General, Encyclopedias

Despite spending enormous sums on technology and improvement methods, most businesses are under siege.  The inability to drive adaptation to an increasingly more v olatile, u ncertain, c omplex, …

Humans have always sought to change their environment – building houses, monuments, temples and roads. In the process, they have remade the fabric of the world into newly functional objects that are …

It all began way back in 1984 when I began my career in the field of dynamometer and engine testing when after years of gut-feeling and study I realized that there is a need for a book on dynamometer …

This utterly unique how-to supply chain management work is written as mystery to help engage readers. It fills the need for an accessible work on supply chain management skills that helps strengthen, …

Overview        Warren Hammer’s Blueprint Reading Basics has been a bestselling classic for nearly two decades, revered for its ease of understanding and for giving readers opport …

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 early work on steel manufacturing is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It contains a comprehensive account of the specifications of products manufactured by the Bethlehem Ste …

This two-volume set has been written primarily for engineers, technicians, and scientists who are contemplating the unknown but attractive world of technological entrepreneurship, a key driver of eco …