Engineering: general Books

Book SynopsisIn today's global business environment with high speed interactions, engineering organizations are evolving continuously. Engineering Management in a Global Environment: Guidelines and Procedures provides guidelines for changing roles of engineering managers in the international arena. The book covers global, multidisciplinary, and flat engineering organizations. Recommended procedures for hiring, mentoring, work assignments, and meetings in the global arena are detailed. Guidelines for keeping up with technology and with the changing world, performance reviews, layoffs, necessary engineering tools, and work atmosphere are discussed. Procedures for engineering team building and for having good relationships with upper management, customers, subcontractors, and regulatory agencies are provided. Each chapter ends with a checklist summarizing engineering managerial guidelines in that chapter.Trade Review"This book is an outstanding contribution to Engineering Management. Dr. Atesmen is uniquely qualified to write this book due to his wide-ranging experience in high technology, engineering management in a number of industries, working with globally diverse clients and teams. This book should be required reading in upper undergraduate/graduate engineering and business curricula. It is very well-written with many real-world experiences spanning decades, countries, and industries that make this book very unique in the field."— Husam ("Sam") Gurol, General Atomics-Retired, California, USATable of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Chapter 1: Typical Engineering Organizations Chapter 2: Hiring Engineers and Technicians for an Engineering Organization. Chapter 3: Mentoring Engineers and Technicians in an Engineering Organization. Chapter 4: Work Assignments for Engineers and Technicians. Chapter 5: Meetings. Chapter 6: Keeping up with Technology and with Changing World. Chapter 7: Engineering Department Performance Reviews. Chapter 8: Laying off, Firing and Losing a Team Member. Chapter 9: Engineering Tools and Atmosphere Needed to Perform Effectively and Efficiently. Chapter 10: Engineering Team Building. Chapter 11: Relationships with Upper Management, Customers, Subcontractors and Regulatory Agencies. Index.

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Book SynopsisAlternative Fuel Vehicles gives full coverage of all associated qualifications and awards in the emerging field of alternative fuels. It is an essential introduction to the ever-growing demand for vehicles that operate using non-conventional fuels.This first book on AFVs endorsed by the IMI begins with an overview of the subject, ideal for beginners, before outlining what is meant by alternative fuels, why they are necessary, and why climate change and associated legislation are key drivers. Details of how alternative fuels are made, the supply infrastructure, and how these vehicles work are all included. A chapter on fuel cells introduces learners to the use of hydrogen, and one on engines and engine management includes coverage of combustion as an aid to understanding why changing the type of engine fuel is complex. Some basic engine technology is included to help readers new to the subject. Real-life case studies and examples are used to illustrate different technTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. The environment 3. Alternative fuels 4. Fuel cells 5. Engines 6. Case studies 7. Automotive Technology Academy

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Book SynopsisIn research and application of Human Factors in Air Traffic Management (ATM) systems design, development and operation, there remains a lack of clarity regarding the range and integration of activities associated with the need for greater attention to issues such as human error, interface design and teamwork, especially in systems with increased levels of automation. This book seeks to redress this situation by presenting case studies of human factors applications in which there is demonstrable success in terms of improvement in operational systems. Individual examples are used to outline how each human factors study evolved, what it entailed, how it was resourced and how the results contributed to operational performance. Case studies include training methods, human error, team resource management, situation assessment, terminal automation replacement systems, collaborative decision-making to improve the effectiveness of traffic-flow management and the role of human factors in ATM.Trade Review’With more than 40 contributors lending their expertise, Human Factors in Air Traffic Management is a definitive work in the field and important reading for students, educators and supervisors as well.’ Collegiate Aviation News 'This book provides a comprehensive and up to date overview of important Human Factors aspects on Air Traffic Management and should be of use for practitioners as well as scientists.' Human Factors and Ergonomics Safety Newsletter. 2006 'Overall, Human Factors Impacts in Air Traffic Management is an important addition to the aviation industry literature and can be used to communicate how human factors can bring additional benefits across the industry in terms of operations, human resources, performance measurement and integration into organisations as a better way of doing business.' - Journal of Airport Management, Jan - Mar 2007 'Human Factors Impacts in Air Traffic Management sets out to demonstrate by reference to evidence arising from actual initiatives, programmes and activities, the quantitative and qualitative beneftis that can accrue from the adoption and integration human factors into all aspects and all stages of air traffic management. In this endeavour, its 21 informative chapters fully succeed.' Mike Burlyn, Aerospace Professional, January 2007Table of ContentsContents: Introduction: Introduction. Human Factors In Operations: Development and implementation of a position hand-over checklist and best practice process for air traffic controllers, Laura Voller, Lucy Glasgow, Nicky Heath, Richard Kennedy and Richard Mason; Runway safety, Kim M. Cardosi; Human error in European air traffic management: from theory to practice, Anne Isaac, Paul Engelen and Martin Polman; FAA strategies for reducing operational error causal factors, Julia Pounds and Anthony S. Ferrante; Reducing separation in the open flight information region: insights into a human factors safety case, Barry Kirwan, Steven Shorrock, Richard Scaife and Paul Fearnside; Distributed work in the national airspace system: providing feedback loops using the post-operations evaluation tool (POET), Philip J. Smith, Mark Klopfenstein, Joe Jezerinac and Amy Spencer. Human Factors and Human Resources: Human factors longitudinal study to support the improvement of air traffic controller training, Laura Voller and Abigail Fowler; A singular success: air traffic control specialist selection 1981-1992, Dana Broach; Implementation of critical incident stress management at German air navigation services, Jörg Leonhardt; Team resource management in European air traffic control: results of a seven-year development and implementation program, Michiel Woldring, Dominique Van Damme, Ian Patterson and Patrícia Henriques; Shiftwork and air traffic control: transitioning research results to the workforce, Pamela S. Della Rocco and Thomas E. Nesthus. Human Factors Methodologies: Measuring air traffic controller performance in the 21st century, Carol Manning and Earl Stein; Computational human performance models and air traffic management, Kevin Corker; Performance prediction in air traffic management: applying human error analysis approaches to new concepts, Steven Shorrock, Barry Kirwan and Ed Smith. Human Factors Integration Programs: The management of human factors programs in ATM a

