy. Offering the concepts, tools, and background required for success, the book details the infrastructure required for carrying out successful business intelligence activities.

Product Development / Project Management

Sustainability

Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-5834-9 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-5837-0 October 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 400 pp. Suggested Price: $93.95 / £59.99

33 The Architecture of Software and Systems Raghvinder Sangwan Malvern, Pennsylvania, USA

This book examines the role of system architecture in software. Explaining the tools used for creating and managing architectures of such systems, the author helps practitioners become more effective in developing large scale software-intensive systems. The text covers the forces that shape this architecture; the role of architectural design patterns and tactics in addressing these forces; techniques, methods and tools for creating, documenting and evaluating an architecture; reusing architectural assets through product lines. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-4916-3 June 2014, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 240 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £49.99

Business-Driven IT-Wide Agile (Scrum) and Kanban (Lean) Implementation An Action Guide for Business and IT Leaders Andrew T. Pham Agile Enterprise Consulting, LLC, Plano, Texas, USA

David K. Pham Spectacle Inc., Providence, Rhode Island, USA

This book explains how to successfully deploy Agile and Kanban on a large scale in order to increase IT delivery capabilities. It factors in change, communication, a sense of urgency, clear and measurable goals, political realities, and infrastructure needs, all of which are critical ingredients for success. Through real world examples, the authors explain how IT-wide Agile and Kanban can be implemented to the entire enterprise and IT department. The text also includes many templates for use as an on-the-job guide for business and IT leaders and their teams. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-5748-2 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-5749-9 August 2012, 7 x 10, 196 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $52.95 / £33.99

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Change or Die The Business Process Improvement Manual

Joseph Delaney

Maxine Attong

President and General Manager, CMS Delany

Consultant, Fairways, Maraval, Trinidad

Although the construction industry is one of the largest enterprises in the United States, widely accepted management principles, such as those contained in PMI®’s Standard for Program Management are still not widely implemented. This book explores how an improved understanding of these principles could boost construction program success rates. It outlines a process-based approach to construction program management that leverages structure to bring order to what can otherwise feel like an overwhelming challenge. The book includes case studies that illustrate the proper implementation of the steps outlined in the book.

Terrence Metz

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Construction Program Management

Leadership success depends on clarifying and simplifying complex problems while maintaining a positive outlook. This book provides readers with the tools to do so. Packed with workshop tools, agendas, and activities that detail the six stages of the business process improvement (BPI) method, it presents a BPI method that promotes the use of facilitator-led workshops to help teams make better decisions. This resource-rich book includes a CD with challenges, facilitated workshops, templates, tables, and questionnaires. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-1251-1 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-1252-8 July 2012, 6 x 9, 378 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $52.95 / £33.99

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Communication for Continuous Improvement Projects

Creative, Efficient, and Effective Project Management

Tina Agustiady

Ralph L. Kliem

BASF – The Chemical Company

LeanPM, LLC, Redmond, Washington, USA

An important step that is often missed in an improvement plan is communicating why Continuous Improvement methodologies are being used and how to sustain the improvements. This book shows how to be an effective change agent using tools that make sense while being competitive in the business market. The proper tools, communication, and management make the methodologies of Lean Six Sigma work. This book also includes a Continuous Improvement Toolkit that is an easy reference for what tool to use and when and how to effectively teach the tools to employees who are not necessarily engineers.

This book provides an in-depth discussion of creativity and its relationship to project management. Examining the five processes executed in a project, it discusses common and not some common tools and techniques for developing project management deliverables. It also provides suggestions for overcoming common challenges that project managers face. Each chapter includes a checklist and a case study on the application of the concepts presented. The book also indicates how the topics of discussion relate to the Project Management Institute’s (PMI®) Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®).

Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-7775-6 November 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 312 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £57.99

Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-7692-6 October 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 328 pp. Suggested Price: $69.95 / £44.99

The Complete Project Management Office Handbook

Determining Project Requirements

Third Edition

Mastering the BABOK® and the CBAP® Exam, Second Edition

Gerard M. Hill Principal, Hill Consulting Group, Woodbridge, Virginia, USA

Expanded and thoroughly revised, this book extends the concepts and considerations of “modern project management” into the realm of project management oversight, control, and support. It recognizes the need for a centralized organizational entity—the project management office (PMO)—to perform in this capacity. It also positions the PMO as a business integrator, whether that role is limited to managing multiple projects as a program, or expanded to serve both project and business management interests in the organization. The PMO model defined in this book helps both project managers and the organization to understand and apply professional practices in project management, and to adapt and integrate business practices into the project management environment. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-6631-6 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-6633-0 September 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 741 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £57.99

Hans Jonasson Gothenburg, Sweden Series: ESI International Project Management Series

From enterprise analysis to planning requirements gathering and documentation, this book covers the entire business analysis cycle as well as modeling techniques. The second edition of this popular reference aligns with the BABOK® Guide 2.0 to provide an even better tool for preparing to take the Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP®) examination. The text covers all of the BABOK® knowledge areas and features a new preparatory section that contains 300 questions. With its many examples and business requirements document templates, this book is ideal for practitioners. Students of business analysis will benefit from the book’s case study, exercises, and solutions. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-9651-8 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-9652-5 September 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 403 pp. Suggested Price: $69.95 / £44.99

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Effective Methods for Software and Systems Integration

David R. Arvonio

Boyd L. Summers

I&P Consulting Group

The Boeing Company, Seattle, Washington, USA

Innovation and quality are two misconceived terms in business. Typically overused, they fill the void that leaders have in understanding the needs of their organizations. Both innovation and quality are fragile in that they are sporadic and unpredictable, even in the best companies. However, the research provided in this book will prove that there is a complimentary relationship between innovation and quality. From successful fortune 500 companies and big government to small but successful entrepreneurial ventures and non-profits, this book examines innovation through a number of different lenses.

This book supplies the understanding needed to achieve continuous improvements in quality throughout the software life cycle. It defines time-tested methods for systems engineering, software design, software engineering informal/formal builds, software engineering installations, software and systems integration, delivery activities, and product evaluations. Complete with helpful forms, plans, and checklists, the book will help readers deliver projects that are on time and within budget constraints in military and aerospace programs as well as the software industry.

Print ISBN: 978-1-4822-1667-7 May 2014, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 175 pp. Suggested Price: $39.95 / £25.99

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The Effective CIO

Empowering Project Teams

How to Achieve Outstanding Success through Strategic Alignment, Financial Management, and IT Governance

Using Project Followership to Improve Performance

Eric J. Brown

Business School of Bocconi University, Milan, Italy

Marco Sampietro

NCI Building Systems, The Woodlands, Texas, USA

Tiziano Villa

William A. Yarberry, Jr.

Project Management LAB

ICCM Consulting, LLC, Kingwood, Texas, USA

Project team members play an important role in every project but often do not have the necessary understanding of project management methodologies. Thus, the dialog between the project manager and team members is often not as easy as it should be and becomes a source of stress and tensions. This book tries to improve on this situation by presenting the project environment from the perspective of project team members. Project management methodologies and behaviors are re-interpreted with a bottom-up approach throughout the text.

Unlike many books that only provide a general review of the strategies important to the chief information officer, this volume explains how to execute the guidelines it recommends. It surveys existing strategies and includes detailed problem-solving ideas, such as how to structure optimal IT and telecom contracts with suppliers, the implications of SOP-98, and accounting for software costs. The text integrates the perspective of a CIO coping with the daily pressure for results, with that of an IT auditor focused on governance and internal control. Examples, charts, templates, and anecdotes supplement the material. Print ISBN: 978-1-4200-6460-5 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4200-6464-3 December 2008, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 336 pp. Suggested Price: $91.95 / £58.99

Effective Communications for Project Management Ralph L. Kliem, PMP

Print ISBN: 978-1-4822-1755-1 February 2014, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 288 pp. Suggested Price: $69.95 / £44.99

35 Enterprise 2.0 Social Networking Tools to Transform Your Organization

LeanPM, LLC, Redmond, Washington, USA

Jessica Keyes

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 effects 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.

New Art Technologies, Monroe Township, New Jersey, USA

Print ISBN: 978-1-4200-6246-5 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4200-6248-9 November 2007, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 240 pp. Suggested Price: $91.95 / £58.99

Project Management

Discovering the Intersections of Innovation and Quality

Examining the advancement of business enterprise through social networking, this book offers a hands-on, practical assessment of not only what to do, but how to do it to master the social networking paradigm and achieve a competitive advantage. Discussing the spectrum of social media and social activities available to business today, it explains the functions of social networking in a business context, shows how to measure and manage social networking, details the utility and role of social networking on a department specific basis, and considers security, risk, legal, and privacy issues. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-8043-2 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-8044-9 August 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 425 pp. Suggested Price: $83.95 / £51.99

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Project Management

The Essential Program Management Office

The IFPUG Guide to IT and Software Measurement

Gary Hamilton

Edited by

Change Management Consultant, Bluff City, Tennessee, USA

IFPUG

Program Management Offices (PgMOs) are focused on establishing processes, procedures, standard tools, and best practices for the management of programs and ensuring effective use of resources. Highlighting the factors and questions one must consider before setting up a PgMO, this book guides readers through the process of setting up a PgMO. It explains how to spot the signs of a struggling PgMO and details the actions required to rescue or retire it. Describing how team resources should be structured, it demonstrates how to set up quality processes in a PgMO.

Leading software measurement experts share their insight on topics such as measurement programs, function points in measurement, measurement and new technologies, and metrics analysis. Edited by IFPUG’s Management and Reporting Committee, the text is intended for IT project managers, process improvement specialists, measurement professionals, and business professionals interacting with IT. Topics covered include cloud computing, agile development, quantitative project management, process improvement, measurement as a tool in accountability, measuring project ROI, metrics for the CIO, value stream mapping, and benchmarking.

Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-6855-6 April 2014, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 192 pp. Suggested Price: $59.95 / £38.99

From Projects to Programs A Project Manager’s Journey Samir Penkar FutureofProjectManagement.com

This book tells the story of an up-and-coming project manager that’s been handed a large program to lead. Readers follow along as she struggles, leads, stumbles, and grows into the program manager role. Introducing key program management concepts throughout, the book provides a backstage view into the workings of program management, program organization, team dynamics, and the skills required to manage programs. Told through the eyes of a program manager, readers will experience the ins and outs of program management.

Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-9181-3 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-9182-0 September 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 157 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $49.95 / £31.99

Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-6930-7 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-6934-5 April 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 848 pp. Suggested Price: $83.95 / £51.99

Implementing Program Management Templates and Forms Aligned with the Standard for Program Management, Third Edition (2013) and Other Best Practices Ginger Levin Project Management Consultant, Lighthouse Point, Florida, USA

Allen R. Green Science Applications International Corporation, Frederick, Maryland, USA

Based on PMI’s Standard for Program Management—Third Edition (2013) and other best practices, the updated edition of this bestselling reference provides a program management methodology consisting of reports, forms, templates, and documents. It includes identifiable documents referenced in the latest Standard for Program Management as well as other helpful ones omitted from prior editions. The authors have updated the templates and forms in this book to complement what is included in the third edition and to include what they feel are best practices for managing programs. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-9771-6 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-9774-7 June 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 328 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99

Getting Unstuck

Leading Effective Virtual Teams

Using Leadership Paradox to Execute with Confidence

Overcoming Time and Distance to Achieve Exceptional Results

Ralph Jacobson

Nancy M. Settle-Murphy

Principal - The Leader’s Toolbox, Inc.

This book demonstrates how organization leaders who balance several key paradoxes achieve greater growth and sustainability in the long term than those who use financial data alone. It addresses the issues that are the most troublesome to people and the organizations they work for. The author provides deep insight into the root causes of workplace issues and provides practical language and tools to address the paradoxes that seem to block the achievement of success and life satisfactions. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-9643-6 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-9645-0 September 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 169 pp. Suggested Price: $39.95 / £25.99

A virtual team is a group of individuals who work across time, space and organizational boundaries with links strengthened by webs of communication technology. At best, virtual teams allow companies to procure the best talent without geographical restrictions. Written as a series of bulleted tips drawn from client experiences and best practices, this book presents practical tips and tools for leaders who struggle to find ways to engage and motivate their geographically-dispersed project team members. Designed to be read section by section in any order, the text addresses such problems as communication deficiencies, poor leadership and management, and incompetent team members. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-5786-4 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-5787-1 December 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 236 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $52.95 / £33.99

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Margaret R. Lee Leading Virtual Project Teams addresses the challenges today’s virtual project management environment poses to traditional methods of leadership and communication. It explores many facets of e-leadership–from traditional leadership theories to virtual project communications. The book provides fresh approaches for adapting existing leadership theories to e-leadership as well as progressive tools to improve virtual project communications. For educational institutions, this text can be used to increase the body of knowledge for project management leadership and communications outside the traditional project environment. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-7688-9 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-7689-6 July 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 217 pp. Suggested Price: $69.95 / £44.99

The New Triple Constraints for Sustainable Projects, Programs, and Portfolios Gregory T. Haugan The ongoing changes in population, climate, and the availability of energy have resulted in unprecedented threats and opportunities. This book offers a clear look at how these constraints will impact project undertakings. It presents current facts on population, climate change, and energy issues— identifying trends and outlining opportunities in the form of a set of overlays (summary conclusions). The overlays are indexed to current changes that collectively represent a major turning point in the way we use resources and our growing need to seek sustainability. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-0518-6 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-0521-6 July 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 420 pp. Suggested Price: $73.95 / £46.99

Managing Organizational Knowledge

PgMP® Exam Challenge!

3rd Generation Knowledge Management and Beyond

Ginger Levin, PMP, PgMP and J. LeRoy Ward, PMP, PgMP

Charles A. Tryon, Jr. Tryon and Associates, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, USA

ESI International, New York, New York, USA

Written for professionals and students, this reference provides a clear, repeatable strategy for capturing organizational knowledge. It does so by first exploring the fundamental concepts that have emerged from the new discipline of Knowledge Management over the past decade. It then proposes a number of innovative breakthroughs in thought, processes, and templates. The book includes a practical definition of Knowledge Management based on six core processes and four fundamental organizational beliefs and introduces Knowledge Inventory Projects, Processes, Artifacts, and Repositories (KIPPAR), among other topics.

Up to date with the third edition of PMI’s Program Management Standard, The PgMP® Exam Challenge! contains more than 300 practice questions to help readers hone their knowledge and test their skills. It covers all five of the program management domains: Strategic Program Management, Program Management Life Cycle, Benefits Management, Stakeholder Management, and Governance. It also examines all of the sub domains of the lifecycle domain. With an easy-to-use format, this is an ideal resource for those preparing to take the PgMP exam.

Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-8235-1 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-8236-8 March 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 147 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $49.95 / £31.99

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Managing Professional Service Delivery

PgMP® Exam Practice Test and Study Guide

9 Rules for Success

Fourth Edition

Barry M. Mundt, Francis J. Smith, and Stephan D. Egan Jr.

Ginger Levin

A step-by-step guide, this book describes in detail how to achieve the internal discipline and control necessary to manage professional service engagements and longterms success in the professional services industry. The authors draw on their many years of experience in the management field to layout procedures, tools, and techniques that address each step of the life cycle of an engagement—from definition of the services to be delivered, to evaluation of the results with the client. The book provides real-life examples and case studies from a variety of professional services organizations.

J. LeRoy Ward

Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-5142-5 April 2014, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 296 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £57.99

Project Management Consultant, Lighthouse Point, Florida, USA ESI International, New York, New York, USA

Up to date with the third edition of PMI’s Standard for Program Management, this is the most comprehensive resource available to help prepare readers for the PgMP® Exam. Updated with new and changed terminology, this edition incorporates the concepts from the five performance domains. The book features practical study hints, a list of major topics covered on the exam, and a bibliographic reference for further study. The two challenging, 170-question practice tests are available in the book and online so readers can retake the practice tests as many times necessary. Print ISBN: 978-1-4822-0135-2 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4822-0136-9 June 2013, 8-1/2 x 11, 400 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $69.95 / £44.99

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Project Management

Leading Virtual Project Teams

The PMP® Certification Exam Study Guide

Practical Project Management for Building and Construction

Rosaldo de Jesus Nocêra

Hans Ottosson

This book covers the nine knowledge areas and 42 processes covered in the Project Management Institute’s Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification examination. Explaining process input, output, and interaction, it contains more than 500 practice questions. It also includes hundreds of illustrations, diagrams, memorization games, study tips, equations, and a glossary. Each chapter includes self-tests with detailed answer keys. The book includes a CD with exercise questions and two posters for process visualization.

Project Management

Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-0383-0 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-0384-7 August 2012, 8-1/2 x 11, 736 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $83.95 / £51.99

This book gives general information about construction management, project management, project life cycle processes, project phases, and key documents. It presents information about the fourteen knowledge areas of project management important to construction business. For each knowledge area, the text explains the processes for scope, time, risk, cost and resource management. It describes procurement management including strategies, contract types, remuneration forms, and contract close out. The chapters also examine change management, working environment, quality, and communication. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-9655-6 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-9656-3 July 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 328 pp. Suggested Price: $73.95 / £46.99

PMP® Exam Challenge!

Textbook

Sixth Edition

David G. Carmichael

J. LeRoy Ward, PMP, PgMP and Ginger Levin, PMP, PgMP ESI International, New York, New York, USA

Preparing for and passing the PMP® exam is no small feat. Although the number of certified PMP®s continues at a phenomenal rate, the exam failure rate remains uncommonly high. PMP® Exam Challenge! is designed to help you pass the exam by giving you an easyto-use, highly portable publication, containing key relevant topics you are certain to encounter on your exam. Featuring 660 practice questions, this sixth edition completely reflects the PMBOK® Guide, Fifth Edition and covers the guide’s ten knowledge areas.

Projsam Quality, Sävedalen, Sweden

Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-9982-6 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-9987-1 June 2013, 8 x 5, 636 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $49.95 / £31.99

Problem Solving for Engineers University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

This book takes a systematic approach to problem definition, generation of alternative solutions, analysis, and selection of the preferred solution. The book introduces some fundamental terms needed to think systematically and undertake systematic problem solving. It covers both individual and group problem solving. Selection of the preferred solution involves decision making, and fundamental concepts of decision making are introduced, including decision making in the presence of multiple criteria and uncertainty. The treatment embodies decision making for sustainability, with its blend of economics, social and environmental considerations. It also identifies and embodies the specific problem solving of management and planning. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-7061-0 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-7063-4 June 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 439 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99

PMP® Exam Practice Test and Study Guide

Program Management

Ninth Edition

Edited by

J. LeRoy Ward, PMP, PgMP ESI International, New York, New York, USA

Ginger Levin Project Management Consultant, Lighthouse Point, Florida, USA

PMP® Exam: Practice Test and Study Guide, Ninth Edition uses self-study to help readers increase their chances of passing the PMP certification exam the first time. This spiral-bound edition includes 40 multiple-choice practice questions in each of the ten knowledge areas and in the professional and social responsibilities domain. It presents a 200-question practice test that simulates the actual PMP exam, fully referenced answers keyed to the five project management process groups, and a study matrix to help readers key in on areas that require further study. Print ISBN: 978-1-4822-0224-3 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4822-0225-0 June 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 536 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $69.95 / £44.99

A Life Cycle Approach Ginger Levin Project Management Consultant, Lighthouse Point, Florida, USA

Program management is an emerging offshoot of project management. A sign of its growing acceptance is AT&T’s and IBM’s push to certify program managers. There are few references to guide program managers in this field that requires a broad and deep level of professional experience. This handbook is the definitive reference on program management, providing managers this much needed guidance. Edited by Ginger Levin, the second person to become a PMI certified program manager (PgMP®), the handbook is a cohesive compilation of program management knowledge written by more than 20 certified PgMPs. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-1687-8 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-1688-5 August 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 584 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99

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Program Management for Business

Project Management Concepts, Methods, and Techniques

Aligning and Integrating Strategy, Process, Technology, People and Measurement

Claude H. Maley

In a fast evolving, flat world operating environment, enterprises need to constantly innovate and improve products and services to maintain a strong competitive position in the market place. The vehicle used by enterprises for such constant reinvention is a business transformation program. A highly disciplined, rigorous and holistic program leadership and program management practice is critical to make business transformation happen and stick. This book enumerates the proven program management approach and techniques enterprises need to adopt for driving successful business transformation program. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-9099-1 May 2014, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 250 pp. Suggested Price: $59.95 / £38.99

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Program Management Leadership

Project Management for the Oil and Gas Industry

Creating Successful Team Dynamics

A World System Approach

Mark C. Bojeun

Adedeji B. Badiru

The book focuses on individuals who have come to understand the values of the tools that are provided by PMI® but are still looking for the advantages and the success factors necessary to be truly great Program and Project Managers. The targeted audience is one that continues to focus on selfactualization and continuous improvement as a way of learning from historical efforts and driving each new initiative to the highest possible set of standards. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-7709-1 December 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 216 pp. Suggested Price: $69.95 / £44.99

Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, USA

Samuel O. Osisanya The University of Oklahoma, Norman, USA

This book presents an integrated approach to project management for oil and gas projects. It covers concepts, tools, and techniques of project management based on the elements of the Project Management Body of Knowledge. The book also contains case examples of applications of project management tools and techniques to real-life project scenarios. The book is intended to serve as a reference book for planners, project operators, stakeholders, designers, project managers, business managers, consultants, project analysts, senior executives, project team members, members of project management office, project customers, functional managers, trainers, and researchers. Print ISBN: 978-1-4200-9425-1 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4200-9426-8 January 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 781 pp. Suggested Price: $119.95 / £76.99

Project Development in the Solar Industry

Project Management in Extreme Situations

Edited by

Lessons from Polar Expeditions, Miltary and Rescue Operations. and Wilderness Explorations

Albie Fong Talesun Solar, San Jose, California, USA

Jesse Tippett Aries Power & Industrial, San Diego, California, USA

This book provides an extensive overview of US utility scale solar project development and the various tasks required to bring large renewable power plants from plans to reality. The various topics and chapter outlines have been presented in the book proposal document which includes content for various readers from novice to experts. Various obstacles and solutions are detailed so that the path for successful solar project development can be undertaken by many. Print ISBN: 978-0-415-62108-3 eBook ISBN: 978-0-203-11805-4 December 2012, 6-3/4 x 9-3/4, 250 pp. Suggested Price: $99.95 / £63.99

Project Management

Satish P. Subramanian

Illustrating the why, what, and how of project management, Project Management Concepts, Methods, and Techniques will help readers develop and refine the skills needed to achieve strategic objectives. It presents a balanced blend of detailed explanatory texts and more than 200 illustrations to supply readers with actionable knowledge that can be put to use immediately. Completely aligned with the Project Management Institute Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®), this book is the ideal platform for developing the understanding needed to plan, schedule, and deliver successful projects.

Edited by

Monique Aubry Pascal Lievre The growing complexity of projects and the uncertainty that reigns in today’s global economy are rendering ineffective traditional project practices and processes. These outdated techniques are based on the premise that knowledge about a project is complete before it ever starts-this is nearly impossible in today’s ever-changing world. New methods are needed to allow projects to adapt to changing conditions. Simply said, project management has to evolve! This book presents the latest steps in this evolution. Print ISBN: 978-1-4822-0882-5 April 2014, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 224 pp. Suggested Price: $69.95 / £44.99

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Textbook

Project Management Tools and Techniques

Adedeji B. Badiru

Project Management

A Practical Guide

Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, USA

Deborah Sater Carstens, Gary L. Richardson, and Ronald B. Smith

Tina Agustiady

This book provides a practical understanding of the tools and techniques for planning and controlling projects. It emphasizes the difference between various tools and techniques and determines how these can be applied during different phases of the project lifecycle. This book presents not only an understanding of necessary project management tools and techniques but also videos to demonstrate the concepts. If readers do not have the Microsoft Project software, they can still view the text and videos on the companion website known as the “Library” http://www.tech.uh.edu/ projectnmotion/

A project can be simple or complex. In each case, proven project management processes must be followed. In all cases of project management implementation, control must be exercised in order to assure that project objectives are achieved. This book fills the void that exists in the application of statistical techniques to project control. Although designed as a practical guide for project management professionals, the book will also benefit students, researchers, and instructors.

Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-1562-8 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-1566-6 April 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 494 pp. Suggested Price: $119.95 / £76.99

Projects and Complexity Edited by

Francesco Varanini and Walter Ginevri This book introduces a new way of looking at projects and fostering the culture needed to achieve sustainable results. It brings together experts from the academic, military, and business worlds to explore project management in the context of complexity theory and organizations. The book provides a clear understanding of the roots of project management in complexity theory and the human sciences. Exploring seven principles of complexity theory and applying them to project management, it examines project needs and features in terms of success parameters, team and stakeholders’ perspectives, the project manager’s perspective, and the perspectives of theory and practice.

Statistical Techniques for Project Control

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Software Testing and Continuous Quality Improvement

BASF – The Chemical Company

Print ISBN: 978-1-4200-8317-0 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4200-8318-7 January 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 412 pp. Suggested Price: $104.95 / £66.99

Strategy and Business Process Management Techniques for Improving Execution, Adaptability, and Consistency Carl F. Lehmann BPMethods LLC, Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA

This book prepares readers to master Business Process Management (BPM). It describes how BPM treats processes as a portfolio of strategic assets that create and deliver customer and shareholder value and adapt, when necessary, to enable competitive advantages. The book defines the planning framework and managerial mindset needed to craft and drive highly effective business process improvement projects and continuous improvement programs. Readers will learn the techniques used by industry leaders to formulate and execute business strategy that adapts organizational behavior, business processes and information technology as a dynamic system designed to assure consistent performance. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-9023-3 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-9024-0 March 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 295 pp. Suggested Price: $69.95 / £44.99

Successful Program Management

Third Edition

Complexity Theory, Communication, and Leadership

William E. Lewis

Wanda Curlee

President and CEO, Smartware Technologies Inc., Plano, Texas

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. Building on the success of previous editions, the text explains how compliance testing helps an IT organization meet Sarbanes-Oxley and Basel II requirements. The sections on test effort estimation are fully updated, providing greater emphasis on testing metrics. The book addresses 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. Print ISBN: 978-1-4200-8073-5 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-3436-7 December 2008, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 688 pp. Suggested Price: $98.95 / £62.99

Deloitte, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Robert Lee Gordon American Public University System, Charlestown, West Virginia, USA

Successful Program Management: Complexity Theory, Communication, and Leadership identifies the best leadership types for complex program environments. It goes beyond what is currently available in program management standards to outline powerful solutions to the macro and micro program issues facing program managers. Using language that is easy to understand, it explains what it takes to communicate strategically to all parties involved and addresses the communication issues common to most programs, including stakeholder communication, project team communication, and shareholder communication. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-6879-2 October 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 246 pp. Suggested Price: $69.95 / £44.99

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Sustainable Program Management

Total Quality Management for Project Management

Gregory T. Haugan

Kim H. Pries

Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-7516-5 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-7517-2 September 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 384 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99

Co-Founder, Value Transformation, LLC, Texas, USA Stonebridge Electronics North America, El Paso, Texas, USA

Jon M. Quigley Co-Founder, Value Transformation, LLC, Texas, USA

Total Quality Management (TQM) tools alone are insufficient to guarantee successful endeavors. Project management expertise is also required. This book shows you how to apply project management tools in conjunction with TQM activities and projects. It covers the application of TQM tools to the project management discipline by treating it as a process with deliverables. For the section of the book that covers the application of TQM to scrum, the authors demonstrate how these analytical methods can be used on the data produced within a scrum project. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-8505-5 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-8510-9 August 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 295 pp. Suggested Price: $73.95 / £46.99

Team Planning for Project Managers and Business Analysts

Above Ground Storage Tanks

Gail Levitt

Sunil Pullarcot

Practical Guide to Construction, Inspection, and Testing

President, Levitt Communications Inc., Ontario, Canada

Kuwait Oil Company

Filled with time-tested tips and templates for developing teams efficiently and effectively, this book provides the planning materials required to increase team collaboration and productivity in a global workplace. It offers insights and access to critical resources for creating, proposing, executing, and evaluating team development plans. Dr. Levitt’s insights will help readers transform their visions, mission statements, goals, and deliverables into actionable plans for their teams. In addition to templates and guidelines, the book offers a variety of practical team development guidelines to ensure team activities are both engaging and productive.

Although the majority of above ground storage tanks are constructed according the standards of the American Petroleum Institute (API), these standards only provide requirements. There has long been a need for a book that deals with all aspects subsequent to design. This book does just that. It covers every issue that could occur upon receipt of an order to construct a storage tank on site. It describes all activities that are to be carried out in a sequential manner, principally aimed at achieving required quality for the constructed storage tank.

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The Dynamic Progress Method Using Advanced Simulation to Improve Project Planning and Management

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41 Advanced Risk Analysis in Engineering Enterprise Systems Cesar Ariel Pinto

Edited by

Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA

J. Chris White

Paul R. Garvey

ViaSim Solutions, Rockwall, Texas, USA

The MITRE Corporation, Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

Robert M. Sholtes

Focusing on the modeling, analysis, and management of risk in today’s complex engineering enterprise systems, this book provides advanced methods for tackling risk problems at the enterprise level. The text presents a risk analytical framework for engineering enterprise systems and covers capability portfolio risk management, functional dependency network analysis, and extreme-event theory. It also discusses prioritization systems in highly networked enterprise environments and examines how to measure risks of extreme latencies in complex queuing networks.

ViaSim Solutions, Rockwall, Texas, USA

This book introduces a new and better way of planning, estimating, and managing projects that corrects some of the fundamental flaws found in the Critical Path Method (CPM). It presents the author’s revolutionary Dynamic Progress Method (DPM), including instructions on how to use the accompanying DPM-based simulation tool called pmBLOX (provided) to build and analyze project plans. It revolutionizes project planning and management by bringing the computational integrity of planning simulation up to speed with today’s computer user-friendliness. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-0437-0 April 2014, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 300 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99

Project Management / Quality Control & Reliability

The world is undergoing major transitions due to changes in three driving forces—population, climate, and energy resources—making it essential for us to achieve sustainability in the implementation of projects and programs as well as our everyday life. This book provides essential information on the three major driving forces of the coming decades and presents options to assist us in moving toward a sustainable future. It uses a format that makes it easy to understand and apply to medium and long-range planning.

Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-2614-0 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-2615-7 October 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 464 pp. Suggested Price: $104.95 / £66.99

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Automatic Monitoring, Fault Diagnostics, and Maintenance Using Meta-Heuristic Optimization

Designing Complex Products with Systems Engineering Processes and Techniques

Pasquale Arpaia

Vivek D. Bhise

Università del Sannio, Benevento, Italy

University of Michigan - Dearborn, USA

Carlo Manna

This book looks at how to design complex products that have many components with intricate relationships and requirements. It also discusses how to manage processes involved in their lifecycle, from concept generation to disposal, with the objectives of increasing customer satisfaction, quality, safety, and usability and meeting program timings and budgets. Part I covers systems engineering concepts and methods in product design. Part II examines quality, human factors, and safety engineering approaches. Part III describes tools and methods, and Part IV includes applications and case studies.

University College Cork, Ireland

Quality Control & Reliability

Based on practical field experience and several case studies, this book presents state-of-the-art artificial intelligence techniques, validating their efficiency and accuracy in real-world industrial applications. The authors show how a meta-heuristic approach can enhance automatic fault monitoring in man-made systems. For each phase of fault monitoring, they propose a meta-heuristic approach that is tested experimentally in an actual industrial environment. While the proposed methods are validated on specific industrial problems, their applicability is wide and general. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-5531-0 February 2014, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 272 pp. Suggested Price: $149.95 / £95.00

Computer System Reliability Safety and Usability

Electric Power Distribution Reliability

B.S. Dhillon

Second Edition

University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

This book combines computer system reliability, safety, usability, and other related topics into a single volume and to eliminate the need to consult many different and diverse sources in obtaining desired information. The topics covered are treated in such a manner that readers require no previous knowledge to understand the contents. The book contains examples along with their solutions and numerous problems at the end of each chapter to test reader comprehension. The sources of most of the material presented will be given in the reference section at the end of each chapter.

Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-0703-6 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-0704-3 August 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 490 pp. Suggested Price: $119.95 / £76.99

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Richard E. Brown Vice President, Quanta Technology, Cary, North Carolina, USA

Presenting a wealth of useful knowledge, Electric Power Distribution Reliability remains the authoritative reference on distribution system reliability. Expanded and revised, this second edition features a history of reliability indices, updated 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. Print ISBN: 978-0-8493-7567-5 eBook ISBN: 978-0-8493-7568-2 September 2008, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 504 pp. Suggested Price: $159.95 / £102.00

Cross-Functional Productivity Improvement

Textbook

Ronald Blank

A Modern Approach

Senior Quality Engineer and Productivity Consultant

Using language that is easy to understand, this book describes how improvement efforts can be undermined by errors and incompleteness. It illustrates the various types of errors that can hurt productivity and outlines proven solutions to prevent or correct them. Explaining how departments not directly related to manufacturing can hinder productivity, it provides time-tested advice on how to reduce waste and enhance efficiency. This book will enable companies to take better advantage of all that the ISO 9001 and similar systems have to offer. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-1073-9 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-1074-6 September 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 174 pp. Suggested Price: $52.95 / £33.99

Engineering Optimization Ranjan Ganguli Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore

This book provides a thorough understanding of the concepts of optimization methods from a modern perspective at the conceptual stage of complex technical systems. It focuses on nonlinear optimization with an emphasis on methods such as response surface and genetic algorithms. The text moves the concept of optimization from an academic setting to an industry platform yet gives a balanced treatment of classical methods, making it suitable for an undergraduate course. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-1139-2 April 2012, 7-1/2 x 9-3/4, 264 pp. Suggested Price: $125.95 / £81.00

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Scott Pardo Bayer Diabetes Care, Tarrytown, Pennsylvania, USA

This book presents methods for using validation and verification test data to demonstrate equivalence and noninferiority in engineering and applied science. It covers numerous tests drawn from the author’s more than 30 years of work in a range of industrial settings. The book provides computational formulas for the tests, methods to determine or justify sample sizes, and formulas to calculate power and operating characteristic curves. The methods are accessible using standard statistical software and do not require complicated programming. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-8688-8 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-8689-5 September 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 232 pp. Suggested Price: $129.95 / £82.00

Essential Statistical Concepts for the Quality Professional D. H. Stamatis ANHUI University of Finance and Economics, Bengbu, China

Many books and articles have been written on how to identify the root cause of a problem. However, the essence of any root cause analysis in our modern quality thinking is to go beyond the actual problem. This book offers a new non-technical statistical approach to quality for effective improvement and productivity by focusing on very specific and fundamental methodologies as well as tools for the future. It examines the fundamentals of statistical understanding, and by doing that the book shows why statistical use is important in the decision making process. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-9457-6 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-9459-0 May 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 510 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £57.99

Improving Reliability and Quality for Product Success Dongsu Ryu Korea Institute of Robot Industry Advancement, South Korea

In a clear, concise presentation, this book discusses how to eradicate failures in hardware products and, consequently, achieve greater success in the marketplace. The author redefines terminology related to quality and reliability, explains failure mechanics, analyzes why reliability accidents occur in the products of advanced corporations, and presents a new methodology for preventing in easily understood qualitative and scientific terms. Without excess discussions of the complex related mathematics, the book identifies principles that will enable readers to identify problems in advance of product release into the market. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-0379-3 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-0380-9 May 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 226 pp. Suggested Price: $104.95 / £66.99

Textbook

Introduction to Statistical Process Control Peihua Qiu University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

Quality Control & Reliability

Equivalence and Noninferiority Tests for Quality, Manufacturing and Test Engineers

A major tool for quality control and management, statistical process control (SPC) monitors sequential processes, such as production lines and Internet traffic, to ensure that they work stably and satisfactorily. Along with covering traditional methods, this book describes many SPC methods that improve upon the more established techniques. The author—a leading researcher on SPC—shows how these methods can handle new applications. Pseudo codes are presented for important methods and all R functions and datasets are available on the author’s website. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-4799-2 October 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 520 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £57.99

43 Guidelines for Process Hazards Analysis (PHA, HAZOP), Hazards Identification, and Risk Analysis Nigel Hyatt Dyadem, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada

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. Print ISBN: 978-0-8493-1909-9 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4200-3960-3 March 2003, 8-1/2 x 11, 474 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $262.00 / £167.00

Kamishibai Boards A Lean Visual Management System That Supports Layered Audits Joseph Niederstadt Gates Corporation, Suzhou, China

A part of the Toyota production system, Kamishibai boards are a visual control for performing audits within a manufacturing process. The Kamishibai boards allow you to identify normal versus abnormal conditions in any work environment. Time is a valuable commodity and using the Kamishibai system saves valuable time and money by focusing attention on the abnormal and bringing it to the standard required. People are always asking, “How do I sustain my processes?” The Kamishibai system provides a layered audit system for any process, which supports sustainment of processes. Print ISBN: 978-1-4822-0529-9 September 2013, 7 x 10, 120 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $49.95 / £31.99

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Lean Systems Applications and Case Studies in Manufacturing, Service, and Healthcare Edited by

Elizabeth A. Cudney, Sandra L. Furterer, and David M. Dietrich

Quality Control & Reliability

There are few books on Lean that comprehensively describe each Lean tool, particularly those including detailed case studies with step-by-step analysis, nor do they provide guidance on how to apply Lean to develop healthcare and service processes. This book provides an in-depth description of the various Lean techniques and numerous real-world Lean projects from a wide variety of manufacturing, healthcare, and service processes, demonstrating how to apply the Lean philosophy. It facilitates Lean instruction by providing interactive case studies which will enable readers to apply the various Lean techniques. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-5680-5 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-5681-2 October 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 533 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £57.99

Textbook

Maintenance, Replacement, and Reliability Theory and Applications, Second Edition Andrew K.S. Jardine University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Albert H.C. Tsang The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

Completely revised and updated, this second edition of a bestseller provides the tools needed for making data-driven physical asset management decisions. The book is solidly based on the results of real-world research in physical asset management, including applications of the models presented in the text. Software that implements many of the procedures and models featured in this textbook has been developed and can be downloaded, along with PowerPoint Slides and a test bank with over 100 examination questions, from the CRC website.

Nonlinear Systems Stability Analysis Lyapunov-Based Approach Seyed Kamaleddin and Yadavar Nikravesh Using a Lyapunov-based approach, this book introduces advanced tools for the stability analysis of nonlinear systems. It first discusses standard stability techniques and their shortcomings and then introduces developments in stability analysis that can improve the applicability of standard techniques. Finally, the book proposes the stability analysis of special classes of nonlinear systems. Coverage includes the stability of ordinary time-invariant differential equations and time-invariant systems as well as the stability analysis of timedelayed systems and fuzzy linguistic systems models. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-6928-7 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-6929-4 January 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 319 pp. Suggested Price: $169.95 / £108.00

The Objective is Quality An Introduction to Performance and Sustainability Management Systems Michel Jaccard Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

Few books offer an overview of quality and its tools, and this one intends to fill the gap by providing a synthetic and comprehensive approach, with detailed knowledge of standards, and information on the implementation of statistical tools typically mastered in management systems. The emphasis is on the stakes and the role of quality in life and policies of an organization or company, but also on the world of quality as it spills over into other management systems, such as environmental protection, the sustainability, and social responsibility. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-7299-7 April 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 400 pp. Suggested Price: $109.95 / £69.99

Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-5485-6 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-5489-4 May 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 364 pp. Suggested Price: $149.95 / £95.00

Textbook

Nondestructive Evaluation

Open Systems Dependability

Theory, Techniques, and Applications

Dependability Engineering for Ever-Changing Systems

Peter J. Shull

Edited by

The Pennsylvania University, Altoona, USA

Mario Tokoro

Describing NDE issues associated with real-world applications, this comprehensive book details conventional and modern NDE technologies. It instructs readers on common techniques, equipment applications, and the potentials and limitations of current NDE methods. Each chapter details a different method, providing an explanation of the fundamental physical laws governing the method, the inspection techniques and typical equipment used in its application, final system integration of transducers, supporting instrumentation, commonly practiced procedures necessary for viable NDE inspection, examples of how the method can be applied, and end-of-chapter problems. Print ISBN: 978-0-8247-8872-8 eBook ISBN: 978-0-203-91106-8 May 2002, 6 x 9, 876 pp. Suggested Price: $125.95 / £82.00

Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc., Tokyo, Japan

This book describes how to achieve dependability in information systems. The author first proposes viewing systems as open systems instead of closed systems and presents Open Systems Dependability as a property for a system that has the ability to provide optimal services, minimize damage when stoppages occur, resume services quickly, and achieve accountability. He then outlines the DEOS process, an integrative process for achieving the desired dependability in information systems. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-7751-0 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-7752-7 October 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 192 pp. Suggested Price: $73.95 / £46.99

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The Pocket Guide to the Baldrige Award Criteria

Textbook

17th Edition

Off-Line Methods and Applications

Mark Graham Brown

Chao-Ton Su

Manhattan Beach, California, USA

National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Updated yearly to match changing requirements, this guide is designed to help you understand the criteria for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. The Baldrige criteria are being used by thousands of organizations around the world to evaluate their progress toward becoming the best in their fields. This 17th edition of The Pocket Guide to the Baldrige Criteria begins with commonly asked questions about the Award criteria. It then breaks down the 19 items under the seven category headings of the Baldrige criteria with concise explanation and quick tips of what excellent companies do in each area.

Quality is an essential determinant for achieving overall business success. Quality Engineering: Off-Line Methods and Applications discusses the use of quality engineering methods and other modern techniques to ensure design optimization in the product and process design stages for a company. Starting with the basics, this book presents an overall picture of quality engineering. It helps readers understand quality engineering methods such as DOE, Taguchi, RSM, and computational intelligence approaches. It also provides extensive examples and case studies, without extensive mathematical treatments, making it accessible to a broad audience.

Print ISBN: 978-1-4822-0527-5 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4822-1565-6 June 2013, 3 1/2 x 5, 64 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $39.95 / £25.99

Practical Stress Analysis in Engineering Design

Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-6947-8 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-6949-2 February 2013, 7 x 10, 394 pp. Suggested Price: $99.95 / £63.99

Third Edition

Quality Management for Organizations Using Lean Six Sigma Techniques

Ronald Huston

Erick C. Jones

University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

University of Texas, Arlington, USA

Harold Josephs

A reference on the workings of Modern Lean Six Sigma techniques, this book presents the background on quality and lean six sigma techniques and tools. It reviews the previous history of lean six sigma in manufacturing, current applications of lean six sigma in operations, what projects should be selected and prioritized, and what to do with non-lean six sigma projects. It also describes the different six sigma certifications, and closes with future directions.

Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan, USA

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.

Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-9782-9 January 2014, 7 x 10, 637 pp. Suggested Price: $149.95 / £95.00

Print ISBN: 978-1-57444-713-2 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4200-1782-3 December 2008, 7 x 10, 664 pp. Suggested Price: $164.95 / £105.00

Principles of Total Quality

Quality Tools for Managing Construction Projects

Third Edition

Abdul Razzak Rumane

Textbook

Vincent K. Omachonu University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA

Joel E. Ross Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA

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. Print ISBN: 978-1-57444-326-4 May 2004, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 512 pp. Suggested Price: $91.95 / £58.99

Quality Control & Reliability

Quality Engineering

Director, Construction Quality Management, Dar Alkuwait Alkhaleejia for Consultation and Training, Kuwait

Quality tools and techniques are very important in developing a comprehensive project quality management system. Application of tools and techniques in construction projects have a great influence on cost effectiveness, results of construction projects, and achieving successful project performance. This book has been developed to provide significant information about usage and applications of various quality tools and techniques for managing a construction project as it moves through the different phases of the project life cycle. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-5214-2 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-5215-9 April 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 413 pp. Suggested Price: $99.95 / £63.99

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Reliability Models for Engineers and Scientists

Safety and Human Error in Engineering Systems

Mark P. Kaminskiy

B.S. Dhillon

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA

University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Quality Control & Reliability

A discussion of the basic reliability concepts and models, this book is suitable for students of reliability engineering as well as for those who wish a supplement on applied survival data analysis. The models discussed in the book are used in reliability, risk analysis, physics of failure, fracture mechanics, biological, pharmaceutical, and medical studies. It is an up-to-date, concise, and informative handbook on reliability models, which does not require any special mathematical background. It also introduces a new concept of the Gini-type index.

This book combines coverage of safety and human factors in engineering into a single volume, eliminating the need to consult many different and diverse sources to obtain desired information. It discusses mathematical concepts necessary to understanding material presented in subsequent chapters. The author describes the methods that can be used to perform various types of safety and human error analysis in engineering systems. The book contains examples along with their solutions and at the end of each chapter are numerous problems to test reader comprehension.

Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-6592-0 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-6593-7 November 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 152 pp. Suggested Price: $129.95 / £82.00

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Safety, Reliability and Risk Analysis

Risk Analysis in Engineering Techniques, Tools, and Trends Mohammad Modarres University of Maryland, Department of Mechanical Engineering, College Park, USA

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.

Print ISBN: 978-1-57444-794-1 January 2006, 7 x 10, 424 pp. Suggested Price: $159.95 / £102.00

Robust Response Surfaces, Regression, and Positive Data Analyses Rabindra Nath Das There are many gaps in the existing literature of robust response surface designs (RSM) that need to be filled to solve real-life problems. This book presents the gaps and their solutions. The author proposes new concepts of RSM, along with the relevant regression analysis and positive data analysis techniques, and aims to remove many RSM limitations. Among a wide range of topics, the text covers applications of correlated regression analysis techniques in block design analysis, robust first and second order rotatable and optimal designs for normally distributed responses, as well as lifetime responses having log-normal, exponential, gamma and Weibull distributions. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-0677-0 March 2014, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 425 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £57.99

Theory, Methods and Applications (4 Volumes + CD-ROM) Edited by

Sebastián Martorell, Carlos Guedes Soares, and Julie Barnett Safety, Reliability and Risk Analysis: Theory, Methods and Applications contains the papers presented at the joint ESREL (European Safety and Reliability) and SRA-Europe (Society for Risk Analysis Europe) Conference (Valencia, Spain, 22-25 September 2008). This collection will be of interest to academics and professionals working in a wide range of industrial and governmental sectors, including aeronautics and aerospace, civil engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, information technology and telecommunications, insurance and finance, manufacturing, mechanical engineering, nuclear engineering, policy making, and public planning. Print ISBN: 978-0-415-48513-5 September 2008, 6-3/4 x 9-3/4, 3510 pp., Pack Suggested Price: $1101.00 / £701.00

Six Sigma for Powerful Improvement A Green Belt DMAIC Training System with Software Tools and a 25-Lesson Course Charles T. Carroll The Six Sigma Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control (DMAIC) philosophy and procedures are widely accepted as valuable tools for achieving the most economical and rigorous possible understanding and management of all aspects of operations. This book presents methods and strategy that should alleviate unwarranted concerns about the perceived complexity and training and implementation costs of DMAIC. The author clarifies the long-accepted statistical and logical processes of Six Sigma. He uses the Excel environment to illustrate how modern business people can properly execute its doctrine and procedures to improve any venture. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-6469-5 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-6470-1 May 2013, 8-1/2 x 11, 524 pp. Suggested Price: $99.95 / £63.99

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Biopharmaceutical Supply Chains

Combining Methodologies for Enhanced Results

Distribution, Regulatory, Systems and Structural Changes Ahead

Jay Mandelbaum, Anthony Hermes, Donald Parker, and Heather Williams

Robert Handfield

This book describes how to integrate Lean Six Sigma (LSS), Design for Six Sigma (DFSS), and Value Engineering (VE) to go beyond what is currently possible with the individual approaches. Explaining the VE methodology, it supplies a high-level discussion of LSS and DFSS. Next, it compares VE with LSS and identifies the different opportunities for synergies that can provide your organization with a competitive edge. The ideas and synergies presented in this book can help industry professionals and those in government accelerate the adoption of efficiencies in their operations.

