Production Systems

Analyzes all phases of the electronic product design process, including management, planning, quality control, design, manufacturing, and automation. A reference/textbook for students and professionals in such fields as electronics, manufacturing, circuit design, computer science. Annotation copyrig..

This is a brief guide for engineers, business managers, and those responsible for supervising industrial and service activities. It covers the basics on work measurement techniques and procedures so that individuals not trained as Industrial Engineers can understand and use the techniques. It also p..

Emphasizing manual assembly, Kaizen Assembly shows readers how to design, construct, and manage a world-class assembly process. The book covers time and motion studies, waste reduction, standard work, 5S, line balancing, quality at the source, and workstation and assembly line design. Using an elect..

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 approac..

Technological developments in recent years have been tremendous. The evolution is visible in companies through increasing technological equipment, computerized procedures, and management practices. One of the visible management practices is related to employees' management...

This book, volume three of the second edition of the comprehensive Handbook of Manufacturing Engineering, focuses on establishing essential communication between manufacturing and design engineers. Such communication is essential to ensure effective debugging of machinery, a critical, methodical pro..

This book presents a set of tools that will aid in deciding whether a project should go ahead, be improved, or abandoned altogether by pinpointing its vulnerabilities. It offers a review of project feasibility analysis, and more critically, psychodynamic aspects that are often neglected, including h..

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..