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Book SynopsisThe Shingo Enterprise Excellence Prize Model (SEEM) has exerted global influence over the ways that exceptional organizations formulate/deploy strategy with its focus on processes, Lean thinking, continuous improvement, innovation, workforce development, and supplier strategies. This book details the SEEM, which lies at the heart of the Shingo Prize. It will link the theoretical underpinnings of the SEEM and their implications for practice. Case studies illustrate important points. Selected tools that support practical implementation of the model are discussed and their use illustrated. This book will deepen understanding of why the model works and how implementation can be accomplished. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Toward a Model -- The Enterprise as a Complex System. Chapter 2: BEST Environmental Domains. Chapter 3: Stakeholder Perspectives. Chapter 4: Mediating Factors. Chapter 5: Enterprise Alignment. Chapter 6: Enterprise Processes. Chapter 7: Modes of Enterprise Development. Chapter 8: What We’ve Learned So Far -- A Complex Systems Management Model. Chapter 9: Enterprise Excellence Models. Chapter 10: Conversations -- Connecting Stakeholder and Process Voices. Chapter 11: Underlying Principles and Insights of the Shingo Model. Chapter 12: The Shingo Model -- A Complex Systems Enterprise Excellence Model. Chapter 13: The Shingo Prize -- Winners and Characteristics of Excellent Enterprises. Chapter 14: Enterprise Assessment Using the Shingo Enterprise Excellence Model. Chapter 15: Presentation of Assessment Results. Chapter 16: One Possible Future for the Shingo Enterprise Excellence Model. Chapter 17: Summary and Conclusions. References. Appendix A: Selected Voice of the Customer Approaches. Appendix B: Selected Kaizen (Continuous Improvement) Tools. Appendix C: Selected Management and Planning Tools. Appendix D: An Overview of Selected Lean and Advanced Tools. Appendix E: Enterprise Assessment Aids.

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Book SynopsisVisual Workplace/Visual Thinking (VWVT) was written by the acknowledged leading expert in workplace visuality. While other books touch upon visual workplace tools and practices, no other author has addressed the topic with the clarity and depth presented here. This is a seminal book, considered by many the definition of the field itself. First published by a small, independent press in 2005, the book won the prestigious Shingo Research Prize in the same year. It was then and remains the only book of its kind that describes the conceptual and practical foundation for workplace visuality, derived from dozens of hands-on implementations in some of the worldâs best or most challenging companies. Written not by an academic, but by a hands-on practitioner who has worked for three decades with companies in various phases of visual transformation, the work carries the reader from the usual starting point of 5S through to the full power of the visual-lean alliance. The bookâs 11 chapters are in four sections. The first defines the visual workplace in relation to operational excellence, along with the eight building blocks of visual thinking. The next section, which targets the cultural conversion, is unexpectedly thrilling as it describes the genuine transformation of both company and employee which is at the heart of every visual conversion. Section 3 maps the logic and sequence of Dr. Galsworthâs 10-Doorway template as you learn about the visual side of 5S, visual standards, visual scheduling, visual material control, visual metrics, visual problem-solving, visual leadership as well as the visual machine and visual-lean office. The final section of VTVW places visual management within the visual continuum, shows you how to use the ten doorways to assess your own company, and concludes with a discussion of the visual-lean alliance, illustrated through a conversion case study.With over 25 full-color albums of visual solutions, 50+ graphs and charts, a detailed table of contents and in-depth Index, this 277-page book positions the technologies of the visual workplace as a premier improvement strategy on every companyâs journey to operational excellence. Trade Review"Galsworth is the world’s foremost authority on visual management. Her book raises the stature of visuality, hardens soft notions about it, and embeds it in structure and theory that—until now—have been missing." Richard J. Schonberger, Ph.D. Author, World Class Manufacturing"Dr. Galsworth continues to produce work in perfect harmony with The Shingo Prize model, with visual concepts, tools, and methods that are essential as companies pursue operational excellence." Robert Miller, Former Executive Director, The Shingo Prize "I’ve been a student of management for 30 years, read countless management books and gone to innumerable conferences. I have never found a better, more powerful system of transformation than Galsworth’s. This comes through on every page of her books. She does that better than anybody." Brent Allen, VP/Operations, Lifetime Products Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah Table of ContentsSection One 1. The Visual Workplace and the Excellent Enterprise 2. The Building Blocks of Visual Thinking Section Two 3. Leadership and the Power Inversion4. The I-Driven CultureSection Three5. Visual Order: Visuality's Foundation6. Visual Standards and Visual Scheduling/Visual Displays 7. Visual Leadership: Metrics, Problem-Solving & Hoshin 8. VisualControls, Pull Systems, and Guarantees 9. Visual Machine®, Office & Macro Environment Section Four 10. Visual Management vs. Visual Workplace 11. Visual Thinking~Visual Transformation RESOURCES

