Manufacturing Engineering Books

New and Published Books

1. Improving Reliability and Quality for Product Success

   By Dongsu Ryu

   For almost every sensationalized media report of product failure, a closer look often determines these failures occurred due to inadequate reliability theory and methodology. Current theories and practices cannot solve these problems, mainly because test specifications, especially lifetime tests,...

   Published May 10th 2012 by CRC Press
2. Essential Statistical Concepts for the Quality Professional

   By D. H. Stamatis

   The essence of any root cause analysis in our modern quality thinking is to go beyond the actual problem. This means not only do we have to fix the problem at hand but we also have to identify why the failure occurred and what was the opportunity to apply the appropriate knowledge to avoid the...

   Published May 1st 2012 by CRC Press
3. The Basics of Line Balancing and JIT Kitting

   By Beverly Townsend

   Accessible to the Lean novice and shop floor employee, The Basics of Line Balancing and JIT Kitting explores line balancing and the pre-assembly of components into a finished product in a just-in-time fashion (JIT Kitting). It explains how to use time studies, develop yamazumi charts, discover and...

   Published April 19th 2012 by Productivity Press
4. Performance Evaluation of Industrial Systems

   Discrete Event Simulation in Using Excel/VBA, Second Edition

   By David Elizandro, Hamdy Taha

   Basic approaches to discrete simulation have been process simulation languages (e.g., GPSS) and event-scheduling type (e.g., SIMSCRIPT). The trade-offs are that event-scheduling languages offer more modeling flexibility and process-oriented languages are more intuitive to the user. With these...

   Published April 10th 2012 by CRC Press
5. The Organizational Master Plan Handbook

   A Catalyst for Performance Planning and Results

   By H. James Harrington, Frank Voehl

   For visionary leaders, an Organizational Master Plan and associated technologies have become essential components of strategic decision making. Written for leaders, planners, consultants, and change agents, The Organizational Master Plan Handbook: A Catalyst for Performance Planning and Results...

   Published February 23rd 2012 by Productivity Press
6. The Basics of Self-Balancing Processes

   True Lean Continuous Flow

   By Gordon Ghirann

   Self-Balancing is not just a tweak or change to assembly line balancing, but a completely transformed method for achieving continuous flow. Among the reasons you should try Self-Balancing is that you can expect a productivity improvement of at least 30 percent—with improvements of 50-60 percent...

   Published February 12th 2012 by Productivity Press
7. Encyclopedia of Supply Chain Management - Two Volume Set

   Edited by James B. Ayers

   With coverage that touches on all aspects of supply chain management (SCM) the Encyclopedia of Supply Chain Management offers a comprehensive overview of fundamental topics, recent advances, and future directions. Comprised of more than 300 entries written by over 30 experts in the field, it...

   Published December 20th 2011 by CRC Press
8. Managing Supply Chains on the Silk Road

   Strategy, Performance, and Risk

   Edited by Çağrı Haksöz, Sridhar Seshadri, Ananth V. Iyer

   Historically important trade routes for goods of all kinds for more than 3000 years, the Silk Road has once again come to prominence. Managing Supply Chains on the Silk Road: Strategy, Performance, and Risk present emerging supply chain practices from the Silk Road regions that include China, Hong...

   Published December 20th 2011 by CRC Press
9. The Basics of Project Evaluation and Lessons Learned

   By Willis H. Thomas

   How do you determine if your project was a success (beyond being within budget and completed on time)? How do you determine the impact of a project? How do you capture valuable knowledge from a current or past project to enhance future programs? The answer to all three questions is through project...

   Published November 10th 2011 by Productivity Press
10. The Organizational Alignment Handbook

    A Catalyst for Performance Acceleration

    By H. James Harrington, Frank Voehl

    In the same way that a well-defined approach is needed to develop an effective strategic plan, an equally well-designed approach is needed to support the alignment of your organization's structure, management concepts, systems, processes, networks, knowledge nets, training, hiring, and reward...

    Published November 8th 2011 by Productivity Press