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This book focuses on the application of workstudy in productivity of manufacturing SMEs locally and abroad and also explores various industrial problems which face manufacturing SMEs in developing and underdeveloped countries in the rest of the world.

Zielsetzung der Gesellschaft fur Qualitatswissenschaft e.V. ist es, die Qualitatswissenschaft in Lehre und Forschung zu fordern und den Wissenstransfer in die industrielle Anwendung zu unterstutzen. Geschehen soll dies unter anderem durch Pflege des wissenschaftlichen Erfahrungsaustauschs unter den auf diesem Gebiet tatigen Personen und Institutionen und der Verbreitung von Forschungs- und Entwicklungsergebnissen sowie der Unterstutzung des Wissenstransfers zwischen Forschung und Praxis. Die Jahrestagung 2021 der Gesellschaft fur Qualitatswissenschaft fand gemeinsam mit der Brandenburgischen Technischen Universitat Cottbus - Senftenberg unter der Leitung von Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ralf Woll im September 2021 in Cottbus statt. Leitthema der Tagung war "e;Trends und Entwicklungstendenzen im Qualitatsmanagement"e;. Der Tagungsband beinhaltet die eingereichten und begutachteten Beitrage, die im Rahmen der Tagung prasentiert worden sind. Diese decken ein weites thematisches Spektrum ab, von Potentialen neuronaler Netze zur Fehlervermeidung, automatisierte Manahmenempfehlung in Softwareentwicklungsprozessen uber die zeitliche Veranderung von Kundenanforderungen bis hin zur Sicherheitskultur in der Agrar- und Ernahrungsbranche.

This book sheds new light on the role businesses can play in contributing to sustainability objectives, and how governance actors can better encourage their contributions.

This book statistically confirms that complexity and changing technologies that affect the way operators interact within the systems of the nuclear facili-ties exacerbate the severity of incidents caused by human error and details the application of the systems engineering process to reduce human error given industries' rapidly advancing technology.Technology, Human Performance, and Nuclear Facilities: A Systems Engineering Approach to Reduce Human Error provides a basic understand-ing of Human Error/ P erformance and its relation to industrial operations and advancing technologies incorporated into facilities. The book discusses the context surrounding the complexity of changing technologies at nuclear facili-ties and the potential worsening of problems caused by human error when technology advancements concerning operator interaction with control sys-tems are implemented. It presents how to reduce human error propensity given the incorporation of advanced technology and covers ways to reduce human error using the systems engineering process. Also offered are several concepts related to the operator's involvement in the systems engineering process and the human performance integration with system operational requirements and system testing, evaluation, and validation, and the procedures and training development in the systems engineering process. This book presents empirical evidence for the importance of human performance management in the con-text of nuclear facilities and offers practical recommendations for the improve-ment of this function.Systems engineers, plant/ design engineers, the nuclear industry, plant operations management, and those involved in industrial and nuclear safety will find something of interest in this book.

Logistics refers to the processes that start with resources and their acquisition, storage, and transportation to their destination. The concept is crucial in business -- particularly for the manufacturing sector -- to understand, manage, and control how resources are handled and progress through the whole supply chain. Now, there is a strong trend to focus on sustainability and eco-friendly solutions in logistics. Processes based on both technology and management need innovations and detailed implementation steps to achieve a satisfactory level of sustainability.This book explores how and where innovations can be implemented to provide a wide approach to sustainability in logistics. It addresses the main challenges affecting modern and sustainable logistics and supply chains and is organized according to six main themes: supply chain management; information intelligent hubs (e.g. warehouse and cities); sustainable transportation; technology for logistics; reverse logistics; and city logistics. The key results presented are based on both extensive types of research and business cases. The overarching advanced logistics and supply chain concepts at the heart of this book contribute to a sustainable intelligent logistics and transport system by making it more efficient, reliable, environmentally friendly, and competitive.Essentially, this book presents the most current research related to sustainability in logistics activities and addresses the theoretical background of sustainability and its significance for logistics, the challenges in supply chains and transportation, and possible solutions for more sustainable logistics systems.

This book explores how and where the innovations can be implemented to provide a wide approach to sustainability in logistics. It addresses the main challenges affecting modern and sustainable logistics and supply chains.

This book presents decision support tools that can be used in the early design stage to analyze the feasibility of a product and its components for remanufacturing. It also covers how to design a product specifically for remanufacturing and offers supporting case studies.

The book covers the life cycle of pipeline valves, the largest and most essential valve in offshore pipeline engineering. Discussing the design process, testing, production, transportation, installation, and maintenance, the book also covers the risk analysis required to assess the reliability of the valves.

This book presents an overview of operations research and systems engineering and takes a look into both fields on content, histories, contributions, and future directions so a sound career choice can be made for those who might be deciding on a career path. The book also offers how these two fields can be integrated and used in current times and into the future.Operations Research and Systems Engineering: Growth and Transformation traces the history of both fields of research as well as offers comments on the importance of both areas of study. By taking a look back with a historical perspective and also looking forward with the presentation of applications currently being used, someone looking to make a sound career choice will be able to decide which area they want to move towards. The book also offers how to integrate both operations research methods with systems engineering concepts and tools and provides a comparison between the two, along with how they can work together in the future.The goal of this book is to provide the reader with enough information so they can move forward with their career goals. It is also an ideal book that provides engineers, scientists, and mathematicians with a way to broaden their knowledge and areas of study.