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Book SynopsisAnalytical mechanics is a set of mathematical tools used to describe a wide range of physical systems, both in classical mechanics and beyond. It offers a powerful and elegant alternative to Newtonian mechanics; however it can be challenging to learn due to its high degree of mathematical complexity. Designed to offer a more intuitive guide to this abstract topic, this guide explains the mathematical theory underlying analytical mechanics; helping students to formulate, solve and interpret complex problems using these analytical tools. Each chapter begins with an example of a physical system to illustrate the theoretical steps to be developed in that chapter, and ends with a set of exercises to further develop students'' understanding. The book presents the fundamentals of the subject in depth before extending the theory to more elaborate systems, and includes a further reading section to ensure that this is an accessible companion to all standard textbooks.Trade Review'Bohn has written an excellent supplement for understanding analytical mechanics … A further reading section at the back provides useful directions for more study. Overall this will serve as an excellent supplement to a regular mechanics textbook.' S. Tripathi, ChoiceTable of ContentsPreface; Part I. Overview: 1. Why analytical mechanics?; 2. Ways of looking at a pendulum; Part II. Equations of Motion: 3. Constraints and d'Alembert's principle; 4. Lagrangian mechanics; 5. Samples from Lagrangian mechanics; 6. Hamiltonian mechanics; Part III. Methods of Solution: 7. Hamilton–Jacobi theory; 8. Action-Angle variables; 9. More applications of analytical mechanics; Further reading; Index.

