Authors:A. Raouf, M. Ben-Daya,
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Keywords: manufacturing, research, technology, volume, recent, systems, flexible, developments
Number of Pages: 324
Published: 2005-09-13
List price: $176.95
ISBN-10: 0444897984
ISBN-13: 9780444897985

Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS) involve substituting machines capable of performing a wide and redefinable variety of tasks for machines dedicated to the performance of specific tasks. FMS can also be programmed to handle new products, thus extending the machines’ life cycles. Thus they represent a change from "standardized goods produced by customized machines" to "customized goods produced by standardized machines". This volume contains new and updated material in this field, and will be of great interest to researchers, managers and students concerned with problems related to fle

Authors:Frank Davis Jr., Karl B. Manrodt,
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: management, total, quality, advantage, flexible, responsive, customer
Number of Pages: 286
Published: 1996-12-16
List price: $59.95
ISBN-10: 1557865051
ISBN-13: 9781557865052

This book illustrates TQM concepts as they apply to service organizations where a product may or may not be involved. It addresses nine key management areas including cultivating relationships with customers and capacity management.

Authors:Jay Heizer, Barry Render,
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Keywords: student, dvd, package, guide, lecture, management, flexible, operations
Number of Pages: 736
Published: 2008-09-04
List price: $158.67
ISBN-10: 0136073662
ISBN-13: 9780136073666

KEY BENEFIT: This text allows students to apply what they’ve learned to real company challenges and best practices by offering a multitude of problems in the text and integrated case studies on video.KEY TOPICS: Its coverage includes an extensive amount of service applications and firms to give students an in-depth look at operations in the real world. MARKET: For general business students interested in operations management and gaining the fundamental working knowledge of a firm.

Authors:Colin Latchem, Insung Jung,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: learning, flexible, series, open, asia, blended, distance
Number of Pages: 280
Published: 2009-07-27
List price: $140.00
ISBN-10: 0415994098
ISBN-13: 9780415994095

Distance and Blended Learning in Asia is a unique and comprehensive overview of open, distance learning (ODL) and information and communication technology (ICT) in Asian education and training. Broad in coverage, this book critically examines ODL and ICT experiences from Japan to Turkey and from Sri Lanka to Mongolia – drawing conclusions from the successes and failures, and recommending ways in which planning, management and practice may be developed for the world’s largest concentration of adult open and distance learners. This pioneering book draws on Asian theory, research and practic

Authors:Xiao-Ping Zhang, Christian Rehtanz, Bikash Pal,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: systems, power, control, modelling, flexible, transmission
Number of Pages: 383
Published: 2006-03-21
List price: $179.00
ISBN-10: 3540306064
ISBN-13: 9783540306061

This monograph presents advanced modelling, analysis and control techniques of FACTS. These topics reflect the recent research and development of FACTS controllers, and anticipate the future applications of FACTS in power systems. The book covers comprehensively a range of power-system control problems: from steady-state voltage and power flow control, to voltage and reactive power control, to voltage stability control, to small signal stability control using FACTS controllers. The book presents the modelling of the latest FACTS controllers for power flow control, compensation and power quali

Authors:Martin W. Jawitz, Michael J. Jawitz,
Publisher: CRC Press
Keywords: electrical, computer, engineering, boards, wiring, rigid, flexible, printed, materials
Number of Pages: 169
Published: 2006-09-22
List price: $157.95
ISBN-10: 082472433X
ISBN-13: 9780824724337

Complex electronic circuits and devices are flooding applications in nearly every facet of commercial and industrial activity, from automated equipment to all types of consumer products. Proper selection of materials is crucial to meet the end-use requirements of flexible and rigid printed wiring boards. While there are many useful books and articles on the fabrication of printed circuit boards, Materials for Rigid and Flexible Printed Wiring Boards is the first book to detail the properties of the materials used and how they are made.The authors present important manufacturing information and

Authors:H.A. Talebi, R.V. Patel, K. Khorasani,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: control, lecture, notes, information, sciences, networks, neural, flexible, link, manipulators, using
Number of Pages: 142
Published: 2001-02-23
List price: $99.00
ISBN-10: 1852334096
ISBN-13: 9781852334093

The control of a flexible link manipulator using various network-based control strategies is the subject of this work. Presents an experimental evaluation of the performance of neural network-based controllers for tip-position tracking of these manipulators. Softcover.