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In this new text, the author blends accessible coverage of quantitative methods with engaging qualitative topics. Meaningful examples clearly illustrate the logic and analytical thought process of modeling, and behavioral analysis is included in the use and implementation of analytical models. With a unique chapter of plant tours early in the book, students get a real-world, practical orientation throughout the text.* "On the Job" boxes- profiles of people in professions outside of operations who use operations management concepts daily- demonstrate the importance of Operations management to non-majors.* Quantitative and qualitative issues are fully integrated. Extended examples and real-world cases show students the range of analysis needed to manage, and how these tools are complementary rather than mutually exclusive.* Four different Plant Tours- including both manufacturing and service operations- show students real production systems in action.* "In Good Company" boxes demonstrate the importance of operations management in real companies.* The coverage is state-of-the-art throughout, including Lean Production. Just-in-time production, EDI, concurrent engineering and cellular production. Sections on ecological implications are included in several chapters.

Industrial engineering --- Production management --- Génie industriel --- Production --- Gestion --- 658.5 --- Management engineering --- Simplification in industry --- Engineering --- Value analysis (Cost control) --- Manufacturing management --- Industrial management --- Production engineering and planning. Design. Production management and control --- Industrial engineering. --- Production management. --- Productiebeheer --- Productiebeheer. --- 658.5 Production engineering and planning. Design. Production management and control --- Génie industriel

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Despite the significant progress, which has been made in developing of ceramic materials desired for engineering applications, their mass production is still not on expected level. Among the key factors hindering higher exploitation of these materials the problems in processing were identified. The processing comprises powder production, mixing techniques, forming, and sintering. All of them are equally important and all of them can introduce defects into the material. Besides improvement in processing, the properties of ceramic materials can be considerably improved by the creation of composites. Composites formed at micro or macro level are able to form more flaw-tolerant material. Considerable research activities, working on above mentioned phenomena are in progress at industrial laboratories as well as other research centres. This volume presents the contributions to the Advanced Research Workshop "Engineering Ceramics '96" with 65 participants from 21 countries held on 12th - 15th May 1996 at Smolenice Castle, Slovakia, the conference site of Slovak Academy of Sciences. The book covers research activities on engineering ceramic materials and gives an overview with respect to recent developments.

Ceramics --- Ceramic materials --- Céramique industrielle --- Matériaux céramiques --- Ceramic powders --- Poudres céramiques --- Congresses --- Industrial engineering. --- Production engineering. --- Materials science. --- Ceramics. --- Glass. --- Composites (Materials). --- Composite materials. --- Inorganic chemistry. --- Industrial and Production Engineering. --- Materials Science, general. --- Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Materials. --- Characterization and Evaluation of Materials. --- Inorganic Chemistry. --- Inorganic chemistry --- Chemistry --- Inorganic compounds --- Composites (Materials) --- Multiphase materials --- Reinforced solids --- Solids, Reinforced --- Two phase materials --- Materials --- Amorphous substances --- Glazing --- Ceramic technology --- Industrial ceramics --- Keramics --- Building materials --- Chemistry, Technical --- Clay --- Material science --- Physical sciences --- Manufacturing engineering --- Process engineering --- Industrial engineering --- Mechanical engineering --- Management engineering --- Simplification in industry --- Engineering --- Value analysis (Cost control) --- Céramique industrielle. --- Matériaux céramiques. --- Poudres céramiques. --- Céramique industrielle. --- Matériaux céramiques. --- Poudres céramiques.

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Linear programming represents one of the major applications of mathematics to business, industry, and economics. It provides a methodology for optimizing an output given that is a linear function of a number of inputs. George Dantzig is widely regarded as the founder of the subject with his invention of the simplex algorithm in the 1940's. This second volume is intended to add to the theory of the items discussed in the first volume. It also includes additional advanced topics such as variants of the simplex method; interior point methods (early and current methods), GUB, decomposition, integer programming, and game theory. Graduate students in the fields of operations research, industrial engineering and applied mathematics will find this volume of particular interest.

Linear programming. --- Operational research. Game theory --- Optimization. --- Industrial and Production Engineering. --- Operation Research/Decision Theory. --- Mathematics. --- Operations research. --- Decision making. --- Mathematical optimization. --- Industrial engineering. --- Production engineering. --- Business. --- Matrix theory. --- Algebra. --- Business and Management. --- Linear and Multilinear Algebras, Matrix Theory. --- Operations Research/Decision Theory. --- Deciding --- Decision (Psychology) --- Decision analysis --- Decision processes --- Making decisions --- Management --- Management decisions --- Choice (Psychology) --- Problem solving --- Operational analysis --- Operational research --- Industrial engineering --- Management science --- Research --- System theory --- Manufacturing engineering --- Process engineering --- Mechanical engineering --- Management engineering --- Simplification in industry --- Engineering --- Value analysis (Cost control) --- Optimization (Mathematics) --- Optimization techniques --- Optimization theory --- Systems optimization --- Mathematical analysis --- Maxima and minima --- Operations research --- Simulation methods --- System analysis --- Decision making --- Mathematics