The global pharmaceutical industry has been subjected to many challenges in the last decade, including more blockbuster drugs reaching the end of their patent life, increased regulation, pricing pressure, channel pressure, counterfeiting, and challenges in clinical trials management. This book covers the major themes and changes in the biopharmaceutical supply chain. It provides an overview of the key challenges and discusses how leading biopharma companies are dealing with these challenges. Bringing together leading researchers and industry executives, it is a must-read for those who want to learn more about achieving success in this industry.

Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-0201-7 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-0203-1 May 2012, 7 x 10, 212 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $52.95 / £33.99

Agribusiness Supply Chain Management N. Chandrasekaran Take Solutions, Ltd.,Chennai Tamilnadu, India

G. Raghuram Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

This book introduces the complexity and importance of supply chain management within businesses handling agricultural products. Topics include major drivers, facility, inventory, and transportation management, sourcing decisions such as processed or farm fresh, input and output challenges, processors, challenges of managing perishables, infrastructure, retailing, quality, information technology, risk strategies, financials, direct trading verses auction, and navigating relevant government policies. The book includes numerous case studies that span a wide range of issues and industries. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-1674-8 February 2014, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 512 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £57.99

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA

Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-9970-0 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-9979-3 June 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 272 pp. Suggested Price: $83.95 / £51.99

Capitalizing on Lean Production Systems to Win New Business Creating a Lean and Profitable New Product Portfolio Chris Harris and Rick Harris Harris Lean Systems, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, USA

There are many organizations that have already successfully implemented Lean production systems and become more profitable as a result. However, there is a gap between what those organizations currently do and how they plan for and profit from new business. This book outlines how to create a Lean new product portfolio to win new business. The text will help organizations take their current Lean knowledge and translate that knowledge into a step-by-step methodology to win and launch new business.

Quality Control & Reliability / Supply Chain Management

Value Engineering Synergies with Lean Six Sigma

Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-8633-8 December 2013, 8-1/2 x 11, 219 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $49.95 / £31.99

47 Best Practices for Transportation Agency Use of Social Media

Cargo Crime

Edited by

J.J. Coughlin

Susan Bregman and Kari Edison Watkins

Rockwall, Texas, USA

Best Practices for Transportation Agency Use of Social Media offers real-world advice for planning and implementing social media from leading government practitioners, academic researchers, and industry experts. It provides an overview of the various social media platforms and tools, with examples of how transportation organizations use each platform. Filled with examples from transportation organizations, the text provides ideas that can apply to all modes of transportation including mass transit, highways, aviation, ferries, bicycling, and walking. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-6860-0 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-6861-7 October 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 331 pp. Suggested Price: $69.95 / £23.99

Security and Theft Prevention

Cargo crime—including theft, fraud, and the passage of contraband through commercial shipping lanes—poses an enormous threat to security and the economy. This volume reviews emerging trends, identifies criminal tactics, discusses law enforcement response to cargo theft, and presents best practices to help businesses avoid victimization by cargo thieves. The book identifies the various modes of freight transportation and the differences in cargo crime activity in each mode. It examines the effective use of public and private information-sharing partnerships to thwart criminal activities and presents known profiles consistent in over 90 percent of contraband shipments. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-1245-0 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-1246-7 October 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 266 pp. Suggested Price: $73.95 / £46.99

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Supply Chain Management

Construction Supply Chain Management Handbook

Driving Risk and Spend out of the Global Supply Chain

Edited by

Thomas A. Cook

William J. O’Brien, Carlos T. Formoso, Ruben Vrijhoef, and Kerry A. London

American River International, Melville, New York, USA

Increasing demands for quality and cost improvements as well as the revolution in global logistics has brought research on construction supply chain management to the forefront. With international contributors providing interdisciplinary perspectives, this volume provides a comprehensive review of CSCM methodologies and presents leading examples of best practices. Keeping pace with advances in the field, the book addresses major areas of concern, including management of production operations, organizational arrangements and contracts, and the use of information technology.

This book is among the first to detail all the risks a multinational firm faces when operating overseas and engaging in foreign purchasing and sales, import and export trade, and global logistics. It provides step-bystep guidance on how to develop a global risk strategy as well as a blueprint for implementation. The book outlines all the areas where spend can be reduced along with a specific strategy on how to reduce spend without compromising values.

Print ISBN: 978-1-4200-4745-5 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4200-4746-2 October 2008, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 508 pp. Suggested Price: $154.95 / £99.00

Custom Kanban Designing the System to Meet the Needs of Your Environment Raymond S. Louis Replenishment Technology Group, Gilbert, Arizona, USA

Raymond Louis demonstrates how to develop and implement a successful kanban system by selecting appropriate kanban techniques based on the environmental factors and needs of specific organizations. The book fully explains each technique, including a description of the environment and type of company it is intended to serve. In all, the author explains more than 20 design options and associated replenishment techniques, so that every reader will be able to custom develop his or her own kanban system. Print ISBN: 978-1-56327-345-2 September 2006, 6 x 9, 256 pp. Suggested Price: $59.95 / £31.99

Designing Food Safety and Equipment Reliability Through Maintenance Engineering Sauro Riccetti Tetra Pak, Italy

This book identifies a way to ensure food product safety through maintenance engineering. Maintenance engineering normally starts with equipment reliability, but this book starts from product safety to identify equipment criticalities and then maintenance solutions. With its ability to integrate food safety techniques with reliability and maintenance engineering techniques, this book will help readers identify a maintenance design and implementation process that can control food safety and equipment reliability in their organization. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-8987-2 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-8988-9 October 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 413 pp. Suggested Price: $59.95 / £38.99

The Global Warrior Series

Print ISBN: 978-1-4822-2608-9 April 2014, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 248 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £57.99

Encyclopedia of Supply Chain Management Two Volume Set Edited by

James B. Ayers CGR Management Consultants, Playa del Rey, California, USA

With contributions from experts in the field, this comprehensive encyclopedia contains approximately 300 accessible entries on a range of cutting-edge topics that span the entire area of supply chain management. The book offers a broad, clear overview of both fundamental topics and advances. It covers drivers of supply chain change, project management approaches for supply chain change, globalization and supply chains, the design of supply chains, and the Lean and Six Sigma movements. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-6148-6 December 2011, 8-1/2 x 11, 1528 pp. Suggested Price: $1097.00 / £698.00

Engineering for Sustainability Dennis F.X. Mathaisel, Joel M. Manary, and Ned H. Criscimagna This book outlines a series of principles to help engineers design products and services to meet customer and societal needs with minimal impact on resources and the ecosystem. The third volume in a series on sustainable engineering, this book provides up-to-date information on planning and implementing sustainable activities. Using examples and case studies from the government, military, academia, and commercial enterprises, the authors provide a set of tools for long-term sustainability. The book explains how an entire enterprise can be engineered to sustain itself and not just certain products. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-5351-1 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-5352-8 September 2012, 7 x 10, 518 pp. Suggested Price: $93.95 / £59.99

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ERP Tools, Techniques, and Applications for Integrating the Supply Chain Second Edition

Hazardous Material (HAZMAT) Life Cycle Management Corporate, Community, and Organizational Planning and Preparedness Robert Jaffin

Consultant, Long Branch, Washington, USA

Eli Schragenheim Elyakin Management Systems, Ra’anana, Israel

This second edition of a bestseller, explains enterprise resource planning (ERP) from the perspective of the business manager. It furnishes a detailed roadmap with real-life examples for successful selection, implementation, and utilization of ERP. It covers updated concepts like supplier and customer relationship management and technology support. The book also provides readers with access to an online learning tool that simulates a real-time ERP information system and allows users to practice managing a small company to illustrate potential issues and their solutions. Print ISBN: 978-1-57444-358-5 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4200-5602-0 October 2003, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 464 pp. Suggested Price: $104.95 / £65.99

Boston University of School of Medicine, Healthcare Emergency Management Program, Massachusetts, USA

The existing literature on hazardous materials addresses the risks attached to specific materials and emphasizes compliance and personal protective equipment—but not the life cycle management of the materials. A logistics approach is needed to understand the underlying supply chain management principles and apply solutions to reduce overall use of hazardous materials. This volume defines and classifies hazardous materials and covers the U.S. regulatory framework and standards governing the transport and use of such materials. It then examines institutional and organizational program elements and provides guidelines for reducing liability and risk while lowering point-source pollution and total hazardous waste production. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-7387-8 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-7388-5 December 2012, 7 x 10, 249 pp. Suggested Price: $104.95 / £66.99

Essentials of Logistics and Management

International Handbook of Public Procurement

Third Edition

Edited by

Khi V. Thai

Edited by

Corynne Jaffeux Bordeaux University School of Management; and Advisor to the Direction, AFT-IFTIM, Paris

Philippe Wieser College of the Management of Technology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland (EPFL)

The third edition of this successful textbook provides a broad spectrum of the knowledge required for the logistician’s profession and for his or her contribution to the growth of a company. The book is built on a conceptual framework in which all the stakes and themes of logistics are analyzed according to a systematic approach. Indeed, many elements are critical to the successful logistical strategy: customer relation management, interactive information support, production optimization and process development, vision, strategy and operations management, and human resources and resource allocation. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-7308-6 December 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 550 pp. Suggested Price: $119.95 / £76.99

Food Safety Regulatory Compliance Catalyst for a Lean and Sustainable Food Supply Chain

Florida Atlantic University, School of Public Administration, Boca Raton, USA

Supply Chain Management

Carol A Ptak

Despite the US government spending about 15 to 20 percent of the GDP on contracts, public procurement remains an underdeveloped area of research. Focusing on the managerial, economic, political, and legal aspects, the International Handbook of Public Procurement presents a conceptual framework along with illustrative case studies to describe each phase of the public procurement process in detail. This book discusses public procurement reform, a process emphasized by the World Bank and the United Nations, and addresses specific topics such as e-procurement. Samples of RFBs, RFPs and contracts are also included in the text to demonstrate how to write specifications that avoid contract disputes. Print ISBN: 978-1-4200-5457-6 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4200-5459-0 August 2008, 7 x 10, 840 pp. Suggested Price: $189.95 / £121.00

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Introduction to Transportation Security Frances L. Edwards and Daniel C. Goodrich

Preston W. Blevins

Mineta Transportation Institute, San Jose State University, California, USA

The global sourcing of ingredients has created complex supply chains, significant management challenges, and additional regulatory compliance requirements. This has placed tremendous pressure on food manufacturers, many of whom lack the knowledge, concepts, techniques and procedures to comply with these increased requirements. Providing a roadmap for leveraging existing investments in food safety regulatory compliance into superior inventory management, this book explains how to implement Lean operating principles to determine what needs to be improved, in what sequence improvements must be addressed, how one improvement feeds another, and the prerequisites for each improvement.

Providing transportation managers with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to effectively manage the security of transportation assets, this volume discusses the integrated nature of the nation’s critical infrastructure and the threats to transportation in each surface mode. The authors explore federal agencies working in emergency management and transportation security and their intelligence and response requirements and capabilities. They also presents cost-beneficial security strategies aimed at preventing catastrophic failures in each transportation mode and supply effective methods for organizing, testing, and evaluating transportation security across modes and professions.

Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-4956-9 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-4958-3 November 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 342 pp. Suggested Price: $93.95 / £59.99

Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-4576-9 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-6327-8 September 2012, 7 x 10, 388 pp. Suggested Price: $73.95 / £46.99

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Inventory and Production Management in Supply Chains Fourth Edition

Lean Logistics The Nuts and Bolts of Delivering Materials and Goods

Supply Chain Management

Edward R. Silver, David F. Pyke, and Douglas J. Thomas

Michel Baudin

Authored by a team of experts, the new edition of this bestseller presents practical techniques for managing inventory and production throughout supply chains. It covers the current context of inventory and production management, replenishment systems for managing individual inventories within a firm, managing inventory in multiple locations and firms, and production management. The book presents sophisticated concepts and solutions with an eye towards today’s economy of global demand, cost-saving, and rapid cycles. It explains how to decrease working capital and how to deal with coordinating chains across boundaries.

Defining best post production processes for finished goods, respected consultant Michel Baudin teaches business operators how to maintain supply that meets demand, as well as the ability to organize and deliver that supply. Applying his well-known nuts and bolts approach, Baudin addresses the physical infrastructure of lean logistics and the flow of information that serves as its nervous system. He demonstrates how to avoid shortages while maintaining low inventories, and explains how to take advantage of the increased flexibility generated through lean manufacturing. He also offers innovative approaches to supplier relations and efficient ways to deliver parts to assemblers.

Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-5861-8 May 2014, 7 x 10, 672 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £57.99

Print ISBN: 978-1-56327-296-7 February 2005, 6 x 9, 400 pp. Suggested Price: $71.95 / £45.99

Kanban for the Shopfloor

Lean RFS (Repetitive Flexible Supply)

Productivity Press Development Team 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. Print ISBN: 978-1-56327-269-1 February 2002, 7 x 10, 120 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $35.95 / £17.99

MMTI, Palo Alto, California, USA

Putting the Pieces Together Ian Fraser Glenday Rick Sather This book describes how to create “economies of repetition”—an improvement approach focused on maximizing natural human behaviors of learning curve, routines and stability that result in above expectation results—as seen at Kimberly Clark. It describes how Toyota followed a series of steps, where the initial steps created stability and the latter steps focused on flexibility. Most Lean books only focus on the latter steps missing out the essential initial steps. It explains why most planning systems create a different plan every time and that these plan changes cause the firefighting which is endemic in most companies. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-7819-7 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-7820-3 May 2013, 8-1/2 x 11, 152 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $59.95 / £38.99

Kanban for the Supply Chain

LEAN Supply Chain Planning

Fundamental Practices for Manufacturing Management, Second Edition

The New Supply Chain Management Paradigm for Process Industries to Master Today’s VUCA World

Stephen Cimorelli

Josef Packowski

Cummins Filtration, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Providing actionable steps for each stage in the manufacturing and supply chain management process, this book presents a detailed roadmap for implementing kanban. This updated second edition focuses on creating an environment for success. Addressing both internal and external elements, it considers statistical data cleansing techniques to remove irrelevant data, correlation analysis using Excel-based techniques to guide decisions, the analysis of supplier performance against lead time and lot size expectations, and risk mitigation strategies for poor performing suppliers. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-9549-8 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-9550-4 January 2013, 8-1/2 x 11, 137 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $59.95 / £38.99

This book introduces a new paradigm designed to provide a new approach to dealing with challenges in supply chain planning and to overcome the shortcomings of previous concepts. It provides unique practitioner oriented guidelines that support transforming the supply chain to a new paradigm in different perspectives: strategic, tactical, and operative planning processes as well as organizational, performance and IT aspects. It incldues first-hand reports of leading companies and their experience with the paradigm and particular instruments of it. Print ISBN: 978-1-4822-0533-6 January 2014, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 478 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £57.99

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Negotiating Competitive Advantage Contractual Best Practices, INCO Terms, and Leveraging Supply Chain Options Thomas A. Cook American River International, Melville, New York, USA

As the world enters 2013, an ever increasing element of global business is trade compliance and risk management. Managing global supply chains is all about striving for efficiency, driving out cost and increasing profits. This book will not only teach the very key elements of what every international businessman must know, but more importantly will teach readers how to utilize negotiation skills and leveraged options, along with Inco Terms to work their supply chains for competitive benefits. This will allow for more trade, more deals, higher returns, and a reduction in commercial risk. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-9578-1 December 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 416 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99

Operational Excellence Using Lean Six Sigma to Translate Customer Value through Global Supply Chains James William Martin Six Sigma Integration, Inc., Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA

Presenting 110 key concepts designed to translate the voice of the customer throughout global supply chains, this volume is a practical source of information for organizations seeking to increase productivity and improve shareholder satisfaction. Recognizing that failure is often self-induced through poor leadership and an inability to form and execute a strategic vision, the author shows how to increase global competitiveness through the application of Six Sigma. He details crucial implementations needed for enhanced productivity, while also explaining how to establish seamless information-sharing throughout global supply chains, paying particular attention to the role of IT.

Textbook

Production and Operations Management Systems Sushil Gupta Florida International University, Miami, USA

Martin Starr Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, USA

This text provides an understanding of the manufacturing and operations functions as well as the processes of goods and service producers. Illustrating how operations relate to the rest of the organization, it will help readers develop a sense of managerial competence in making decisions in the design, planning, operation and control of manufacturing, production, and operations systems through examples and case studies. The text uses analytical techniques when necessary to develop critical thinking and to sharpen decision making skills. An accompanying website offers slides, lectures, Excel worksheets, and solutions to short and extended problem sets. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-0733-3 March 2014, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 464 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £57.99

Remanufacturing Modeling and Analysis Mehmet Ali Ilgin Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey

Surendra M. Gupta Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Providing a solid foundation of knowledge in modeling remanufacturing systems, this book addresses the design, planning, and processing issues faced by decisionmakers in the field. With easy-to-use mathematical or simulation modeling to demonstrate solutions for each remanufacturing issue, it helps practitioners understand how a particular issue can be effectively modeled and how to choose the appropriate solution methodology. The book also discusses how increasingly stringent environmental regulations and decreasing natural resources influence manufacturers toward more environmentally conscious manufacturing and product recovery initiatives. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-6307-7 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-6308-4 March 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 439 pp. Suggested Price: $104.95 / £66.99

Print ISBN: 978-1-4200-6250-2 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4200-6251-9 December 2007, 244x180, 664 pp. Suggested Price: $115.95 / £72.99

Patient-Focused Network Integration in BioPharma

Reverse Supply Chains

Strategic Imperatives for the Years Ahead

Edited by

Robert Handfield North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA

The biopharmaceutical industry as we know it today is going through a massive change that is sending shudders to the huge populations who are facing healthcare uncertainty. This book argues that patient-focused network integration is the only way for organizational evolution to occur. It discusses how to align enterprises with the patient at the center. It details the historical context of the biopharmaceutical value chain, understand the current set of challenges facing the industry, and get a thorough presentation of the author’s unique and sustainable agenda for change. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-5546-4 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-5548-8 June 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 200 pp. Suggested Price: $69.95 / £44.99

Supply Chain Management

Mastering the Business of Global Trade

Issues and Analysis Surendra M. Gupta Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

This book addresses several important issues faced by strategic, tactical, and operation planners of reverse supply chains, using efficient models in a variety of decisionmaking situations providing easy-to-use mathematical and/or simulation modeling based solution methodologies for a majority of the issues. It highlights how a current issue can be effectively approached in a particular decision-making situation, using a suitable quantitative technique or a suitable combination of two or more quantitative techniques. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-9902-1 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-9903-8 January 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 422 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £57.99

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RFID in Logistics A Practical Introduction Erick C. Jones University of Texas, Arlington, USA

Christopher A. Chung

Mitigating Threats and Facilitating the Flow of Commerce

Supply Chain Management

Seabrook, Texas, USA

Luke Ritter

Providing a deeper understanding of this field, this book examines past, present, and future directions for RFID technology. The book presents an integrated logistics model along with various applications of RFID in animal tracking, toll roads, people tracking, and other areas. It addresses both active and passive system component testing models and examines best practices for logistics integration. The text also covers mandates and standards, making it an ideal reference for practitioners and instructors. The book contains Technical Notes sections, allowing readers to move on to general concepts if that is their immediate need, but easily find the technical information on a case by case basis.

The goal of security within the supply chain and transportation infrastructure is to effectively mitigate risks while facilitating commerce. Security and business protection measures are at the core of how to maintain consistent and strategic business operations. These expenses are assets that promote reliability to customers, but also serve as valuable ROI to further enhance the business. Focusing on economic and business objectives, this book examines the transportation infrastructure. Chapters cover the supply chain, logistics, transportation security issues, and specific transportation modalities as well as the legal and regulatory frameworks that encompass them.

Print ISBN: 978-0-8493-8526-1 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4200-0936-1 December 2007, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 520 pp. Suggested Price: $154.95 / £98.00

Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-7815-9 May 2014, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 320 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99

Risk Intelligent Supply Chains

Textbook

How Leading Turkish Companies Thrive in the Age of Fragility

Supply Chain Engineering Models and Applications

Çağrı Haksöz

A. Ravi Ravindran

Sabancı University, Istanbul, Turkey

This unique avant-garde book brings the risk intelligent supply chain (RISC) concept to life for the first time. It answers the question of how to become a risk intelligent supply chain. It proposes the I-Quartet Model with four essential roles “Integrator, Inquirer, Improviser, and Ingenious,” that any supply chain network must play to become risk intelligent. The book also presents never-before-published cases and practices of leading Turkish companies that thrive globally in the age of fragility with their supply chain risk intelligence. This book is a must-have for any business leader looking to better understand their global position and develop their strategic capabilities.

Security, Transportation, and the Supply Chain

Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-0447-9 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-0448-6 April 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 289 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99

The SAP Materials Management Handbook Ashfaque Ahmed SCM Consulting, Bhilai, Chattisgarh, India

SAP Materials Management module (SAP MM) takes care of business functions related to purchasing and inventory management. SAP MM also takes care of defining and maintaining materials in the system. This book provides readers with a complete understanding on how to configure and implement SAP materials management module on projects. All the business flows are captured through system screen shots and explained with examples in “how to do it”. The book includes case studies taken from real projects that illustrate how theoretical techniques are converted into practical solutions and applied in real life. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-8162-3 March 2014, 7 x 10, 448 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99

The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA

Donald P. Warsing, Jr. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA

Using state-of-the-art models, concepts, and solution methods, this book provides an understanding of how companies plan, source, make, and deliver products to create and maintain a global competitive advantage. The authors employ the precise tools of engineering analysis to address broad and challenging problems in business management, emphasizing a quantitative approach to solving problems related to designing and operating supply chains. This comprehensive text progresses from laying out a strategic framework to addressing tactical elements for managing flow of goods, putting it together in the context of the global supply chain. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-1198-6 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-1199-3 September 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 548 pp. Suggested Price: $135.95 / £86.00

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Supply Chain Management for Engineers Samuel H. Huang University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

The book helps students develop strong analytical skills and the ability to solve real-world problems through analysis and synthesis. It also stresses the importance of integrating engineering optimization techniques with business strategic thinking. It starts with the description of different types of supply chains and the strategy for designing an appropriate supply chain based on product life cycle analysis. It then focuses on quantitative analysis techniques including demand forecasting, aggregate planning, inventory management, and distribution network design. The book is comprehensive yet concise, and includes many practical examples designed to help students acquire deep subject matter knowledge. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-6892-1 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-7092-4 June 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 240 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $89.95 / £57.99

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Agile Strategy Management

A Comprehensive Approach Arthur G. Arway

Techniques for Continuous Alignment and Improvement

St. James City, Florida, USA

Soren Lyngso

The challenge of trying to secure the supply chain at every level is both a domestic and global concern. This volume provides security professionals the tools necessary to ensure supply chain security. It demonstrates how to establish and enforce security policies and protocols, including rapid responses that must be deployed in the event of a theft or security incident. Most importantly, it enables professionals to integrate business practices into the planning, development, and successful operation of supply chains to ensure security and protect assets.

