Product Description: Manufacturing discusses the key information readers need to know to plan a successful career in this field. Offering a breakdown of available jobs in this industry, as well as tips for success, a complete history of manufacturing, and an overview of the state of jobs in the field today, this new resource is invaluable for recent graduates or seasoned workers looking for an inside edge in this competitive job market...read more

Product Description: COMPRESSION: Meeting the Challenges of Sustainability Through Vigorous Learning Enterprises sounds a clarion that we cannot afford to ignore. Global crises are squeezing us from all directions. Mostly they have to do with not enough: not enough natural resources to maintain our standard of living, not enough carbon rich soil to grow crops enough to feed the world, not enough fresh clean water, nor air or ozone...read more

Product Description: "The Squeeze" is a novel that relates the fight for survival of a small, family-owned, Midwest manufacturer. Barely breaking even, Brookings Manufacturing is feeling the "squeeze" even after five years of Lean implementation--from its competitors whose prices are 25% less, from employees with trust issues, from the bank who questions the company's ability to pay back loans, and from the EPA who is citing the company for violations...read more

Product Description: First published in 1981 this unique study discusses the evolution of Plato's thought through the actual developments in Athenian democracy, the book also demonstrates Plato's continuing responses to changes in political theory and argues for a new understanding of Plato's goals for the state and his ultimate concern for the moral well-being of the citizens...read more

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Product Description: Book by Hall, Robert W., Johnson, H. Thomas, Turney, Peter B. B.

Suggests new ways to improve production operations, discusses statistical quality control, automation, and marketing, and tells how to make reforms last (view table of contents)

Explains the concept of stockless production, looks at problems in the production control system, and discusses process flow, quality circles, suppliers, and implementation strategies (view table of contents)