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The Right Light Matching Technologies to Needs and Applications Spiros Kitsinelis Athens, Greece
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) design the appropriate living and working environments for a wide spectrum of people with special requirements. In addition, the text can be useful to anyone interested in everyday use of light sources or looking for lighting solutions. Features: • Explains how LED emergence and dominance requires a new look at how a range of professionals can take advantage of its dynamic capabilities • Identifies the most appropriate technologies for creating the most suitable lighting and visual environment to accommodate needs and reduce cost • Includes a step-by-step questionnaire to identify needs and applications • Offers an analysis of characteristics of all existing sources • Provides tables of standards for different environments and applications Selected Contents:
Design for Six Sigma in Product and Service in Development Applications and Case Studies Edited by
Elizabeth A. Cudney Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, USA
Sandra L. Furterer Southern Polytechnic State University, USA
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. Features: • Provides detailed application of real-world Design for Six Sigma projects • Offers a step-by-step discussion of the Design for Six Sigma methodology • Includes over 200 figures and tables which help the reader understand the methodology • Presents a comprehensive Design for Six Sigma glossary • Explains an integrated approach to Design for Six Sigma Selected Contents:
Finding the right source for the right application. Step by step questionnaire to identify need and application. Analysis of characteristics of all existing sources. Tables of standards for different environments and applications. Ways to create dynamic lighting using existing technologies. Kinds of lighting to create different environments for different moods and tasks. Creating the right lighting environment to aid people with visual impairment and eye conditions. Choosing the right light sources for security and the aesthetic improvement of outdoor and indoor spaces.
Instructional Strategies for Using this Book. Design for Six Sigma Overview and Benefits. Design for Six Sigma Roadmap. Military Tool Holder - A Design for Six Sigma Case Study. Portable Can Crusher - A Design for Six Sigma Case Study. Hazardous Chemical Cleanup - A Design for Six Sigma Case Study. Directional Radio Frequency (RF) - A Design for Six Sigma Case Study. Solar Heated Jacket - A Design for Six Sigma Case Study. Travel Jewelry Box - A Design for Six Sigma Case Study. Optical Mouse - A Design for Six Sigma Case Study. Duffel Bag - A Design for Six Sigma Case Study. Paper Towel Dispenser - A Design for Six Sigma Case Study. ...
Catalog no. K14350, May 2012, c. 164 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-9931-1, $129.95 / £82.00 Also available as eBook
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Manufacturing and Processing New!
New!
Manufacturing Technology
Managing Organizational Knowledge
Materials, Processes, and Equipment Helmi A. Youssef, Hassan A. El-Hofy, and Mahmoud H. Ahmed University of Alexandria, Egypt
This text explores all of the manufacturing processes, materials, and equipment used to convert raw materials into a final product. It presents the most commonly used and recently developed manufacturing methods, along with applications, worked examples, exercises, and review questions. Materials covered include metallics, polymers, ceramics, and glasses. The book discusses heat treatments, smelting of metals, process casting, forming, powder metallurgy, joining processes, and surface technology. Features: • Presents guidelines for selecting the proper engineering materials, manufacturing processes, and equipment • Covers the basics as well as the most recent advances in manufacturing technology • Introduces new trends in surface hardening technology • Explores the environmental aspects related to manufacturing and clean factories • Explains the principles of near net shape processing, rapid prototyping, and manufacturing design • Discusses the surface characteristics as a result of manufacturing operations • Includes many solved examples, case studies, and review questions Solutions manual available upon qualifying course adoption
Selected Contents: Introduction to Manufacturing Technology. Engineering Materials. Heat Treatment of Metallic Materials and Alloys. Smelting of Metallic Materials. Casting of Metals. Fundamentals of Metal Forming. Bulk Forming. Sheet Metal Forming. High Speed Metal Forming. Powder Metallurgy and Manufacture of Ceramics. Processing of Polymers. Manufacturing Processes for Composites. Traditional Machining Processes. Nontraditional Machining Processes. NC of Machine Tools. ... Catalog no. K10541, August 2011, 947 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-1085-9, $139.95 / £89.00 Also available as eBook
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3rd Generation Knowledge Management ...and Beyond!! Charles A. Tryon, Jr. Tryon and Associates, Broken Arrow, OK, USA
"At last! A Knowledge Management book that lives up to its title. If you have been wondering what KM is, why your organization will benefit, and how to implement it, this is the book. Absolutely the best book on the subject I have read in my career." — Joseph Colannino, M.S.K.M., Chief Technology Officer, ClearSign Combustion Corporation
"Chuck Tryon has brought a fresh perspective to the field of knowledge management that makes KM grass-roots practical for organizations and the way they operate. Business transformations at any scale are unitized in the form of time-based projects. Inserting KM thinking, behaviors and technology tools in at project level will drive the classic beneficial outcomes from KM programs including organizational learning, collaboration, and innovation capacity." — Phil Barnett, Knowledge & Intellectual Asset Management Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Features: • Provides a practical definition of organizational knowledge based on data, information, and decision making • Offers a proven strategy and templates for creating an inventory of knowledge in Knowledge Retention Policy • Discusses KIPPAR • Details a new Knowledge Management Vision Statement Selected Contents: Knowledge as an Asset - REALLY? The New Realities of Knowledge Management. KM Beliefs. KM Processes. Defining Knowledge. Recognizing Organizational Knowledge. The Knowledge Retention Policy: Level One. The Knowledge Retention Policy: Level Two. A Model for Managing Organizational Knowledge. Implementing Knowledge Management. Catalog no. K13890, March 2012, 142 pp. Soft Cover, ISBN: 978-1-4398-8235-1 $49.95 / £31.99 Also available as eBook
New & Noteworthy Books in Industrial Engineering from CRC Press
Manufacturing and Processing New!
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 decision-makers 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. Catalog no. K12929, March 2012, 429 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-6307-7, $99.95 / £63.99 Also available as eBook
Electrolytic In-Process Dressing (ELID) Technologies Fundamentals and Applications Edited by
Hitoshi Ohmori Materials Fabrication Laboratory, Saitama-KEN, Japan
Ioan D. Marinescu University of Toledo, Ohio, USA
Kazutoshi Katahira A complete review of Electorlytic-In-Process Dressing (ELID) fundamentals and applications, this book explains what ELID is and covers its development process since the early 90s from Japan. The author covers the basic fundamentals of ELID, the fundamentals of ELID grinding types, ELID grinding methods, ELID lap-grinding, ELID honing, ELID free form grinding, ultra/nanoprecision ELID, and Micro-ELID grinding. He examines how this process improves the surface characteristics of the processed piece, and why it is more efficient and productive than polishing and lapping. Catalog no. K10038, June 2011, 263 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-0036-2, $149.95 / £95.00 Also available as eBook
New!
Introduction to Process Control
Systems Life Cycle Costing
Second Edition
Economic Analysis, Estimation, and Management
Jose A. Romagnoli Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA
Ahmet Palazoglu University of California, Davis, USA
“This book contains the essential material for a first course on process control at an elementary level and I highly recommend it to instructors who [teach this] course at this level.” — Mehmet C. Camurdan, Bog˘aziçi University, Turkey
Addressing issues in today’s teaching of process control, this second edition updates and expands the content of its predecessor with 50 percent more exercises and many application examples of control problems. Catalog no. K12554, February 2012, c. 643 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-5486-0, $149.95 / £95.00 Also available as eBook
John Vail Farr United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, USA
An analysis of today’s business environment and the integration of software, people, and interfaces, this book explores the roles of engineers, information technologists, and product development professionals. It provides methods, processes, and tools (MPTs) for life cycle costing while focusing on technology centric examples. The author includes unpublished material on the costing of commercial off-the-shelf systems and presents the MPTs from a product development perspective. The text also covers applications that use Excel spreadsheets for better comprehension. Catalog no. K11422, June 2011, 316 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-2891-5, $99.95 / £63.99 Also available as eBook
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Manufacturing and Processing Handbook for Critical Cleaning
Handbook for Critical Cleaning
Second Edition
Applications, Processes, and Controls, Second Edition
Edited by
Barbara Kanegsberg BFK Solutions, Pacific Palisades, California, USA
Edited by
Edward Kanegsberg
BFK Solutions, Pacific Palisades, California, USA
“… the most fascinating technical book I've ever seen so it should fly off the shelves-or the Internet.”