Lyngso Informatique

Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-1187-3 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-1190-3 March 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 189 pp. Suggested Price: $69.95 / £44.99

Strategies are challenged all the time because markets, technology, legal factors, government, and other factors change. In order to ensure that a strategy does not become ephemeral it must be flexible when confronting the challenges. This flexibility is ensured by building agility into the methods proposed in this book for initiation, development, implementation, and governance of strategic initiatives. The book shows how you can initiate, develop, implement, and govern a healthy strategy delivering the benefits expected by all stakeholders. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-9607-8 February 2014, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 320 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99

Urban Transportation and Logistics Health, Safety, and Security Concerns Edited by

Eiichi Taniguchi, Tien Fang Fwa, and Russell G. Thompson Urban transport and logistics systems play a very important role in delivery goods and services both into populous areas as well as out to local and regional areas. This book takes global approach to best practices, covering topics such as hazmat transport, logistics during disasters, mixed traffic and safety considerations, optimizing vehicle routing and scheduling, and road safety. These subjects provide an important basis for discussing transport and logistics systems in urban areas from the viewpoint of safety and security considerations on human life. Print ISBN: 978-1-4822-0909-9 December 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 278 pp. Suggested Price: $99.95 / £63.99

Enterprise Dynamics Sourcebook Edited by

Kenneth C. Hoffman, Christopher G. Glazner, William J. Bunting, Leonard A. Wojcik, and Anne Cady Focusing on a new discipline for enterprise dynamics, this book applies frameworks and analytical models of the enterprise as a complex system to improve the understanding of its dynamic elements and their interactions. The elements can be broadly classified as People, Organizations, Economics, and Technology in an Operational environment governed by Policies (POET-OP conceptual element of enterprise dynamics). The text focuses on the acquisition of new capabilities for enterprise transformation, showing how the methods can guide the planning and managing of the system of systems engineering processes of an enterprise. Print ISBN: 978-1-4200-8256-2 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4200-8257-9 February 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 379 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £57.99

Vanishing Boundaries

Textbook

How Integrating Manufacturing and Services Creates Customer Value, Second Edition

Requirements Engineering for Software and Systems

Richard E. Crandall

Second Edition Phillip A. Laplante

Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, USA

William R. Crandall University of North Carolina, Pembroke, USA

Presenting the innovative thesis that global competition and supply chain complexity are increasing so rapidly that managers must reach across the manufacturing and service boundary to gather more universally applicable ideas, this groundbreaking work addresses the unprecedented array of new or aggravated conditions that today’s business managers must face. Businesses need to become more consumer-centric, efficient, and quality conscious. This book addresses problems, solutions, and implementation strategies as well as risk and crisis management, sourcing, healthcare, alternative energy infrastructure, integration of supply chain services, advances in IT, social media, and customer building. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-0590-2 November 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 540 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £57.99

The Pennsylvania State University, Malvern, USA

Vastly updated and expanded, Requirements Engineering for Software and Systems, Second Edition presents new material derived from the experiences of professors who have used the text in their classrooms. In addition to new exercises and updated references in every chapter, this edition updates all chapters with the latest applied research and industry practices. It illustrates key ideas associated with requirements engineering using case studies and example systems, including an airline baggage handling system, a point of sale system for a large pet store chain, a control system for a smart home, and a wet well pumping system. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-6081-9 October 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 324 pp. Suggested Price: $99.95 / £63.99

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Supply Chain Management / Systems Engineering

Supply Chain Security

Systems Engineering / Textile Manufacturing 54

Systems Engineering and Safety

Fast Fashion Systems

Building the Bridge

Theories and Applications

Peter J. Glismann

Edited by

GlisWorks Engineering & Consulting, PLLC, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Tsan-Ming Choi

Systems engineering principles are currently being applied to system safety best practices in several industries, as well as state and local governments. This book covers the payoff in both dollars and goodwill to the investment made in merging those two important and often neglected disciplines. It can be read, understood, and acted upon by the Chief Executive Officer of a multinational corporation, right down to the line manager of systems engineering or the technical professional in the safety department. The value in terms of cost savings, be it in the form of financial, human, or social capital, is clearly illustrated with real world examples. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-5212-8 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-5213-5 May 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 132 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $89.95 / £57.99

Systems Science Methodological Approaches Yi Lin, Xiaojun Duan, Chengli Zhao, and Li Da Xu By making use of the principles of systems science, the scientific community can explain many complicated matters of the world and shed new light on unsettled problems. This volume explores general systems, nonlinear systems dynamics, and the theory of catastrophe. It discusses dissipative structures and synergistics, chaos, fractals, complex systems and complexity, complex adaptive systems, open complex giant systems, and complex networks and related concepts and methods. Case studies demonstrate how various concepts and the logic of systems can be practically applied to resolve real-life problems, such as the prediction of natural disasters. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-9551-1 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-9552-8 November 2012, 7 x 10, 399 pp. Suggested Price: $125.95 / £81.00

Business Division, Institute of Textiles and Clothing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Fast fashion is an industrial trend that refers to the concept of shortening lead time (production, distribution) and offering new products to the market as fast as possible. Despite an abundance of research results, there is no comprehensive reference source that covers the state-of-the-art findings on both theoretical and applied research on fast fashion systems. This edited volume is therefore a very timely project, and will consist of two sections - Theories and Applications - made up of many interesting contributions in the respective domain. The goal is to create a well-balanced handbook that includes both theoretical results (from various perspectives) and case studies. Print ISBN: 978-1-138-00029-2 November 2013, 6-3/4 x 9-3/4, 160 pp. Suggested Price: $129.95 / £82.00

Materials and Technology for Sportswear and Performance Apparel Edited by

Steven George Hayes and Praburaj Venkatraman Dept. of Clothing Design & Technology, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

A concise and detailed book which combines coverage of fashion, function and fit on the design and development of functional garments for sportswear with particular focus on garment manufacturing. It discusses fundamental terms, definitions, materials, concepts, factors and techniques related to developing sportswear products with examples and case studies. The book goes on to explore sportswear market, trend, consumer perceptions, and celebrity endorsement in brand promotion. It also discusses popular fibers and fabrics, including woven, knits, and composite fabrics used for sportswear. Print ISBN: 978-1-4822-2050-6 June 2014, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 500 pp. Suggested Price: $199.95 / £127.00

Development of Medical Garments and Apparel for the Elderly and the Disabled

Process Management in Spinning

Ng Sau-Fun, Hui Chi-Leung, and Wong Lai-Fan

R. Senthil Kumar and S. Sundaresan

Although the main theme of this book is products for the elderly and the disabled, it also contains major sections on medical garments, which include personal protective equipment (PPE), hip protectors (HP), pressure garments (PG), compression stockings (CS), wet dressings, products for wound dressing, adult incontinence products, sanitary napkins, disposable diapers, vital signs monitoring garments, motion aware clothing, wearable sensors and smart diapers and so on. The development of apparel for the elderly and the disabled is a challenge for the healthcare and clothing industries. The developed apparel products are not only based on various design, fashion and comfort concepts but also considered in terms of particular medical problems, restorative care functions, and appropriate solutions for healthcare purposes.

This book gives a broad outlook on various aspects of process management from mixing to winding department. Raw material evaluation and selection plays a vital role in process control of spinning. It describes the scientific method adopted to optimize raw material properties. The influence of machine components on process control and quality in each department are covered in a detailed manner with charts and data wherever necessary. Print ISBN: 978-1-4822-0836-8 June 2014, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 280 pp. Suggested Price: $129.95 / £82.00

Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-1435-5 March 2012, 6 x 9, 56 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $31.95 / £15.99

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Textiles for Industrial Applications

Achieving Lean Changeover

R. Senthil Kumar

John R. Henry

Putting SMED to Work Changeover.com, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, USA

Taking a holistic approach, this book examines changeover/SMED (single minute exchange of die),—the conversion of a manufacturing process/machine from running the current product to running the next product. It addresses both the machinery issues and the operational issues, such as costs, waiting times, material movement, documentation, training, and product/component design. Focusing on the operational aspects, it offers readers opportunities for reducing changeover time and cost. The book contains proven methods and practical examples from a variety of industries.

Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-6649-1 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-6650-7 August 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 406 pp. Suggested Price: $129.95 / £82.00

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Wicking in Porous Materials

Autonomous Maintenance DVD Set

Traditional and Modern Modeling Approaches Edited by

Press Productivity

Reza Masoodi

Productivity Press, New York, USA

Philadelphia University, Pennsylvania, USA

Krishna M. Pillai University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA

With contributions from internationally recognized scientists and researchers, this reference offers information on the current science and advances of wicking in porous materials. The book describes various modeling approaches, traditional and modern, but maintains an emphasis on the modern methodologies. It covers the physics of wicking and the different approaches available for modeling wicking. It also includes capillary models, sharp-front single phase-flow models, two-phase flow models, network models, a Lattice-Boltzmann model, a mixturetheory based model, and a fractal-based modeling approach. The authors emphasize experimental validation of theoretical and numerical predictions along with experimental measurement of the necessary parameters. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-7432-5 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-7433-2 October 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 380 pp. Suggested Price: $159.95 / £100.00

A Practical Guide to Facilities Management Ian C. Barker Blackburn College, Lancashire, UK

This book provides a readily accessible and practical guide to the increasingly important subject of facilities management. It shows the formal basis for the complex and constantly moving requirements of FM and recognizes that it is becoming more vital in its role of enabling the core business of a company to function effectively and is fast becoming a methodology for affecting and influencing the profitability of most organizations. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-9004-5 August 2013, 6 x 9, 288 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $89.95 Available for sale only in North America

Shopfloor TPM Implementation

In Productivity Press’ 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. Print ISBN: 978-1-56327-337-7 March 2006, DVD Suggested Price: $2426.00 / £1545.00

Building a Global Learning Organization Using TWI to Succeed with Strategic Workforce Expansion in the LEGO Group Patrick Graupp, Gitte Jakobsen, and John Vellema This book describes how a multinational company developed a global structure for learning around the TWI program in order to create and sustain standardized work across multiple language and cultural platforms. Shingo Prize-winning author, Patrick Graupp collaborates with two practitioners who performed the planning and implementation of LEGO’s worldwide Learning Organization. Complete with the organization and implementation models used by LEGO, this book describes the critical elements that made the implementation a success as well as the stumbling blocks that were encountered and how they were overcome. Print ISBN: 978-1-4822-1363-8 April 2014, 7 x 10, 250 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $49.95 / £31.99

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Textile Manufacturing / General References

This book provides an encyclopedic review of industrial textiles, covering the latest trends in the development and application of these textiles with advice and suggestions on how to apply these textiles in other trade sectors. This book provides a broad overview of the product in terms of property requirement, fibers used, and manufacturing techniques, finishing, and testing. It outlines the various aspects of industrial textile product development such as raw material, properties, manufacturing techniques, testing, and various factors influencing the product performance and life.

Building Quality Management Systems Selecting the Right Methods and Tools

IP and Patenting in Technology Business

General References

Luis Rocha-Lona, Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes, and Vikas Kumar

Joseph E. Gortych

This book discusses the most well-known excellence models, methods, and tools to foster quality management, including how to develop abilities in order to identify core operational and support processes to set a strategic agenda for quality management projects. It discusses building the Quality Management Systems (QMS) based on two important organizational elements: needs and resources. With a clear focus on business performance and a process management, it provides the basis for creating a quality management-culture, and can help professionals and organizations to succeed in becoming a world-class organization.

This book tackles the false assumptions and commonly misunderstood aspects of the patent process. It discusses the most important and frequently ignored aspects of intellectual property (lP), equipping readers in any aspect of high-tech business to secure patents with real value. The book presents an invaluable set of best practices and central operating principles, which set forth the key steps required for developing and implementing a successful patent strategy. Examples include the evolution of 3D movies and the story of Jim Frazier, a cinematographer who lost millions due to a patent application mistake.

Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-6499-2 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-6500-5 June 2013, 7 x 10, 202 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $49.95 / £31.99

Carbon Footprint Analysis Concepts, Methods, Implementation, and Case Studies Matthew John Franchetti The Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering Department, The University of Toledo, Ohio, USA

Defne Apul University of Toledo, Ohio, USA

Consider A Spherical Patent

Opticus IP Law PLLC, Sarasota, Florida, USA

Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-8805-6 March 2014, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 264 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $59.95 / £38.99

Creating a Lean and Green Business System Techniques for Improving Profits and Sustainability Keivan Zokaei, Hunter Lovins, Andy Wood, and Peter Hines

This book provides a technical and practical guide to measure and minimize greenhouse gas emissions for any organization, from manufacturing to service facilities. It serves as an up-to-date source of technical information related to current and potential greenhouse gas emission minimization practices. Providing a detailed framework, it outlines an assessment procedure that has been refined over the past five years on more than 20 assessments. The text offers a step-by-step guide to conduct analyses and includes case studies demonstrating the application.

This book offers opportunities for innovation that can simultaneously reduce dependence on natural resources and enhance global prosperity. It explores less understood aspects of lean and green—discussing their evolution independently as well as the opportunities that exist in their integration, highlighting the importance of a cultural shift across the whole company. Outlining a systematic way to eliminate harmful waste while generating green value, the book explains how to become economically successful and environmentally sustainable by adopting the lean and green business system model.

Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-5783-0 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-5784-7 June 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 270 pp. Suggested Price: $104.95 / £66.99

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Computer Aided Design

Creating Mixed Model Value Streams

A Conceptual Approach Jayanta Sarkar Paharpur Cooling Towers Ltd., Kolkata, India

CAD is now a necessity for design of any equipment or any system. This book illustrates the effective ways to use CAD for engineering design. Providing clear instructions, tips, and tools, it covers drawing generation, automation, and dimensional analysis Readers of this book will be able to use CAD in effective ways to lessen their design time with the aid of automation and achieving optimized design. Print ISBN: 978-1-4822-0879-5 May 2014, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 568 pp. Suggested Price: $149.95 / £95.00

Practical Lean Techniques for Building to Demand, Second Edition Kevin J. Duggan Duggan Associates, North Kingstown, Rhode Island, USA

This second edition of a bestseller provides updates to sections on mixed model value streams. It introduces new information on constructing product family matrices and expands the concept of takt in mixed model. It includes a new section on handling shared resources to support mixed model production. The author demonstrates advanced techniques to create flow through shared resources and provides new concepts on sequencing work, such as offset scheduling and sequenced FIFO lanes. He discusses the concept of a guaranteed turnaround time for the shared resource. The book includes a CD with spreadsheets, samples, and case studies. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-6843-0 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-6844-7 July 2012, 8-1/2 x 11, 258 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $62.95 / £40.99

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Engineering Practice in a Global Context

Decision Based Design Vijitashwa Pandey University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA

In a presentation that formalizes what makes up decisionbased design, this books defines the major concepts that go into product realization. It presents all major concepts in design decision making in an integrated way and covers the fundamentals of decision analysis in engineering design. It also trains engineers to understand the impacts of design decision. The author teaches concepts in demand modeling and customer preference modeling and provides examples. This book teaches most fundamental concepts encountered in engineering design including: concept generation, multiattribute decision analysis, reliability engineering, design optimization, simulation, and demand modeling. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-8232-0 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-8233-7 August 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 284 pp. Suggested Price: $99.95 / £63.99

Understanding the Technical and the Social Edited by

Bill Williams, José Figueiredo, and James Trevelyan This book aims to both characterize the technical and social aspects of engineering practice and to look at ways that this characterization can be important in the design of engineering courses in higher education. The principal contours of the work include the study of engineering practice and its relation to knowledge, competences and to cross-disciplinary and identity contexts. Empirical data on the practice of engineering professionals are presented from a range of companies in different national contexts, including engineering design companies and engineering innovation leaders. Print ISBN: 978-0-415-63696-4 September 2013, 6-3/4 x 9-3/4, 302 pp. Suggested Price: $59.95 / £38.99

Textbook

Engineering Systems Integration

Developing Information Systems for Windows and Web Applications in Engineering, Business, and Science

Theory, Metrics, and Methods

Nong Ye and Teresa Wu Arizona State University, Phoenix, USA

This textbook covers concepts, methods, programming languages and software tools of designing and developing both Windows-based and Web-based information systems, specifically data modeling and design methods. It is designed to enable students and professionals in engineering, business and science fields to learn up-to-date concepts, methods and software tools for developing Windows and web-based information systems. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-6059-5 June 2014, 7 x 10, 672 pp. Suggested Price: $129.95 / £82.00

Gary O. Langford The Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California USA and The University of South Australia, Defence and Systems Institute, Adelaide

The first book to address the underlying premises of systems integration and how to exposit them into a practical and productive manner, this book prepares systems managers and systems engineers to consider their decisions in light of systems integration metrics. The book addresses two questions: Is there a way to express the interplay of human actions and the result of system interactions of a product with its environment, and are there methods that combine to improve the integration of systems? The systems integration theory and integration frameworks proposed in the book tie general systems theory with practice. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-5288-0 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-5289-7 May 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 406 pp. Suggested Price: $135.95 / £86.00

Equipment Management in the Post-Maintenance Era A New Alternative to Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) Kern Peng

Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing Edited by

Sunggyu Lee Ohio University, Athens, USA

This five-volume set supplies nearly 350 gold standard articles on the methods, practices, products, and standards influencing the chemical industries. It offers expertly written articles on technologies at the forefront of the field to maximize and enhance the research and production phases of current and emerging chemical manufacturing practices and techniques. This collection of information is of vital interest to chemical, polymer, electrical, mechanical, and civil engineers, as well as chemists and chemical researchers. Print ISBN: 978-0-8247-5563-8 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-7481-3 November 2005, 3640 pp. Suggested Price: $4851.00 / £3090.00

General References

Textbook

Santa Clara University, California, USA

Providing a fundamental understanding of equipment management, this book presents novel alternatives in equipment management beyond the mainstream principles of maintenance management. These new alternatives are pioneered by high-tech industries and are driven by the fast-changing environment. The text aims to initiate new thinking and approaches that will help organizations in high-tech industries manage their expansive equipment as well as prepare companies in traditional industries for the spreading of the microchip era in their equipment base. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-0194-2 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-0197-3 April 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 255 pp. Suggested Price: $52.95 / £33.99

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Extenics and Innovation Methods

Handbook of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Edited by

Second Edition

Wen Cai, Chunyan Yang, Florentin Smarandache, Luigi Vladareanu, Qiaoxing Li, Guangtian Zou, Yanwei Zhao, and Xingsen Li

General References

The International Symposium on Extenics and Innovation Methods will be held in Beijing, August 16-18, 2013. Extenics is a new discipline, which uses formalized models to explore the possibility of extension/transformation of things and to solve contradictory problems. Researchers have proposed extension innovation methods and are applying them to different fields, i.e. information, design, control, automation and management, constituting extension engineering. Contributions to this volume will cover innovation theories and methods, Extenics Theory, Extension Innovation Methods and Interdisciplinary Research within Extenics and other subjects or specific fields.

Adedeji B. Badiru Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, USA

A new edition of the bestselling industrial and systems engineering text, this book provides students, researchers, and practitioners with easy access to a wide range of industrial engineering tools and techniques in a concise format. It expands the breadth and depth of coverage, emphasizing new systems engineering tools, techniques, and models. New coverage includes control charts, engineering economy, health operational efficiency, healthcare systems, human systems integration, lean systems, logistics transportation, manufacturing systems, material handling systems, process view of work, queuing systems, reliability systems and tools, and six sigma techniques.

Print ISBN: 978-1-138-00049-0 July 2013, 6-3/4 x 9-3/4, 348 pp. Suggested Price: $159.95 / £99.00

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Gemba Walks for Service Excellence

High Value Manufacturing

The Step-by-Step Guide for Identifying Service Delighters Robert Petruska This book guides readers on a journey towards organizational effectiveness that supports a culture of service excellence. It provides a fresh perspective on how to apply Gemba Walks to identify new service delighters and make a lasting positive impression on customers. Using an abundance of color pictures and hand-drawn graphics, Robert Petruska builds on his considerable experience implementing Lean and quality systems to demonstrate how to create the infrastructure required for service excellence to flourish. The book includes a CD with innovative “placemats” designed to provide stepping stones on a development path for your team to achieve a competitive advantage.

Edited by

Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-8674-8 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-8676-2 June 2012, 8-1/2 x 11, 99 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $41.95 / £26.99

Advanced Research in Virtual and Rapid Prototyping Edited by

Paulo Jorge da Silva Bartolo, Ana Cristina Soares de Lemos, Antonio Mario Henriques Pereira, Artur Jorge Dos Santos Mateus, Catarina Ramos, Cyril Dos Santos, David Oliveira, Elodie Pinto, Flavio Craveiro, Helena Maria Coelho da Rocha Terreiro Galha Bartolo, Henrique de Amorim Almeida, Ines Sousa, Joao Manuel Matias, Lina Durao, Miguel Gaspar, Nuno Manuel Fernandes Alves, Pedro Carreira, Telma Ferreira, and Tiago Marques This book contains current contributions to the field of virtual and rapid prototyping (V&RP) and is also focused on promoting better links between industry and academia. It covers a wide range of topics, such as additive and nano manufacturing technologies, biomanufacturing, materials, rapid tooling and manufacturing, cad and 3d data acquisition technologies, simulation and virtual environments, and novel applications. The book is intended for engineers, designers and manufacturers who are active in the fields of mechanical, industrial and biomedical engineering. Print ISBN: 978-1-138-00137-4 September 2013, 6-3/4 x 9-3/4, 650 pp. Suggested Price: $309.95 / £197.00

The Guide to Entrepreneurship How to Create Wealth for Your Company and Stakeholders Michael Szycher, Ph.D Sterling Biomedical, Inc., Lynnfield, Massachusetts

Whether you work for an established company and want to trailblaze new products (intrapreneurship), or want to establish a new venture (entrepreneurship), this guide will serve as an invaluable resource. The book explores what constitutes entrepreneurial timber and the leadership skills to raise all the needed capital. Most new venture business failures arise from two sources: (1) opportunity is not real, or (2) the means required to pursue the idea is not available. This book will provide the aspiring entrepreneur with a “how-to-guide” to success, with concrete action plans. Print ISBN: 978-1-4822-0907-5 March 2014, 7 x 10, 200 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $49.95 / £31.99

Initial Business Case Development H. James Harrington Harrington Institute, Los Gatos, California, USA

Frank Voehl Strategy Associates Incorporated, Coral Springs, Florida, USA

Value propositions are potential answers to each business performance issue. They are the going in assumptions about future research results. If uniquely proven true, the potential answers become conclusions that should fully address each issue. This book identifies key opportunities to provide value for the organization. It focuses analysis on necessary data collection efforts and provides direction and motivation for the improvement process. It details a method for continuous review of the improvement process and encourages timeliness through digitalsetting and milestones. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-8051-0 April 2014, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 150 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $29.95 / £18.99

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Using the Principles of Lean to Create and Deliver Innovation to Customers Anthony Sgroi, Jr.

The Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Handbook Tools and Methods for Process Acceleration

Director of R&D, Unger Enterprises

Frank Voehl, H. James Harrington, Chuck Mignosa, and Rich Charron

This book explains how to use Lean principles to drive innovation and strategic portfolio planning. It outlines simple yet powerful visual Lean tools that can enhance idea generation and product development. It discusses customer value in the form of the benefits customers desire and walks readers through the processes of using Lean techniques to effectively evaluate the quality of any prospective marketing opportunity. Filled with examples that readers can easily relate to, it includes examples from a variety of industries including healthcare.

While at first glance Lean and Six Sigma may look very different, they can work hand-in-hand to improve processes, increase quality, and increase profitability. This book explains how these seemingly dissimilar approaches can complement one another. It teaches several problem solving tools that can be used immediately to discover the root cause of defects and other problems. Based on a survey of the most beneficial Six Sigma tools, the text includes tools that are frequently used and most beneficial.

Print ISBN: 978-1-4822-0390-5 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4822-0391-2 August 2013, 7 x 10, 315 pp. Suggested Price: $59.95 / £38.99

Textbook

Introduction to Instrumentation and Measurements Robert B. Northrop University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA

Manufacturing Technology Transfer A Japanese Monozukuri View of Needs and Strategies Yasuo Yamane

Considered the benchmark for engineering measurement methodology, this edition examines methods of measurement resulting from technological advancements. The book provides a firm knowledge base in areas such as sensor mechanisms, data compression, and specialized opto-electronic sensor systems. It covers geophysical, chemical, and photonic instrumentation, as well as photomultipliers and channel-plate photon sensors, GPS modifications, and substance detection. The book also covers low-noise system designs, digital signal processing, and interfaces. This material gives instructors an excellent teaching tool, while providing practicing engineers with a thorough and essential reference. Print ISBN: 978-0-8493-3773-4 June 2005, 7 x 10, 768 pp. Suggested Price: $119.95 / £77.99

Hiroshima University, Japan

Tom Childs University of Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK

Based on first-hand experience transferring technology between Japan and other countries, this book offers information, advice, and methods for successful transfer of technology and the skills to use it. It covers skill transfer, production management, and manufacturing company classification with new surveys of changing Japanese company views on benefits and needs of transfer. It also includes case studies of transfers in the ship building and food equipment industries. The authors provide readers with a sound understanding of the breadth of issues involved to arm manufacturing engineers with the skills needed for successful skills and technology transfers. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-6763-4 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-6765-8 March 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 236 pp. Suggested Price: $59.95 / £38.99

Textbook

Introduction to Precision Machine Design and Error Assessment Edited by

Samir Mekid King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia

While ultra-precision machines are now achieving subnanometer accuracy, unique challenges continue to arise due to their tight specifications. Addressing the challenges involved in the design process, this text explains how to devise an overall design strategy for precision systems and how to identify errors affecting accuracy. It also defines a suitable metrology for inspection and performance evaluation. Suitable as a reference for professionals looking to stay abreast of this developing field as well as a textbook for engineering students, this work reviews design fundamentals, while offering ready access to essential information, including current international standards. Print ISBN: 978-0-8493-7886-7 December 2008, 7 x 10, 302 pp. Suggested Price: $159.95 / £102.00

Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-5468-9 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-5469-6 July 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 621 pp. Suggested Price: $59.95 / £38.99

General References

The Innovative Lean Enterprise

MOST Work Measurement Systems Third Edition Kjell B. Zandin H. B. Maynard and Company, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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. Print ISBN: 978-0-8247-0953-2 December 2002, 6 x 9, 552 pp. Suggested Price: $115.95 / £72.99

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The Organizational Master Plan Handbook

Performance Acceleration Management (PAM)

A Catalyst for Performance Planning and Results

Rapid Improvement to Your Key Performance Drivers

H. James Harrington

Harrington Institute, Los Gatos, California, USA

Frank Voehl Harrington Institute, Los Gatos, California, USA

General References

Written for organizational leaders, planners, facilitators, and consultants, this book defines how the four different planning activities used to manage and improve an organization should be merged to maximize effectiveness. Stating that the four plans for organization improvement are the business plan, strategic business plan, strategic improvement plan, and operating plan, it defines each and explains how to link them together to reduce cost and cycle times. The text incorporates sufficient flexibility so readers can adapt and revise, based on changing business needs and marketplace opportunities. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-7877-4 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-7878-1 February 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 275 pp. Suggested Price: $52.95 / £33.99

Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-7257-7 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4822-0595-4 March 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 220 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $29.95 / £18.99

Organizational Portfolio Management for Projects and Programs

Textbook

H. James Harrington

Discrete Event Simulation in Using Excel/VBA, Second Edition

Harrington Institute, Los Gatos, California, USA

William S. Ruggles Series: The Little Big Book Series

This book begins by defining organizational driving factors such as core competencies and identifying processes that interfere with them. It discusses benchmarks and leading practices, conducting gap analysis, and developing value propositions. The book then covers reviewing and obtaining approval of the value proposition with the executive team. Topics include planning for benchmark and secondary research, identifying performance issue best practices, identify performance gaps, identify short-term improvement opportunities, assess value proposal results, and more.

Focusing on important opportunities that will provide value for the organization, this book provides direction and motivation for the improvement process. It provides a method for continuous review of the improvement process and encourages timeliness through its digital-setting and milestones. The potential answers to key questions will create a comprehensive list of value propositions. The book walks readers through the steps of defining organizational driving factors, identifying benchmarks and leading practices, conducting knowledge gap analysis, developing value propositions, and reviewing and obtaining approval from the executive team.

Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-7253-9 April 2014, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 150 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $29.95 / £18.99

Performance Evaluation of Industrial Systems David Elizandro Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, USA

Hamdy Taha University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, USA

Discussing fundamental modeling tools, queuing theory, and discrete event simulation for evaluating production systems, this book presents a development environment for discrete event simulation in a language easy enough to use but flexible enough to facilitate modeling complex systems. Incorporating the use of discrete simulation to statistically analyze a system and render the most efficient time sequences, designs, upgrades, and operations, this new edition develops new visualization graphics for DEEDS software, includes improvements in the optimization of the simulation algorithms, and adds a chapter on queuing models. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-7134-8 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-0335-9 April 2012, 7 x 10, 503 pp. Suggested Price: $135.95 / £86.00

Patent Fundamentals for Scientists and Engineers

Quick Changeover Concepts Applied

Third Edition

Dramatically Reduce Set-Up Time and Increase Production Flexibility with SMED

Thomas T. Gordon, Arthur S. Cookfair, and Vincent G. LoTempio Ideal for anyone without prior legal knowledge who needs to understand the patent system, this book enables both scientists and managers to make well-informed decisions affecting new and patentable products. The third edition covers the new patent law, the America Invents Act, the first major change to the U.S. patent law in almost 60 years. The text provides a detailed analysis and description of the law and how it will affect engineers and scientists. All chapters have been updated, and new figures and case studies have been added. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-0944-3 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-0945-0 September 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 210 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $93.95 / £59.99

Karsten Herr The book discusses the importance of changeovers to production scheduling and the strategic relevance of shortening changeover times for production companies, redefines the definition of set-up and set-up time, explains ways to analyze changeovers, and shows a step for step method for the development of quick changeover concepts. The text is written in such a way that all functions that are concerned with production processes can use it as a valuable source: the operator to implement directly, industrial engineers to do bigger improvement projects and machine designers to enhance the design of their products. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-9631-3 December 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 165 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $49.95 / £31.99

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Reducing Process Costs with Lean, Six Sigma, and Value Engineering Techniques

Rules of the Road for Entrepreneurs

Kim H. Pries

H. James Harrington

Co-Founder, Value Transformation, LLC, Texas, USA Stonebridge Electronics North America, El Paso, Texas, USA

Jon M. Quigley

A Map for a Successful Journey Harrington Institute, Los Gatos, California, USA

Shane P. Rogers RPM Fitness, California, USA

Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-8725-7 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-8726-4 December 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 365 pp. Suggested Price: $83.95 / £51.99

Relentless Improvement True Stories of Lean Transformations Bill Trudell Relentlessexcellence.com, Bradenton, Florida, USA

Tracing the author’s professional continuousimprovement journey, this book details successful Lean Six Sigma transformations to illustrate operational tactics. Starting out with very basic projects such as applying 5S, shortening product cycle times, and creating standard work, it then progresses to factory Lean Six Sigma transformations. The complexity and detail of the projects grow chapter by chapter. The text also contains accounts of “front end” or administrative processes such as product development or materials handling. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-5430-6 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-5431-3 November 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 237 pp. Suggested Price: $41.95 / £26.99

The Little Big Book Series

This book combines the knowledge, skills, and risks taken by a young entrepreneur with those acquired by a senior entrepreneur. Dr. Harrington is wellknown for his work with many organizations around the world at refining and improving their manufacturing and business processes, organizational structure, and strategic planning. The two authors have combined their experiences to define the process to roadmaps that minimize the risk of failure and cycle time required to go from concept to an established profitable organization. This newly defined entrepreneurial process provides a breakthrough in thinking on activityby-activity root to entrepreneurial success. Print ISBN: 978-1-4822-2470-2 June 2014, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 175 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $29.95 / £18.99

Stewart’s Guide to Floor Management The Floor Managers Guide to the Leadership and Improvement

General References

This book reviews the multiple techniques and areas for improving the cost of products, processes, and services. It presents multiple approaches that can help readers select the best solution for their company’s culture and capabilities. The authors emphasize homegrown techniques that fit an organization’s culture and do not require the implementation of new methodology. They present Six Sigma cost savings techniques, including Manufacturing Six Sigma, Services Six Sigma, and Design for Six Sigma. The book also covers costs with traditional Lean and Lean Six Sigma.

John Stewart Stewart Advisor Group, LLC, Midway, Kentucky, USA

Based on the author’s experience successfully managing floor operations at a Toyota plant for many years, this book documents a process, or “roadmap,” to facilitate success for anyone tasked with this job. It presents an actionable methodology and gives readers insights into proven techniques that can be used to establish and maintain operational excellence. The author outlines the role of the shop floor manager as the member of the management team most closely involved with the process for creating value for the customer. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-5979-0 June 2014, 7 x 10, 180 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $39.95 / £25.99

61 Return On Process (ROP) Getting Real Performance Results from Process Improvement Michael West Natural SPI Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Dealing with Globalization and Sustainability, Second Edition Roger F. Jones

Many organizations spend hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars on process improvement but never realize business performance results. Executives and organizational leaders pursue only those improvement initiatives that can yield measurable performance gains. This book defines how to achieve real business performance results from process improvement, thus filling a major information void in the economy. It explains how to set performance and process improvement goals, shows how to measure process improvement results, and details how to lead a performance culture. It also presents metrics for business performance and defines the relationship between performance and process. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-8639-7 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-8641-0 March 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 390 pp. Suggested Price: $69.95 / £44.99

Strategic Management for the Plastics Industry

Franklin International, LLC, Broomall, Pennsylvania, USA

This book explains the fundamental elements in polymer manufacturing, compounding, distribution, and processing that make the plastics industry unique, and shows how these factors affect management decisions. Using case studies and examples, it demonstrates the thinking behind successful managerial choices and illustrates the errors to avoid. The author also examines company culture, staffing, how to manage internal growth, the “dos and don’ts” of acquisitions, and much more. Revised and updated throughout, this edition includes a new chapter on globalization and sustainability. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-0586-5 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-0587-2 August 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 178 pp. Suggested Price: $119.95 / £82.00

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Sustainable Process Engineering Concepts, Strategies, Evaluation and Implementation

General References / Industrial Hygiene 62

What Every Engineer Should Know About Cyber Security and Digital Forensics Joanna F. DeFranco

David Brennan

Pennsylvania State University, Malvern, USA

Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

Designed for the non-security professional, this volume is an overview of cyber security and digital forensics. Topics include network and personal data security, the information security common body of knowledge, cloud and mobile computing, preparing for and responding to an incident, evidence handling, security compliance, and law. It also examines security certifications and reference manuals in the area of information security and digital forensics. By mastering the principles in this volume, engineering professionals will not only better understand how to mitigate the risk of security incidents and keep their data secure, but also understand how to break into this expanding field.

This book introduces chemical engineering students to key concepts, strategies, and evaluation methods in sustainable process engineering. The book is intended to supplement chemical engineering texts in fundamentals and design, rather than replace them. The key objectives of the book are to widen system boundaries beyond a process plant to include utility supplies, interconnected plants, wider industry sectors, and entire product life cycles; identify waste and its sources in process and utility systems and adopt waste minimization strategies; broaden evaluation to include technical, economic, safety, environmental, social, and sustainability criteria and to integrate the assessments; and broaden the engineering horizon to incorporate planning, development, design, and operations. Print ISBN: 978-981-4316-78-1 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-8067-1 October 2012, 6 x 9, 107 pp. Suggested Price: $149.95 / £95.00

Systems Engineering and Architecting

Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-6452-7 October 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 164 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $59.95 / £38.99

Aerosols Handbook

Creating Formal Requirements

Measurement, Dosimetry, and Health Effects, Second Edition

Larry Bellagamba

Edited by

TASC, California, USA

This book presents a set of formal requirements—explicit, executable instructions—for systems engineering and architecting. Written in Mathematica®, the requirements provide tools to help systems engineers and architects accomplish key tasks better, faster, and cheaper. Chapters open with real-world case studies and illustrate using formal requirements to accomplish four key activities: model system behavior, make decisions, establish natural language requirements, and improve processes. Each chapter ends with heuristics that serve as guiding principles for doing systems engineering and architecting. The formal requirements are available online as an open source library. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-8140-8 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-8142-2 March 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 422 pp. Suggested Price: $146.95 / £86.00

Uptime Strategies for Excellence in Maintenance Management, Second Edition John D. Campbell James V. Reyes-Picknell In today’s competitive marketplace, the flow of goods must not be hindered by avoidable obstacles such as maintenance downtime. Revised and expanded, this new edition provides current insight into successful strategies for managers, maintenance, and non-maintenance professionals alike. Updated 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. Print ISBN: 978-1-56327-335-3 March 2006, 6 x 9, 384 pp. Suggested Price: $59.95 / £31.99

Lev S. Ruzer Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California, USA

Naomi H. Harley New York University, New York, USA

With the rapid growth of the nanotechnology industry, the need to understand the biological effects of aerosol exposure has become increasingly important. Compiling information useful for those who study exposure, dosage, and toxicity, this handbook covers a range of topics on indoor, outdoor, industrial, medical, pharmaceutical, and radioactive aerosols. These include dosimetry, deposition modeling of inhaled particles, particle size distribution, biokinetic processes, and the importance of accurate measurements. The handbook also emphasizes the health effects of aerosols. Updated throughout, this second edition contains eight new chapters, including several related to nanoparticles. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-5510-2 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-5519-5 August 2012, 7 x 10, 666 pp. Suggested Price: $189.95 / £120.00

Air Contaminants, Ventilation, and Industrial Hygiene Economics The Practitioner’s Toolbox and Desktop Handbook Roger Lee Wabeke Dearborn, Michigan, USA

This book provides industrial hygienists with a reference containing the equations, conversions, and formulas they encounter in their day-to-day duties. Containing 725 unique problems and solutions, the book is a study aid to those taking the certification exams (CIH, CSP, CHMM, and DABT). It also includes 154 business economic case studies demonstrating how to preserve your clients’ financial resources, promote industrial hygiene, foster worksite safety, learn the financial ropes of business economics, and help control your clients’ potential adverse environmental impact and, in so doing, greatly enhance career progress. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-7790-9 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-7791-6 April 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 445 pp. Suggested Price: $129.95 / £82.00

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Air Quality Fourth Edition

A Reference Guide for Training Design, Development, and Delivery

Thad Godish

Margaret Wan

Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, USA

EOH Consulting, Saint Petersberg, Florida, USA

Air Quality, Fourth Edition provides a comprehensive overview air quality issues, including a better understanding of atmospheric chemistry, the effects of pollution on public health and the environment, and the technology and regulatory practices used to achieve air quality goals. The book contains new sections on toxicological principles and risk assessment; revised discussions on public policy concerns, air quality standards for ozone depletion and global warming, and the health effects of particulate air pollutants; and a glossary of terms, a Web resource guide, and metric/US units conversion tables.

This book guides the incidental trainer through the process of training in order to help them achieve effectiveness in their program. The first part of the text explains the fundamental steps, from assessing the training needs to validating the training program. The second part covers advanced topics such as how to build a business case for the training budget and training in the virtual environment. Providing ready-to-use checklists and templates, the author presents universal training techniques, including instructional strategies that can be applied to the changing workplace.

Print ISBN: 978-1-56670-586-8 July 2003, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 480 pp. Suggested Price: $119.95 / £77.99

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Environmental Health

Industrial Air Quality and Ventilation

Indoor Exposures, Assessments and Interventions Edited by

Theodore A. Myatt Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA

Joseph G. Allen EH&E, Inc., Needham, Massachusetts, USA

Advances have been made on the identification of pollutants in indoor environments, the health effects associated with indoor or personal exposures, and interventions that can be implemented by occupants to mitigate exposures. The focus of this book is on exposures that occur typically, but not exclusively, in residences. The contributors cover a wide selection of chemical and biological pollutants, including lead, phthalates, flame retardants, mold, infectious diseases, traffic-related particulate, pesticides, PCBs, VOCs, and asthma triggers. The book also includes a chapter on the plight of teachers working in PCB-contaminated schools.

Controlling Dust Emissions Ivan Nikolayevich Logachev and Konstantin Ivanovich Logachev Belgorod State Technological University, Russia

This book presents theoretical and practical guidance for the design and implementation of local exhaust and ventilation systems in industrial facilities. It explains the mechanism and processes of ejecting airflows in different variations—from uniform air motion processes in closed chutes to the creation of accelerated air streams in a free-particle flow. It also examines the engineering methods of calculating the amount of aspirated air for various industries, and compares the calculated volumes of aspiration with real life test results. Print ISBN: 978-1-4822-2216-6 February 2014, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 456 pp. Suggested Price: $159.95 / £99.00

Print ISBN: 978-1-926895-20-8 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-5900-4 January 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 252 pp. Suggested Price: $99.95 / £63.99

Handbook of Indoor Air Contaminants

Management of Hazardous Energy

Dean T. Tompkins

Deactivation, De-Energization, Isolation, and Lockout

University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA

Marty S. Kanarek

Thomas Neil McManus

University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA

A comprehensive, one-stop source of data, this book summarizes important chemical, biological, and toxicological information on indoor air contaminants in a technically sound, up-to-date, and useful manner. Arranged alphabetically, the book provides the chemical and physical properties, concentration measurements, lifetimes and fate, reactivity, and health effects of the contaminants covered. It includes the molecular weight, source, and toxicity profile along with information on pertinent measurement instruments and remediation approaches. Molecular diagrams and photomicrographs of affected tissue will further serve to illustrate the data and concepts discussed in the book. Print ISBN: 978-1-56670-613-1 April 2014, 8-1/2 x 11, 500 pp. Suggested Price: $149.95 / £95.00

Industrial Hygiene

Incidental Trainer

Textbook

North West Occupational Health Safety, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Extracting lessons learned from hundreds of accident summaries, this book explains the effects of hazardous energy on humans, and discusses the critical role of human factors, including limitations of information processing and sensory overload, on the safe performance of work. It then covers how equipment, machines, and systems operate and are controlled and develops the logic for assessing and managing hazardous energy during production, and in standby and shutdown mode. Simple, logical, practical procedures for deactivation, de-energization, isolation, and lockout are essential for ensuring worker safety and achieving regulatory compliance. The book applies these concepts to different systems in which hazardous energy is present. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-7836-1 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-7937-5 August 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 942 pp. Suggested Price: $135.95 / £86.00

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Automotive Accident Reconstruction

Contractor Safety Management

Practices and Principles

Edited by

Donald E. Struble This book provides the essential background theory, information sources, and practical tips that will enable new reconstructionists to start their careers on solid footing, doing work that will withstand scrutiny by judges, juries, clients, other experts, and opposing parties. For practicing reconstructionists, the book presents techniques for gathering information and interpreting evidence, contains computer-based tools for analyzing crashes, and serves as a reference to be consulted throughout their careers, particularly with regard to the underlying physics.

Safety

Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-8837-0 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-8838-7 September 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 498 pp. Suggested Price: $149.95 / £95.00

STE Group, Western Australia

This book looks specifically at issues for health and safety management that arise in contracting relationships, bringing together a range of perspectives from different disciplines including legal, health and safety management, operational, contract and procurement management. By sharing lessons from both success and failure to identify critical issues in contractor safety management the book raises awareness of the complexity and importance of contractor safety management and to offer some guidance on how those critical issues might be addressed. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-5684-3 December 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 210 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $59.95 / £38.99

Changing the Workplace Safety Culture

Crisis Management and Emergency Planning

Ron C. McKinnon

Preparing for Today’s Challenges

McKinnon & Associates, Western Cape, South Africa

The only way to ensure that accidents and their consequences are tackled at the source is to identify and eliminate the workplace risks before, rather than after the event. The ongoing identification of workplace and worker risk must become a value to an organization and must occur automatically, as part of the culture of the organization if accidental losses are to be eliminated. This book shows that an organization’s safety culture is the driving force behind successful safety management systems that constantly identify and reduce risk thus eliminating accidents which lead to injuries, property damage or environmental disasters.

Gregory William Smith

Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-6768-9 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-6769-6 July 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 252 pp. Suggested Price: $99.95 / £63.99

The Comprehensive Handbook of School Safety Edited by

E. Scott Dunlap Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, USA

The tragic shootings at Columbine years ago first put the spotlight on the importance of maintaining school safety. News reports of deaths stemming from bullying demonstrate that comprehensive action must be taken to protect not only students, but also faculty and staff who are also at risk in the school environment. This book presents the topic of school safety from a holistic perspective that addresses the spectrum of safety risks to students, faculty, and staff. It presents vulnerability assessment tools and incident investigation forms to help schools develop a comprehensive safety program. Additional topics include security protocols, environmental safety risks, and cyber safety. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-7407-3 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-7408-0 September 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 454 pp. Suggested Price: $119.95 / £77.00

Michael J. Fagel Aurora Safety, Founder, CEO, Illinois, USA

Emergency managers and officials have had more planning responsibilities placed on their shoulders in the last decade. This book helps communities and organizations of any type become better prepared to cope with public health impacts on the areas that they serve. It focuses on broad responses across the spectrum of public health, emergency management, and mass casualty situations. With an emphasis on emergency medical facilities, it examines long-term solutions when a community or organization must operate outside its normal daily operational windows. The text also provides an overview of various elements to be considered and integrated into an overall planning sequence. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-5505-1 November 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 554 pp. Suggested Price: $79.95 / £49.99

Definitions, Conversions, and Calculations for Occupational Safety and Health Professionals Third Edition Edward W. Finucane Hi-Tech Enterprise, Stockton, California, USA

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. Print ISBN: 978-1-56670-640-7 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4200-1257-6 April 2006, 7 x 10, 552 pp. Suggested Price: $119.95 / £77.99

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Epidemic of Medical Errors and Hospital-Acquired Infections Systemic and Social Causes

Hazardous Area Classification in Petroleum and Chemical Plants

Edited by

A Guide to Mitigating Risk

William Charney

Alireza Bahadori

This book explores the issues surrounding medical errors and examines the science behind possible solutions. It creates a more efficient dialogue that will produce a more systemic targeting of the causes of medical errors and HAIs. The author elucidates the problems, including the complex issues of money and ethics. He uses statistical data to build the case for systemic change and re-confirms that millions of procedures done without error is as an important measuring figure as are the numbers of mistakes.