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Book SynopsisDiscover why materials behave the way they do with ESSENTIALS OF MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, 4TH Edition. This books focuses on materials engineering to explain how to process materials to suit your designs. Rather than simply memorizing facts or lumping materials into broad categories, you gain an understanding of the whys and hows behind materials science and engineering. This knowledge of materials science provides an important framework for understanding the principles used today to engineer materials. Detailed solutions and meaningful examples assist you in learning principles while significant end-of-chapter problems provide ample practice. MindTap digital resources help you learn on your terms with an interactive eBook and personalized learning tools.Table of Contents1. INTRODUCTION TO MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING.��� What Is Materials Science and Engineering? Classification of Materials. Functional Classification of Materials. Classification of Materials Based on Structure. Environmental and Other Effects. Materials Design and Selection. 2. ATOMIC STRUCTURE.��� The Structure of Materials: Technological Relevance. The Structure of the Atom. The Electronic Structure of the Atom. The Periodic Table. Atomic Bonding. Binding Energy and Interatomic Spacing. The Many Forms of Carbon: Relationships Between Arrangements of Atoms and Materials Properties. 3. ATOMIC AND IONIC ARRANGEMENTS.��� Short-Range Order versus Long-Range Order. Amorphous Materials. Lattice, Basis, Unit Cells, and Crystal Structures. Allotropic or Polymorphic Transformations. Points, Directions, and Planes in the Unit Cell. Interstitial Sites. Crystal Structures of Ionic Materials. Covalent Structures. Diffraction Techniques for Crystal Structure Analysis. 4. IMPERFECTIONS IN THE ATOMIC AND LONIC ARRANGEMENT. Point Defects. Other Point Defects. Dislocations. Significance of Dislocations. Schmid���s Law. Influence of Crystal Structure. Surface Defects. Importance of Defects. 5. ATOM AND ION MOVEMENTS IN MATERIALS. Applications of Diffusion. Stability of Atoms and Ions. Mechanisms for Diffusion. Activation Energy for Diffusion. Rate of Diffusion [Fick���s First Law]. Factors Affecting Diffusion. Permeability of Polymers. Composition Profile [Fick���s Second Law]. Diffusion and Materials Processing. 6. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES: PART ONE.��� Technological Significance. Terminology for Mechanical Properties. The Tensile Test: Use of the Stress Strain Diagram. Properties Obtained from the Tensile Test. True Stress and True Strain. The Bend Test for Brittle Materials. Hardness of Materials. Nanoindentation. Strain Rate Effects and Impact Behavior. Properties Obtained from the Impact Test. Bulk Metallic Glasses and Their Mechanical Behavior. Mechanical Behavior at Small Length Scales. Rheology of Liquids. 7. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES: PART TWO. Fracture Mechanics. The Importance of Fracture Mechanics. Microstructural Features of Fracture in Metallic Material. Microstructural Features of Fracture in Ceramics, Glasses, and Composites. Weibull Statistics for Failure Strength Analysis. Fatigue. Results of the Fatigue Test. Application of Fatigue Testing. Creep, Stress Rupture, and Stress Corrosion. Evaluation of Creep Behavior. Use of Creep Data.��� 8. STRAIN HARDENING AND ANNEALING.��� Relationship of Cold Working to the Stress Strain Curve. Strain-Hardening Mechanisms. Properties versus Percent Cold Work. Microstructure, Texture Strengthening, and Residual Stresses. Characteristics of Cold Working. The Three Stages of Annealing. Control of Annealing. Annealing and Materials Processing. Hot Working.��� 9. PRINCIPLES OF SOLIDIFICATION.��� Technological Significance. Nucleation. Applications of Controlled Nucleation. Growth Mechanisms. Solidification Time and Dendrite Size. Cooling Curves. Cast Structure. Solidification Defects. Casting Processes for Manufacturing Component. Continuous Casting and Ingot Casting. Directional Solidification [DS], Single Crystal Growth, and Epitaxial Growth. Solidification of Polymers and Inorganic Glasses. Joining of Metallic Materials. 10. SOLID SOLUTIONS AND PHASE EQUILIBRIUM. Phases and the Phase Diagram. Solubility and Solid Solutions. Conditions for Unlimited Solid Solubility. Solid-Solution Strengthening. Isomorphous Phase Diagrams. Relationship Between Properties and the Phase Diagram. Solidification of a Solid-Solution Alloy. Nonequilibrium Solidification and Segregation. 11. DISPERSION STRENGTHENING AND EUTECTIC PHASE DIAGRAMS.��� Principles and Examples of Dispersion Strengthening. Intermetallic Compounds. Phase Diagrams Containing Three-Phase Reactions. The Eutectic Phase Diagram. Strength of Eutectic Alloys. Eutectics and Materials Processing. Nonequilibrium Freezing in the Eutectic System. Nanowires and the Eutectic Phase Diagram.���12. DISPERSION STRENGTHENING BY PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS AND HEAT TREATMENT.��� Nucleation and Growth in Solid-State Reactions. Alloys Strengthened by Exceeding the Solubility Limit. Age or Precipitation Hardening and Its Applications. Microstructural Evolution in Age or Precipitation Hardening. Effects of Aging Temperature and Time. Requirements for Age Hardening.���Use of Age-Hardenable Alloys at High Temperatures.���The Eutectoid Reaction. Controlling the Eutectoid Reaction.���The Martensitic Reaction and Tempering. The Shape-Memory Alloys [SMAs].������ 13.HEAT TREATMENT OF STEELS AND CAST IRONS.��� Designations and Classification of Steels.���Simple Heat Treatments.���Isothermal Heat Treatments.���Quench and Temper Heat Treatments.���Effect of Alloying Elements.���Application of Hardenability.���Specialty Steels.���Surface Treatments.���Weldability of Steel.���Stainless Steels.������Cast Irons. 14. NONFERROUS ALLOYS.������ Aluminum Alloys.���Magnesium and Beryllium Alloys.���Copper Alloys.���Nickel and Cobalt Alloys. Titanium Alloys.���Refractory and Precious Metals.������ 15. CERAMICS.��� Bonding in Ceramics.���Structures of Crystalline Ceramics.���Defects in Crystalline Ceramics.������Flaws in Ceramics.���Synthesis and Processing of Crystalline Ceramics.���Silica and Silicate Compounds.���Inorganic Glasses.���Glass-Ceramics.���Processing and Applications of Clay Products. Refractories. Other Ceramic Materials.��� 16. POLYMERS.��� Classification of Polymers.���Addition and Condensation Polymerization.���Degree of Polymerization.���Typical Thermoplastics.���Structure���Property Relationships in Thermoplastics. Effect of Temperature on Thermoplastics.���Mechanical Properties of Thermoplastics. Elastomers [Rubbers].���Thermosetting Polymers.���Adhesives. Polymer Processing and Recycling.������ 17. COMPOSITES: TEAMWORK AND SYNERGY IN MATERIALS.������ Dispersion-Strengthened Composites.���Particulate Composites.���Fiber-Reinforced Composites. Characteristics of Fiber-Reinforced Composites. Manufacturing Fibers and Composites.���Fiber-Reinforced Systems and Applications.���Laminar Composite Materials.���Examples and Applications of Laminar Composites. Sandwich Structures.������ 18. CORROSION AND WEAR.������ Chemical Corrosion.���Electrochemical Corrosion.���The Electrode Potential in Electrochemical Cells.���The Corrosion Current and Polarization.���Types of Electrochemical Corrosion.���Protection Against Electrochemical Corrosion.���Microbial Degradation and Biodegradable Polymers. Oxidation and Other Gas Reactions. Wear and Erosion.������ Appendix A: Selected Physical Properties of Metals. Appendix B: The Atomic and lonic Radii of Selected Elements. Answers to Selected Problems.

