General, Encyclopedias

Toyota doesn’t just make high-quality products; they also have a process for making sure everything they do is high-quality. Next time you want to say Toyota isn’t that great, think about how their w …

The use of discrete-event simulation in various fields, such as in industry, logistics and public health, has really taken off over the last few decades. The implementation of discrete-event simulati …

Blueprints, or “prints, ” show what is needed to make parts. They include details such as size, shape, and acceptable variations. They also tell you the material, finish, special assembly and process …

This book is targeted at facilitating the learning process of project management tools and techniques for MSc and post graduate students. Professionals will find at the same time a wide implementatio …

This book — a result of 30 years of quality-related work experience — was written to aid quality technicians and engineers. It provides the quality professional working in virtually any industry a qu …

The main thrust of this book is to acknowledge the technologies that the Bell-aerospace-company developed or refined. If certain programs incorporated technologies that were basically the same as oth …

This fully revised and updated edition of the 1944 classic, serves as a crucial compilation of ‘house rules, ‘ or a professional code. It addresses three areas: what the beginner needs to learn at on …

  Einstein said that insanity is “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”  Yet that is exactly what is happening in maintenance organizations. …

This book would be highly useful for graduates who are going to join industry soon and would want to distinguish themselves right from day one, and students aiming to be better software engineers and …

Does your organization frown upon ‘build breakers’? Does your team spend a lot of time fixing integration issues? Do you see a lot of who broke the build now? emails? Do your team members hesitate to …