First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The design of computer systems capable of understanding and effectively meeting human needs is of great importance to our economy and well-being. It is generally agreed by those who have studied design that we can greatly improve the ultimate systems by improving the way we go a…
The assembly line—developed at the Ford Motor Company in 1913 for the mass production of Model Ts—first created and then served an expanding mass market. It transformed industrial labor and provoked strikes and union drives. During World War II and the Cold War, it was often see…
Recommends the use of Japanese methods of management in order to simplify the assembly-line process, increase productivity, and improve quality control in manufacturing plants. Japanese productivity and quality standards have fired the imagination of American managers, but unti…
Computer Simulation of Thermal Plant Operations provides an in-depth discussion of thermal plant simulation: dynamic simulation of plants which produce, exchange and otherwise utilize heat as their working medium. The book adopts a fundamental approach to the subject, providing …
"This clear, practical book explains exactly how you can design and perform experiments using Taguchi methods from square one to completion - offering detailed examples to illustrate how these methods can work for you in a variety of situations. The step-by-step approach of this…
Looks at how a variety of objects, including blue jeans, compact discs, pencils, and smoke detectors, are manufactured.
Looks at how a variety of objects, including blue jeans, compact discs, pencils, and smoke detectors, are manufactured.