Ed Kanegsberg
— Debra Kimless-Garber MD, Scott Garber MD, DIFLUOREX
“... a tour de force, a work written by experts who have worked at the interface between science and industry and who write from that basis, not from an ivory tower. … more than happy to strongly recommend it.” — Anselm Kuhn, Galvanotechnik, July 2011
“There are many reasons why cleaning is a hot topic again and a great time for the release of an encyclopaedia on cleaning.” — Bob Willis, Global SMT & Packaging Magazine, July 2011
“Any firm serious about managing its cleaning operations should have this book … Every chapter is replete with references—something not provided with a Google (or other search engine) Internet search.” — John Durkee, Metal Finishing Magazine, August 2011
Barbara Kanegsberg
Updated, expanded, re-organized, and rewritten, this volume addresses how to implement, validate, monitor, and maintain a critical cleaning process. Topics include cleanrooms, materials compatibility, worker safety, sustainability, and environmental constraints. The book shows readers how to draw from diverse disciplines— including aerospace, art conservation, electronics, food, life sciences, military, optics, and semiconductors—to achieve superior productivity. Catalog no. K11397, April 2011, 574 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-2829-8, $99.95 / £63.99 Also available as eBook
Handbook for Critical Cleaning Cleaning Agents and Systems, Second Edition
Features
Edited by
• Explains the "how", "why", and "when" of product cleaning during manufacturing
Barbara Kanegsberg
• Addresses today’s manufacturing challenges, including increasing performance requirements, miniaturization, complex supply chain, economic pressures, and safety/ environmental constraints
Edward Kanegsberg
• Offers a balanced perspective that helps manufacturers make sound business decisions that optimize productivity, quality, costeffectiveness, and competitiveness of new and existing cleaning processes Catalog no. K11395, April 2011, 1136 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-2826-7, $179.95 / £114.00 Also available as eBook
BFK Solutions, Pacific Palisades, California, USA
Updated, re-organized, and rewritten, the first volume, Handbook for Critical Cleaning: Cleaning Agents and Systems gives manufacturers a practical understanding of cleaning chemistries and cleaning and drying equipment. Topics include aqueous, solvent, and "non-chemical" approaches. Readers can compare costs, performance, and regulatory issues, and then choose their best process option. A collection of international contributors gives the text a global viewpoint. Color illustrations, video clips, and animation are available for download to help readers better understand presented material. Catalog no. K11396, April 2011, 560 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-2827-4, $99.95 / £63.99 Also available as eBook
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New & Noteworthy Books in Industrial Engineering from CRC Press
Manufacturing and Processing
Laser Machining of Advanced Materials Narendra Dahotre Anoop Samant The use of lasers in material processing is an expanding field that is drawing attention from both industry and academia. Research funding continues to grow because the practice offers several advantages such as capabilities. These include use of difficult-to-machine materials, flexibility and automation, and an extended scope for applications. Focusing on the fundamental aspects of laser machining, this book covers principles and physical phenomena involved in this emerging process. Catalog no. K11845, March 2011, 236 pp. ISBN: 978-0-415-58562-0, $99.95 / £63.99 Also available as an eBook
Distillation Control, Optimization, and Tuning Fundamentals and Strategies Lanny Robbins Larco Technologies LLC
With a focus on the fundamentals and strategies of distillation columns, this book covers the process variables for continuous distillation columns, as well as four basic control strategies and the typical cases in which they are used. The author defines the inlet and outlet streams and process variables for a distillation column and then explains the overall concept of the separation and purification that is performed. Performance and product quality are described in terms of specification requirements, and tools and techniques for the optimization of quality performance are provided. Figures and graphs are included within the reference to illustrate concepts. Catalog no. K12689, April 2011, 144 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-5748-9, $149.95 / £95.00 Also available as eBook
Resistance Welding Product Design for Manufacture and Assembly
Fundamentals and Applications, Second Edition Hongyan Zhang
Third Edition
University of Toledo, Ohio, USA
Geoffrey Boothroyd, Peter Dewhurst, and Winston A. Knight
Jacek Senkara
"If you are a manufacturer needing to reduce the cost of your products in a highly competitive international market, go out and buy this book. If you are a manufacturing student looking to learn something that will increase your value to potential employers, go out and buy this book. If you are a design engineer who wants to make for a penny, what a fool can make for two then go out and buy this book . . . it is a practical book, it works spectacularly well in the real world." — Ernie Appleton, Industrial Robot, April 2008
Catalog no. 89277, December 2010, 709 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-8927-1, $135.95 / £87.00 Also available as eBook
Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Drawing on state-of-the-art research results, this second edition presents fundamental aspects of important processes in resistance welding and discusses their implications on real-world welding applications. This updated edition incorporates many new features: more metallurgical aspects of materials such as steels, aluminum and magnesium alloys, zinc, and copper; commonly used electric current waveforms; and magnesium welding in terms of cracking and expulsion. Along with new 2-D and 3-D lobe diagrams, it discusses the effect of individual welding parameters and new materials for the ultrasonic evaluation of welds. Catalog no. K12480, December 2011, 456 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-5371-9, $159.95 / £99.00
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Manufacturing and Processing Hot Deformation and Processing of Aluminum Alloys Hugh J. McQueen, Stefano Spigarelli, Michael E. Kassner, and Enrico Evangelista This reference provides descriptions on techniques relating to the hot deformation of aluminum alloys. It provides detailed explanations on how this process relates to creep, superplasticity, cold working, and annealing processes. Chapter topics include information on hot work testing techniques, quality and defects in industrial processing, metal forming and deformation modes, and dispersoid and solute alloys. In addition, Hot Deformation and Processing of Aluminum Alloys applies individual concepts to processes such as extrusion, rolling, forging, and thermomechanical processing.
Welding Thermal Processes and Weld Pool Behaviors Chuan Song Wu Institute for Materials Joining, Shandong University, China
After introducing the concepts and characteristics of welding thermal processes and weld pool behaviors, this book addresses essential advances in welding analysis and processes with an emphasis on the latest modeling and simulation methods. It covers techniques and formulas for assessing welding thermal processes, finite difference and finite analysis methods for calculating thermal conduction, and numerical simulation of weld pool behaviors in metal-inertgas/metal-active-gas arc welding, It also provides case studies of fluid flow and heat transfer in tungsten-inert-gas arc welding.
Catalog no. DK4130, September 2011, 615 pp. ISBN: 978-1-57444-678-4, $199.95 / £127.00 Also available as eBook
Catalog no. N10126, September 2010, 445 pp. ISBN: 978-7-111-21962-0, $249.95 / £159.00
Innovations in Materials Manufacturing, Fabrication, and Environmental Safety
Failure Mechanisms of Advanced Welding Processes
Edited by
Xin Sun
Mel Schwartz Consultant, Clearwater, Florida, USA
With contributions from a panel of experts from industry, government, and academia, this volume is a practical guide to the latest innovations in materials processing and fabrication. It examines current and developing processes in the aerospace, industrial, commercial, military, and electronic industries. Coverage for each process spans the testing background, why and where it is being used, applications, potential to replace existing processes, and environmental and safety concerns. The various processes and fabrication methods include friction stir welding, infusion mold technologies, heat treatment processing, plasma brazing, diffusion and adhesive bonding, and laser processes. Catalog no. 82159, November 2010, 814 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-8215-9, $169.95 / £108.00 Also available as an eBook
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Edited by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA
This well-organized reference first covers the mechanics modeling of spot welds, applications to fatigue life predictions, resistance spot weld failure mode, and weld performance for alloys and steels. It then discusses fatigue behavior of spot welded joints, the nondestructive evaluation of spot weld quality, solid state joining, and failure mechanisms in friction stir welds, before describing the microstructure characteristics and mechanical properties of laser weld bonding of alloys. The book also explores fatigue in laser welds, weld metal ductility, the joining of lightweight materials using reactive nanofoils, fatigue life prediction, and improvements for MIG-welded advanced high strength steel weldments. Catalog no. N10210, August 2010, 368 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-3172-4, $209.95 / £135.00
New & Noteworthy Books in Industrial Engineering from CRC Press
Manufacturing and Processing Process Modeling in Composites Manufacturing Second Edition Suresh G. Advani University of Delaware, Newark, USA
E. Murat Sozer Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey
An introduction to modeling of composite manufacturing processes, this book covers the basic principles of fluid mechanics and heat transfer. The book includes example problems solved to facilitate the use of back-of-the-envelope calculations, introducing a scientific basis to manufacturing. The end of each chapter has questions and problems that reinforce the content and fillin-the-blank sections that will develop the experience base of the manufacturing, materials, and design engineer or scientist. In this new edition, the computer-based solutions were obtained using MATLAB® code and also flow simulation based analysis. Catalog no. 90828, July 2010, 630 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-9082-6, $159.95 / £99.00
Advances in Human Factors, Ergonomics, and Safety in Manufacturing and Service Industries
Gear Cutting Tools Fundamentals of Design and Computation Stephen P. Radzevich Eaton Corporation, Southfield, Michigan, USA
This book presents the DG/K-based method of surface generation, a novel and practical mathematical method for designing gear cutting tools with optimal parameters. The author, an industry leader for the past 30 years, proposes a scientific classification for all possible kinds of the gear machining meshes before discussing optimal designs of gear cutting tools. This classification makes it possible to consider all possible designs of gear cutting tools, including those currently used in practice and those expected to be used in the future. It also allows the author to develop scientific predictions and optimal designs. In most cases, solutions appear in analytical form and/or graphical form. Catalog no. K11035, February 2010, 786 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-1967-8, $189.95 / £120.00 Also available as eBook
Composite Materials Technology Neural Network Applications Edited by
S.M. Sapuan
Edited by
Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Waldemar Karwowski
I.M. Mujtaba
University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA
Gavriel Salvendy
University of Bradford, UK
Meeting the needs of the manufacturing and service sectors of contemporary industry, this volume is concerned with the human factors, ergonomics, and safety issues related to the design of products, processes, and systems, as well as the operation and management of business enterprises. This book will be of special value to researchers and practitioners involved in the design of products, processes, systems, and services, which are marketed and utilized by a variety of organizations around the world.
Bringing together the work of leading researchers from all parts of the world, this book provides readers with an understanding of the various applications of artificial neural networks (ANN) involved in composite material technology. Covering composite mechanics, materials characterization, product design, and other important areas, it first presents a review of the literature and then offers recent research on neural network approaches for defect detection in a variety of composite materials. It also explores techniques for selecting, predicting the behavior of, and monitoring composite materials.
Catalog no. K11577, June 2010, 1250 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-3499-2, $83.95 / £53.99 Also available as eBook
Catalog no. 93320, December 2009, 368 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-9332-2, $149.95 / £96.00 Also available as eBook
Tsinghua University, Peoples Republic of China
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Manufacturing and Processing Integrated Product and Process Design and Development
Life Cycle Costing for Engineers
The Product Realization Process, Second Edition
B.S. Dhillon
Edward B. Magrab, Satyandra K. Gupta, F. Patrick McCluskey, and Peter Sandborn
University of Ottawa, Canada
The life cycle cost is the sum of all costs incurred during the life time of an item. In today’s global economy, the procurement decisions of many engineering products are not entirely made on initial procurement costs alone but on their life cycle costs. Past experiences indicate that product ownership cost often exceeds the procurement cost. Eliminating the need to consult many different sources, this book brings together useful life cycle costing concepts for various industrial sectors. It explores the economics of life cycle costing, presents introductory engineering reliability and maintainability concepts, and includes numerous examples with solutions. Catalog no. K10869, October 2009, 224 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-1688-2, $107.95 / £69.99 Also available as eBook
Modeling of Steelmaking Processes
University of Maryland, College Park, USA
The second edition of a bestseller, this book discusses an integrated product and process design that has been successfully used to conceptualize, design, and rapidly product competitivelypriced quality products. It examines the overlapping, interacting, and iterative nature of the engineering aspects that impact the product realization process. A detailed introduction to the creation of high quality products, the new edition explores the role of innovation, requirements engineering, smart materials, different rapid prototyping methods, and life-cycle cost determination, to name just a few. Catalog no. 70606, July 2009, 304 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-7060-6, $129.95 / £82.99 Also available as eBook
Dipak Mazumdar Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India
James W. Evans University of California, Berkeley, USA
"I enjoyed the easy writing style which, coupled with worked examples to compliment the theory, and self learning exercises at the end of each chapter, make for a very useful book for industry, academia and R&D…. " — Dr. David Price, Executive Editor, Ironmaking and Steelmaking Journal
Responding to a resurgence in the steel industry and the need for experts trained in current steelmaking techniques, this volume goes beyond fundamental modeling concepts to address physical and mathematical modeling, steelmaking technology, and the scientific basis of steelmaking. It also provides computational fluid dynamics (CFD) codes and covers FLUENT software. Catalog no. 62433, August 2009, 493 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-6243-4, $149.95 / £96.00 Also available as eBook
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Advances in Lubricant Additives and Tribology S.P. Srivastava Consultant, Haryana, India
Engine oil formulations will have to change considerably in the near future. The use of biodegradable lubricants mainly based on vegetable oils or genetically modified vegetable oils would increase in the agricultural and forest sector. This book incorporates up-to-date information on these important subjects, enabling readers to understand the dynamics of lubricant additive technology and tribology. It will be useful to all those engaged in education and research in the field. Catalog no. K10730, March 2009, 465 pp. ISBN: 978-81-88305-94-0, $209.95 / £134.00
New & Noteworthy Books in Industrial Engineering from CRC Press
Production Systems New!