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Book SynopsisThis volume challenges the widespread belief that scientific knowledge as such is international. Employing case studies from Austria, Poland, the Czech lands, and Hungary, the authors show how scientists in the late Habsburg Monarchy simultaneously nationalized and internationalized their knowledge.Table of ContentsTable of Contents List of Tables and Figures The Authors The Nationalisation of Scientific Knowledge in Nineteenth-century Central Europe: An introduction; M.G.Ash & J.Surman Science and its Publics. Internationality and National Languages in Central Europe; J.Surman 'Staatsnation', 'Kulturnation', 'Nationalstaat'. The Role of National Politics in the Advancement of Science and Scholarship in Austria from 1848 to 1938; J.Feichtinger 'National Agreement' as Culture and Practice: The Geological Survey in Vienna and the Habsburg Empire (1849-1867); M.Klemun Scientific Nationalism: A Historical Approach to Nature in Late Nineteenth-century Hungary; G.Palló Acts of Creation: The Eötvös Family and the Rise of Science Education in Hungary; T.Frank Patriotism, Nationalism and Internationalism in Czech Science: Chemists in the Czech National Enlightenment; S.Štrbánová Fault Lines and Borderlands: Earthquake Spotting in Imperial Austria; D.R.Coen Nationalising Eugenics: The Hungarian Public Debate of 1910-1911; M.Turda The Politics of Fin-de-siècle Anatomy; T.Buklijas Index

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Book SynopsisLoaded with information on the design of work systems, workplaces, and workstations as well as human anthropometics, Ergonomics for Beginners: A Quick Reference Guide, Third Edition provides a useful quick reference and valuable tool for novices and experienced professionals alike. Retaining the features that made each previous edition a bestseller, the authors have meticulously revised the information to address rapid developments in information and communications technology, offering ergonomics advice on topics such as wireless, remote, and hands-free controls, website design, mobile interaction, and virtual offices. Understand the Utility and Limitations of Modern Technology In their trademark, eloquent style, the authors explain the application of a human-centered approach to the design, testing, and evaluation of work systems by considering the interrelated set of physical, cognitive, social, organizational, and other relevant huTable of ContentsPreface. Foreword. Introduction. Posture and Movement. Information and Operation. Environmental Factors. Work Organization Jobs and Tasks. The Ergonomic Approach. Sources of Additional Information. Index.

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Book SynopsisAs a pioneer in Lean improvement methods, Jim Martin was among the first to suggest that truly successful Lean initiatives are those applied across every facet of an organization, not just on the shop floor. Building on this concept, Martin demonstrates that one of the most effective ways to implement operational improvements across an organization is to approach it through the resource that permeates every facet of a modern organizationinformation technology. Measuring and Improving Performance: Information Technology Applications in Lean Systems explains how the effective use of Lean project management methodologies can increase the productivity of information system deployment in service and manufacturing organizations. Starting with an overview of Lean and agile project management principles, the author walks readers through the implementation of Lean practices across key aspects of IT systems. Created to provide LTable of ContentsIT PROJECT MANAGEMENT CONCEPTSHighly Structured Project Management Agile Project Management with Scrum PROCESS IMPROVEMENT METHODS Accelerating Organizational ChangeTranslating Customer Requirements Understanding Lean ConceptsSoftware Development and Project SupportPROCESS INTEGRATIONLean IT Applications in Manufacturing and Service SystemsMeasuring and Improving PerformanceConclusionGlossaryAppendix List of Figures and TablesIndexEach Chapter Starts With an "Overview" and Concludes With a "Summary" and a "Suggested Reading" Section

