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Honey - A Miraculous Product of Nature (Hardcover): Rajesh Kumar, Om Prakash Agrawal, Younis Ahmad Hajam Honey - A Miraculous Product of Nature (Hardcover)
Rajesh Kumar, Om Prakash Agrawal, Younis Ahmad Hajam
R3,035 Discovery Miles 30 350 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Honey is a supersaturated solution of sugar made by bees. Honeybees collect a liquid secretion from flowers, called nectar, and take this back to their hives. It is an appreciated natural gift to humanity derived entirely from honeybees. Honey is the by-product of nectar collected by bees from the flowers, with some digestive enzymes produced by the honeybees themselves. Honey: A Miraculous Product of Nature summarizes the current status of honey, it's uses and related aspects. This illustrated volume describes use of honey in traditional medicines, i.e. Ayurveda, Siddha, and Unani by acting as a preservative and nourishing agent. Also, other properties like digestibility, palatability, deliciousness, refreshing, thirst quencher, stomachic, anti-obtrusive, expectorant, anti-oxidative, anti-tussive and blood purifier are explained in beautiful manner. The role of honey in improving eyesight, strengthens gums and teeth and it's use in jaundice, spleen enlargement, sore throat, chest diseases, sexual debility, renal and cystic calculi, intestinal worms, heart diseases and leprosy is very well described. The compiled knowledge from range of bee scientists, Honey: A Miraculous Product of Nature aims to provide broad knowledge on honey to the researchers, apiculturists and students to continue their work on honey and honeybees.

Driving Results - Six Lessons Learned from Transforming An Iconic Company (Hardcover): GA Garfield Driving Results - Six Lessons Learned from Transforming An Iconic Company (Hardcover)
GA Garfield
R513 Discovery Miles 5 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Discover the keys to effective organizational transformation from an author who did it as the CEO of an iconic company In Driving Results: Six Lessons Learned from Transforming an Iconic Company, now-retired Chief Executive Officer Gary Garfield delivers an incisive and eye-opening road map of how to transform any organization, department, or group. Through a series of massive changes, Garfield drove record results while the CEO. By sharing his learnings on driving change in this insightful book, you'll learn how you can use the six essential elements to drive results through change at your organization or with your team. In the book, the celebrated author presents: Startling insights into the symptoms of a dysfunctional organization or group--and how to turn it around Comprehensive explanations of each of the six keys to transformation and how to implement them in any company or team Strategies for selling change throughout your organization or group to ensure its success The hallmarks of successful change leaders The importance of culture and how to change it Critical people issues that so often arise during transformation efforts and how to deal with those issues A must-read collection of thought-provoking, practical, and hands-on methods for delivering impactful and quantifiable change in any environment, Driving Results is the blueprint for transforming any organization or group into a high-performing and culturally healthy powerhouse.

Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals for Human Health - Advancements in Natural Wellness and Disease Prevention (Hardcover):... Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals for Human Health - Advancements in Natural Wellness and Disease Prevention (Hardcover)
Cristobal Noe Aguilar, A.K. Haghi
R4,432 Discovery Miles 44 320 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This new volume provides important information on potential applications and new developments in functional health foods and nutraceuticals. It looks at the health-promoting properties in functional foods and beverages as well as nutraceuticals. Some health issues that are considered in conjunction with these foods and nutraceuticals include oxidative stress, obesity, pharyngitis, low cognitive concentration, among others. Research topics include the antioxidant properties of certain products, the development of functional and medicinal beverages, nutraceuticals and functional foods for alternative therapies, and more.

Lubrication Degradation - Getting into the Root Causes (Hardcover): Sanya Mathura, Robert J Latino Lubrication Degradation - Getting into the Root Causes (Hardcover)
Sanya Mathura, Robert J Latino
R1,521 Discovery Miles 15 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book combines the topics of Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Lubrication Degradation Mechanisms (LDM) with the goal of allowing the reader to develop the disciplined thought process for getting to the root causes of each of the degradation mechanisms. This new way of thinking can be applied to other areas within their facility to mitigate or eliminate any future recurrence. Lubrication Degradation: Getting into the Root Causes strives to break down the complex topic of Lubrication Degradation into its six most common failure mechanisms. It presents the mechanisms as manageable components and then teaches the reader how to identify the typical root causes associated with each failure mechanism. The main aim of this book is to get the audience to look past the physical root causes and really unearth the underlying human and/or systemic roots to prevent recurrence of these types of failures. The book offers a field-proven and practical root cause analysis approach. An ideal practical book for industry professionals involved with Plant Operations, Engineering, Management, Maintenance, Reliability, Quality, and also useful for Technicians.