Industrial Control Systems
RFID and AutoID in Planning and Logistics
Mathematical and Statistical Models and Techniques
A Practical Guide for Military UID Applications
Adedeji B. Badiru, Oye Ibidapo-Obe, and Babatunde J. Ayeni
Erick C. Jones
This book presents the mathematical foundation for building and implementing industrial control systems. It contains mathematically rigorous models and techniques for control systems in general with specific orientation toward industrial systems. Industrial control encompasses several types of control systems. This book covers some common elements of industrial control systems, including supervisory control and data acquisition systems, distributed control systems, and other generic control system configurations such as programmable logic controllers, which are often found in industrial operations and engineering infrastructure. Catalog no. 75586, October 2011, 380 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-7558-8, $89.95 / £57.99 Also available as eBook
Coordinate Measuring Machines and Systems
University of Texas, Arlington, USA
Christopher A. Chung Seabrook, Texas, USA
Now that RFID technology has come of age and there are numerous choices, the challenge has become how to select the right one for the job. A practical reference on the workings of RFID and Auto-ID technologies such as satellite tags and barcodes and their integration into logistics initiatives, this book covers background, history, and current applications. It delineates a decision model for choosing RFID and other Auto-ID technologies. It covers integrating and developing RFID and Auto-ID applications, traditional planning and logistics, military UID requirements, and future research. Catalog no. 94270, May 2011, 430 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-9427-5, $149.95 / £95.00 Also available as eBook
Second Edition Edited by
Robert J. Hocken University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA
Paulo H. Pereira Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, Illinois, USA
Modern Construction Lean Project Delivery and Integrated Practices
Since John Bosh edited and published the first version of this book in 1995, the world of manufacturing and Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMMs) and Systems has changed considerably. In addition to two new editors, one from academia and one from a metrology intensive user industry, this second edition has many new authors and a known cadre of experts who have grown with the field since the last version. The well-rounded coverage includes the evolution of measurements and development of standards, the use of CMMs, accessory elements, application software, performance and financial evaluations, and accuracy.
Lincoln H. Forbes
Catalog no. DK4043, July 2011, 592 pp. ISBN: 978-1-57444-652-4, $139.95 / £89.00 Also available as eBook
Catalog no. 6312X, October 2010, 524 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-6312-7, $135.95 / £87.00 Also available as eBook
East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA
Syed M. Ahmed Department of Construction Management, East Carolina University, USA (chair)
"... collects lean ideas in one place. clarifies their application in the construction industry and helps to promote their adoption. ... balances theoretical explanations with discussions of actual cases where practitioners successfully applies lean innovation. ... thoroughly documents the human element important for success." — Industrial Engineer's Book of the Month, May 2011
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Production Systems Handbook of Industrial Engineering Equations, Formulas, and Calculations Adedeji B. Badiru and Olufemi A. Omitaomu Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, USA
Industrial engineering practitioners don’t have to be computational experts. They just have to know where to get the computational resources that they need. This book provides access to computational resources needed by industrial engineers. It consists of several sections that each focus on a particular specialization area of industrial engineering. These include basic and engineering math, production engineering, engineering economics, ergonomics, systems and data engineering, project engineering, and simulation and statistical calculations. The book elucidates the underlying equations that facilitate the understanding required to improve design processes. Catalog no. 76272, September 2010, 454 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-7627-1, $135.95 / £87.00 Also available as eBook
Lean Manufacturing Business Bottom-Line Based John X. Wang Lean Six Sigma Institute of Technology, Marion, Iowa, USA
Project Execution A Practical Approach to Industrial and Commercial Project Management Chitram Lutchman Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Focusing primarily on the project execution phase of a project, this book provides a practical approach for executing large industrial and commercial projects. The author identifies people, processes, and system readiness as key components of an overall process so that projects can be executed within budget and on schedule. He also identifies strong leadership behaviors, good stakeholder relations, and proper management as key requirements for successful project execution. An easy to follow road map, the book discusses practical tools and processes which can be adapted for varying scales of projects in many different industries. Catalog no. K11755, July 2010, 252 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-3863-1, $83.95 / £53.99 Also available as eBook
System Management Planning, Enterprise Identity, and Deployment, Second Edition Jeffrey O. Grady
Written by an expert who has seen firsthand the limitations of traditional lean manufacturing, this book demonstrates how an awareness of manufacturing business metrics is absolutely essential for every lean manufacturing practitioner. The author outlines case studies relating world events and manufacturing efficiency and presents lean manufacturing strategies and techniques designed to accelerate responses to current and future events on the floors of the world’s manufacturing facilities. The book introduces key methods for harnessing market forces by following the Three Golden Rules to reduce production and inventory costs.
JOG System Engineering, Inc., San Diego, California, USA
Catalog no. 86022, August 2010, 288 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-8602-7, $94.95 / £59.99 Also available as eBook
Catalog no. K11061, May 2010, 628 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-2013-1, $125.95 / £80.99 Also available as eBook
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The second edition of a bestseller, System Management: Planning, Enterprise Identity, and Deployment demonstrates how to make systems development work for any organization. Updated with new chapters, new examples, and new figures, it discusses the optimum marriage between specific program planning and a company’s generic identity. The author focuses on the management aspects of the functional departments and programs and highlights the areas that must be improved in order to implement outstanding systems capability.
New & Noteworthy Books in Industrial Engineering from CRC Press
Production Systems
System Synthesis Product and Process Design Jeffrey O. Grady JOG System Engineering, Inc., San Diego, California, USA
Based on the authors 45 years of experience, this book examines the activities that must take place in the development of any system between the completion of the requirements work and the verification of work. It provides insight into complex problems, focusing on the boundary conditions that exist between the knowledge domains of the specialized engineers populating a program and the product domains related to the product being developed by different teams on a program. The text explores the role of the system engineer in design, material procurement, and manufacturing. Catalog no. K11032, May 2010, 574 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-1961-6, $125.95 / £80.99 Also available as eBook
Moving from Project Management to Project Leadership A Practical Guide to Leading Groups R. Camper Bull “There have been many books written about project management but this is the first I have seen that focuses on project leadership … Once you read this book, you’ll know what it takes to be a better leader at work, at home, and in other aspects of your life. So buckle up and enjoy the ride. I think you’ll walk away with a new perspective on project leadership.” — From the foreword by John Hinshaw, CIO, The Boeing Company
Catalog no. K11303, April 2010, 298 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-2667-6, $83.95 / £53.99 Also available as eBook
Social Responsibility Failure Mode Effects and Analysis Holly Alison Duckworth Gilbert, Arizona, USA
Rosemond Ann Moore University of Texas, USA
Taking a continuous improvement approach to social responsibility, this book offers a process for driving actions that can be taken by those interested in making positive change. Although many books cover market response and interest in this area, this is quite possibly the first one to focus on methods for assessing an organization’s path to social responsibility performance. The authors define social responsibility, explain the ramifications of the ISO 26000 standards in the market place, and provide problem-solving methods that can be put to immediate use. Catalog no. K10208, March 2010, 201 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-0372-1, $83.95 / £53.99 Also available as an eBook
Real Options in Engineering Design, Operations, and Management Edited by
Harriet Black Nembhard Penn State University, University Park, USA
Mehmet Aktan Ataturk Universitesi, Erzurum, Turkey
Real options methodology has long been proposed as an approach to making business decisions, and the field of engineering is no exception. It is valued today as an approach for the evaluation and optimization of engineering systems under uncertainty. This book presents and synthesizes the body of knowledge in the area of real options for engineering systems. Providing case studies at the end of each application chapter, it covers engineering applications across different disciplines such as industrial and civil engineering, and computer science. Step-by-step computations of real options valuation are included. Catalog no. 71696, October 2009, 253 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-7169-6, $87.95 / £55.99 Also available as eBook
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Production Systems Global Engineering Design, Decision Making, and Communication Carlos Acosta Universidad de las Americas, Mexico
V. Jorge Leon, Charles Conrad, and Cesar O. Malave Texas A&M University, USA
Written by multidisciplinary team of experts in industrial, mechanical, and manufacturing engineering as well as organizational communications, this book provides a primer on how to better design, make decision, and communicate in an international working environment. The contents of the book reflect the authors’ multidisciplinary perspective and their experience in working on projects around the world. The book presents globalization as a prevalent phenomenon affecting both the way companies operate and most engineering functions. It uses a case study format that is based on real industrial projects, ranging from design to supply chain and logistics problems, and system improvement projects. Catalog no. K10580, September 2009, 256 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-1155-9, $96.95 / £61.99 Also available as eBook
Conveyors Application, Selection, and Integration Patrick M. McGuire Glidepath, LLC, TX, USA
This is probably the first book in 40 years to comprehensively discuss conveyors, a topic that seems mundane until the need arises to move material from point A to point B without manual intervention. This book gives industrial designers, engineers, and operations managers key information for determining which type of conveyor to purchase and how to use it to meet their transport needs. It discusses requirements for specific products or materials and environmental factors, including extreme temperatures. Each chapter covers a specific type of conveyor including chain, belt, and gravity varieties, highlighting the primary features such as load capacity and rate and operation. Catalog no. K10216, August 2009, 210 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-0388-2, $96.95 / £61.99 Also available as eBook
Lean Six Sigma in Service
Inventory Management
Applications and Case Studies
Non-Classical Views
Edited by
Sandra L. Furterer
Edited by
Mohamad Y. Jaber Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Bentonville, Arkansas and Southern Polytechnic State University, Marietta, Georgia, USA
Establishing the foundation for new areas of research, this book focuses on the need to design inventory systems that serve as a means of flexibility, to develop performance measures other than cost to control inventory, and to view inventory as a contributor to customer value creation.