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Book SynopsisHailed as a groundbreaking and important textbook upon its initial publication, the latest iteration of Product Design for Manufacture and Assembly does not rest on those laurels. In addition to the expected updating of data in all chapters, this third edition has been revised to provide a top-notch textbook for university-level courses in product design and manufacturing design. The authors have added a comprehensive set of problems and student assignments to each chapter, making the new edition substantially more useful.See what's in the Third Edition: Updated case studies on the application of DFMA techniques Extended versions of the classification schemes of the features of products that influence the difficulty of handling and insertion for manual, high-speed automatic, and robot assembly Discussions of changes in the industry such as increased emphasis on the use of surface mount devices New data on basic manufactuTrade Review "If you are a manufacturer needing to reduce the cost of your products in a highly competitive international market, go out and buy this book. If you are a manufacturing student looking to learn something that will increase your value to potential employers, go out and buy this book. If you are a design engineer who wants to make for a penny, what a fool can make for two then go out and buy this book . . . it is a practical book, it works spectacularly well in the real world." —Ernie Appleton, in Industrial Robot, April 2008 Praise for the First Edition"...presents an excellent analysis of the evaluation methods of cost and performance of manufacturing and assembling technologies … an excellent reference."—European Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 1995 "If you are a manufacturer needing to reduce the cost of your products in a highly competitive international market, go out and buy this book. If you are a manufacturing student looking to learn something that will increase your value to potential employers, go out and buy this book. If you are a design engineer who wants to make for a penny, what a fool can make for two then go out and buy this book . . . it is a practical book, it works spectacularly well in the real world."—Ernie Appleton, in Industrial Robot, April 2008 Praise for the First Edition"...presents an excellent analysis of the evaluation methods of cost and performance of manufacturing and assembling technologies … an excellent reference."—European Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 1995 Table of Contents Introduction. Selection of Materials and Processes. Product Design for Manual Assembly. Electrical Connections and Wire Harness Assembly. Design for High-Speed Automatic Assembly and Robot Assembly. Printed Circuit Board Design for Manufacture and Assembly. Design for Machining. Design for Injection Molding. Design for Sheet Metalworking. Design for Die Casting. Design for Powder Metal Processing. Design for Sand Casting. Design for Investment Casting. Design for Hot Forging. Index.

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Book SynopsisJohn Christopher, an acknowledged expert on Brunel, takes us on a tour of Cornwall, exploring his works in the county. This is the latest in a series of books which are about rediscovering Brunel's works in your area.

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Book SynopsisManaging the Risks of Organizational Accidents introduced the notion of an 'organizational accident'. These are rare but often calamitous events that occur in complex technological systems operating in hazardous circumstances. They stand in sharp contrast to 'individual accidents' whose damaging consequences are limited to relatively few people or assets. Although they share some common causal factors, they mostly have quite different causal pathways. The frequency of individual accidents - usually lost-time injuries - does not predict the likelihood of an organizational accident. The book also elaborated upon the widely-cited Swiss Cheese Model. Organizational Accidents Revisited extends and develops these ideas using a standardized causal analysis of some 10 organizational accidents that have occurred in a variety of domains in the nearly 20 years that have passed since the original was published. These analyses provide the 'raw data' for the process of drilling down into the underlTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part 1: Refreshers; The "Anatomy’ of an Organizational Accident; Error-Enforcing Conditions; Part 2: Additions Science 1977; Safety Management Systems; Resident Pathogens; Ten Case Studies of Organizational Accidents; Foresight Training; Alternative Views; Retrospect and Prospect; Taking Stock; Heroic Recoveries

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Book SynopsisDoes your organization provide customer satisfaction or does it inspire customer loyalty? Which is more important? See how lessons learned from the service sector were applied to manufacturing and other diverse settings, including the nonprofit sector and even on one's own home front.Exploring the Kano Model, The Customer-Driven Organization: Employing the Kano Model explains why just meeting customer needs is no longer enough for today's organizations. It explains how to identify true customersboth internal and external.Readers will learn how to directly apply Kano principles in their own business environments or personal lives, to establish priorities, increase efficiency, improve communication, and expand on existing relationships.The book explains how to establish a value proposition for your organization and, more importantly, how and when to provide delightful service. Demonstrating how to incorporate the Kano philosophy into your day-to-day actiTrade ReviewWhat is interesting about this book is its breadth ... it demonstrates how to use the Kano model and a wide variety of quality tools and methods to build a customer-driven organization of any kind. It takes a wide view of application rather than being in depth. It thereby sets the broader context for really understanding how to achieve customer delight rather than getting bogged down in the tools. After all, what really counts is how the principles, tools, and methods are integrated together to achieve excellent products or services—that is what the customer seeks. That is what this book achieves.—Frank Murdock, MSIE, MS Applied Mathematics; 2014 Chair, ASQ Lean Enterprise Division; Principal Consultant, FKM ConsultingThis book shows how the Kano model, Voice of the Customer, and Quality Function Deployment bring successful products into the marketplace for both service and manufacturing companies.—James Bossert, PhD, CLSSMBB, 2014 Editor of ASQ Six Sigma Forum MagazineThe Kano model is a powerful concept in the world of quality and customer satisfaction. Lance Coleman’s book provides a very helpful introduction, illustrated with many real-world examples that help the reader get beneath the surface of the model. All types of companies, including healthcare organizations, can use this book to verify that they truly understand what their customers (or patients) need and the things that will surprise and delight them!—Mark Graban, Shingo Prize-Winning Author of Lean Hospitals and Healthcare Kaizen, Consultant, and SpeakerWith engaging stories and solid examples of how it can be applied, this book shows how to put the Kano model to practical use along with Hoshin Kanri and Quality Function Deployment. A good roundup of Lean, process improvement, control, and planning makes this book a great guide to putting the customer at the heart of the organization.—Melvyn Thornley M.Eng MBA, CQP, CSSMBB, 2014 New Zealand Organization for Quality Vice President; Managing Director, Thornley GroupThis book brings about the understanding not only of customer satisfaction as most of us understand it but something much deeper than that. Let’s call it ‘Meta Satisfaction’—the satisfaction of experiencing satisfaction. The message in the book is epitomized by a reflection on the conversation with Lance and his wife with a cabin attendant on a cruise ship. When offered praise and a tip for a service rendered, the cabin attendant replied, ‘no tip, thank you, it is my pleasure to serve you.’ Now we are talking Quality.—Paul Harding, MSIA, Executive Director, South African Quality InstituteTable of ContentsPreface, Acknowledgments, About the Author, Introduction, 1 Introducing the Kano Model, 2 Shifting Focus, 3 Planning Tools, 4 Deployment Tools, 5 Metrics and Monitoring, 6 Root Cause Analysis, 7 Project Management, 8 Putting All the Pieces Together, 9 Conclusion, Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThis book covers a wealth of knowledge from experts and informed stakeholders on the best ways to understand, prevent, and control fall-related risk exposures. Featured are subjects on: (1) a public health view of fall problems and strategic goals; (2) the sciences behind human falls and injury risk; (3) research on slips, trips and falls; (4) practical applications of prevention and protection tools and methods in industrial sectors and home/communities; (5) fall incident investigation and reconstruction; and (6) knowledge gaps, emerging issues, and recommendations for fall protection research and fall mitigation. Table of ContentsFall Problems as a Public Health Matter. Sciences of Human Falls and Injury Risk. Research on Slips and Trips. Falls from Elevation. Evidence-based Applications—Research to Practices. Fall Incident Investigation and Reconstruction. Regulatory standards and industrial guidelines. Knowledge gaps, emerging issues, and recommendations for fall protection research and fall mitigation.

