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Overview At the heart of most supply chains lies a planning tool called Material Requirements Planning (MRP). Invented in the 1950s, codifed in the 1960s and commercialized in the 1970s, MRP became T …

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 …

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 …

Lean Refining: How to Improve Performance in the Oil Industry addresses the tremendous opportunities this quality improvement system can exploit to achieve huge financial gains, while simultaneously …

  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. …

In the 1950s, a method called Material Requirements Planning (or “MRP”) changed the world of manufacturing forever. But times have changed—customer tolerance times are shorter, product variety and co …

The book referred to those addressed standards where applicable and insisted on the application of those standards and regulations that the engineer should be aware of and get used to in his effort t …

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 …

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 …