This book provides a snapshot of building knowledge-based systems, inconsistency measures, methods for handling consistency and integrating knowledge bases. It provides the mathematical background to solve problems of restoring consistency and problems of integrating probabilistic knowledge bases.

This multi-authored book provides expert descriptions of Lean methods and their application in healthcare, written by the people who developed and tested the methods in healthcare settings. Each chapter brings together a description of the technique or approach, with examples of application in practice from the author's own practice.

Typically entrenched and systemic, healthcare problems require the sort of comprehensive solutions that can only be addressed by a change in culture and a shift in thinking. Organizations around the world are using Lean to redesign care and improve processes in a way that achieves and sustains meaningful results for patients, staff, physicians, and health systems. This book demonstrates how honest appraisal, intelligent planning, and vigilant follow-up have led to dramatic improvements in a variety of healthcare settings across the world. It teaches us how innovative organizations can find sustainable solutions to seemingly intractable problems by following a path guided by Lean Thinking. Lean methods may not solve every healthcare problem, but as these cases prove, changing a culture rather than personnel results in more effective sustainable change.This multi-authored book provides expert descriptions of Lean methods and their application in healthcare, written by the people who developed and tested the methods in healthcare settings. Each chapter brings together a description of the technique or approach, with examples of application in practice from the author's own practice. Authors use an engaging approach to their narrative, with examples from their personal experience or engagement being described to illustrate the practical application of theoretic approaches. In painting a picture of the environment in which these tools and techniques have been applied, readers will understand the transferability to their own workplace environment. This will be an opportunity to tell real stories of the application of Lean in healthcare and give readers the opportunity to learn from people from across the world, on subjects on which they are acknowledged topic experts, based on day-to-day Lean practice.

This book focuses on the futuristic approaches and designs for real-time systems and applications, as well as the fundamental concepts of including advanced techniques and tools with the models of the data-driven blockchain ecosystem.

This book addresses the broader issue of cultural influences on knowledge management, with specific focus on indigenous cultural norms, including guanxi, face and jeitinho and the impacts they have on knowledge sharing. It will be useful to both management academics and business practitioners.

Essentials of Operations Management is a brand new concise version of the market-leading text Operations Management. It has been developed forstudents on short courses in operations management for example, doing an initial course at undergraduate, postgraduate or post-experience level. In these books the author team have set the standards in Operations Management which other textbooks seek to emulate: Expert authorship, an engaging writing style, and an interesting collection of cases combine to communicate the importance of managing operations and processes within a successful organisation.

The focus of this book is an application of Digital Twin as a concept and an approach, based on the most accurate view on a physical production system and its digital representation of complex engineering products and systems. It describes a methodology to create and use Digital Twin in a built environment for the improvement and optimization of factory processes such as factory planning, investment planning, bottleneck analysis, and in-house material transport. The book provides a practical response based on achievements of engineering informatics in solving challenges related to the optimization of factory layout and corresponding processes.This book introduces the topic, providing a foundation of knowledge on process planning, before discussing the acquisition of objects in a factory and the methods for object recognition. It presents process simulation techniques, explores challenges in process planning, and concludes by looking at future areas of progression. By providinga holistic, trans-disciplinary perspective, this book will showcase Digital Twin technology as state-of-the-art both in research and practice.

Dieses Buch geht über die Suche nach Muda durch Gemba-Walk hinaus: das Ziel ist es, die Büroumgebung angesichts der neuen Herausforderung der Digitalisierung zu industrialisieren, indem dieselben Prinzipien der Lean-Industrie angewendet werden. Während die grundlegende Prozesstheorie gültig bleibt, müssen die Lean-Tools angepasst und auf die Merkmale des Büros übertragen werden, wo nicht Maschinen, sondern Mitarbeiter im Mittelpunkt der Transaktionen stehen. Hier wird ein neuer, bereits erfolgreich angewandter, integrierter, aus der Industrie stammender und systematischer Ansatz vorgestellt. Er steigert nicht nur die Effektivität und Produktivität im Büro und verkürzt die Durchlaufzeit von Büroabläufen weit über die einfache Muda-Eliminierung hinaus, sondern bereitet die Prozesse auch auf das kommende Zeitalter der Digitalisierung vor.

The go-to guide for getting projects done on time and on budget-revised and updated with a sophisticated image program and contemporary examplesFor more than 30 years, Project Planning, Scheduling and Control has been the benchmark guide for project managers seeking to increase their skills or pass the PMP exam. Providing an applications-oriented understanding of all the issues you'll face throughout your career, this new edition offers more strategies for dealing effectively with team members, clients, senior managers, and other key stakeholders-a critically important skill for project success.Written by one of today's leading experts on the topic-James P. Lewis-Project Planning, Scheduling and Control details the role of the project manager and includes the Lewis model for achieving high-performance project management using the whole-brain model of thinking. Updates include:Seven brand new chapters on popular methods and technologies for project managementThirteen fully revised chaptersThe technologies of project management, including the digital project officeThe imperative of leadership as a project management strategySelection, evaluation, and control of projectsDealing with diverse stakeholders, such as investors, board members, and international clientsProject management for managing the entire enterpriseThe daily practice of leading project teamsAdditional resources for instructors and readers available at the Lewis Institute websiteLewis reinforces the Project Management Institute's recommended success strategies, from planning, implementation, and scheduling to communication, risk management, execution, and control stages.The new edition of this classic guide is a must-have for project management practitioner.