Product Description: Human and organizational factors have a substantial impact on the performance of planning and scheduling processes. Despite widespread and advanced decision support systems, human decision makers are still crucial to improve the operational performance in manufacturing industries...read more

Product Description: Although there are many organizations that have implemented Lean production systems and become more profitable as a result, there can be a gap between what those organizations currently do and how they should plan for and profit from new business...read more

Product Description: For years, Jonathan Cagan’s and Craig M. Vogel’s Creating Breakthrough Products has offered an indispensable roadmap for uncovering new opportunities, identifying what customers really value, and building products and services that redefine markets €” or create entirely new markets...read more

Die industrielle Montage unterliegt einem raschen Produktwechsel, einer steigender Variantenzahl, dem Preis- und Kostendruck aus Niedriglohnländern sowie kurzen Planungshorizonten der Kunden. Dem kann wirkungsvoll durch einen ganzheitlichen Rationalisierungsansatz der Montage, eine hochflexible Montagetechnik und durch qualifiziertes Personal begegnet werden. Dieses praxisorientierte Handbuch vermittelt hierzu die Grundlagen der industriellen Montage variantenreicher Produkte der Elektro- und Feinwerktechnik, des Maschinenbaus und der Automobilzulieferindustrie. Wichtige Ansätze sind die montagegerechte Produktgestaltung, die Primär-Sekundär-Analyse, der verrichtungsweise Montageablauf, das One-Piece-Flow-Prinzip, die bevorratungsfreie Fließmontage und Hybride Montagesysteme. Die detaillierte Beschreibung der Montageplanung, der Betriebsmittel und des Montagebetriebs sowie sorgfältig ausgearbeitete Beispiele unterstützen die Umsetzung in die Praxis.  

Product Description: In the only book of its kind, now revised and updated with the latest research on the topic, veteran design consultant Peter L. Phillips offers the tools for success gained from nearly thirty years of developing corporate and brand identity programs...read more

Product Description: Innovation remains to be the widely recognized leverage in the quest for future growth. This book presents a model of technological, marketing and complementary competencies in relation to firms’ innovative performance, drawing from a study of medium and large-sized Slovenian manufacturing enterprises...read more

Product Description: Really new products and services are scarce, yet the need for them is huge. That's why Innovation is an important managerial instrument - but many of us struggle with how to approach it. Gijs van Wulfen's Creating Innovative Products and Services is an essential read for anyone involved in new product or service design, brand development, new business development or organizational development because it 'unfuzzies' the front end of innovation with practical tools, effective checklists and an inspiring innovation route map...read more

Product Description: Concise yet comprehensive, Product Planning Essentials, Second Edition, addresses the complex, interdisciplinary nature of product development and product management. It covers strategic issues that emerge during the product life cycle, including identifying opportunities, idea generation and evaluation, technical development, commercialization, and eventual product dismissal...read more

Provides comprehensive real world based coverage of the concepts, tools, and methods used to manage and control manufacturing systems. This edition contains ERP system coverage and the impact of them in the field is integrated into many other chapters from Sales and Operations Planning to Advanced Scheduling Systems.