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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 …

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 …

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 …

The popular RCMII methodology has been around since the late ’90s, but it was what professionals call a consequence-based approach. This work represents a revision to that bestselling work, by John M …

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. …