Industry 4.0 and Regional Transformations (Paperback): Lisa De Propris, David Bailey Industry 4.0 and Regional Transformations (Paperback)
Lisa De Propris, David Bailey
R1,243 Discovery Miles 12 430 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This edited volume brings together a group of expert contributors to explorebthe opportunities and the challenges that Industry 4.0 (smart manufacturing) is likely to pose for regions, fi rms and jobs in Europe. Drawing on theory and empirical cases, it considers emerging issues like servitization, new innovation models for local production systems and the increase in reshoring. Industry 4.0 and Regional Transformations captures the complexity of this new manufacturing model in an accessible way and considers its implications for the future. It will be essential reading for advanced students and researchers and policy makers in regional studies, industrial policy, economic geography, innovation studies, operations management and engineering.

Pharmaceutical Vendors Approval Manual - A Comprehensive Quality Manual for API and Packaging Material Approval (Hardcover):... Pharmaceutical Vendors Approval Manual - A Comprehensive Quality Manual for API and Packaging Material Approval (Hardcover)
Erfan Syed Asif
R2,531 Discovery Miles 25 310 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Provide readers and front line health care products manufacturers, R&D management and biotech laboratories all the information they need to know to develop a GMP oriented industry with trained and skilled personnel and manufacture products that meet GMP and regulatory requirements Covers basic quality concepts and the elements of vendor's assessment, qualification and approval required by the pharmaceutical educational institutions and professional certification bodies Provides stepwise guidance on how to evaluate, audit, qualify and approve an API and packaging material manufacturer and supplier to enhance the GMP within the industry Provides ready to use regulatory documentation, e.g. letter of commitment, Questionnaire, SOP etc. required for API and Packaging Materials contract Provided material can be easily tailored to incorporate changes to add in-house vendor's qualification requirements

The House Of Gucci - A Sensational Story Of Murder, Madness, Glamour And Greed (Paperback, New edition): Sara Gay Forden The House Of Gucci - A Sensational Story Of Murder, Madness, Glamour And Greed (Paperback, New edition)
Sara Gay Forden
R320 R244 Discovery Miles 2 440 Save R76 (24%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Did Patrizia Reggiani murder her ex-husband, Maurizio Gucci, in 1995 because his spending was wildly out of control? Did she do it because her glamorous ex was preparing to marry his mistress, Paola Franchi? Or is there a possibility she didn't do it at all?

In this gripping account of the ascent, eventual collapse, and resurrection of the Gucci dynasty, Sara Gay Forden takes us behind the scenes of the trial and exposes the passions, the power, and the vulnerabilities of the greatest fashion family of our times.

Business Innovation - A Case Study Approach (Hardcover): Vijay Pandiarajan Business Innovation - A Case Study Approach (Hardcover)
Vijay Pandiarajan
R5,528 Discovery Miles 55 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book provides an understanding of innovation models and why they are important in the business context, and considers sources of innovation and how to apply business frameworks using real-world examples of innovation-led businesses. After providing a solid background to the key concepts related to innovation models, the book looks at why innovation takes place and where the sources of innovation lie, from corporate research to crowd-sourced and government-funded initiatives. Innovation models across manufacturing, services and government are explored, as well as measuring innovation, and the impact of design thinking and lean enterprise principles on innovation and sustainability-driven imperatives. Offering a truly comprehensive and global approach, Business Innovation should be core or recommended reading for advanced undergraduate, postgraduate, MBA and Executive Education students studying Innovation Management, Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship.