Southern Cross University, Australia

Print ISBN: 978-1-4822-0645-6 December 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 548 pp. Suggested Price: $149.95 / £95.00

Safety

Print ISBN: 978-1-4200-8929-5 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4200-8930-1 February 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 356 pp. Suggested Price: $104.95 / £66.99

This book discusses fire hazards, occupancy hazards, extinguishing methods, and hazard identification and classification of materials. It provides simple, readily recognizable and easily understood markings for materials which will give at a glance, a general idea of the inherent hazards of any material, and the order of severity of these hazards as they relate to fire prevention, exposure, and control. Its objectives are to provide an appropriate alerting signal and on the spot information to safeguard the lives of both the public and emergency personnel.

Fire Safety Management Handbook

Hazardous Chemicals

Third Edition

Safety Management and Global Regulations

Daniel E. Della-Giustina

T.S.S. Dikshith

West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA

Bilekahalli, Bangalore, India

This book presents an organized and sequential guide to developing an effective fire safety management program. It provides an analysis of how to manage a fire safety program, which is usually part of an overall lost control program. Each chapter includes learning objectives at the beginning and questions at the end of each chapter. The new edition contains case studies, a new chapter on emergency response planning, and a school fire safety plan in the Appendix that can be used as a template for schools to develop a safety plan. Codes and standards have also all been updated.

An easily accessible guide to scientific information on safety management of chemical substances for students and occupational health professionals, this book covers proper management, related care, and precautions, and related global regulations. It aids in preventing and minimizing the consequences of catastrophic releases of toxic, reactive, flammable, or explosive chemical substances, which may result in toxic or explosive hazards. It also details safety measures for transportation of chemical substances by different routes, such as by road, rail, air, and sea.

Print ISBN: 978-1-4822-2122-0 January 2014, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 246 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £57.99

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65 Handbook of Emergency Response

Hazardous Laboratory Chemicals Disposal Guide

A Human Factors and Systems Engineering Approach

Third Edition

Adedeji B. Badiru and LeeAnn Racz Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, USA

Despite the best preparation, the risk of natural disasters, catastrophic accidents, and terrorist attacks cannot be completely eliminated. A carefully prepared response is the best defense. This handbook presents comprehensive guidelines for researchers and practitioners for a coordinated execution of emergency response. An essential tool to mitigate logistical problems that often follow disasters or extreme events, the book emphasizes human factors in emergency project management that involve a systematic structure for communication, cooperation, and coordination. The book highlights what must be done and when, and identifies the resources required for each effort. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-1456-0 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-1457-7 August 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 758 pp. Suggested Price: $129.95 / £82.00

Margaret-Ann Armour University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Edited by

A perennial bestseller, this third edition includes individual entries for over 300 compounds. The extensive list of references has been updated and includes entries for 15 pesticides commonly used in greenhouses. Emphasis is placed on disposal methods that turn hazardous waste material into nontoxic 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. Print ISBN: 978-1-56670-567-7 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4200-3238-3 February 2003, 7 x 10, 592 pp., Soft Cover Suggested Price: $220.00 / £141.00

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Hazardous Materials Compliance for Public Research Organizations

Industrial Fire Protection Handbook

A Case Study, Second Edition

R. Craig Schroll

Nicolas A. Valcik University of Texas at Dallas, USA

This book is a case study of one university’s policies and practices with regard to the procurement, use, storage and disposal of HAZMAT in the context of a changing internal structure and regulatory environment. The author’s presentation is no-holds-barred, using interviews, archival documentation, and unobtrusive observations as a participant where the research institution was at times noncompliant with the new federal guidelines. This book provides a better understanding of the issues that research organizations face when contending with the new federal legislation on HAZMAT.

Safety

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FIRECON, East Earl, Pennsylvania, USA

Comprehensive, uniquely focused, and completely modern, this handbook is a practical guide to improving fire prevention and protection within a work environment. The author has made extensive revisions, significantly expanded his discussions in key areas, and added numerous examples and illustrations to provide a betterthan-ever overview of all essential areas of fire protection, including loss control programs, fire behavior, life safety, hazard control, and emergency planning. This edition includes discussions of new extinguishing agents, including wet chemical and clean agents designed to replace halon, and a more in-depth treatment of hazard control and life safety issues. Print ISBN: 978-1-58716-058-5 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4200-3175-1 March 2002, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 252 pp. Suggested Price: $164.95 / £106.00

Healthcare Hazard Control and Safety Management

Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation

Third Edition

Advances in Marine Navigation

James T. Tweedy, MS, CHSP, CPSO, CHEP,

Edited by

International Board for Certification of Safety Managers, Helena, Alabama, USA

Adam Weintrit

This third edition of a bestseller is comprehensive in scope and covers all major issues in the field. Presented in an easy-to-read format, the book includes practical checklists and forms that can be readily put to use. It provides advice and guidance on management, hazard control, compliance, standards, and accreditation. New to this edition: information on leadership, performance improvement, risk management, organizational culture, behavioral safety, root cause analysis, new OSHA and Joint Commission requirement and regulatory changes. The book is used as the primary study reference for the Certified Healthcare Safety Professional examination.

Second Edition

Print ISBN: 978-1-4822-0655-5 March 2014, 7 x 10, 496 pp. Suggested Price: $129.95 / £82.00

Gdynia Maritime University, Gdynia, Poland

With contributions from wide range of participants, this book covers navigation, safety at sea, sea transportation, education of navigators and simulator-based training, sea traffic engineering, ship’s maneuverability, integrated systems, electronic charts systems, satellite, radio navigation, and anti-collision systems and many others. It focuses on advances in marine navigation and is addressed to scientists and professionals involved in research and development of navigation, safety of navigation, and sea transportation. Print ISBN: 978-1-138-00106-0 eBook ISBN: 978-1-315-88301-4 June 2013, 6-3/4 x 9-3/4, 312 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £57.99

Healthcare Safety for Nursing Personnel

Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation

James T. Tweedy, MS, CHSP, CPSO, CHEP

STCW, Maritime Education and Training (MET), Human Resources and Crew Manning, Maritime Policy, Logistics and Economic Matters

International Board for Certification of Safety Managers, Helena, Alabama, USA

This book addresses healthcare safety as related to nursing personnel risks, hazards, and responsibilities in hospitals and other healthcare facilities. Nurses need to understand not only patient safety fundamentals but basic facility safety including the occupational risks they face. This book would be appropriate in certification training in nursing programs and as a reference for developing nursing in-service safety sessions. This text is chock full of safety checklists and templates to use in training. Print ISBN: 978-1-4822-3027-7 May 2014, 7 x 10, 400 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £57.99

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Adam Weintrit and Tomasz Neumann Gdynia Maritime University, Gdynia, Poland

With contributions from wide range of participants, this book covers navigation, safety at sea, sea transportation, education of navigators and simulator-based training, sea traffic engineering, ship’s maneuverability, integrated systems, electronic charts systems, satellite, radio-navigation and anti-collision systems and many others. It focuses on education and training, human resources and crew resource management, policy, and economics and is addressed to scientists and professionals involved in research and development of navigation, safety of navigation, and sea transportation. Print ISBN: 978-1-138-00104-6 eBook ISBN: 978-1-315-88315-1 June 2013, 6-3/4 x 9-3/4, 298 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £57.99

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Motor Fleet Safety and Security Management Second Edition Daniel E. Della-Giustina West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA

Providing a thorough understanding of how to develop and manage a comprehensive motor fleet safety and instructional program, this newly updated edition presents the underlying concepts, basic techniques, and principles of motor fleet safety and security management. It addresses the critical steps for successful driver selection, training, instruction, and supervision. The comprehensive text also covers fleet safety program, accident prevention, small fleet considerations, vehicle inspection, organization of accident data, job safety analysis, fleet transportation publicity, school bus safety, hazardous material shipping and storage, and transportation security.

Practical Applications for Safe and Reliable Operations James A. Klein Bruce K. Vaughen This book covers the basics of process safety that are applicable to plant engineering in a targeted, practical way. It assists plant engineers working with process safety systems that impact their daily work and helps them contribute to plant safety, operations, and reliability. Topics include: understanding process hazards and events, the design and operation of your facility, what can go wrong and how to respond, making equipment and facility changes safely, maintaining reliable, safe equipment, and monitoring plant safety performance. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-6542-5 May 2014, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 400 pp. Suggested Price: $159.95 / £99.00

Safety

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Occupational Health and Safety Management A Practical Approach, Second Edition Charles D. Reese University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA

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, identification and mitigation of hazards using common safety and health tools, 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 new recordkeeping guidelines, behavior-based safety and workplace security, and violence and environmental issues in the workplace. Print ISBN: 978-1-4200-5180-3 October 2008, 7 x 10, 520 pp. Suggested Price: $119.95 / £77.99

Security Management for Occupational Safety Michael Land Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, USA

This book is written for the Occupational safety managers who want to be more effective managers as well as for the students who would like to become occupational safety managers as their profession. A critical thinking approach provides a methodical process to look at the occupational safety management functions so they can better tailor safety to any organization. This book presents the most accurately balanced picture of occupational safety management functions by using a critical thinking approach to interpret data as a tool for providing more effective safety management. Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-6120-5 December 2013, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 172 pp. Suggested Price: $89.95 / £57.99

Radiation Injury Prevention and Mitigation in Humans Kedar N. Prasad Premier Micronutrient Corporation, Antioxidant Research Institute, Novato, California, USA

Nuclear bomb explosions by terrorists as well as unintentional nuclear disasters remain possibilities as long as nations around the world have nuclear arsenals. At present, there are no strategies to provide biological protection before and/or after radiation exposure. This book identifies and examines nontoxic and cost-effective agents that could be effective in preventing and mitigating acute radiation damage before and after exposure. The text discusses physical and biological protection strategies for first responders at risk. It covers the full range of potential sources of radiation and includes an up-todate list of helpful resources. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-7424-0 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-7425-7 March 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 302 pp. Suggested Price: $93.95 / £59.99

Safety Management A Comprehensive Approach to Developing a Sustainable System Chitram Lutchman, Rohanie Maharaj, and Waddah Ghanem Presenting knowledge garnered from years of frontline experience in safe work practices in the oil and gas, construction, and agricultural industries, this book provides a practical approach to transitioning an organization from ordinary safety performance to World Class Safety Performance. The text introduces learning from events, contractor safety management, and frontline supervisors’ leadership development as key elements for enhancing safety performance. Leveraging excellent work done by businesses and safety professionals globally, this book provides a simple, easy-to-follow roadmap for improving the safety performance of an organization in a sustained manner. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-6261-2 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-6262-9 March 2012, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, 500 pp. Suggested Price: $104.95 / £66.99

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Safety Management Near Miss Identification, Recognition, and Investigation Ron C. McKinnon McKinnon & Associates, Western Cape, South Africa

Emergency Planning Guide for Utilities Second Edition Samuel Mullen Absecon, New Jersey, USA

Safety / General References

Identification and investigation of “near-miss” incidents can be the difference between avoiding and suffering a drastic, loss-producing accident. This book provides stepby-step instructions on how to develop a “near-miss” incident program in the workplace to isolate and eliminate root causes, heal systemic weaknesses, and implement safety management systems before an accident occurs. Focusing on the successes of safety systems at two large copper mines, numerous diverse industries, and an aluminum smelter, it includes several examples and case studies to clarify the investigative philosophy and preventive application of “near-miss” incidents.

An increase in major natural disasters has led to heightened concerns about utility operations and public safety. Due to today’s complex, compliance-based environment, utility managers and planners often find it difficult to plan for the action needed to help ensure organization-wide resilience and meet consumer expectations during these incidents. This volume offers a working guide that presents new and field-tested approaches to plan development, training, exercising, and emergency program management. The book will help utility planners, trainers, and responders to more effectively prepare for damaging events and improve the level of the utility’s resilience.

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Security Management A Critical Thinking Approach

Hazardous Materials Chemistry for Emergency Responders

Michael Land, Truett Ricks, and Bobby Ricks

Third Edition

This book is written for the security manager who wants to be a more effective manager, as well as for students who would like to become security managers. It provides a methodical process to look at the security management functions so they can better tailor security to any organization. The book presents the most accurately balanced picture of security functions by using a critical thinking approach to interpret data as a tool for providing more effective security management.

Robert A. Burke

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Fire Marshal, University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA

Written in the same clear, concise style that made the previous editions bestsellers, this book provides easy-to-understand chemistry for responders to use to handle hazardous materials emergencies on a daily basis. Focusing on the fundamentals of “street chemistry” that emergency response personnel need to know, it emphasizes the critical hazmat elements. This edition includes new review questions with answers and new incident examples. It also introduces the new United Nations GHS system for classification and labeling of chemicals, updates the NFPA requirements, and provides information on ethanol and other alternative automotive fuels. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-4985-9 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4398-4986-6 June 2013, 7 x 10, 553 pp. Suggested Price: $129.95 / £82.00

Consumers and Nanotechnology

Rehabilitation Goal Setting

Deliberative Processes and Methodologies

Theory, Practice and Evidence

Harald Throne-Holst, Eivind Soto, Pal Strandbakken, and Gerd Scholl

King’s College London, UK

The lesson from the European unrest over GMO is that consumer-citizens will react negatively to being forced to accept the introduction of new, partly untested technologies. A number of political bodies have started to involve citizens and to consider their concerns, attitudes, hopes, and worries in the early stages of the coming nano revolution. This volume is assembles the contributions of experts who analyze a number of these deliberations, mainly in the European Union and the United States. The book analyzes citizen-oriented deliberations along with more stakeholder-oriented deliberations. Print ISBN: 978-981-4316-16-3 eBook ISBN: 978-981-4364-34-8 April 2013, 6 x 9, 272 pp. Suggested Price: $149.95 / £95.00

Richard Siegert William Levack University of Otago (Wellington), New Zealand

Written to provide clinicians, educators, researchers, and students in rehabilitation with a comprehensive overview of the theory, practice, and evidence base of goal setting, this first-of-its kind reference provides an authoritative, state-ofthe-art knowledge of the practice. The authors cover a broad range of different approaches to goal setting, with input from experts from North America, Europe, and Australia. Written under the assumption that rehabilitation is about understanding people in their social context and developing strategies for maximizing social participation, this book is applicable to patients with stroke, traumatic brain injury, neurological disorders, spinal cord injury, and other conditions. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-6329-9 June 2014, 7 x 10, 600 pp. Suggested Price: $139.95 / £95.00

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Responsible Nanobiotechnology Philosophy and Ethics Armin Grunwald Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

This book comprehensively reviews the considerations of nanotechnology elaborated in philosophy, ethics, and the social sciences and systematizes and develops them further. It focuses on the issues of ethical responsibility regarding chances and risks of nanotechnology and its possible applications in the fields of synthetic nanoparticles, synthetic biology, animal enhancement, and human enhancement. The book has been, thus, put in the context of the keywords “responsible innovation” and “reflective sciences,” which have been central concepts in the debates about the relationship between science and society for the last few years.

General References

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A Above Ground Storage Tanks: Practical Guide to Construction, Inspection, and Testing...........................................................41

Basics of Project Evaluation and Lessons Learned, Second Edition....................................................................................31

Achieving HR Excellence through Six Sigma...........................27

Behavioural Adaptation and Road Safety: Theory, Evidence and Action.......................................................................................5

Achieving Lean Changeover: Putting SMED to Work..............55

Contemporary Ergonomics and Human Factors 2013: Proceedings of the international conference on Ergonomics & Human Factors 2013, Cambridge, UK, 15-18 April 2013........13 Contractor Safety Management.............................................64 Control for Aluminum Production and Other Processing Industries................................................................................17

Best Practices for Transportation Agency Use of Social Media...........................................................................47

Coverbal Synchrony in Human-Machine Interaction.................5

Best Practices in Business Technology Management...............33

Creating a Lean and Green Business System: Techniques for Improving Profits and Sustainability........................................56

Advances in Cognitive Engineering and Neuroergonomics.......3

Beyond Lean Production: Emphasizing Speed and Innovation to Beat the Competition.........................................................28

Creating a Strategic Energy Reduction Plan............................16

Advances in Design for Cross-Cultural Activities Part I...............3

Bioinformatics Ethics.................................................................6

Creating Mixed Model Value Streams: Practical Lean Techniques for Building to Demand, Second Edition..............56

Advances in Design for Cross-Cultural Activities Part II..............3

Biomechanics of Human Motion: Applications in the Martial Arts...........................................................................................8

Creative, Efficient, and Effective Project Management............34

Biomechanics: Principles and Practices.....................................7

Crisis Management and Emergency Planning: Preparing for Today’s Challenges.................................................................64

Biopharmaceutical Supply Chains: Distribution, Regulatory, Systems and Structural Changes Ahead..................................47

Cross-Cultural Design for IT Products and Services...................5

Advanced Risk Analysis in Engineering Enterprise Systems......41 Advances in Affective and Pleasurable Design...........................3 Advances in Applied Human Modeling and Simulation............3

Advances in Ergonomics in Manufacturing...............................3 Advances in Human Aspects of Aviation...................................3 Advances in Human Aspects of Healthcare...............................3

Title Index

Advances in Human Aspects of Road and Rail Transportation...3 Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics 201214 Volume Set: Proceedings of the 4th AHFE Conference 21-25 July 2012.....................................................3 Advances in Physical Ergonomics and Safety............................3

Bodyspace: Anthropometry, Ergonomics and the Design of Work, Third Edition.................................................................14 Building a Global Learning Organization: Using TWI to Succeed with Strategic Workforce Expansion in the LEGO Group.........55

Cross-Functional Productivity Improvement...........................42 Cultural Ergonomics: Theory, Methods, and Applications.......11 Culture and Trust in Technology-Driven Organizations...........32 Culture of Rapid Improvement: Creating and Sustaining an Engaged Workforce................................................................28

Advances in Social and Organizational Factors.........................3

Building Quality Management Systems: Selecting the Right Methods and Tools.................................................................56

Advances in the Human Side of Service Engineering.................3

Business Analysis for Business Intelligence...............................33

Custom Kanban: Designing the System to Meet the Needs of Your Environment...................................................................48

Advances in Usability Evaluation Part I......................................3

Business Process Modeling, Simulation and Design, Second Edition....................................................................................23

Customer-Driven Organization: Employing the Kano Model............................................................................17

Advances in Usability Evaluation Part II.....................................3 Aerosols Handbook: Measurement, Dosimetry, and Health Effects, Second Edition...........................................................62 Affective Computing: Theory, Methods, and Applications........6 Agile Strategy Management: Techniques for Continuous Alignment and Improvement.................................................53 Agribusiness Supply Chain Management................................47

Business-Driven IT-Wide Agile (Scrum) and Kanban (Lean) Implementation: An Action Guide for Business and IT Leaders...............................................................................33

C Capitalizing on Lean Production Systems to Win New Business: Creating a Lean and Profitable New Product Portfolio............47

D Data Mining: Theories, Algorithms, and Examples..................23 Data Visualization: Principles and Practice, Second Edition.......6 Decision Based Design............................................................57 Decision Making in Service Industries: A Practical Approach...23

Air Contaminants, Ventilation, and Industrial Hygiene Economics: The Practitioner’s Toolbox and Desktop Handbook.................................................................62

Carbon Footprint Analysis: Concepts, Methods, Implementation, and Case Studies.........................................56

Definitions, Conversions, and Calculations for Occupational Safety and Health Professionals, Third Edition.........................64

Cargo Crime: Security and Theft Prevention...........................47

Air Quality, Fourth Edition......................................................63

Change or Die: The Business Process Improvement Manual...................................................................................34

Design and Construction of an RFID-enabled Infrastructure: The Next Avatar of the Internet..............................................23

Amoeba Management: The Dynamic Management System for Rapid Market Response..........................................................27

Changing the Workplace Safety Culture.................................64

Analysis of Queues: Methods and Applications.......................22

Communication for Continuous Improvement Projects..........34

Applied Stochastic Processes...................................................22

Complete Project Management Office Handbook, Third Edition...........................................................................34

Applying Analytics: A Practical Introduction............................23 Applying Guiding Principles of Effective Program Delivery......33

Complexity and the Human Experience: Modeling Complexity in the Humanities and Social Sciences......................................8

Architecture Follows Nature-Biomimetic Principles for Innovative Design...................................................................11

Composite Materials and Processing......................................17

Architecture of Software and Systems.....................................33

Composites Manufacturing: Materials, Product, and Process Engineering............................................................................17

Around the Patient Bed: Human Factors and Safety in Health Care.......................................................................................13 Auditory Cognition and Human Performance: Research and Applications..............................................................................4 Automatic Monitoring, Fault Diagnostics, and Maintenance: Using Meta-Heuristic Optimization.........................................42 Automotive Accident Reconstruction: Practices and Principles...........................................................64

Comprehensive Handbook of School Safety...........................64 Computational Methods in Finance........................................23 Computer Access for People with Disabilities: A Human Factors Approach.................................................................................6 Computer Aided Design: A Conceptual Approach..................56 Computer System Reliability: Safety and Usability...................42

Automotive Ergonomics: Driver-Vehicle Interaction................11

Computer Systems Experiences of Users with and Without Disabilities: An Evaluation Guide for Professionals.....................6

Autonomous Maintenance DVD Set: Shopfloor TPM Implementation......................................................................55

Consider A Spherical Patent: IP and Patenting in Technology Business..................................................................................56 Construction Program Management......................................34 Construction Supply Chain Management Handbook..............48 Consumers and Nanotechnology: Deliberative Processes and Methodologies.......................................................................68 Contemporary Ergonomics and Human Factors 2012: Proceedings of the international conference on Ergonomics & Human Factors 2012, Blackpool, UK, 16-19 April 2012..........13

Design for Manufacturability: How to Use Concurrent Engineering to Rapidly Develop Low-Cost, High-Quality Products for Lean Production.................................................31 Design for Six Sigma in Product and Service Development: Applications and Case Studies................................................18 Design of Biomedical Devices and Systems, Second Edition...11 Design Synthesis: Integrated Product and Manufacturing System Design........................................................................18 Designing Complex Products with Systems Engineering Processes and Techniques.......................................................42 Designing Food Safety and Equipment Reliability Through Maintenance Engineering.......................................................48 Designing Training and Instructional Programs for Older Adults.............................................................................4 Determining Project Requirements, Second Edition: Mastering the BABOK® and the CBAP® Exam........................34 Developing Information Systems for Windows and Web Applications in Engineering, Business, and Science.................57 Development of Medical Garments and Apparel for the Elderly and the Disabled.........................................................54 Discovering the Intersections of Innovation and Quality.........35 Discrete and Continuous Simulation: Theory and Practice......24 Drills: Science and Technology of Advanced Operations.........18 Driver Distraction: Theory, Effects, and Mitigation....................4 Driving Risk and Spend out of the Global Supply Chain.........48 Dynamic Progress Method: Using Advanced Simulation to Improve Project Planning and Management...........................41

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Four Components of a Fast-Paced Organization: Going Beyond Lean Sigma Tools............................................28

Effective CIO: How to Achieve Outstanding Success through Strategic Alignment, Financial Management, and IT Governance............................................................................35

Friction and the Hot Rolling of Steel.......................................18 From Projects to Programs: A Project Manager’s Journey........36

Effective Communications for Project Management...............35

Fundamentals of Biomechanics..............................................10

Effective Methods for Software and Systems Integration.........35

Fundamentals of Machining Processes: Conventional and Nonconventional Processes, Second Edition...........................18

Electric Power Distribution Reliability, Second Edition.............42 Eliminating Serious Injury and Death from Road Transport: A Crisis of Complacency.........................................................13 Emergency Planning Guide for Utilities, Second Edition..........68 Empowering Project Teams: Using Project Followership to Improve Performance.............................................................35