Based on case studies, this book demonstrates real-world applications of Six Sigma, especially in service or non-traditional industries and processes. In a clean, clear style that is not overly technical, the author describes the Six Sigma DMAIC and Design for Six Sigma IDDOV problem solving approach and how it can be applied to service and transaction related processes. The case studies illustrate the application of Lean Six Sigma tools to a wide variety of processes and problems including, but not limited to financial process improvement, designing a recruiting process, managing a college’s assets, and improving educational processes.
Catalog no. 79972, August 2009, 242 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-7997-5, $87.95 / £55.99 Also available as eBook
Catalog no. 78887, May 2009, 468 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-7888-6, $87.95 / £55.99 Also available as eBook
“Jaber has collected together a set of significant research articles. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in inventory control systems, especially to doctoral students and researchers.” — Professor J. Lisboa, University of Coimbra, Portugal, writing in the International Journal of Production Research V. 48, N18, 2010
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New & Noteworthy Books in Industrial Engineering from CRC Press
Operations Research
New!
New!
Probability Foundations for Engineers
Analysis of Queues
Joel A. Nachlas
Methods and Applications
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA
Natarajan Gautam
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.
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 some of the recent advances in stochastic networks, this book covers a broad range of applications. It contains numerous realworld examples and industrial applications in all chapters. Covers a broad range of topics, from classical concepts to modern theories.
Features: • Presents theory in a conversational rather than a theorem-proof style • Includes a summary from set theory and uses set theory to introduce probability and its axioms
Texas A&M, College Station, USA
Features: • Presents solved examples and industrial applications for explaining the concepts • Includes discussion of fluid-flow queues, which is not part of any other textbook • Emphasizes methodology, rather than a collection of formulae
• Discusses probability, conditional probability and independence
• Provides 120 solved problems and 120 unsolved problems
• Concludes with approximations and some limit theorems
Selected Contents:
Selected Contents:
Introduction. Single-Station Queues: Exponential Inter-arrival and Service Times: Closed-form Expressions. Exponential Inter-arrival and Service Times: Numerical Techniques and Approximations. General Inter-arrival and/or Service Times: Closed Form Expressions and Approximations. Multi-class Queues with Poisson Arrivals and General Service (M/G/i). Network of Queues: Exact Results in Network of Queues: Product Form. Approximations in Queueing Networks. Advanced Topics: Fluid-flow Models for Bursty Traffic. Analysis for Transient and Non-stationary Queues. Stability in Multi-class Queueing Networks. Appendices.
Introduction. Set Theory Review. Probability Basics. Random Variables and Distributions. Functions of Random Variables and Expectation. Joint, Marginal and Conditional Distributions. Moments and Moment Generating Functions. Sums of Independent Random Variables. Approximations and Limiting Behavior. Appendices. Tables. Catalog no. K14453, May 2012, c. 184 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4665-0299-4, $129.95 / £82.00 Also available as eBook
Catalog no. K10327, April 2012, c. 806 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-0658-6, $119.95 / £76.99
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Operations Research New! New!
Modeling of Responsive Supply Chain
Design and Management of RFID-enabled Enterprises
M.K. Tiwari, B. Mahanty, S.P. Sarmah, and M. Jenamani
Edited by
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.
Radio frequency identification (RFID) is one of the game-changing 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 large-scale, 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.
Features:
Catalog no. K10376, August 2012, c. 300 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-0741-5, $99.95 / £63.99 Also available as eBook
• Presents a quantitative view of supply chain management with an engineering perspective • Provides a unified and robust approach to visualize logistic management • Describes various models in supply chains with real-life examples • Includes recent advances in supply chain theory and management • Defines mechanisms to solve complex supply chain problems Selected Contents: Overview of Responsive Supply Chains. Supply Chain Optimization. Supply Chain Coordination. System Dynamics Application in Supply Chain Modeling. Supply Chain Technologies. Catalog no. K14775, August 2012, c. 200 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4665-1034-0, $139.95 / £89.00 Also available as eBook
Nagabhushana Prabhu Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
New!
Applied Operational Research with SAS Ali Emrouznejad and William Ho Aston Business School, Birmingham, UK
Using a wide range of OR optimization examples, this book demonstrates how the OR procedures in SAS work. The text is one of the first to extensively cover the application of SAS procedures to OR problems, such as single criterion optimization, project management decisions, printed circuit board assembly, and multiple criteria decision making. The authors present the principles behind PROC OPTMODEL and other SAS procedures as well as describe the algorithms and methods for linear programming, integer linear programming, and goal programming models. Catalog no. K11920, December 2011, 284 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-4130-3, $89.95 / £57.99 Also available as eBook
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New & Noteworthy Books in Industrial Engineering from CRC Press
Operations Research New!
Value-Added Decision Making for Managers Kenneth Chelst Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Yavuz Burak Canbolat Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois, USA
Developed from the authors’ longstanding course on decision and risk analysis, this text explores the important interaction between decisions and management action and clarifies the barriers to rational decision making. The authors analyze strengths and weaknesses of the best alternatives, enabling decision makers to improve on these alternatives by adding value and reducing risk. They also discuss bias, negotiations, project/risk management, and ethical dilemmas. Numerous examples highlight realworld situations from everyday life, public policy, and industry. Software tutorials and other material are available on the book’s website. Catalog no. C7572, October 2011, 578 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-7572-4, $129.95 / £82.00 Also available as eBook
Markov Chains and Decision Processes for Engineers and Managers Theodore J. Sheskin Cleveland State University, Ohio, USA
This book presents an introduction to finite Markov chains and Markov decision processes, with applications in engineering and management. It introduces discrete-time, finite-state Markov chains, and Markov decision processes. The text describes both algorithms and applications, enabling students to understand the logical basis for the algorithms and be able to apply them. The author uses Markov models to approximate the random behavior of complex systems in diverse areas, such as management, production, science, health services, finance, and marketing. Catalog no. 51113, November 2010, 492 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-5111-7, $104.95 / £66.99
Operations Research Calculations Handbook, Second Edition Learning Curves Theory, Models, and Applications Edited by
Mohamad Y. Jaber Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"… spot on - a lot of research has been conducted to understand learning in organizations as opposed to merely estimating a function that relates cumulative production volume to unit cost. … fills a vacuum in learning curve research in theory, modelling and applications.” —Michael A. Lapre, Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Catalog no. K10374, June 2011, 476 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-0738-5, $119.95 / £76.99 Also available as eBook
Dennis Blumenfeld General Motors, Warren, Michigan, USA
This bestselling handbook presents analytical results and formulas needed in the science applications of operations research and management. It provides quick calculations and insight into system performance. The material is organized by topic and presented in a concise format that allows readers ready access to a wide range of results in a single volume. The second edition adds a wealth of information including new chapters on reliability theory results, order statistics, heuristic search methods, and probability relationships. It also offers invaluable information on production systems modeling and priority queuing. Catalog no. 52403, December 2009, 256 pp. Soft Cover, ISBN: 978-1-4200-5240-4 $75.95 / £47.99 Also available as eBook
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Quality Control & Reliability New!
New!
Essential Statistical Concepts for the Quality Professional D. H. Stamatis University of Phoenix School of Business, Southgate, Michigan, USA
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 nontechnical 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. Features: • Provides a simple explanation of the most frequent statistical tests for improvement • Includes many examples of the key statistical tests • Introduces a list of questions and answers for particular statistics and list of where and when to use each • Offers visual help for using Minitab-the default software program for most statistical applications in quality, including six sigma • Discusses statistical software dealing with ANOVA and ANCOVA Selected Contents: What is statistics? Data. Summarizing Data. Tests and Confidence Intervals for Means. Tests and Confidence Intervals for Standard Deviations. Tests of Distributions and Means. Planning the Experiment and Analysis of Variance. Fitting Functions. Typical Sampling Techniques. Understanding Computer Programs for Design and Estimating Design Power. Catalog no. K14213, March 2012, 518 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-9457-6, $89.95 / £57.99 Also available as eBook
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Advanced Risk Analysis in Engineering Enterprise Systems Cesar Ariel Pinto Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Paul R. Garvey The MITRE Corporation, Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
“… a decidedly unique and rigorous treatment of selected topics of risk management and engineering and enterprise systems. The narrative is notably modern and clear, and the mathematical formalism is comprehensive and advanced while remaining accessible for engineering work on complex systems. … will measurably improve the ability of a reader to cope with hardware and software and enterprise design requirements and risk assessment and management across a system lifecycle.” — Professor James Lambert, Associate Director, Center for Risk Management of Engineering Systems, University of Virginia
• Addresses challenging issues in modern risk analysis for today’s advanced engineering systems • Covers extreme events that are of increasing concern • Provides exercises in each chapter to further an understanding of theory and practice Selected Contents: Engineering Systems Risk Management. Elements of Risk and Decision Theory. Engineering Enterprise Systems. A Risk Analytical Framework for Engineering Enterprise Systems. An Index to Measure Risk CoRelationships (RCR). Functional Dependency Network Analysis (FDNA). A Decision-Theoretic Algorithm for Ranking Risk Criticality. A Model Formulation for Measuring Risk in Engineering Enterprise Systems. Introduction to Random Processes and Queuing Theory. Extreme Event Theory. Prioritization Systems in Highly Networked Environments. Risks of Extreme Events in Complex Queuing Systems. Appendices. Index. Catalog no. K11256, April 2012, c. 480 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-2614-0, $99.95 / £63.99 Also available as eBook
New & Noteworthy Books in Industrial Engineering from CRC Press
Quality Control & Reliability A First Course in Quality Engineering Integrating Statistical and Management Methods of Quality, Second Edition K.S. Krishnamoorthi
New Edition of a Bestseller!