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Book SynopsisThe problem with most Hoshin Kanri books is that they describe a complex methodology that is overwhelming to most leaders and their organizations. The need to essentially change the culture of the entire organization to make Hoshin work isnât practical for most companies when first starting out.The Basics of Hoshin Kanri uses an easy-to-follow story format to simplify and explain Hoshin Kanri â a method for strategy deployment. Supplying clear descriptions of the steps of Hoshin Kanri, it advocates using Hoshin as an important tool for improving an organizationâs existing planning and execution system while simultaneously moving the culture of the organization forward.The book provides readers with a new understanding of Hoshin Kanri as a powerful deployment system for strategic planning, defining a direction and priorities, and aligning the organization around that direction. It begins by telling the story of a manufacturing executive that uses a siTable of ContentsThe Basics of Hoshin Kanri: A Personal Example to Help Explain the Steps. Hoshin Kanri to Deploy Business Strategy. Interviews with Hoshin Kanri Experts.

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Book SynopsisThis book outlines the new concept of user engineering and covers the diversity of users, along with the business process that includes the design and the user's experience processes. Although the concept of user experience (UX) has become popular, the definition and the methodology are still ambiguous. User engineering is similar to the user-centered design, but differs in that its scope is not limited to the design process but concerns the whole manufacturing process and the whole usage process, i.e., the whole lifecycle of an artifact. User's perspective is strongly emphasized in this book, hence, its stance is far from that of the marketing approach that usually fails to notice the life and experiences of users after the purchase of an artifact as consumers. Theory of User Engineering differentiates between the quality in design and the quality in use, and the objective quality characteristics and the subjective quality characteristics. In addition to the user reseTrade Review"Compared to other texts, the breadth of the approach to user experience is commendable. The consideration of both design and evaluation in a meaningful and integrated framework is laudable."— Paul van Schaik, Teesside University, United Kingdom"Professor Masaaki Kurosu has written a clear, authoritative, thoughtful, readable, and complete description and explanation of a complex topic. His book will be of use to professionals, academics, students, and researchers who wish to gain insight into theoretical/philosophical matters as well as practical discussions that are useful for current or next-generation success of product/service development."— Aaron Marcus, Aaron Marcus and Associates, USA"Compared to other texts, the breadth of the approach to user experience is commendable. The consideration of both design and evaluation in a meaningful and integrated framework is laudable."— Paul van Schaik, Teesside University, United Kingdom"Professor Masaaki Kurosu has written a clear, authoritative, thoughtful, readable, and complete description and explanation of a complex topic. His book will be of use to professionals, academics, students, and researchers who wish to gain insight into theoretical/philosophical matters as well as practical discussions that are useful for current or next-generation success of product/service development."— Aaron Marcus, Aaron Marcus and Associates, USATable of ContentsPreface; What is the User Engineering?; Usability and UX in the Context of Quality Characteristics; User and Artifacts; Design Process of User Engineering; Understanding the User and the Context of Use; Specifying Requirements; Generating Ideas; Creating the Design Solution; Evaluating Usability; Evaluating UX; Advanced Technology and User Engineering; Toward the Future; Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThe Lean Expert: Educating and Elevating Lean Practitioners Throughout Your Organization outlines a method that can help organizations engage associates and empower them to achieve expert status in the nine core principles of Lean. By implementing the Lean Discipline Expert process detailed in the book, companies will demonstrate to their associates that they believe they are the organization's greatest assets, while empowering them to make lasting improvements to the organization. The book provides a robust and proven process for creating a Lean culture. It outlines a method, with defined steps, for the development of Lean Discipline Resource People that will help associates achieve expert status in the core Lean principles of 5SVisual Management, Value Stream Mapping, Standard Work, Total Productive Maintenance, Quick Changeover, Error Proofing, Process Problem Solving, Material Management, and Continuous Improvement.You will be able developTable of ContentsIntroduction to the Lean Discipline Expert Process. Selecting Lean Discipline Expert Candidates. LDE Checklist, Status Look-Across Chart, Facilitation Feedback Form, and Recognition. LDE 5S/Visual Management. LDE Value Stream Mapping. LDE Standard Work (Cyclical and Noncyclical). LDE Total Productive Maintenance. LDE Quick Changeover/SMED. Error Detection/Proofing. LDE Process Problem Solving. LDE Material Management. LDE Continuous Improvement. The Lean Library. Support Tools for the Visual Factory. Summary.