Business Innovation - A Case Study Approach (Paperback): Vijay Pandiarajan Business Innovation - A Case Study Approach (Paperback)
Vijay Pandiarajan
R1,724 Discovery Miles 17 240 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book provides an understanding of innovation models and why they are important in the business context, and considers sources of innovation and how to apply business frameworks using real-world examples of innovation-led businesses. After providing a solid background to the key concepts related to innovation models, the book looks at why innovation takes place and where the sources of innovation lie, from corporate research to crowd-sourced and government-funded initiatives. Innovation models across manufacturing, services and government are explored, as well as measuring innovation, and the impact of design thinking and lean enterprise principles on innovation and sustainability-driven imperatives. Offering a truly comprehensive and global approach, Business Innovation should be core or recommended reading for advanced undergraduate, postgraduate, MBA and Executive Education students studying Innovation Management, Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship.

Global Manufacturing Management - From Excellent Plants Toward Network Optimization (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Thomas Friedli,... Global Manufacturing Management - From Excellent Plants Toward Network Optimization (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Thomas Friedli, Gisela Lanza, Dominik Remling
R2,295 Discovery Miles 22 950 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Using site-specific optimization approaches in international manufacturing networks is increasingly proving insufficient. To solve this problem, several holistic and integrated alternatives have been developed to reflect a global perspective. This book presents advances in the St. Gallen Global Manufacturing Network Model and its application in numerous industry-, benchmarking- and research projects. The contents combine data-driven solutions with qualitative management frameworks for the strategic optimization of international manufacturing networks. In the first part, the book addresses the foundation of manufacturing network management and further describes the St. Gallen Operational Excellence approaches to manage plant performance. On this basis, the authors show how plant- and network-level performance can be enhanced via key improvement domains (e.g., strategy, configuration, coordination, performance management, digitalization). In turn, the second part demonstrates the application of the constructs in manufacturing companies from various industries. By combining research and practice, the book offers unique perspectives on the management of global production striving toward higher performance on manufacturing site and network level.

The Innovation Engine for Growth - An Actionable Roadmap to Thriving in a Hyper-Competitive World (Hardcover): Sanjay Mazumdar,... The Innovation Engine for Growth - An Actionable Roadmap to Thriving in a Hyper-Competitive World (Hardcover)
Sanjay Mazumdar, Cheryl Perkins
R3,905 Discovery Miles 39 050 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

* Focus on seven critical, fast-paced industries where innovation capability is essential * Written by two prominent thought leaders with 50 years of combined experience working with hundreds of companies across industries * Provides templates to immediately put the book's frameworks in place to develop an organization's innovation plan

Monetary Policy and Food Inflation in Emerging and Developing Economies (Hardcover): Abdul-Aziz Iddrisu, Imhotep Paul Alagidede Monetary Policy and Food Inflation in Emerging and Developing Economies (Hardcover)
Abdul-Aziz Iddrisu, Imhotep Paul Alagidede
R1,518 Discovery Miles 15 180 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book focuses on the impact of monetary policy and food price volatility and inflation in emerging and developing economies. The tendency for food price volatility to blot inflation forecasting accuracy, engender tail dynamics in the overall inflation trajectory and derail economic welfare is well known in the literature. The ability of monetary policy to exact stability in food prices, theoretically, has also been well espoused. The empirical evidence, however, is not only in short supply, but also the studies available have dwelt on approaches that underplay the volatile behaviour of food prices. This book focuses on inflation targeting in emerging economies such as Chile, Mexico, Turkey, Brazil, Hungary, Russia, Colombia, South Africa, Indonesia and Ghana, as these are economies with considerable proportion of the consumption basket occupied by food. The book provides the means to understand at first hand the correct way to model food inflation, account for the related policy responses to deviations either in the short or medium to long term, and in market conditions that are subject to excessive variability. Strong evidence is presented that captures deviations of food prices from their trend and the accompanying monetary policy effect in stabilizing such variabilities across distinct frequencies. The novel approach in this book addresses the burgeoning puzzles of asymmetry in monetary policy effect on food prices at high, medium and low episodes of food inflation. In doing so, this book presents a powerful tool for researchers interested in understanding not just the transmission mechanism, but also the magnitudes involved, and to policymakers whose existing tools have failed them. Future studies will do well to deepen the evidence and seek new grounds to which the phenomenon manifests beyond and below emerging markets. This book will be of great interest to students, scholars and policymakers involved in agricultural economics, financial economics, food security and sustainable development.