Root Cause Analysis Improving Performance for Bottom-Line Results, Fourth Edition
Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, USA
Robert J. Latino, Kenneth C. Latino, and Mark A. Latino
V. Ram Krishnamoorthi
Read the Reviews:
Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Illinois, USA
Praise for the Previous Edition “Professor Krishnamoorthi has designed, assembled, and delivered a milestone textbook in quality engineering education. His use of real-world examples is exemplary. His integration of the managerial aspects and the technical methods within the world of quality is both refreshing and appealing. Indeed, it saves one from having to buy two books as it is, to wit, the only textbook that does it. All topics … are presented in a clear, well defined, but not overstated manner...” — Trevor Hale, Ohio University
Features:
“… allowed us to fix a chronic processing problem that plagued one of our gas plants for more than ten years. If not for this technique, we would still be ‘fire fighting’ this problem today.” — Alan Laundry, Tech. Services Manager, Westcoast Energy, Inc., Ft. St. John, BC.
“... The ideas generated are excellent and much good variety of industries represented, lots of interaction and information exchanged.” — Thomas Bublitz - Herman Miller, Inc.
“… am finally convinced that this is the tool of choice (when compared to RCM)” — Doug Walwyn, Maintenance & Reliability Engineer, General Mills, Inc.
Features:
• Builds a solid foundation by covering the basics of probability and statistics in one chapter
• Explains Expressed Root Cause Analysis as a holistic approach
• Discusses how to integrate Lean methods into the quality methodology
• Shows how it can be applied by novices as well as veteran analysts
• Expands coverage of strategic planning
• Makes the business case for RCA via ROI
• Illustrates the use of quality methods with real-world examples drawn from the authors’ consulting work
• Focuses on human error reduction strategies involved with decision making
• Incorporates lean methods in the quality methodology PowerPoint slides, solutions manual, and test banks are available upon qualified course adoptions
• Describes the basics of failure scene investigation techniques (evidence gathering) Selected Contents:
Introduction to Quality. Statistics for Quality. Quality in Design. Quality in Production: Process Control I. Quality in Production: Process Control II. Managing for Quality. Quality in Procurement. Continuous Improvement of Quality. A System for Quality. Appendix. Answers to Selected Exercises. Index.
Introduction to Root Cause Analysis. The Chapters Ahead. Creating the Environment to Succeed. Failure Classification. FMEA Versus Opportunity Analysis. Enterprise Reliability Management System (ERMS). Human Error Reduction Techniques (HERT). Preserving Event Data. Ordering the Analysis Team. Analyzing the Data. Communicating Recommendations & Findings. Tracking for Bottom-Line Results. Automating Root Cause Analysis. Root Cause Analysis Case Histories.
Catalog no. K11869, August 2011, 634 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-4034-4, $129.95 / £82.00 Also available as eBook
Catalog no. K12320, June 2011, 279 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-5092-3, $89.95 / £57.99 Also available as eBook
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Quality Control & Reliability New!
Reliability and Maintenance Networks and Systems Frank Beichelt University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Peter Tittmann University of Applied Sciences, Mittweida, Germany
This book addresses the key parts of reliability theory: binary and multi-state monotone systems, network reliability, and maintenance theory. It provides many worked examples, algorithms, simulation methods, and exercises, with solutions in an appendix. Specific topics covered include disjoint sum representations of the system function, systems consisting of components with statistically dependent lifetimes, and lifetime and aging analyses of simple and binary monotone systems. Features: • Combines theory and practice • Stresses the importance of modern combinatorial methods in reliability analysis
New!
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. Catalog no. K14492, May 2012, c. 231 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4665-0379-3, $99.95 / £63.99 Also available as eBook
• Illustrates the relationship between network reliability analysis, chromatics graph theory, combinatorial enumeration, and lattice theory • Contains numerous worked examples, algorithms, and simulation techniques • Provides exercises with solutions for self-study and classroom use Selected Contents: Monotone Systems. Basic Systems. Binary Systems. Multi-State Systems. Network Reliability. Modeling Network Reliability Problems. Reliability Measures. Connectedness in Undirected Graphs. Partitions of Vertex Sets and Vertex Separators. Algorithmic Aspects of Network Reliability. Maintenance Models. Aging of Systems. Renewal Processes. Minimal Repair Processes. Maintenance Policies with Minimal Repair. Maintenance Policies with General Degree of Repair. Optimal Inspection Policies. Catalog no. K11269, May 2012, c. 334 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-2635-5, $99.95 / £63.99 Also available as eBook
New!
Engineering Optimization A Modern Approach Ranjan Ganguli Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore, India
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 emphasis on methods such as response surface and genetic algorithm, an approach suited for moving the concept of optitnization from an academic setting to the industry platform. Equal importance has been given to classical methods also for making the contents selfsufficient for an undergraduate course. Catalog no. K14838, December 2011, 264 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4665-1139-2, $119.95 / £76.99
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New & Noteworthy Books in Industrial Engineering from CRC Press
Quality Control & Reliability New!
Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care and Patient Safety
Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare
Second Edition
Vincent G. Duffy
Edited by
Pascale Carayon University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
"… timely and appropriate. … impressive array of contributors handling a broad spectrum of topics. … a substantial contribution to the field." — Harvey Murff, M.D., M.P.H., Center for Health Services Research, Vanderbilt University
"… one-step shopping for those who would want to find information for human factors related to patient safety and quality. I am not aware of any other sources that come close to this goal." — Yan Xiao, Ph.D., Patient Safety Scientist and Human Factors Engineer, University of Maryland
Catalog no. K11489, November 2011, 876 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-3033-8, $149.95 / £95.00 Also available as eBook
New!
Patient Safety An Engineering Approach B.S. Dhillon University of Ottawa, Canada
"… an outstanding book covering the most up-todate research translated into simple, easy to use methods, procedures and indicators. Dr. Dhillon is an International Authority in the field of Reliability, Safety and Human Factors Engineering and authored over 38 books covering various design and engineering aspects. … an excellent, down-to-earth, easy-to-use pragmatic book with up-to-date coverage of literature." — Dr. Subramanyam Rayapati, IBM
Edited by Purdue University, Indiana, USA
Based on recent research in the healthcare area, this book discusses how to improve quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness in patient care by applying human factors and ergonomics principles. Emphasizing patient safety, healthcare information technology implementation, medication impairment, and human performance, the book defines fundamental principles, highlighting the physical, cognitive, and organizational aspects. Features: • Covers everything from the proper design of bed rails to the most efficient design of operating rooms, from the development of quality products to the rating of staff patient interaction • Explores ways to prevent elderly patient falls and ways to make best use of electronic health records • Examines staff interactions with patients, computers, and medical devices as well as how to improve organizational aspects in a healthcare setting and approaches to modeling and analysis targeting work aspects specific to healthcare • Includes up-to-date and cutting-edge strategies for increasing efficiency and improving overall patient care and service delivery Selected Contents: Healthcare and Service Delivery. Patient Safety. Modeling and Analytical Approaches. HumanSystem Interface: Computers & Medical Devices. Organizational Aspects. Catalog no. K11576, June 2010, 900 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-3497-8, $83.95 / £53.99 Also available as an eBook
Catalog no. K13421, November 2011, 234 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-7386-1, $89.95 / £57.99 Also available as eBook
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Quality Control & Reliability Infrastructure Health in Civil Engineering Two-Volume Set Mohammed M. Ettouney Weidlinger Associates Inc., New York, USA
Sreenivas Alampalli NYSDOT, Albany, New York, USA
Understanding engineering structural health is vital for making informative decisions in maintaining and renewing infrastructure to meet increasing demands. The two volumes of Structural Health in Civil Engineering discuss the importance of linking the decision-making concept to damage identification and structural modeling. It examines the process of addressing and maintaining structural health, including measurements, structural identification, and damage identification. It also discusses the theoretical and practical issues involved for each aspect. Emphasizing state-of-the-art practice and future directions, this text also features numerous practical case studies and covers the latest techniques in sensing and sensor utilization.
Transportation Systems Reliability and Safety B.S. Dhillon University of Ottawa, Canada
Integrating coverage of transportation reliability and safety topics and concepts into a single volume, this book eliminates the need to consult a number of different resources to obtain important information. It begins with mathematical concepts and safety basics considered useful to understanding the contents of subsequent chapters. The author then covers the significance of human error in rail and transportation systems and provides material on methods used to perform reliability and safety analyses. Problems are included to test reader comprehension and examples with solutions are provided. Catalog no. K12078, February 2011, 236 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-4640-7, $99.95 / £63.99 Also available as eBook
Catalog no. K12971, September 2011, ISBN: 978-1-4398-6655-9, $299.95 / £191.00 Also available as eBook
Quality Management in Construction Projects Abdul Razzak Rumane Engineer, Consultant, SSH International Engineering Consultants, Kuwait
Applied Reliability Third Edition Paul A. Tobias Retired, Austin, Texas, USA
David Trindade Bloom Energy
Concise and easy to read, this reference presents information on how to approach quality assurance for construction projects. Containing quick reference tables and a wealth of figures, the book presents valuable quality-related data and guidelines, with coverage that spans from project inception through to the issuance of a completion certificate. In addition to procedures and concepts, the author discusses a wide range of tools and techniques to address quality management, including Six Sigma, TRIZ, and Total Quality Management, as well as ISO 9000 and the ISO 14000 Environmental Management System.
This easy-to-use guide addresses basic descriptive statistics, reliability concepts, exponential distribution, Weibull distribution, and lognormal distribution. It also covers reliability data plotting, acceleration models, life test data analysis and systems models, and much more. The third edition includes a new chapter on Bayesian reliability analysis and expanded, updated coverage of repairable system modeling. Taking a practical and example-oriented approach to reliability analysis, the book provides detailed illustrations of software implementation throughout using several widely available software packages. Software and other files are available online.
