Product Description: A ground-breaking new book, Beyond Human Error: Taxonomies and Safety Science deconstructs the conventional concept of “human error” and provides a whole new way of looking at accidents and how they might be prevented. Based on research carried out in the rail, nuclear, and defense industries, the authors show how, by concentrating solely on ”human error,” systems and sociological factors are frequently ignored in contemporary safety science...read more

Product Description: Professionals striving for accident reduction must deal with systems in which both technical and human elements play equal and complementary roles. However, many of the existing techniques in ergonomics and risk management concentrate on plant and technical issues and downplay human factors and "subjectivity...read more

Product Description: Professionals striving for accident reduction must deal with systems in which both technical and human elements play equal and complementary roles. However, many of the existing techniques in ergonomics and risk management concentrate on plant and technical issues and downplay human factors and "subjectivity...read more

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Product Description: First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Product Description: A practical book emphasizing the importance of flexible factory automation as a tool in manufacturing competitiveness which highlights the issues associated with implementing automation. Table of Contents: Factory Automation--A Manufacturing Business Tool; Identification, Creation and Analysis of Automation Proposal; The Requirements Specification: The Business Case and How to Sell It; Who Will Do It? Detailed Design; Building the System; Debug and Functional Test; Installation and Commissioning; System in Operation...read more