The World's Wine Markets - Globalization at Work (Hardcover): Kym Anderson The World's Wine Markets - Globalization at Work (Hardcover)
Kym Anderson
R4,920 Discovery Miles 49 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This absorbing book examines the period of massive structural adjustment taking place in the wine industry. For many centuries wine was very much a European product. While that is still the case today - three-quarters of world wine production, consumption and trade involve Europe and most of the rest involves just a handful of New World countries settled by Europeans - the importance of exports from non-European countries has risen dramatically over the past decade. The World's Wine Markets includes an in-depth look at the growth and impact of New World wine production on the Old World producers, revealing that between 1990 and 2001, the New World's combined share of world wine exports grew from 4 to 18 per cent, or from 10 to 35 per cent when intra-European Union trade is excluded. Original essays, by economists from each of the major wine producing and consuming regions in the world, analyse recent developments and future trends, and conclude that globalization of the industry is set to continue for the foreseeable future. Furthermore they argue that with increasing globalization, there is a greater need than ever for systematic analysis of the world's wine markets. This fascinating work will appeal greatly to students enrolled in wine marketing and business courses, those studying industrial organization, and economists and other social scientists interested in case studies of globalization at work. As well, wine industry participants interested in understanding the reasons behind the recent dramatic developments in the industry will find this rigorously analytical yet accessible book of great value.

ForkFight! - Whisks, Risks, and Conflicts Behind the Restaurant Curtain (Hardcover): Mark H. Brezinski ForkFight! - Whisks, Risks, and Conflicts Behind the Restaurant Curtain (Hardcover)
Mark H. Brezinski; As told to Mark Stuertz
R407 Discovery Miles 4 070 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The most compelling, insightful, and white-knuckled journey behind the restaurant curtain since Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential. Mark H. Brezinski is a forty-five-year veteran of the dynamic restaurant industry. A graduate of the famed School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University, Mark went on to create or co-create multiple nationally acclaimed restaurant companies. His experiences span the globe in search of culinary discoveries and inspirations with industry icons like the late Norman Brinker, Paul Fleming, Phil Romano, and chefs Michael Mina and Mark Miller. Mark’s restaurants have featured an international buffet of foods that include Indian, Italian, French, and Vietnamese. His travels have taken him from Tokyo to Tuscany, from San Francisco to Shanghai, from Mumbai to Maui. This book takes you to all of these places and more, while telling behind-the-scenes stories—sometimes funny, often heartbreaking, and never without lessons learned. The journey is a remarkable tag-along to the highs and lows of being an entrepreneur and the self-discovery that comes with each stop. Mark resides in Dallas and, never one to leave a stone unturned, is currently founder of his latest concept, Bizzy, which features his vision of better fast food.

Meat Processing - Improving Quality (Hardcover): John Kerry, Joseph Kerry, David Ledward Meat Processing - Improving Quality (Hardcover)
John Kerry, Joseph Kerry, David Ledward
R4,854 Discovery Miles 48 540 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Meat is both a major food in its own right and a staple ingredient in many food products. With its distinguished editors and an international team of contributors, Meat processing reviews research on what defines and determines meat quality, and how it can be maintained or improved during processing.
Part one considers the various aspects of meat quality. There are chapters on what determines the quality of raw meat, changing views of the nutritional quality of meat and the factors determining such quality attributes as colour and flavour. Part two discusses how these aspects of quality are measured, beginning with the identification of appropriate quality indicators. It also includes chapters on both sensory analysis and instrumental methods including on-line monitoring and microbiological analysis. Part three reviews the range of processing techniques that have been deployed at various stages in the supply chain. Chapters include the use of modelling techniques to improve quality and productivity in beef cattle production, new decontamination techniques after slaughter, automation of carcass processing, high pressure processing of meat, developments in modified atmosphere packaging and chilling and freezing. There are also chapters on particular products such as restructured meat and fermented meat products.
With its detailed and comprehensive coverage of what defines and determines meat quality, Meat processing is a standard reference for all those involved in the meat industry and meat research.
Reviews research on what defines and determines meat quality, and how it can be measured, maintained and improved during processingExamines the range of processing techniques that have been deployed at various stages in the supply chainComprehensively outlines the new decontamination techniques after slaughter and automation of carcass processing

