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Simulation-based Case Studies in Logistics presents an intensive learning course on the application of simulation as a decision support tool to tackle complex logistic problems. The book describes and illustrates different approaches to developing simulation models at the right abstraction level to be used efficiently by engineers when dealing with strategic, tactical or operational decisions in logistic systems. 11 simulation-based case studies in logistics and supply chain management are discussed, based on the results of applied research, covering application areas such as production logistics, warehousing, transportation, material flow management, and hospital logistics. Simulation-based Case Studies in Logistics is an essential text for postgraduate engineering students and researchers working in the area of logistics modeling and simulation.

Business logistics --- Research --- Study and teaching. --- Supply chain management --- Industrial management --- Logistics --- Simulation methods. --- Engineering economy. --- Production management. --- Computer simulation. --- Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing. --- Operations Management. --- Simulation and Modeling. --- Computer modeling --- Computer models --- Modeling, Computer --- Models, Computer --- Simulation, Computer --- Electromechanical analogies --- Mathematical models --- Simulation methods --- Model-integrated computing --- Manufacturing management --- Economy, Engineering --- Engineering economics --- Industrial engineering --- Engineering economics.

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Sustainable mobility is a highly complex problem as it is affected by the interactions between socio-economic, environmental, technological and political issues. Energy, Transport, & the Environment: Addressing the Sustainable Mobility Paradigm brings together leading figures from business, academia and governments to address the challenges and opportunities involved in working towards sustainable mobility. Key thinkers and decision makers approach topics and debates including:   ·         energy security and resource scarcity ·         greenhouse gas and pollutant emissions ·         urban planning, transport systems and their management ·         governance and finance of transformation ·         the threats of terrorism and climate change to our transport systems.   Introduced by a preface from U.S. Secretary Steven Chu and an outline by the editors, Dr Oliver Inderwildi and Sir David King, Energy, Transport, & the Environment is divided into six sections. These sections address and explore the challenges and opportunities for energy supply, road transport, urban mobility, aviation, sea and rail, as well as finance and economics in transport. Possible solutions, ranging from alternative fuels to advanced urban planning and policy levers, will be examined in order to deepen the understanding of currently proposed solutions within the political realities of the dominating economic areas.   The result of this detailed investigation is an integrated view of sustainable transport for both people and freight, making Energy, Transport, & the Environment key reading for researchers, decision makers and policy experts across the public and private sectors.

Economics --- Meteorology. Climatology --- Relation between energy and economics --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- Production management --- duurzame energie --- energie-economie --- hernieuwbare energie --- economie --- milieuzorg --- duurzame ontwikkeling --- klimaatverandering --- Engineering --- Renewable energy sources --- Engineering economy --- Climatic changes. --- Sustainable development --- Environmental economics --- Ingénierie --- Energies renouvelables --- Décision économique, prise de --- Climat --- Développement durable --- Economie de l'environnement --- Changements --- EPUB-LIV-FT LIVINGEN SPRINGER-B

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The service economy is now the largest portion of the industrialized world's economic activity. This development has dramatically raised the importance of maximizing productivity excellence in service organizations. The need for productivity excellence has led service organization managers to use benchmarking techniques to identify and adopt best practices in their organizations. Benchmarking has enabled service organizations to continuously improve by allowing service units to learn from methods that prove the most efficient and effective. Service Productivity Management systematically explores complex service issues and suggests the most appropriate methods to improve service productivity, quality, and profitability. The book provides insights and methods to answer questions on a range of productivity issues: How do you manage profitability of a network of hundreds or thousands of branch offices disbursed over several states and countries? How can managed-care organizations manage the quality and cost of hundreds of physicians providing health services to millions of plan members? What methods would enable a government to ensure that the multiple offices serving citizens across a country are operating at low cost while meeting the required service quality? Each of these service settings are examples of the many service providers that deliver a complex set of services to a widely diversified set of customers. . Service Productivity Management is an in-depth guide to using the most powerful available benchmarking technique to improve service organization performance — Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The underlying concepts that drive DEA and enable it to increase productivity and profitability of service organizations are explained in non-technical language. It describes how DEA: (1) Identifies best practice service units; (2) Exposes high cost inefficient service units; (3) Identifies specific changes to each service unit to elevate performance to the best practice level that provides high quality service at low cost; and most important, (4) Guides the improvement process. Use of basic and advanced DEA methods are all supported by case-study applications of organizations that have successfully improved their performance. The techniques discussed in the book are accessible to all managers with access to Microsoft® Excel spreadsheet software (Excel). The book provides step-by-step guidance to enable the reader to apply DEA and Excel software to their organization. DEAFrontier is a Microsoft® Excel Add-in designed to run DEA analyses on any set of organizations of interest to the reader. For a free trial version of the DEAFrontier software, please visit www.deafrontier.com.