Catalog no. K11759, November 2010, 464 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-3871-6, $94.95 / £59.99 Also available as eBook
Catalog no. C4665, August 2011, 600 pp. ISBN: 978-1-58488-466-8, $89.95 / £63.99 Also available as eBook
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New & Noteworthy Books in Industrial Engineering from CRC Press
Quality Control & Reliability Statistical Process Control for Real-World Applications William A. Levinson Levinson Productivity Systems, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
“… I found this book interesting and valuable … In order to get the same level of information as provided in this book, one would have to search for numerous journal articles for details and applications.” — Connie M. Borror, The American Statistician, November 2011
“… a useful addition to the library of any industrial statistician, process engineer, or quality engineer engaged in improving processes. It represents material that is not typically covered in conventional books on statistical process control.” — Dean Neubauer, Journal of Quality Technology, Vol. 43, No. 4, October 2011
Catalog no. K11055, December 2010, 272 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-2000-1, $83.95 / £53.99 Also available as eBook
Asset Management Excellence Optimizing Equipment Life-Cycle Decisions, Second Edition Edited by
John D. Campbell, Andrew K.S. Jardine, and Joel McGlynn
Safety, Health, and Environmental Auditing A Practical Guide Simon Watson Pain A practical guide to environmental, safety, and occupational health audits, this book allows organizations and business to avoid expensive external auditors and retain the knowledge and learning in-house. In contrast to the over-academic and uninspiring tone of most auditing books, this text gives accessible user-friendly advice in a step-by-step manner. Building on novel auditing techniques designed to overcome common problems in the audit process, it emphasizes accurate auditing that is representative and repeatable. It allows managers or safety/environmental officers to undertake in-house audits in a competent and reproducible fashion. Catalog no. K11449, April 2010, 230 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-2947-9, $94.95 / £59.99 Also available as eBook
Practical Reliability Engineering and Analysis for System Design and Life-Cycle Sustainment William Wessels
Based on real-world consulting and research, Maintenance Excellence: Optimizing Equipment Life-Cycle Decisions provides the methods and tools needed for making life cycle decisions associated with physical asset management. This second edition features new chapters on the world of life cycle management and asset classes; information management and related technology; design of strategy and implementation; and the future of management maintenance. Including updated case studies, additional new material addresses leadership issues, presents key factors for successful implementation of reliability-centered maintenance, and discusses the optimization of insurance spares and software.
University of Alabama, Huntsville, USA
Catalog no. 0300, November 2010, 496 pp. ISBN: 978-0-8493-0300-5, $104.95 / £66.99 Also available as eBook
Catalog no. 94394, April 2010, 497 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-9439-8, $135.95 / £87.00 Also available as eBook
Structured in stand-alone sections and designed specifically for practicing engineers, this book addresses specific reliability and maintainability analysis methods for part design, systems integration, and life-cycle sustainment. Unlike many books on this subject, this one departs from the nearly exclusive use of the exponential probability distribution to characterize failure and demonstrates other probability distributions that more accurately describe the true behavior of failure. Eschewing a more mathematical or statistical approach, it focuses on engineering and emphasizes failure that results from wear-out over the useful life of the part.
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Quality Control & Reliability Models of Network Reliability Analysis, Combinatorics, and Monte Carlo Ilya B. Gertsbakh
Reliability Analysis and Prediction with Warranty Data Issues, Strategies, and Methods
Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel
Bharatendra K. Rai and Nanua Singh
Yoseph Shpungin
This accessible guide helps readers successfully interpret warranty data to make accurate predictions. It discusses practical issues associated with the modeling and analysis of warranty data and includes a number of useful strategies to reduce costs of warranties. The authors offer a step-bystep approach with flowcharts to extract meaningful information from the warranty data, demonstrating each approach with detailed application examples. They also illustrate the use of neural networks in predicting warranty performance and show how other statistical methodologies can help support strategic, tactical, and operational types of managerial decision making.
Shamoon College of Engineering, Beer Sheva, Israel
“The 13 chapters and three appendixes make the material accessible to readers with a basic background in reliability. …” — Ron S. Kenett, KPA, Raanana, Israel, in Quality Progress
“… concise and compact …very useful for reliability engineers and those dealing with design of communication networks …” — Krishna B. Misra, in Performability Engineering, May 2011, Vol. 7, No. 3
Catalog no. K10902, December 2009, 217 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-1741-4, $87.95 / £55.99
Reliability Engineering and Risk Analysis A Practical Guide, Second Edition Mohammad Modarres and Mark Kaminskiy
Catalog no. K10183, April 2009, 184 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-0325-7, $87.95 / £55.99 Also available as eBook
Product Reliability, Maintainability, and Supportability Handbook, Second Edition Edited by
Michael Pecht
University of Maryland, College Park, USA
University of Maryland, College Park, USA
Vasiliy Krivtsov
To ensure product reliability, an organization must follow certain practices during the product development process that impact reliability. The second edition of this bestselling volume helps professionals to identify the shortcomings in the reliability practices of their organizations and empowers them to take actions to overcome them. The book focuses on identifying failure mechanisms and teaches traditional maintainability and supportability tasks. Edited by a mechanical engineer known for his work in product development, reliability, packaging, and supply chain efficiency, this invaluable resource is now updated to include new optimization methods.
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan, USA
“... goes beyond statistical niceties and into the territory of dealing with real-world problems. The ultimate practical aspect of the book is the link between reliability and risk analysis. By dealing with these two subjects in one single volume, the authors illustrate the importance of building reliability of survival as the basis for risk analysis … highly recommended.” — Shin Ta Liu, Lynx Systems, in ASQ's Quality Progress Reviews
Catalog no. 9247, September 2009, 471 pp. ISBN: 978-0-8493-9247-4, $107.95 / £69.99 Also available as eBook
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Catalog no. 9879, April 2009, 480 pp. ISBN: 978-0-8493-9879-7, $107.95 / £69.99 Also available as eBook
New & Noteworthy Books in Industrial Engineering from CRC Press
Plant Engineering
Production and Operations Management Edited by
Vijay Kumar Khurana Rukukmani Devi Institute of Advanced Studies, Delhi, 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. Catalog no. AB7048, December 2011, 400 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-7048-4, $99.95 / £60.99
Electrical Calculations and Guidelines for Generating Station and Industrial Plants Thomas E. Baker Sumatron, Inc, Laguna Niguel, California, USA
"This is really a practical, hands-on book for the working engineer.". — Phillip Wheeler, former SCE supervising electrical apparatus engineer, who is active in the regional IEEE PES/IAS leadership.
A very helpful tool for solving circuit protection problems, this book presents and simplifies the theory and more than a hundred calculations that electrical engineers typically must understand to support operations, maintenance, and improvement projects for generating stations and other large industrial facilities. Catalog no. K12563, September 2011, c. 304 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-5503-4, $149.95 / £95.00 Also available as eBook
Nomograms for Design and Operation of Cement Plants S.P. Deolalkar Consultant, Hyderabad, India
A unique publication, this set of book and CD-ROM is a handy tool for the design and operation of cement plants. Operation requires many calculations that have to be done repetitively. With this book of nomograms — graphical representations of two or more variables related to one another in such a way that a third one can be read from the nomogram - these workouts can be eliminated and the right values can be found with minimum effort with the user-friendly CD-ROM. Catalog no. K12987, July 2011, 180 pp. ISBN: 978-0-415-66577-3, $149.95 / £79.00
Effective Building Maintenance Protection of Capital Assets Herb Stanford Consultant
In great detail, this text addresses the requirements for designing, implementing, and managing programs and procedures for the maintenance of major building elements. The book covers everything from the foundation to the roof, including interior and exterior support systems and sitework elements. Topics discussed include the concept of facilities as assets, planned replacement versus major renovation, preventative maintenance, special maintenance considerations, and designing for building maintenance. Catalog no. N10282, August 2010, 300 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-4553-0, $99.95 / £63.99
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Plant Engineering Advanced Power Plant Materials, Design and Technology Edited by
D. Roddy Sir Joseph Swan Institute, Newcastle University, UK
“…an indispensible reference for those who will be involved in the development of advanced power plants. It covers all of the bases, including operational issues and environmental control.” — Professor Jim Skea, Research Director, UK Energy Research Centre
“… [chapter 13] should fill a long-vacant gap in this most interesting of technological opportunities in chemical engineering.” — Ian Burdon, Technical Director (Energy), Parsons Brinckerhoff
Catalog no. N10145, July 2010, 448 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-2727-7, $249.95 / £160.00
Process Plants A Handbook for Inherently Safer Design, Second Edition Trevor Kletz Paul Amyotte Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
This second edition of a bestseller provides a well-illustrated resource that comprehensively covers the design of inherently safer and userfriendly plants. The book demonstrates how chemical plants can withstand human error and equipment failures without serious effects on safety, output, or efficiency. This edition features new chapters that outline the role of inherently safer design in explosion prevention and mitigation and the link between inherently safer design and process safety design. New sections address the hierarchy of controls and highlight human factors in determining risk Catalog no. K10249, May 2010, 384 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-0455-1, $104.95 / £66.99 Also available as eBook
Bioalcohol Production Biochemical Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass Edited by
K. Waldron Institute of Food Research, UK
This book provides a comprehensive and timely reference on the biochemical conversion of lignocellulosic biomass for the production of fuel alcohols, expertly reviewing the development of the entire second-generation bioalcohol production chain which employs highly-efficient biochemical production techniques. The book covers the process engineering, technology, modeling, and integration of the entire production chain, from feedstock pretreatment on to hydrolysis, to fermentation, and on to purification. The book primarily covers the production of bioethanol, but extends into coverage of the production of longer-chain bioalcohols that will be elemental to future utilization of biofuels. Catalog no. N10038, July 2010, 496 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-0171-0, $249.95 / £159.00
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Business Essentials for Utility Engineers Richard E. Brown Vice President, Quanta Technology, Cary, North Carolina, USA
“... The author does excellent work in organizing, describing, and explaining the business concepts. All concepts are clearly and accurately explained, and the material is presented at an appropriate level of complexity and depth ... informative and valuable as a reference book. I recommend the book to any utility engineer responsible for planning, designing, managing, or maintaining utility infrastructure.” — Robert E. Bisson, IEEE Power & Energy Magazine
Catalog no. K10601, February 2010, 353 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-1196-2, $72.95 / £45.99 Also available as eBook
New & Noteworthy Books in Industrial Engineering from CRC Press
Project Management
New!