Non-Thermal Processing Technologies for the Dairy Industry (Hardcover): M. Selvamuthukumaran, Sajid Maqsood Non-Thermal Processing Technologies for the Dairy Industry (Hardcover)
M. Selvamuthukumaran, Sajid Maqsood
R5,091 Discovery Miles 50 910 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The dairy industry usually adopts conventional methods of processing various milk-based food products, which can destroy nutrients and minimize organoleptic qualities. An alternative approach for this is the non-conventional method of non-thermal processing techniques. Not only does this enhance the nutritional profile of the various processed products, but increases the consumer acceptability. There are some emerging non-thermal processing techniques such as pulsed light, cold plasma, high pressure processing, ultrasonic, UV pasteurization, or ozone treatments, which can be successfully employed in dairy processing industries to enhance product acceptability, safety, and quality aspects. Non-Thermal Processing Technologies for the Dairy Industry describes several emerging non-thermal processing techniques that can be specially employed for the dairy processing industry. The book narrates the benefits of using pulsed light, cold plasma, high pressure and ultrasonic during processing of various dairy products. Key Features: Addresses techniques used for extraction of functional food components from various dairy products by using super critical CO2 extraction technology. Explains application of ozone and cold plasma technology for treating dairy processing waste waters with efficient recycling aspects. Discusses the importance of using biopreservatives in shelf life extension of several dairy food products. Portrays scope and significant importance of adopting UV pasteurization in processing market milk along with safety and environmental impacts over processing This book solves the issue of waste generation in dairy industries and further advises recovery of such waste for efficient recycling process. In addition to being useful for dairy technologists, it is a great source for academic scholars and students looking to gain knowledge and excel in the non-thermal procesing area.

Air Transportation - A Global Management Perspective (Hardcover, 9th edition): John Wensveen Air Transportation - A Global Management Perspective (Hardcover, 9th edition)
John Wensveen
R3,804 Discovery Miles 38 040 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Now in its ninth edition, Air Transportation: A Global Management Perspective by John Wensveen is a well-proven, accessible textbook that offers a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of air transport management. In addition to explaining the fundamentals, the book transports the reader to the leading edge of the discipline, using past and present trends to forecast future challenges and opportunities the industry may face, encouraging the reader to think deeply about the decisions a manager implements. The word "Global" has been added to the subtitle for this edition, reflecting an increased emphasis on worldwide operations including North America, Latin America/Caribbean, Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa. The ninth edition focuses on the "Age of Acceleration", addressing trends related to emerging technologies, such as autonomy, artificial intelligence, augmented reality, virtual reality, 3-D printing, data analytics, block chain, cybersecurity, etc. New material includes extra information on airport management and operations, air carrier business models, aviation risk, safety and security, and how changing political landscapes impact the aviation industry. Enhanced content is supported by the addition of new chapters and online supplemental resources including PowerPoint presentations, chapter quizzes, exam questions and links to online resources. This wide-ranging textbook is appropriate for nearly all aviation programs that feature business and management. Its student-friendly structure and style make it highly suitable for modular courses and distance-learning programs, or for self-directed study and continuing personal professional development.

Manufacturing Inventory and Supply Analysis - A Mathematical Modelling Approach (Hardcover): Sanjay Sharma Manufacturing Inventory and Supply Analysis - A Mathematical Modelling Approach (Hardcover)
Sanjay Sharma
R2,531 Discovery Miles 25 310 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Provides detailed models/analysis pertaining to various cases which are useful for material requirements planning and supply chain environment. Elaborates manufacturing rate flexibility, demand variation, and production rate variation. Discusses multi-item manufacturing environment and presents models with backorders as well as fractional backlogging. Analyzes flexible production rate along with upward and downward variations.