Fuzzy Multiple Objective Decision Making..............................24

G Gemba Walks for Service Excellence: The Step-by-Step Guide for Identifying Service Delighters............................................58

Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing (Print)...........................57

Generalized Convexity, Nonsmooth Variational Inequalities, and Nonsmooth Optimization.......................................................24

Encyclopedia of Supply Chain Management Two Volume Set (Print)...........................................................48

Geographical Information Systems and Spatial Optimization..........................................................................24

Energy Management Handbook, Eighth Edition.....................16

Getting Unstuck: Using Leadership Paradox to Execute with Confidence.............................................................................36

Engineering for Sustainability.................................................48 Engineering Optimization: A Modern Approach.....................42 Engineering Practice in a Global Context: Understanding the Technical and the Social.........................................................57

Global Production Networks: Operations Design and Management, Second Edition................................................32 Green Design, Materials and Manufacturing Processes...........19

Healthcare Safety for Nursing Personnel.................................66 High Value Manufacturing: Advanced Research in Virtual and Rapid Prototyping: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Advanced Research in Virtual and Rapid Prototyping, Leiria, Portugal, 1-5 October, 2013....................58 High-Performance Buildings: A Guide for Owners and Managers...............................................................................17 Human and Organizational Factors in Nuclear Safety: The French Approach to Safety Assessments.................................14 Human Factors Engineering and Ergonomics: A Systems Approach, Second Edition........................................................9 Human Factors in Lighting, Third Edition.................................9 Human Factors in Simple and Complex Systems, Second Edition......................................................................................9 Human Factors in Simulation and Training...............................9 Human Factors Issues in Handgun Safety and Forensics..........12 Human Factors of a Global Society: A System of Systems Perspective.............................................................................12 Human Safety and Risk Management, Second Edition............14 Human Thermal Environments: The Effects of Hot, Moderate, and Cold Environments on Human Health, Comfort, and Performance, Third Edition.......................................................9

Engineering Systems Integration: Theory, Metrics, and Methods.................................................................................57

Green Electronics Manufacturing: Creating Environmental Sensible Products...................................................................19

Human Work Productivity: A Global Perspective.....................32

Enterprise 2.0: Social Networking Tools to Transform Your Organization..........................................................................35

Guide to Entrepreneurship: How to Create Wealth for Your Company and Stakeholders....................................................58

Human–Computer Interaction Handbook: Fundamentals, Evolving Technologies, and Emerging Applications, Third Edition.............................................................................5

Enterprise Dynamics Sourcebook............................................53

Guide to Human Factors and Ergonomics, Second Edition.......8

Environmental Health: Indoor Exposures, Assessments and Interventions..........................................................................63

Guidelines for Process Hazards Analysis (PHA, HAZOP), Hazards Identification, and Risk Analysis.................................43

Epidemic of Medical Errors and Hospital-Acquired Infections: Systemic and Social Causes....................................................65

Human-Robot Interaction in Social Robotics...........................24

I IFPUG Guide to IT and Software Measurement.......................36

Equipment Management in the Post-Maintenance Era: A New Alternative to Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)................57

Handbook of Control Room Design and Ergonomics: A Perspective for the Future, Second Edition..............................15

Implementing Program Management: Templates and Forms Aligned with the Standard for Program Management, Third Edition (2013) and Other Best Practices........................36

Equivalence and Noninferiority Tests for Quality, Manufacturing and Test Engineers..................................................................43

Handbook of Digital Human Modeling: Research for Applied Ergonomics and Human Factors Engineering............................8

Improving Reliability and Quality for Product Success.............43

Ergonomics for Beginners: A Quick Reference Guide, Third Edition...........................................................................15

Handbook of Emergency Response: A Human Factors and Systems Engineering Approach..............................................65

Ergonomics for Children: Designing products and places for toddler to teens......................................................................11

Handbook of Energy Audits, Ninth Edition.............................16

Ergonomics in Asia: Development, Opportunities and Challenges: Proceedings of the 2nd East Asian Ergonomics Federation Symposium (EAEFS 2011), National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan,4 - 8 October 2011.....................15

Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics Methods...........8

ERP: Tools, Techniques, and Applications for Integrating the Supply Chain, Second Edition.................................................49

Handbook of Industrial and Systems Engineering...................32

Innovative Lean Enterprise: Using the Principles of Lean to Create and Deliver Innovation to Customers..........................59

Essential Program Management Office...................................36

Handbook of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Second Edition.......................................................................58

Instrumentation, Data Acquisition, and Applications in Ground Vehicle Design...........................................................12

Essential Statistical Concepts for the Quality Professional........43

Handbook of Industrial Drying, Third Edition..........................19

Essentials of Logistics and Management, Third Edition...........49

Handbook of Machining with Grinding Wheels......................19

Evaluation of Human Work, 3rd Edition....................................8

Handbook of Thermal Process Modeling Steels......................19

Intelligent Systems and Decision Making for Risk Analysis and Crisis Response: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Risk Analysis and Crisis Response, Istanbul, Turkey, 27-29 August 2013.......................................................4

Extenics and Innovation Methods...........................................58

Hazardous Area Classification in Petroleum and Chemical Plants: A Guide to Mitigating Risk...........................................65

International Encyclopedia of Ergonomics and Human Factors, Second Edition - 3 Volume Set..................................................9

Hazardous Chemicals: Safety Management and Global Regulations.............................................................................65

International Handbook of Public Procurement......................49

F Facilities Design, Third Edition................................................30 Fast Fashion Systems: Theories and Applications....................54 Fire Safety Management Handbook, Third Edition..................65 Fitting the Human: Introduction to Ergonomics, Sixth Edition...........................................................................15 Fixed Point Theory, Variational Analysis, and Optimization.....24 Flow Assurance: Fundamentals of Solids in Oil and Gas Production.............................................................................30 Food Safety Regulatory Compliance: Catalyst for a Lean and Sustainable Food Supply Chain..............................................49 Formal Methods in Manufacturing.........................................18

Handbook of Energy Engineering, Seventh Edition.................16

Handbook of Indoor Air Contaminants...................................63 Handbook of Induction Heating.............................................19

Hazardous Laboratory Chemicals Disposal Guide, Third Edition...........................................................................65 Hazardous Material (HAZMAT) Life Cycle Management: Corporate, Community, and Organizational Planning and Preparedness..........................................................................49 Hazardous Materials Chemistry for Emergency Responders, Third Edition...........................................................................68 Hazardous Materials Compliance for Public Research Organizations: A Case Study, Second Edition..........................66 Healthcare Hazard Control and Safety Management, Third Edition...........................................................................66

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Incidental Trainer: A Reference Guide for Training Design, Development, and Delivery....................................................63 Industrial Air Quality and Ventilation: Controlling Dust Emissions................................................................................63 Industrial Brazing Practice, Second Edition.............................20 Industrial Fire Protection Handbook, Second Edition..............66 Initial Business Case Development..........................................58

Introduction to Ergonomics, Third Edition..............................15 Introduction to Hazard Control Management: A Vital Organizational Function.........................................................14 Introduction to Human Factors and Ergonomics for Engineers, Second Edition......................................................15 Introduction to Instrumentation and Measurements...............59 Introduction to Linear Optimization and Extensions with MATLAB®...............................................................................25 Introduction to Numerical Methods and Optimization...........25 Introduction to Precision Machine Design and Error Assessment.....................................................................59

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Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Science, Engineering, and Finance.......................................................25

Manual Lifting: A Guide to the Study of Simple and Complex Lifting Tasks............................................................................10

Introduction to Probability with R...........................................25

Manufacturing Facilities: Location, Planning, and Design, Third Edition...........................................................................26

Introduction to Software Project Management.......................25 Introduction to Statistical Process Control..............................43 Introduction to Transportation Security..................................49 Inventory and Production Management in Supply Chains, Fourth Edition.........................................................................50 Iterative Optimization in Inverse Problems..............................25

K Kaizen Event Planner: Achieving Rapid Improvement in Office, Service, and Technical Environments...........................28 Kaizen for the Shop Floor: A Zero-Waste Environment with Process Automation................................................................28

Title Index

Kamishibai Boards: A Lean Visual Management System That Supports Layered Audits.........................................................43

Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation: Advances in Marine Navigation..............................................66 Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation: STCW, Maritime Education and Training (MET), Human Resources and Crew Manning, Maritime Policy, Logistics and Economic Matters...................................................................................66

Patent Fundamentals for Scientists and Engineers, Third Edition...........................................................................60 Patient-Focused Network Integration in BioPharma: Strategic Imperatives for the Years Ahead...............................51 People, Process, and Culture: Lean Manufacturing in the Real World....................................................................29 Performance Acceleration Management (PAM): Rapid Improvement to Your Key Performance Drivers......................60 Performance Evaluation of Industrial Systems: Discrete Event Simulation in Using Excel/VBA, Second Edition.......................60

Mastering Technical Communication Skills: A Student’s Handbook................................................................................7

PgMP® Exam Challenge!........................................................37

Mastering the Business of Global Trade: Negotiating Competitive Advantage Contractual Best Practices, INCO Terms, and Leveraging Supply Chain Options........................................................................51

PMP® Certification Exam Study Guide...................................38

PgMP® Exam Practice Test and Study Guide, Fourth Edition.........................................................................37

PMP® Exam Challenge!, Sixth Edition....................................38

Kanban for the Shopfloor.......................................................50

Materials and Process Selection for Engineering Design, Third Edition...........................................................................20

PMP® Exam Practice Test and Study Guide, Ninth Edition..........................................................................38

Kanban for the Supply Chain: Fundamental Practices for Manufacturing Management, Second Edition........................50

Materials and Technology for Sportswear and Performance Apparel...................................................................................54

Pocket Guide to the Baldrige Award Criteria (5-Pack), 17th Edition...........................................................................45

Maximizing the Value Proposition..........................................22

Practical Guide to Facilities Management...............................55

Metal Cutting Theory and Practice.........................................20

Practical Plant Failure Analysis: A Guide to Understanding Machinery Deterioration and Improving Equipment Reliability................................................................................30

Knowledge Service Engineering Handbook..............................4

L Laser and Photonic Systems: Design and Integration..............20 Leadership Basics for Frontline Managers: Tips for Raising Your Level of Effectiveness and Communication.............................28 Leading Effective Virtual Teams: Overcoming Time and Distance to Achieve Exceptional Results................................................36 Leading Virtual Project Teams: Adapting Leadership Theories and Communications Techniques to 21st Century Organizations.........................................................................37 Lean 3P Advantage: A Practitioner’s Guide to the Production Preparation Process................................................................31 Lean Logistics: The Nuts and Bolts of Delivering Materials and Goods....................................................................................50

Manufacturing Technology Transfer: A Japanese Monozukuri View of Needs and Strategies.................................................59

Methods in Product Design: New Strategies in Reengineering........................................................................12 Micromanufacturing Processes...............................................21 Mining User Generated Content...............................................7

Practical Project Management for Building and Construction..........................................................................38

Model Free Adaptive Control: Theory and Applications..........21

Practical Stress Analysis in Engineering Design, Third Edition...........................................................................45

Modeling of Responsive Supply Chain....................................26

Principles and Practice of Aviation Psychology..........................6

MOST Work Measurement Systems, Third Edition,.................59

Principles of Total Quality, Third Edition..................................45

Motor Fleet Safety and Security Management, Second Edition.......................................................................67

Probability and Stochastic Modeling.......................................26

Probability Foundations for Engineers.....................................26 Probability Models in Operations Research.............................27

Neuroadaptive Systems: Theory and Applications....................4

Problem Solving for Engineers................................................38

Lean Management System LMS:2012: A Framework for Continual Lean Improvement.................................................20

New Thoughtware: Designing Your Business on Purpose.......29

Process Management in Spinning...........................................54

Lean Management Systems Handbook...................................20

New Triple Constraints for Sustainable Projects, Programs, and Portfolios.........................................................................37

Process Plants: Shutdown and Turnaround Management.......30

Lean Practitioner Handbook...................................................29 Lean RFS (Repetitive Flexible Supply): Putting the Pieces Together.................................................................................50 Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Handbook: Tools and Methods for Process Acceleration...............................................................59 LEAN Supply Chain Planning: The New Supply Chain Management Paradigm for Process Industries to Master Today’s VUCA World...........................................................................50 Lean Systems: Applications and Case Studies in Manufacturing, Service, and Healthcare..........................................................44 Learning with Lean: Unleashing the Potential for Sustainable Competitive Advantage..........................................................29 Linear Programming with Duals: A Modern Exposition...........26

M Maintenance, Replacement, and Reliability: Theory and Applications, Second Edition..................................................44 Management of Hazardous Energy: Deactivation, DeEnergization, Isolation, and Lockout.......................................63 Managing Emotion in Design Innovation...............................12 Managing Organizational Knowledge: 3rd Generation Knowledge Management and Beyond....................................37 Managing Professional Service Delivery: 9 Rules for Success..................................................................37

Nondestructive Evaluation: Theory, Techniques, and Applications............................................................................44 Nonlinear Systems Stability Analysis: Lyapunov-Based Approach...............................................................................44

O Objective is Quality: An Introduction to Performance and Sustainability Management Systems.......................................44 Occupational Ergonomics: Theory and Applications, Second Edition.......................................................................10 Occupational Health and Safety Management: A Practical Approach, Second Edition......................................................67 Open Systems Dependability: Dependability Engineering for Ever-Changing Systems..........................................................44 Operational Excellence: Using Lean Six Sigma to Translate Customer Value through Global Supply Chains......................51 Optimal Supervisory Control of Automated Manufacturing Systems..................................................................................32 Optimization with Maple for Engineers and Scientists............26 Organizational Master Plan Handbook: A Catalyst for Performance Planning and Results..........................................60 Organizational Portfolio Management for Projects and Programs................................................................................60 Orthopaedic Biomechanics.....................................................11

Process Safety Management: Leveraging Networks and Communities of Practice for Continuous Improvement..........21 Process Safety: Practical Applications for Safe and Reliable Operations.............................................................................67 Process Techniques for Engineering High-Performance Materials................................................................................21 Product Wheel Handbook: Creating Balanced Flow in High-Mix Process Operations..................................................21 Production and Operations Management...............................31 Production and Operations Management Systems.................51 Program Management Leadership: Creating Successful Team Dynamics......................................................................39 Program Management: A Life Cycle Approach.......................38 Project Development in the Solar Industry..............................39 Project Management Concepts, Methods, and Techniques....39 Project Management for the Oil and Gas Industry: A World System Approach......................................................39 Project Management in Extreme Situations: Lessons from Polar Expeditions, Miltary and Rescue Operations. and Wilderness Explorations..........................................................39 Project Management Tools and Techniques: A Practical Guide....................................................................40 Projects and Complexity.........................................................40 Psychology of Lean Improvements: Why Organizations Must Overcome Resistance and Change the Culture.......................29

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Security Management for Occupational Safety.......................67

Quality Engineering: Off-Line Methods and Applications........45

Security Management: A Critical Thinking Approach..............68

Value Engineering Synergies with Lean Six Sigma: Combining Methodologies for Enhanced Results....................47

Quality Lighting for High Performance Buildings....................17

Security, Transportation, and the Supply Chain: Mitigating Threats and Facilitating the Flow of Commerce......................52

Quality Management for Organizations Using Lean Six Sigma Techniques.............................................................45

Semantic Turn: A New Foundation for Design........................13

Vanishing Boundaries: How Integrating Manufacturing and Services Creates Customer Value, Second Edition...................53

Six Sigma Case Studies with Minitab®...................................32

Variability in Human Performance...........................................10

Quality of Life Technology Handbook.......................................5 Quality Tools for Managing Construction Projects..................45 Quick Changeover Concepts Applied: Dramatically Reduce Set-Up Time and Increase Production Flexibility with SMED.............................................................................60

Six Sigma for Powerful Improvement: A Green Belt DMAIC Training System with Software Tools and a 25-Lesson Course....................................................................................46 Skill Training in Multimodal Virtual Environments...................10 Software Designers in Action: A Human-Centric Look at Design Work.............................................................................7

R Radiation Injury Prevention and Mitigation in Humans...........67

Software Testing and Continuous Quality Improvement, Third Edition...........................................................................40

Rail Human Factors around the World: Impacts on and of People for Successful Rail Operations......................................14

Statistical Techniques for Project Control................................40

Rail Human Factors: Supporting reliability, safety and cost reduction................................................................................14 Reducing Process Costs with Lean, Six Sigma, and Value Engineering Techniques..........................................................61 Rehabilitation Goal Setting: Theory, Practice and Evidence.....68 Relentless Improvement: True Stories of Lean Transformations......................................................................61 Reliability and Maintenance: Networks and Systems...............27 Reliability Models for Engineers and Scientists........................46 Remanufacturing Modeling and Analysis................................51 Requirements Engineering for Software and Systems, Second Edition.......................................................................53 Responsible Nanobiotechnology: Philosophy and Ethics.........69 Return On Process (ROP): Getting Real Performance Results from Process Improvement.........................................61 Reverse Supply Chains: Issues and Analysis.............................51

Stewart’s Guide to Floor Management: The Floor Managers Guide to the Leadership and Improvement............................61

Supply Chain Engineering: Models and Applications..............52 Supply Chain Management for Engineers...............................52 Supply Chain Security: A Comprehensive Approach...............53 Support Vector Machines: Optimization Based Theory, Algorithms, and Extensions....................................................27 Sustainability: Utilizing Lean Six Sigma Techniques.................33 Sustainable Lean: The Story of a Cultural Transformation.......30 Sustainable Manufacturing.....................................................22

Sustainable Program Management.........................................41 Systems Engineering and Architecting: Creating Formal Requirements.........................................................................62 Systems Engineering and Safety: Building the Bridge.............54 Systems Science: Methodological Approaches........................54

Risk Management and Simulation..........................................27

Team Planning for Project Managers and Business Analysts....41

Robust Response Surfaces, Regression, and Positive Data Analyses.................................................................................46

Techniques and Sample Outputs............................................22

Roll Forming Handbook..........................................................22 Rules of the Road for Entrepreneurs: A Map for a Successful Journey...................................................................................61 Rules of Work: A Practical Engineering Guide to Ergonomics, Second Edition.......................................................................16

S Safety and Human Error in Engineering Systems.....................46 Safety Management: A Comprehensive Approach to Developing a Sustainable System...........................................67 Safety Management: Near Miss Identification, Recognition, and Investigation...............................................68 Safety, Reliability and Risk Analysis: Theory, Methods and Applications (4 Volumes + CD-ROM)......................................46

Work Domain Analysis: Concepts, Guidelines, and Cases..........5 Workforce Engagement Equation: A Practitioner’s Guide to Creating and Sustaining High Performance............................30

Successful Program Management: Complexity Theory, Communication, and Leadership............................................40

Right Choice: Using Theory of Constraints for Effective Leadership..............................................................................29

Risk Intelligent Supply Chains: How Leading Turkish Companies Thrive in the Age of Fragility................................52

Wicking in Porous Materials: Traditional and Modern Modeling Approaches............................................................55

Strategy and Business Process Management: Techniques for Improving Execution, Adaptability, and Consistency...............40

Sustainable Process Engineering: Concepts, Strategies, Evaluation and Implementation..............................................62

Risk Analysis in Engineering: Techniques, Tools, and Trends.............................................................................46

Web 2.0 and Beyond: Principles and Technologies...................7 What Every Engineer Should Know About Cyber Security and Digital Forensics..............................................................62

Strategic Management for the Plastics Industry: Dealing with Globalization and Sustainability, Second Edition.....................61

RFID in Logistics: A Practical Introduction...............................52

Right Light: Matching Technologies to Needs and Applications............................................................................21

Title Index

Textiles for Industrial Applications...........................................55 Total Quality Management for Project Management..............41 Toyota Product Development System: Integrating People, Process, and Technology........................................................31 Transforming Business with Program Management: Integrating Strategy, People, Process, Technology, Structure and Measurement..................................................................39

U Universal Design: Principles and Models.................................16 Unleashing the Power of 3P: The Key to Breakthrough Improvement.........................................................................31 Uptime: Strategies for Excellence in Maintenance Management, Second Edition................................................62

SAP Materials Management Handbook...................................52

Urban Transportation and Logistics: Health, Safety, and Security Concerns............................................................53

Science of Footwear...............................................................12

Usability Evaluation for In-Vehicle Systems..............................13

Second Victim: Error, Guilt, Trauma, and Resilience................10

User Interface Software: Principles and Technologies................7

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A Agapiou; John S......................................................................20 Agustiady; Tina...........................................................33, 34, 40 Ahmed; Ashfaque...................................................................52 Ahram; Tareq Z........................................................................3 Al-Ahmari; Abdulrahman M....................................................12 Allen; Joseph G.......................................................................63 Almeida; Henrique Amorim..............................................19, 58 Al-Mezel; Saleh Abdullah R.....................................................24 Al-Solamy; Falleh Rajallah M...................................................24 Alston; Frances.......................................................................32 Alvarez-Casado; Enrique.........................................................10 Alves; Nuno Manuel Fernandes..............................................19

Author Index

Anderson; David M.................................................................31 Anderson; Martin...................................................................13 Anderson; Paul.........................................................................7 Andriole; Stephen J.................................................................33 Ansari; Qamrul Hasan.............................................................24 Apul; Defne............................................................................56 Armour; Margaret-Ann...........................................................65 Arpaia; Pasquale.....................................................................42 Arus, Ph.D.; Emeric...................................................................8

Colombini; Daniela.................................................................10 Cook; Raymond L.......................................................19, 48, 51

Bojeun; Mark C......................................................................39

Cookfair; Arthur S...................................................................60

Borsci; Simone..........................................................................6

Corlett; Nigel............................................................................8

Boyce; Peter Robert..................................................................9

Coughlin; John J.....................................................................47

Bregman; Susan.....................................................................47

Crandall; Richard E...........................................................51, 53

Brennan; David.......................................................................62

Crandall; William R...........................................................51, 53

Bridger; R.S............................................................................15

Craveiro; Flávio.................................................................19, 58

Brijs; Bert................................................................................33

Criscimagna; Ned H...............................................................48

Britton; Graeme Arthur...........................................................18

Cudney; Elizabeth A.........................................................18, 44

Bronzino; Joseph D...................................................................7

Curlee; Wanda........................................................................40

Brookhuis; Karel........................................................................8

Czaja; Sara J..............................................................................4

Brooks; Stephen.......................................................................6

Brown; Eric J...........................................................................35 Brown; Mark Graham.............................................................45 Brown; Richard E....................................................................42 Bunting; William J...................................................................53 Burke; Robert..........................................................................68 Butenko; Sergiy......................................................................25 Byrne; Charles L......................................................................25

Dadashi; Nastaran..................................................................14 Das; Rabindra Nath................................................................46 DeFranco; Joanna F.................................................................62 Dekker; Sidney.......................................................................10 Delaney; Joseph......................................................................34 Della-Giustina; Daniel E....................................................65, 67 Deng; Naiyang.......................................................................27 Dhillon; B.S......................................................................42, 46

Cady; Anne ...........................................................................53

Dietrich; David.......................................................................44

Arvonio; David R.....................................................................35

Cai; Wen.................................................................................58

Dikshith; T.S.S.........................................................................65

Arway; Arthur G.....................................................................53

Camp; Robert B......................................................................30

Donchin; Yoel.........................................................................13

Astakhov; Viktor P...................................................................18

Campbell; John Dixon............................................................62

Dos Santos Mateus; Artur Jorge..............................................58

Attong; Maxine......................................................................34

Campbell; Nick.........................................................................5

Dos Santos; Cyril....................................................................58