Project Management
Statistical Techniques for Project Control
Systems, Principles, and Applications
Adedeji B. Badiru
Adedeji B. Badiru
Tina Kovach
Air Force Institute of Technology, Dayton, Ohio, USA
The practice of project management continues to grow at an exponential rate. As more and more organizations realize its importance, the need for training in this area increases. Covering all major phases, this textbook presents the tools and techniques used in each stage of project management from a pedagogical perspective. Using end-of-chapter exercises, software tools, case studies, and graphical representations to supplement concepts, the author presents complete coverage of a wide range of topics, including planning, organization, scheduling, resource allocation, control, systems engineering, economics, decision analysis, and Lean and Six Sigma techniques. Features: • Outlines a systems approach to managing projects • Covers qualitative principles for project planning and control • Includes contemporary best practices of project management • Combines mathematical techniques with management concepts for cost, schedule, and quality management • Presents project schedule performance appraisal techniques Selected Contents: Introduction to Project Management. Project Planning Process. Project Organization. Project Scheduling. Project Resource Allocation. Project Control. Project Systems Engineering. Project Economics. Project Decision Analysis. Project Lean and Six Sigma Techniques. Software Tools. Case Projects. Catalog no. 83198, December 2011, 587 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-8319-4, $99.95 / £63.99 Also available as eBook
Air Force Institute of Technology, Dayton, Ohio, USA Dawn Foods Products, Detroit, Michigan, USA
This book seamlessly integrates qualitative and quantitative tools and techniques for project control. It book begins by defining the fundamentals of project management then explores how to temper quantitative analysis with qualitative human judgment that makes project control nebulous but also offers opportunities to innovate and be creative in achieving control. The authors then discuss the three factors (time, budget, and performance) that form the basis of the operating characteristics of a project that also help determine the basis for project control. They then focus on computational network techniques for project schedule (time) control. Features: • Presents qualitative managerial tools for project control • Covers statistical tools in a non-intimidating way • Includes conventional project network analysis • Contains practical case studies • Uses graphical representations and figures generously to convey knowledge Selected Contents: Fundamentals of Project Management. Statistics for Project Control. Project Time Control. Project Performance Control. Project Cost Control. Project Quality Control. Lean Principles for Project Control. Six Sigma and Statistical Modeling. Project Control Case Studies. Management Support for Project Control. Appendix: Useful Statistical Distributions. Index. Catalog no. 83171, January 2012, 412 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-8317-0, $99.95 / £63.99 Also available as eBook
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Project Management
STEP Project Management Guide for Science, Technology, and Engineering Projects Adedeji B. Badiru Air Force Institute of Technology, Dayton, Ohio, USA
Presenting a step-by-step approach to managing projects in science, technology, and engineering, this volume uses the time-tested concepts of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOKR). The book combines managerial, organizational, and quantitative techniques into a logical sequence of project implementation steps, discussing the management of scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, communications, risk, and procurement. Using a compelling case study that profiles the errors leading to the 1986 Challenger disaster, the book examines how flaws in decision-making, failure to consider all factors, lack of communication, and inappropriate priorities can lead to catastrophe. Features: • Incorporates the Triple C Model for STEP project control • Illustrates techniques for tracking, managing, and controlling STEP project costs • Presents STEP project performance assessment tools and schedule performance appraisal techniques • Discusses multinational aspects of STEP project cooperation Selected Contents: Science, Technology, and Engineering. STEP Integration. STEP Scope Management. STEP Time Management. STEP Cost Management. STEP Quality Management. STEP Human Resource Management. STEP Communications Management. STEP Risk Management. STEP Procurement Management. STEP Case Study: Space Shuttle Challenger. Appendix A. Appendix B. Appendix C. Index. Catalog no. 72358, April 2009, 421 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-7235-8, $96.95 / £61.99 Also available as eBook
Handbook of Military Industrial Engineering Edited by
Adedeji B. Badiru Air Force Institute of Technology, Dayton, Ohio, USA
Marlin U. Thomas Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, USA
IIE/Joint Publishers Book-of-the-Year Award! This is the first handbook to bring together the fundamental tools, principles, and modeling techniques of industrial engineering with specific and direct application to military systems. Globally respected IE experts provide proven strategies that can help any military organization effectively create, adapt, utilize, and disseminate resources, tools, and technology. Features: • Applies engineering principles to military process improvement • Reviews common operational challenges in the military • Addresses the quantitative modeling of military enterprise systems • Facilitates the transfer of military technology to the public domain Selected Contents: Elements of Industrial Engineering. Military Systems Engineering. Aircraft/Tactical Vehicle. Military Aircraft Replacement Analysis. Operations Control Systems. Equipment Reliability and Maintainability. Lean Enterprise Concepts for Military Operations. Post-War Reconstruction Project Management. Material Inventory System. Military Supply Chain Systems. Critical Chain and Value Mapping. Economic Planning for Military Systems. Optimization Modeling. Operations Analysis and Management. Military Human Factors. Military Ergonomics. Military Organization Management. Military Behavioral Theory. Military Enterprise System Integration. Military Project Planning and Control. Military Information Management and Control. ... Catalog no. 66285, February 2009, 828 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-6628-9, $139.95 / £89.00 Also available as eBook
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New & Noteworthy Books in Industrial Engineering from CRC Press
Engineering Management New Edition of a Bestseller!
Patent Fundamentals for Scientists and Engineers, Third Edition Thomas T. Gordon, Arthur S. Cookfair, Vincent G. LoTempio, and Brendan S. Lillis Praise for Previous Edition: “The authors, both with wide experience in the patent industry, provide a clear, nontechnical explanation of the patent system and patent principles.” — Mechanical Engineering, April 2006
• Presents a concise and practical guide to obtaining exclusive rights to an invention by helping the readers navigate a complex patent system • Includes coverage of the America Invents Act, the first major revision in 60 years • Provides a basic vocabulary of the legal terms and explains patent jargon • Covers international aspects of patent law/patent protection and includes a separate chapter on Canadian patents • Offers online video presentations to answer common questions Selected Contents: Patents as Intellectual Property. Patents History, Philosophy, and Purpose. The U.S. Patent System. The Canadian Patent System. The Patentable Invention. The Evolution of a Patent. The Patent Document As Technical Literature. The Basic Principles of Patent Searching. Searching by Hand or Computer? Patents as Legal Documents. Patent Information from the Internet. Importance of Record-Keeping. Patents Around the World. Appendix. Glossary. Index. Catalog no. K14725, September 2012, c. 224 pp. Soft Cover, ISBN: 978-1-4665-0944-3 $89.95 / £57.99 Also available as eBook
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Sustainable Engineering Green Concepts, Strategies, Evaluation and Implementation David Brennan Monash University, VIC, Australia
This book introduces chemical engineering students to key concepts, strategies, and evaluation methods in sustainable process engineering. It discusses how 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. Catalog no. N10505, May 2012, c. 300 pp. ISBN: 978-981-4316-78-1, $149.95 / £95.00
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Greener Products The Making and Marketing of Sustainable Brands Al Iannuzzi Johnson & Johnson Inc. New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Read the Reviews: “... for those new to this topic, or any marketer, product developer, consultant or product-company executive who wants an efficient way of getting a comprehensive overview of this field, which is becoming a pillar of successful business, this book is a valuable resource.” — David Schatsky, Sustainable Brands, Jan 2012
“Green is the new black. … sustainable products increasingly stand out in the marketplace, translating into faster sales, greater profitability, and deeper brand loyalty. Iannuzzi and his co-authors show the way to this future.” — Dan Esty, Hillhouse Professor, Yale University, and co-author of Green to Gold
Catalog no. K12516, November 2011, 222 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-5431-0, $89.95 / £57.99 Also available as eBook
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Engineering Management Green Entrepreneur Handbook The Guide to Building and Growing a Green and Clean Business Eric Koester Written by a practicing business attorney with startup experience in the environmental and technology sectors, this comprehensive handbook assists entrepreneurs in tackling the wide variety of opportunities to go green. A one-stop resource for entrepreneurs, it helps readers incorporate clean technology, environmental practices, and green business approaches into the work environment. The book discusses how to sell to utilities, explores fundraising outlets for green businesses, covers government incentives, presents key startup tools aimed at green businesses, and addresses challenges of many new businesses, such as raising money and making sales. Additional resources are available on the book’s website.
Mechanical Tolerance Stackup and Analysis Second Edition Bryan R. Fischer Advanced Dimensional Management, Sherwood, Oregon, USA
Praise for the First Edition “Written by one of the foremost authorities in the field, this reference presents proven and useful methods for determining whether selected dimensioning and tolerancing schemes will yield functional parts and assemblies. It also tells the most practical procedure to communicate the results.” — Mechanical Engineering, Nov. 2004
Catalog no. K10807, April 2011, 508 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-1572-4, $129.95 / £82.00 Also available as eBook
Catalog no. K10895, November 2010, 460 pp. Soft Cover, ISBN: 978-1-4398-1729-2 $51.95 / £32.99 Also available as eBook
Transport Systems and Processes Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation
Technology of Reinvention Wego Wang
Edited by
Adam Weintrit and Tomasz Neumann Part of a series of six volumes, Transport Systems and Processes is addressed to scientists and professionals involved in research and development of navigation, safety of navigation and sea transportation. Topics presented and discussed include: navigation, safety at sea, sea transportation, education of navigators and simulator-based training, sea traffic engineering, ship's manoeuvrability, integrated systems, electronic charts systems, satellite, radio-navigation and anti-collision systems and many others. Catalog no. K13912, June 2011, 220 pp. Soft Cover, ISBN: 978-0-415-69120-8 $79.95 / £49.99 Also available as eBook
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Reverse Engineering
University of Massachusetts, Lowell, USA
“The topic of this book represents an important technological field that has heretofore been ignored by academics, despite being well accepted in industry. I am delighted by its publication.” — Professor Lavernia, Dean of Engineering at UC Davis
Written to advance the technology of reinvention and improve the competitiveness of commercial parts in the aftermarket, this volume discusses the proper measuring and analyses required to reproduce or repair an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) part using modern reverse engineering technologies. Catalog no. K10314, September 2010, 357 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-0630-2, $145.95 / £93.00 Also available as eBook
New & Noteworthy Books in Industrial Engineering from CRC Press
Systems Engineering New!
Systems Engineering Focus on Business Architecture
The Art of Systems Architecting Third Edition
Models, Methods, and Applications
Mark W. Maier
Sandra L Furterer
Extensively rewritten to reflect the latest developments, this text explains how to create a system from scratch, presenting invention/design rules together with clear explanations of how to use them. The author supplies practical guidelines for avoiding common systematic failures while implementing new mandates. He uses a heuristicsbased approach that provides an organized attack on very ill-structured engineering problems.