Pharmaceuticals, Corporate Crime and Public Health (Hardcover): Graham Dukes, John Braithwaite, J. P. Moloney Pharmaceuticals, Corporate Crime and Public Health (Hardcover)
Graham Dukes, John Braithwaite, J. P. Moloney
R4,049 Discovery Miles 40 490 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Dukes, Braithwaite and Moloney reach the depressing conclusion that 'corporate crime in the pharmaceutical industry appears to be on the rise.' Their approach to this problem is much more nuanced than just throwing people in jail. They advocate for a pyramid of regulatory strategies including qui tam legislation and equity fines. There is an opportunity for a radical transformation of the pharmaceutical industry and the authors offer us a road map to begin that journey.' - Joel Lexchin MD, York University, CanadaThe pharmaceutical industry must exist to serve the community, but over the years it has engaged repeatedly in corporate crime and anti-social behavior, with the public footing the bill. This readable study by experts in medicine, law, criminology and public health, with deep experience of the industry, documents problems ranging from false advertising and counterfeiting to corruption, fraud and overpricing. It is a fresh and revealing look at the unacceptable pressures brought to bear on doctors, politicians, patients and the media. Uniquely, the book presents realistic and worldwide solutions for the future, with positive policies encouraging honest dealing, as well as partial privatization of enforcement and a transformation of science policy to develop the medicines that society needs most. The authors examine in turn each of the main facets of the pharmaceutical industry's activities - research, manufacturing, information, distribution and pricing - as well as some questionable aspects of its relationship with society. Offering a considered analysis of pharmaceutical rights and wrongs as they have developed, particularly over the last half-century, this book is rich in new insights for managers in the pharmaceutical industry, regulatory agencies and health agencies. Contents: Essay Part I: Setting the Scene Introduction Part II: A View of Rights and Wrongs 1. Creating a Medicine: Why, How and How Not 2. Safe, Unsafe and Improper Manufacturing Practices 3. Aggressive or Misleading Promotion 4. The Dark Art of Manipulation: The Industry and its Puppets 5. Corruption, Counterfeiting and Fraud 6. Prices, Monopolies, Abuses and the Law Part III: Transforming the Way Ahead 7. A Criminological Perspective on a Worsening Crisis 8. Positive Regulation: The Complementary Role of Supports and Sanctions 9. A Responsive Criminal Law of Pharmaceuticals 10. Privatising Enforcement 11. A New Capitalism: A New Drug Diplomacy Index

Illicit Medicines in the Global South - Public Health Access and Pharmaceutical Regulation (Hardcover): Mathieu Quet Illicit Medicines in the Global South - Public Health Access and Pharmaceutical Regulation (Hardcover)
Mathieu Quet
R3,914 Discovery Miles 39 140 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book investigates pharmaceutical regulation and the public health issue of fake or illicit medicines in developing countries. The book analyses the evolution of pharmaceutical capitalism, showing how the entanglement of market and health interests has come to shape global regulation. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in India, Kenya, and Europe, it demonstrates how large pharmaceutical companies have used the fight against fake medicines to serve their strategic interests and protect their monopolies, sometimes to the detriment of access to medicines in developing countries. The book investigates how the contemporary dynamics of pharmaceutical power in global markets have gone on to shape societies locally, resulting in more security-oriented policies. These processes highlight the key consequences of contemporary "logistical regimes" for access to health. Providing important insights on how the flows of commodities, persons, and knowledge shape contemporary access to medicines in the developing countries, this book will be of considerable interest to policy makers and regulators, and to scholars and students across sociology, science and technology studies, global health, and development studies.

Chinese Private Manufacturing Firms - The Challenges of Global Competition (Paperback): Xiao Chen Chinese Private Manufacturing Firms - The Challenges of Global Competition (Paperback)
Xiao Chen
R1,231 Discovery Miles 12 310 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Since the beginning of China's economic reform in 1978, private manufacturing firms have played an indispensable role in, and have made a remarkable contribution to, the country's economic development. This book, based on extensive original research, explores the current development challenges for Chinese private manufacturing firms as China's integration with the global economy deepens. At the heart of the book are rich, nuanced empirical case studies of private manufacturing firms in the footwear and electrical equipment industries based in the city of Wenzhou, which was where private enterprise in China was pioneered in the 1980s. Particular subjects considered include the competition situation, the interaction of foreign and indigenous firms in both domestic and international markets, and the facilitating role of industrial development areas.