Service industries --- Data envelopment analysis. --- Labor productivity. --- Management. --- DEA (Data envelopment analysis) --- Linear programming --- Multivariate analysis --- Industrial management --- Industries --- Industrial productivity. --- Operations research. --- Econometrics. --- Engineering economy. --- Industrial engineering. --- Business. --- Operations Research/Decision Theory. --- Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing. --- Industrial and Production Engineering. --- Business and Management, general. --- Trade --- Economics --- Management --- Commerce --- Management engineering --- Simplification in industry --- Engineering --- Value analysis (Cost control) --- Economy, Engineering --- Engineering economics --- Industrial engineering --- Economics, Mathematical --- Statistics --- Administration --- Industrial relations --- Organization --- Operational analysis --- Operational research --- Management science --- Research --- System theory --- Decision making. --- Engineering economics. --- Production engineering. --- Management science. --- Quantitative business analysis --- Problem solving --- Operations research --- Statistical decision --- Manufacturing engineering --- Process engineering --- Mechanical engineering --- Deciding --- Decision (Psychology) --- Decision analysis --- Decision processes --- Making decisions --- Management decisions --- Choice (Psychology) --- Decision making

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Modern Power Systems Analysis provides new theories, models, and algorithms for the analysis of electrical power systems. It features recent developments in this area such as power flow analysis in a market environtment, calculation of AC/DC interconnected systems, control and calculation for FACTS devices, and stochastic security analysis. This work serves as a useful reference for the professional engineer and researcher involved in the operation and control of electrical power systems.

Engineering. --- Energy Technology. --- Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks. --- Energy Economics. --- Electrical Engineering. --- Computer engineering. --- Production of electric energy or power. --- Electric engineering. --- Engineering economy. --- Ingénierie --- Ordinateurs --- Décision économique, prise de --- Conception et construction --- Production of electric energy or. --- Electrical & Computer Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Electrical Engineering --- Electric power systems. --- System analysis. --- Network theory --- Systems analysis --- Power systems, Electric --- Systems, Electric power --- Energy systems. --- Electric power production. --- Electrical engineering. --- Power electronics. --- Energy industries. --- Energy Systems. --- Network analysis --- Network science --- System theory --- Mathematical optimization --- Electric power production --- Energy Policy, Economics and Management. --- Computers --- Design and construction --- Energy policy. --- Energy and state. --- Energy and state --- Power resources --- State and energy --- Industrial policy --- Energy conservation --- Electronics, Power --- Electric power --- Electronics --- Electric engineering --- Engineering --- Government policy

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Presented here are 88 refereed papers given at the 35th MATADOR Conference held at the National University of Taiwan in Taipei, Taiwan in July 2007. The MATADOR series of conferences covers the topics of Manufacturing Automation and Systems Technology, Applications, Design, Organisation and Management, and Research. The proceedings of this conference contains original papers contributed by researchers from many countries on different continents. The papers cover the principles, techniques and applications associated with: manufacturing processes; technology; system design and integration; and computer applications and management. The papers in this volume reflect: • the importance of manufacturing in international wealth creation; • the emerging fields of micro- and nano-manufacture; • the increasing trend towards the fabrication of parts using additive processes; • the growing demand for precision engineering and part inspection techniques; • measurement techniques and equipment; • the changing trends in manufacturing within a global environment. Some of the major generic developments which have taken place in these areas since the 34th MATADOR conference was held in Manchester, UK in 2004 are reported in this volume.

Machine-tools --- Manufacturing processes --- Computer integrated manufacturing systems --- Fabrication --- Fabrication intégrée par ordinateur --- Congresses. --- Congrès --- Computer integrated manufacturing systems -- Congresses. --- Machine-tools -- Congresses. --- Manufacturing processes -- Congresses. --- Mechanical Engineering - General --- Mechanical Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Engineering. --- Organization. --- Planning. --- Management. --- Industrial management. --- Machinery. --- Engineering economics. --- Engineering economy. --- Manufacturing industries. --- Machines. --- Tools. --- Industrial engineering. --- Manufacturing, Machines, Tools. --- Machinery and Machine Elements. --- Operating Procedures, Materials Treatment. --- Innovation/Technology Management. --- Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing. --- Manufactures. --- Manufacturing, Machines, Tools, Processes. --- Organisation --- Management --- Administration --- Industrial relations --- Organization --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Technology --- Economy, Engineering --- Engineering economics --- Industrial engineering --- Manufactured goods --- Manufactured products --- Products --- Products, Manufactured --- Commercial products --- Manufacturing industries --- Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) --- Executive ability --- Business administration --- Business enterprises --- Business management --- Corporate management --- Corporations --- Industrial administration --- Management, Industrial --- Rationalization of industry --- Scientific management --- Business --- Industrial organization --- Machinery --- Machines --- Manufactures --- Power (Mechanics) --- Mechanical engineering --- Motors --- Power transmission --- Curious devices