Southern Polytechnic State University, USA
Written to provide business architecture models, methods, and an application for developing business architecture that connects the business to information technology, this book provides a methodology for how to elicit the information to create business architecture. The book includes a business architecture UML profile that enables the connectivity to the application and information architecture domains to the application solution. It describes the evolution of business architecture and how business architecture enables an enterprise Lean Six Sigma program and process improvement. Selected Contents: Definition Evolution of Enterprise Business Architecture. Overview of business process modeling, and variation model. Business strategy models: Course of Action, Desired Result, Directive; Assessment, Influencer, Potential Impact. Business Architecture Process Models: value chains, functional decomposition, use case model, business capability, ontologyonceptual/information, business process, metric, organization, market, business unit, customer, business component, gap analysis. Business Architecture Methodology Overview. Enterprise Planning Methodology. Develop Business Architecture Methodology. Enabling enterprise process improvement and Lean Six Sigma enterprise programs. Unified Modeling Language (UML) overview. Enterprise Business Architecture UML profile. Managing Enterprise Business Model Repositories. Business Architecture critical success factors: engaging the business, defining and working with stakeholders, meeting facilitation and knowledge gathering, change management, risk management. An Application of Business Architecture (for Healthcare?). Catalog no. K11708, March 2012, 294 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-3758-0, $79.95 / £49.99 Also available as eBook
Aerospace Corporation, Chantilly, Virginia, USA
Features: • Includes heuristics and case studies that address critical market segments, such as builder-architected systems, software-systems, and systems-of-systems • Examines architecture as more than a set of diagrams and documents, but as a set of decisions that either drive a system to success or doom it to failure • Provides methods for integrating business strategy with technical architectural decision making Selected Contents: Introduction: Extending the Architecting Paradigm. Heuristics as Tools. New Domains, New Insights: Case Study: DC-3. BuilderArchitected Systems. Case Study: Mass and Lean Production. Manufacturing Systems. Case Study: Intelligent Transportation Systems. Social Systems. Case Study: Hierarchical to Layered Systems. Software and Information Technology Systems. Case Study: The Global Positioning System. Collaborative Systems. Models and Modeling: Representation Models and Systems Architecting. Design Progression in Systems Architecting. Integrated Modeling Methodologies. Architecture Frameworks. The Systems Architecting Profession: Architecting in Business and Government. The Political Process and Systems Architecting. The Professionalization of Systems Architecting. Appendices: Heuristics for Systems-Level Architecting. Reference Texts Suggested for Institutional Libraries. Glossary. Catalog no. 79131, January 2009, 472 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-7913-5, $107.95 / £69.99 Also available as eBook
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Systems Engineering New!
New!
Systems Engineering and Architecting
Knowledge Service Engineering Handbook
Creating Formal Requirements
Edited by
Larry Bellagamba
Evolute Finland Oy, Finland
Northrop Grumman Corp., California, USA
Waldemar Karwowski
This book provides formal requirements for systems engineering or architecting. It outlines a set of unambiguous instructions that can be executed documented. The formal requirements are documented using Wolfram Research’s Mathematica, so the requirements are also tools that people can use to do system engineering and architecting better or faster. Each chapter begins with case studies describing actual instances of practicing systems engineering and architecting from which important lessons are summarized that are addressed in the body of the chapter. Each chapter ends with heuristics to serve as guiding principles for doing systems engineering and architecting.
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 engineering paradigms.
Features: • Provides numerous formal requirements to model systems and architectures • Explains how fuzzy logic can be used for modeling and decision making • Provides guidance for improving systems engineering and architecting via heuristics • Explains how agents can be used to model large collections of simple behaviors that manifest themselves as complex behavior Selected Contents: Motivation, Objective, Definitions and Approach. Make Decisions. Improve an Organization’s Ability to Do Systems Engineering and Architecting. Catalog no. K13831, April 2012, c. 392 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-8140-8, $139.95 / £82.00 Also available as eBook
Jussi Kantola
University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA
Features: • Provides the first comprehensive text in the field of Knowledge Service Engineering • Presents multiple cultural aspects and points of view in this new area of engineering including USA, Korea, Finland, and more • Defines how to acquire and utilize knowledge to produce high performance joint knowledge services and support knowledge economy of the 21st century • Describes what knowledge service engineering means, and how it is different from service engineering and service production Selected Contents: Preface. Introduction to Knowledge Service Engineering. 21st Century knowledge Society. High-Performance Human-Information network Systems. Human-Knowledge System Interaction. Knowledge-based Systems Engineering. KIBS - Knowledge Intensive Business Services. Knowledge Service Industry. Customers view to Knowledge Service. References. Catalog no. K12438, May 2012, c. 598 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-5294-1, $99.95 / £63.99 Also available as eBook
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New & Noteworthy Books in Industrial Engineering from CRC Press
Systems Engineering
Engineering Systems Integration Theory, Metrics, and Methods Gary O. Langford The Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, USA
Handbook of Healthcare Delivery Systems Edited by
Yuehwern Yih Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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.
While system engineering concepts have been broadly applied in the healthcare systems, most improvements have been focused on a specific segment or unit of the delivery system. Using a system engineering perspective, this handbook offers theoretical foundations, methodologies, and case studies in each main sector of the system. It explores how system engineering methodologies and their applications could improve patient outcomes and cost effectiveness and offers a comprehensive description of the healthcare delivery system from the macro level (hospitals) to the micro level (operating room).
Catalog no. K12435, May 2012, 400 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-5288-0, $129.95 / £82.00 Also available as eBook
Catalog no. K10187, December 2010, 812 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-0333-2, $135.95 / £87.00 Also available as eBook
New!
Cultural Factors in Systems Design
Design of Enterprise Systems
Decision Making and Action
Theory, Architecture, and Methods
Edited by
Ronald E. Giachetti
Robert W. Proctor, Shimon Y. Nof, and Yuehwern Yih
Florida International University, Miami, Florida
This book brings together an interdisciplinary group of experts to provide increased understanding of the ways in which cultural differences may influence decision making and action. It brings together current knowledge about decision processes, culture and cognition, design of products and interfaces for human interaction with machines and organizational processes culled from a wide variety of sources and puts them into one comprehensive resource. It examines how to design systems used by individuals from different cultures and accommodate the varied backgrounds that affect the users’ decisions and actions.
Specifically written for graduate and undergraduate courses, this book provides the knowledge and skills necessary to lead enterprise engineering projects. The book describes a systematic methodology to design an enterprise system and presents an enterprise architecture that has three views of process, information, and organization. The text includes methods to analyze and design each view and then demonstrates how to integrate them to arrive at the overall enterprise design. The author also includes enterprise project templates in MS Word and Excel, a business process analyzer in Excel, PowerPoint® slides for each chapter, and solutions for the 200 problems that are presented in the book.
Catalog no. K12081, October 2011, 344 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-4646-9, $99.95 / £63.99 Also available as eBook
Catalog no. K10955, January 2010, 447 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-1823-7, $104.95 / £66.99 Also available as eBook
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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Systems Engineering Modeling and Control of Engineering Systems Clarence W. de Silva This text provides a unified treatment of the modeling of mechanical, electrical, fluid, and thermal systems and then systematically covers conventional, advanced, and intelligent control, instrumentation, experimentation, and design. It takes an integrated approach to modeling multidomain systems that draws from equivalent circuits, Thevenin’s theorem, and linear graphs. The author discusses the use of MATLAB®, Simulink®, LabVIEW™, and the associated toolboxes and includes numerous real-world examples, problems, and exercises. Catalog no. 76868, August 2009, 796 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-7686-8, $129.95 / £82.99
Technical Writing A Practical Guide for Engineers and Scientists Phillip A. Laplante Written by a renowned engineer and widely published technical author, this guide enables readers to write, edit, and publish materials of a technical nature, including books, articles, reports, and electronic media. Drawing on his own work, the author presents many first-hand examples of writing, editing, and publishing technical materials. These examples illustrate how a publication originated as well as various challenges and solutions. Catalog no. K11106, July 2011, c. 250 pp. Soft Cover, ISBN: 978-1-4398-2085-8 $39.95 / £25.99 Also available as eBook
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Standards, Conformity Assessment, and Accreditation for Engineers Robert D. Hunter Written by a licensed professional engineer with more than 25 years of experience, the book brings together material specific to international, regional, national, state, and company levels. It covers important terminologies in standards, conformity assessment, and accreditation; covers economic, trade, legal, government, and management aspects; and includes some little known historical background on several selected topics. Catalog no. K10074, February 2009, 232 pp. Soft Cover, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0094-2 $72.95 / £45.99
Forthcoming!
Technical Documentation and Process Jerry Whitaker and Robert C. Mancini This book discusses the importance of documentation and process development in large and small organizations. It offers practical guidelines and templates that can be adapted to a wide variety of organizations to assist the reader in adapting techniques that have worked successfully in other companies, allowing the reader to design a documentation process for their own organization. Catalog no. K12847, September 2012, 250 pp. Soft Cover, ISBN: 978-1-4398-6159-2 $49.95 / £31.99 Also available as eBook
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Behavioral Research and Analysis An Introduction to Statistics Within the Context of Experimental Design, Fourth Edition Max Vercruyssen and Hal W. Hendrick This text provides an overview of basic statistical methods used in behavioral research, experimental design, and report writing. It integrates statistics within the context of experimental design and simplifies the process of planning, conducting, analyzing, and preparing an experimental or research study report. It reflects the changes of the APA guidebook and includes SAS statistical software in the end-of-chapter exercises. Catalog no. K10935, October 2011, 299 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-1802-2, $99.95 / £63.99 Also available as eBook
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Contracts for Engineers Intellectual Property, Standards, and Ethics Robert D. Hunter This book enhances engineers’ ability to communicate contractual issues to lawyers and then better understand the consequent legal advice they receive. The text introduces the related subjects of intellectual property (including patents, copyright, trademarks, and trade secrets) and standards (including conformity assessment and accreditation). The author also addresses the role of ethics — at both the micro and macro levels. Catalog no. K12434, September 2011, 368 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-5286-6, $69.95 / £44.99 Also available as eBook
New & Noteworthy Books in Industrial Engineering from CRC Press
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