Analysis and Management of Productivity and Efficiency in Production Systems for Goods and Services (Paperback): Fabio Sartori... Analysis and Management of Productivity and Efficiency in Production Systems for Goods and Services (Paperback)
Fabio Sartori Piran, Daniel Pacheco Lacerda, Luis Felipe Riehs Camargo
R1,414 Discovery Miles 14 140 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Presents an elucidative discussion about productivity and efficiency, illustrating its potentials of use and conceptual differencesCovers the concepts and techniques for analysis of productivity and efficiency, analyzing critical benefits and limitations Explains didactically and in detail how to use DEA for analysis of productivity and efficiency Provides an innovative method for using DEA Offers a free online computer tool to operationalize the concepts and method proposed in the book

Reliability Engineering - Methods and Applications (Paperback): Mangey Ram Reliability Engineering - Methods and Applications (Paperback)
Mangey Ram
R1,446 Discovery Miles 14 460 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Over the last 50 years, the theory and the methods of reliability analysis have developed significantly. Therefore, it is very important to the reliability specialist to be informed of each reliability measure. This book will provide historical developments, current advancements, applications, numerous examples, and many case studies to bring the reader up-to-date with the advancements in this area. It covers reliability engineering in different branches, includes applications to reliability engineering practice, provides numerous examples to illustrate the theoretical results, and offers case studies along with real-world examples. This book is useful to engineering students, research scientist, and practitioners working in the field of reliability.

Functional Reverse Engineering of Machine Tools (Paperback): Wasim Ahmed Khan, Ghulam Abbas, Khalid Rahman, Ghulam Hussain,... Functional Reverse Engineering of Machine Tools (Paperback)
Wasim Ahmed Khan, Ghulam Abbas, Khalid Rahman, Ghulam Hussain, Cedric Aimal Edwin
R1,419 Discovery Miles 14 190 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The purpose of this book is to develop capacity building in strategic and non-strategic machine tool technology. The book contains chapters on how to functionally reverse engineer strategic and non-strategic computer numerical control machinery. Numerous engineering areas, such as mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, control engineering, and computer hardware and software engineering, are covered. The book offers guidelines and covers design for machine tools, prototyping, augmented reality for machine tools, modern communication strategies, and enterprises of functional reverse engineering, along with case studies. Features Presents capacity building in machine tool development Discusses engineering design for machine tools Covers prototyping of strategic and non-strategic machine tools Illustrates augmented reality for machine tools Includes Internet of Things (IoT) for machine tools

The Future of Work in Asia and Beyond - A Technological Revolution or Evolution? (Paperback): Alan R. Nankervis, Julia Connell,... The Future of Work in Asia and Beyond - A Technological Revolution or Evolution? (Paperback)
Alan R. Nankervis, Julia Connell, John Burgess
R1,238 Discovery Miles 12 380 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Future of Work in Asia and Beyond presents the findings and associated implications arising from a collaborative research study conducted on the potential impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR - or Industry 4.0) on the labour markets, occupations and associated future workforce competencies and skills across ten countries. The 4IR concerns the digital transformation in society and business - an interface between technologies in the physical, digital and biological disciplines. The book explores many related issues: the nature of the 4IR, as well as demographic, generational and socio-cultural issues, economic and political perspectives, public and private sector similarities and differences, business strategy and managerial implications, human resource management/planning strategies, policies and practices, industry innovations, 'best practice' cases and comparative country studies. Chapters are based on a framework which combines labour market and multiple stakeholder theories. Issues are explored through the perceptions of organisational managers based in Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Nepal, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand to provide an analysis of organisational, industry and government preparedness for the 4IR. This book is recommended reading for anyone wanting to gain an understanding of the 4IR and a range of related challenges and issues, as well as suggested strategies for governments, education and industry that are necessary to address them.

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