Container terminals are constantly being challenged to adjust their throughput capacity to match fluctuating demand. Examining the optimization problems encountered in today's container terminals, Vehicle Scheduling in Port Automation: Advanced Algorithms for Minimum Cost Flow P…
Advanced Manufacturing for Optical Fibers and Integrated Photonic Devices explores the theoretical principles and industrial practices of high-technology manufacturing. Focusing on fiber optic, semiconductor, and laser products, this book: Explains the fundamentals of standard, …
CONTROL, INSTRUMENTATION, AND DESIGNIntroductionControl EngineeringControl System ArchitecturesOrganization of the BookProblemsCOMPONENT INTERCONNECTION AND SIGNAL CONDITIONINGComponent InterconnectionImpedance CharacteristicsAmplifiersAnalog FiltersModulators and DemodulatorsAn…
This research monograph aims at presenting an integrated assessment approach to describe, model, evaluate and improve the eco-efficiency of existing and new grinding processes and systems. Various combinations of grinding process parameters and system configurations can be evalu…
Presents Polymer-based fibre reinforced composite materials and addresses the characteristics like low density and coefficient of thermal expansion, specific strength with better fatigue resistance and modulus. The authors attend to the application problematic given that the str…
"Scheduling is a broad research area and scheduling problems arise from several application domains (production systems, logistic, computer science, etc.). Solving scheduling problems requires tools of combinatorial optimization, exact or approximated algorithms. Flexibility is …
Examining recent innovations in manufacturing technologies techniques and philosophies and how these affect work design research and practice, 'Job and Work Design' looks at wider trends and describes possible implications for the whole organization.
The tools and techniques used in Design of Experiments (DoE) have been proven successful in meeting the challenge of continuous improvement in many manufacturing organisations over the last two decades. However research has shown that application of this powerful technique in ma…
This book looks at a selection of important business management techniques from a variety of countries and types of businesses. It discusses interorganizational information systems development, organizational performance management, activity-based cost systems, financial decisio…
"Preface This book is designed to walk companies through the implementation of lean manufacturing within their companies. We start with the fundamentals and build upon them to teach all the tools and processes needed to implement lean manufacturing and the Toyota Production Syst…
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Presenting case studies on QRM implementation, this book illustrates how QRM can not only reduce lead time but also improve quality, reduce operating costs, and enable companies to gain substantial market share. It explains how factories in advanced nations can use QRM strategy …
Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2014 International Conference on Manufacturing Science and Engineering (ICMSE 2014), April 19-20, 2014, Shanghai, China. The 705 papers are grouped as follows: Chapter 1: Computer Aided Design and Engineering, Chapter 2: Mech…
Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the International Conference on Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering and Interdisciplinary Developments (ICRAMID 2014), March 7-8, 2014, Tamis Nadu, India. The 200 papers are grouped as follows: Chapter 1: Modern Production …
Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Advanced Manufacturing Research (ICCIAMR 2014), 2-3 May, 2014, Chennai, India. The 49 papers are grouped as follows: Chapter 1: Advanced Manufacturing Engineering and…