Aubry; Monique.....................................................................39

Campos; Javier.......................................................................18

Doty; Steve.............................................................................16

Ayers; James B........................................................................48

Carmichael; David G..............................................................38

Duan; Xiaojun........................................................................54

Azimi; Maryam.......................................................................12

Carmichael; Theodore D...........................................................8

Duarte; José Pinto...................................................................19

Carreira; Pedro.......................................................................58

Duffy; Vincent G...................................................................3, 8

Carroll; Charles T....................................................................46

Duggan; Kevin J.....................................................................56

B Baclawski; Kenneth P..............................................................25 Badiru; Adedeji B..................................... 32, 33, 39, 40, 58, 65

Bloom; Daniel.........................................................................27 Bogner; Marilyn Sue...............................................................14

Bahadori; Alireza.....................................................................65 Baird; Robert..........................................................................28 Balasubramanian; M...............................................................17 Baldwin; Carryl L......................................................................4 Bandyopadhyay; Susmita.......................................................24 Bardy; Benoit..........................................................................10 Barker; Ian C...........................................................................55 Barnett; Julie...........................................................................46 Bartolo; Helena ......................................................................19 Bartolo; Helena Maria Coelho da Rocha Terreiro Galha...........58 Bartolo; Paulo Jorge Da Silva.............................................19, 58 Baudin; Michel.......................................................................50 Beichelt; Frank........................................................................27 Bellagamba; Larry...................................................................62 Bergamasco; Massîmo............................................................10 Bhattacharya; Amit.................................................................10 Bhattacharya; Ranjan..............................................................24 Bhise; Vivek D.........................................................................42 Black; Micah...........................................................................19 Blank; Ronald.........................................................................42 Blevins; Preston W..................................................................49

Carstens; Deborah Sater.........................................................40

Dul; Jan..................................................................................15

Cassady; C. Richard................................................................27

Dunlap; E. Scott.....................................................................64

Castro e Costa; Eduardo.........................................................19

Durão; Lina.......................................................................19, 58

Chandrasekaran; N.................................................................47

Charney; William....................................................................65 Charron; Rich.........................................................................20 Charron; Rich.........................................................................59 Chen; Charlie.........................................................................51 Chen; John J. J........................................................................17 Chen; Yufeng.........................................................................32 Cheng; Gary J.........................................................................20 Childs; Tom............................................................................59

Edwards; Frances L.................................................................49 Egan Jr.; Stephan D.................................................................37 El-Hofy; Hassan Abdel-Gawad ................................................18 Elizandro; David.....................................................................60 Errasti; Ander .........................................................................32 Evans; Douglas ......................................................................21

Chi-Leung; Hui.......................................................................54

Fafrowicz; Magdalena...............................................................4

Choi; Tsan-Ming.....................................................................54

Fagel; Michael J......................................................................64

Choong; Yee-Yin.......................................................................5

Faiz; Sami...............................................................................24

Chua; Tat-Seng ........................................................................7

Farag; Mahmoud M...............................................................20

Chung; Christopher A............................................................52

Faulin; Javier ..........................................................................23

Cimorelli; Stephen..................................................................50

Federici; Stefano.......................................................................6

Clarke; Sharon........................................................................14

Fernandes Alves; Nuno Manuel..............................................58

Clarke; Theresa.......................................................................14

Ferraro; Jack............................................................................41

Coleman; Lance B...................................................................17

Ferreira; Telma..................................................................19, 58

Coletta; Allan R.......................................................................31

Figueiredo; José......................................................................57

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Finucane; Edward W...............................................................64

Harris; Chris............................................................................47

Jin; Shangtai...........................................................................21

Floyd; Raymond C..................................................................28

Harris; Rick..............................................................................47

Johnson; Kayenda...................................................................11

Fong; Albie.............................................................................39

Harvey; Catherine...................................................................13

Johnston; Ian Ronald..............................................................13

Formoso; Carlos T...................................................................48

Haslegrave; Christine M..........................................................14

Jonasson; Hans.......................................................................34

Franchetti; Matthew John ......................................................56

Haugan; Gregory T...........................................................37, 41

Jones; Erick.......................................................................45, 52

Frankowicz; Marek..................................................................12

Hawkey; Kirstie.........................................................................6

Jones; Roger F. .......................................................................61

Freund; Louis E.........................................................................3

Hayes; Steven George.............................................................54

Josephs; Harold......................................................................45

Fries; Richard C.......................................................................11

Hedge; Alan.............................................................................8

Juan; Angel A..........................................................................23

Helander; Martin......................................................................8

Furterer; Sandra L.............................................................18, 44

Hendrick; Hal W..................................................................8, 12

Fwa; Tien Fang.......................................................................53

Henning; Robert A..................................................................10 Henriques Pereira; Antonio Mario...........................................58

Henry; John R.........................................................................55 Ganguli; Ranjan......................................................................42 Garvey; Paul R........................................................................41 Garza-Reyes; Jose Arturo.........................................................56 Gaspar; Miguel.......................................................................58 Gautam; Natarajan.................................................................22 Ghanem; Waddah..................................................................67 Ginevri; Walter........................................................................40 Gkikas; Nikolaos.....................................................................11 Glazner; Christopher G...........................................................53 Glenday; Ian Fraser.................................................................50 Glendon; A. Ian......................................................................14 Glismann; Peter J....................................................................54 Godish; Thad..........................................................................63 Goodrich; Daniel C.................................................................49 Goonetilleke; Ravindra S.........................................................12 Gopher; Daniel.................................................................10, 13 Gordon; Robert Lee................................................................40 Gordon; Thomas T..................................................................60 Gortych; Joseph E...................................................................56 Grasman; Scott E....................................................................23 Graupp; Patrick......................................................................55 Green; Allen R........................................................................36

Heragu; Sunderesh S..............................................................30 Hermes; Anthony...................................................................47 Herr; Karsten..........................................................................60 Hill; Gerard M.........................................................................34 Hines; Peter............................................................................56 Hirsa; Ali ................................................................................23 Hitchiner; Mike P....................................................................19 Hoffman; Kenneth C...............................................................53 Hornick; Richard J...................................................................12 Hou; Zhongsheng..................................................................21 Howard; Eric William..............................................................13 Huang; Chongfu......................................................................4 Huang; Jih-Jeng......................................................................24 Huang; Samuel H...................................................................52 Huang; Yu-Hsing....................................................................15 Hudlicka; Eva............................................................................6 Hunt; Brian.............................................................................15 Huston; Ronald L..............................................................10, 45 Hutchin; Ted...........................................................................29 Hyatt; Nigel............................................................................43

K Kahraman; Cengiz....................................................................4 Kaminskiy; Mark P...................................................................46 Kamrani; Ali K.........................................................................12 Kanarek; Marty S....................................................................63 Kanda; Takayuki......................................................................24 Kantola; Jussi .....................................................................4, 12 Karwowski; Waldemar...............................................3, 4, 9, 12, Kerpchar; Joyce .....................................................................29 Keyes; Jessica..........................................................................35 Khurana; Vijay Kumar.............................................................31 King; Jennifer S.......................................................................21 King; Paul H...........................................................................11 King; Peter L...........................................................................21 Kirby; Philip............................................................................29 Kitsinelis; Spiros......................................................................21 Klein; James A.........................................................................67 Kliem, PMP; Ralph L...............................................................35 Kliem; Ralph L........................................................................34 Krichen; Saoussen...................................................................24 Krippendorff; Klaus.................................................................13 Kroemer; Karl H.E...................................................................15 Kull, PhD; Thomas J................................................................29 Kumar; R. Senthil..............................................................54, 55 Kumar; Shrawan.....................................................................32 Kumar; Vikas...........................................................................56

Grounds; Patrick.....................................................................29

IFPUG.....................................................................................36

Kurosu; Masaaki.......................................................................6

Grunwald; Armin ...................................................................69

Ilgin; Mehmet Ali....................................................................51

Kwon; Roy H..........................................................................25

Guastello; Stephen J.................................................................9

Inamori; Kazuo.......................................................................27

Gudmundsson; Jon Steinar.....................................................30

Inasaki; Ichiro.........................................................................19

Guedes Soares; Carlos............................................................46

Irani; Pourang...........................................................................6

Gupta; Aparna........................................................................27

Ishiguro; Hiroshi.....................................................................24

Gupta; Surendra M...........................................................32, 51 Gupta; Sushil..........................................................................51

Ivergard; Toni.........................................................................15

Gur; Cemil Hakan...................................................................19 Jaccard; Michel.......................................................................44

Author Index

Fry; Michael J..........................................................................23

L Laguna; Manuel.....................................................................23 Lai-Fan; Wong........................................................................54 Lalitha; C. S............................................................................24 Land; Michael.........................................................................67 Land; Michael.........................................................................68 Landry; Steven J..................................................................3, 15

Jacko; Julie A.............................................................................5

Langford; Gary O...................................................................57

Hadzikadic; Mirsad...................................................................8

Jacobson; Ralph......................................................................36

Laplante; Phillip A...................................................................53

Haksöz; Çağrı..........................................................................52

Jaffeux; Corynne.....................................................................49

Lee; John D...............................................................................4

Hale; Kelly S..............................................................................3

Jaffin; Robert ..........................................................................49

Lee; Margaret R......................................................................37

Halmos; George T...................................................................22

Jain; V.K..................................................................................21

Lee; Sunggyu.........................................................................57

Hamilton; Gary.......................................................................36

Jakobsen; Gitte.......................................................................55

Lehmann; Carl F.....................................................................40

Hancock; Peter A......................................................................9

Jamson; Samantha....................................................................5

Lehto; Mark R.........................................................................15

Handfield; Robert.............................................................47, 51

Jardine; Andrew K.S................................................................44

Lemos; Ana Cristina Soares.....................................................19

Harley; Naomi H.....................................................................62

Jenamani; M...........................................................................26

Levack; William.......................................................................68

Harrington; H. James............................... 20, 22, 58, 59, 60, 61

Ji; Yong Gu...............................................................................3

Levin, PMP, PgMP; Ginger..........................................37, 36, 38

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Levine; Evan S.........................................................................23

McKenna; Eugene..................................................................14

Paradis; Paul...........................................................................12

Levinson; William A................................................................20

McKinnon; Ron C.............................................................64, 68

Pardalos; Panos M..................................................................25

Levitt; Gail..............................................................................41

McManus; Thomas Neil..........................................................63

Pardo; Scott............................................................................43

Lewandowski; Christopher......................................................29

Mehta; D. Paul.......................................................................16

Parker; Donald .......................................................................47

Lewandowski; Roger G...........................................................28

Mehta; Monika.......................................................................24

Parsons; Ken.............................................................................9

Lewis; William E......................................................................40

Mekid; Samir..........................................................................59

Peng; Kern..............................................................................57

Li; Juanzi...................................................................................7

Mele; Maria Laura.....................................................................6

Penkar; Samir.........................................................................36

Li; Qiaoxing............................................................................58

Merritt; Guy M.......................................................................31

Pennathur; Arunkumar...........................................................32

Li; Xingsen..............................................................................58

Metz; Terrence.......................................................................34

Perez-Quinones; Manuel..........................................................7

Li; Zhiwu................................................................................32

Mignosa; Chuck...............................................................22, 59

Peterson; Donald R...................................................................7

Liang; Sheau-Farn Max...........................................................15

Mills; Ann...............................................................................14

Petre; Marian ...........................................................................7

Liao; Ming..............................................................................22

Mital; Anil...............................................................................32

Petruska; Robert.....................................................................58

Lievre; Pascal .........................................................................39

Modarres; Mohammad...........................................................46

Pham; Andrew Thu.................................................................33

Liker; Jeffrey K.........................................................................31

Moens; Marie-Francine ............................................................7

Pham; David Khoi...................................................................33

Lillis; Brendan S......................................................................60

Morgan; James.......................................................................31

Pheasant; Stephen..................................................................14

Lin; Chih-Long........................................................................15

Mouloua; Mustapha.................................................................9

Pillai; Krishna M......................................................................55

Lin; Yi.....................................................................................54

Muir; Carlyn...........................................................................13

Pinter; Janos D........................................................................26

Lin; Yu-Cheng.........................................................................15

Mujumdar; Arun S..................................................................19

Pinto; Cesar Ariel....................................................................41

Locher; Drew A.......................................................................31

Mullen; Samuel......................................................................68

Pinto; Elodie...........................................................................58

Logachev; Ivan Nikolayevich...................................................63

Mulligan; Perry.......................................................................29

Plocher; Tom............................................................................5

Logachev; Konstantin Ivanovich.............................................63

Mundt; Barry M......................................................................37

Pochampally; Kishore K..........................................................32

London; Kerry .......................................................................48

Myatt; Theodore A.................................................................63

Prabhu; Nagabhushana .........................................................23

LoTempio; Vincent G..............................................................60

Louis; Raymond S...................................................................48 Loveless; Don.........................................................................19 Lovins; Hunter........................................................................56 Lueder; Rani...........................................................................11 Lutchman; Chitram..........................................................21, 67 Lyngso; Soren.........................................................................53

Prasad; Kedar N......................................................................67 Pries; Kim H......................................................................41, 61

Nachlas; Joel A..................................................................26, 27 Naikar; Neelam........................................................................5 Nambiar; Arun N....................................................................22 Neumann; Tomasz.................................................................66 Neves; João Paulouro..............................................................19 Nicholson; Denise M................................................................3 Niederstadt; Joseph................................................................43

Proctor; Robert W.....................................................................9 Productivity Press Development Team.......................28, 50 , 55 Protzman; Charles..................................................................29 Ptak; Carol A...........................................................................49 Pullarcot; Sunil .......................................................................41 Pyke; David F..........................................................................50 Pyla; Pardha..............................................................................7

MacLeod; Dan........................................................................16

Niehus; Terry..........................................................................16

Mahanty; B.............................................................................26

Nikravesh; Seyed Kamaleddin Yadavar....................................44

Maharaj; Rohanie ............................................................21, 67

Nocêra; Rosaldo de Jesus........................................................38

Qiu; Peihua.............................................................................43

Maley; Claude H.....................................................................39

Nof; Shimon Y........................................................................20

Quaresma; Filipe.....................................................................19

Manary; Joel M.......................................................................48

Northrop; Robert B.................................................................59

Quigley; Jon M.................................................................41, 61

Mandelbaum; Jay...................................................................47

Null; Roberta..........................................................................16

Manion; Jamison J..................................................................30

Manna; Carlo.........................................................................42 Marek; Tadeusz...................................................................4, 12 Marinescu; Ioan D..................................................................19 Marklund; Johan ....................................................................23 Marques; Tiago......................................................................58 Martin; James William.............................................................51 Martin; Karen.........................................................................28 Martorell; Sebastián ...............................................................46 Masoodi; Reza........................................................................55 Mateus; Artur Jorge................................................................19 Mathaisel; Dennis F.X.............................................................48 Matias; Joao Manuel...............................................................58

R Racz; LeeAnn..........................................................................65

Oberle; Tim............................................................................21

Raghuram; G..........................................................................47

O’Brien; William J...................................................................48

Rajan; Jane..............................................................................14

Occhipinti; Enrico...................................................................10

Ramos; Carina........................................................................19

Offermann; Scott....................................................................16

Ramos; Catarina.....................................................................58

Oliveira; David........................................................................58

Rau; Pei-Luen Patrick................................................................5

Omachonu; Vincent K............................................................45

Ravindran; A. Ravi...................................................................52

Ortiz; Chris A..........................................................................29

Rebelo; Francesco.....................................................................3

Osisanya; Samuel O................................................................39

Reese; Charles D.....................................................................67

Osterling; Mike.......................................................................28

Regan; Michael A......................................................................4

Ottosson; Hans.......................................................................38

Reis; Igor................................................................................19

Resnick; Marc L.......................................................................11 Reyes-Picknell; James..............................................................62

Mazumdar; Sanjay..................................................................17

Packowski; Josef......................................................................50

Mazzoleni; Ilaria......................................................................11

Pan; Jiansheng........................................................................19

McDonnell; Dan.....................................................................31

Pandey; Vijitashwa..................................................................57

McGlothlin; James D...............................................................10

Panjkovic; Vladimir.................................................................18

Riccetti; Sauro.........................................................................48 Rice; Valerie J. Berg.................................................................11 Richardson; Gary L.................................................................40 Ricks; Bobby...........................................................................68

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Ricks; Truett............................................................................68

Smith; Gregory William..........................................................64

Tsang; Albert H.C...................................................................44

Ritter; Luke.............................................................................52

Smith; Preston G....................................................................31

Tsang; Pamela S........................................................................6

Roberts; Philip........................................................................20

Smith; Roland.........................................................................31

Tungare; Manas........................................................................7

Robinson; Anthony ................................................................17

Smith; Ronald B......................................................................40

Turner; Wayne C.....................................................................16

Rocha-Lona; Luis....................................................................56

Smith; Thomas Jay..................................................................10

Tweedy, MS, CHSP, CPSO, CHEP; James T...............................66

Rogers; Shane P......................................................................61

Smith-Jackson; Tonya Lynette.................................................11

Tweedy; James T.....................................................................14

Rojc; Matej...............................................................................5

Soares de Lemos; Ana Cristina................................................58

Tzeng; Gwo-Hshiung .............................................................24

Rolina; Gregory......................................................................14

Soares; Marcelo M....................................................................3

Rosenkrantz; Walter A.............................................................25

Soto; Eivind............................................................................68

Roseta; Filipa..........................................................................19

Sousa; Ines.............................................................................58

U Uhlmann; Eckart.....................................................................19

Spohrer; James C......................................................................3 Stamatis; D. H........................................................................43

Valcik; Nicolas A.....................................................................66

Rowe; W. Brian.......................................................................19

Stanney; Kay M........................................................................3

Van Der Hoek; Andre................................................................7

Ruben; Vrijhoef.......................................................................48

Stanton; Neville A...............................................................3, 13

Varanini; Francesco.................................................................40

Rudin-Brown; Christina.............................................................5

Stanton; Neville Anthony..........................................................8

Vaughen; Bruce K...................................................................67

Rudnev; Valery........................................................................19

Starr; Martin...........................................................................51

Vellema; John.........................................................................55

Ruggles; William S..................................................................60

Stenberg; Steve......................................................................29

Venkatraman; Praburaj...........................................................54

Rumane; Abdul Razzak...........................................................45

Stephenson; David A..............................................................20

Vidulich; Michael A...................................................................6

Ruzer; Lev S............................................................................62

Stewart; John..........................................................................61

Villa; Tiziano...........................................................................35

Ryu; Dongsu...........................................................................43

Stiller; Michael........................................................................17

Villafiorita; Adolfo...................................................................25

S Sabuwala; Adnar H.................................................................22 Sachs; Neville W.....................................................................30 Sahoo; Trinath........................................................................30 Salas; Eduardo..........................................................................8 Salvendy; Gavriel......................................................................3 Sampietro; Marco...................................................................35 Sangwan; Raghvinder.............................................................33 Sarkar; Jayanta........................................................................56

Strandbakken; Pal...................................................................68

Vincenzi; Dennis A....................................................................9

Struble, Ph.D.; Donald E.........................................................64

Vink; Peter................................................................................3

Su; Chao-Ton.........................................................................45

Vladareanu; Luigi....................................................................58

Subramanian; Satish P............................................................39

Voehl; Frank..........................................................20, 58, 59, 60

Sule; Dileep R.........................................................................26

Summers; Boyd L...................................................................35 Sundaresan; S.........................................................................54

Wabeke; Roger Lee.................................................................62

Szycher, Ph.D; Michael...........................................................58

Wade; Michael G....................................................................10

Author Index

Ross; Joel E.............................................................................45 Rotar; Vladimir I......................................................................26

Wan; Margaret.......................................................................63 Wang; John X.........................................................................19

Sarmah; S. P. .........................................................................26

Taha; Hamdy..........................................................................60

Ward, PMP, PgMP; J. LeRoy..............................................37, 38

Sather; Rick.............................................................................50

Taniguchi; Eiichi......................................................................53

Ward; J. LeRoy........................................................................37

Sau-Fun; Ng...........................................................................54

Taylor; Mark P.........................................................................17

Warsing, Jr.; Donald P.............................................................52

Schmorrow; Dylan D............................................................3, 4

Telea; Alexandru C....................................................................6

Waters; Thomas R...................................................................10

Scholl; Gerd............................................................................68

Templeman; William G...........................................................28

Watkins; Kari Edison................................................................47

Schragenheim; Eli...................................................................49

Thai; Khi V..............................................................................49

Weerdmeester; Bernard..........................................................15

Schroll; R. Craig......................................................................66

Thomas; Douglas J..................................................................50

Weiner; Andrew M.................................................................20

Schulz; Richard.........................................................................5

Thomas; Willis H.....................................................................31

Weintrit; Adam.......................................................................66

Scott; Anita.............................................................................14

Thompson; Russell G..............................................................53

West; Michael.........................................................................61

Seatzu; Carla .........................................................................18

Throne-Holst; Harald..............................................................68

White; J. Chris.........................................................................41

Settle-Murphy; Nancy M........................................................36

Thumann; Albert....................................................................16

Whiton; Fred..........................................................................29

Sgroi, Jr.; Anthony..................................................................59

Tian; Yingjie............................................................................27

Wide; Peter...............................................................................7

Sharit; Joseph...........................................................................4

Tippett; Jesse..........................................................................39

Wieser; Philippe......................................................................49

Sharma; Ramesh.....................................................................21

Tittmann; Peter......................................................................27

Wiggin; Hal............................................................................20

Shih; Yuh-Chuan....................................................................15

Tiwari; M.K.............................................................................26

Williams; Bill...........................................................................57

Sholtes; Robert M...................................................................41

Tokoro; Mario.........................................................................44

Williams; Heather...................................................................47

Shull; Peter J...........................................................................44

Tompkins; Dean T...................................................................63

Wills; Kerry R..........................................................................33

Siegert; Richard......................................................................68

Torvinen; Seppo.....................................................................18

Wilson; John R....................................................................8, 14

Silver; Edward R......................................................................50

Tovey; Craig A........................................................................26

Wincel; Jeffrey P......................................................................29

Simpson; Richard C..................................................................6

Trevelyan; James.....................................................................57

Winkelstein; Beth A. ...............................................................11

Singh; Amitoj.........................................................................12

Trudell; Bill..............................................................................61

Wise; John A. ...........................................................................9

Skuse; Gary..............................................................................6

Trusko; Brett...........................................................................22

Wojcik; Leonard A...................................................................53

Smarandache; Florentin..........................................................58

Tryon, Jr.; Charles A................................................................37

Wood; Andy...........................................................................56

Smith; Francis J.......................................................................37

Trzcielinski; Stefan....................................................................3

Wu; Teresa..............................................................................57

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X Xie; Xiaolan............................................................................18 Xu; Li Da................................................................................54 Xu; Peijun...............................................................................12

Y Yamane; Yasuo.......................................................................59 Yang; Chunyan.......................................................................58 Yang; Xiaobo..........................................................................12 Yarberry, Jr.; William A.............................................................35 Ye; Nong..........................................................................23, 57 Young; Brent Richmond.........................................................17 Young; Kristie...........................................................................4

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Younger; William J..................................................................16 Youngman; Paul A....................................................................8

Z Zandin; K. B...........................................................................59 Zandt; Trisha Van......................................................................9 Zgaga; Pavel...........................................................................12 Zhang; Chunhua ...................................................................27 Zhao; Chengli........................................................................54 Zhao; Yanwei..........................................................................58 Zokaei; Keivan........................................................................56 Zou; Guangtian......................................................................58 Zurn; James............................................................................29

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