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Book SynopsisSince the publication of its Shingo Prize-winning predecessor, TWI programs have seen steady growth in usage. As a true understanding of Standard Work has developed, the need for the TWI skills as fundamental tools to achieve Lean objectives has been solidified.The TWI Workbook: Essential Skills for Supervisors, Second Edition has been completely updated to the latest terminology and practice. This edition includes revised forms and tools, as well as new examples that illustrate current day TWI practice. Emphasizing the importance of accident and injury prevention, this edition includes an entirely new section on Job Safety, a fourth TWI module that was developed in Japan using the identical TWI methodology of the original three programs introduced in the original work. This updated edition includes new chapters on: Four Steps of Job Safety: Preventing Accidents before They Happen Two Key Aspects to Safety: Things and People PractiTrade Review"As you probably know, Robert Wrona has been the primary driving force behind spreading the Training Within Industry (TWI) concepts in North America and around the globe for the past couple of decades, in conjunction with the TWI Institute. In Patrick Graupp you have, without a doubt, the finest TWI master instructor in the English language around the world. The first edition of their workbook was of tremendous value, and the latest version is even better. ... Spend time carefully thinking about the first principles and fundamental elements in this material, like Taiichi Ohno and others inside of Toyota did more than 60 years ago. The fundamentals have provided value to American companies before and after World War II. The concepts have provided decades of value to Toyota and other companies around the world as well. I am certain if you study the content and apply it diligently and patiently, you will find success as well."—From the Foreword by Art Smalley, President, Art of Lean, Inc. Table of ContentsTWI Fundamentals. Job Instruction. Job Methods. Job Relations. Job Safety.

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Book SynopsisPresenting a strong and clear relationship between theory and practice, Linear and Integer Optimization: Theory and Practice is divided into two main parts. The first covers the theory of linear and integer optimization, including both basic and advanced topics. Dantzig's simplex algorithm, duality, sensitivity analysis, integer optimization models, and network models are introduced. More advanced topics also are presented including interior point algorithms, the branch-and-bound algorithm, cutting planes, complexity, standard combinatorial optimization models, the assignment problem, minimum cost flow, and the maximum flow/minimum cut theorem.The second part applies theory through real-world case studies. The authors discuss advanced techniques such as column generation, multiobjective optimization, dynamic optimization, machine learning (support vector machines), combinatorial optimization, approximation algorithms, and game theory.Trade ReviewPraise for the first edition:"...very recommendable as a textbook and to anybody wishing to learn the topic."—Optimization (1997)"...the book is a nice balance between theory and applications...and gives a sound background for the techniques used and for investigating real problems."—Zentralblatt für Mathematik (1998)Table of ContentsBasic Concepts of Linear Optimization. LINEAR OPTIMIZATION THEORY: BASIC TECHNIQUES. Geometry and Algebra of Feasible Regions. Dantzig’s Simplex Algorithm. Duality, Feasibility, and Optimality. Sensitivity Analysis. Large-Scale Linear Optimization. Integer Linear Optimization. Linear Network Models. Computational Complexity. LINEAR OPTIMIZATION PRACTICE: ADVANCED TECHNIQUES. Designing a Reservoir for Irrigation. Classifying Documents by Language. Production Planning; A Single Product Case. Production of Coffee Machines. Conflicting Objectives: Producing Versus Importing. Coalition Formation and Profit Distribution. Minimizing Trimloss When Cutting Cardboard. Off-Shore Helicopter Routing. The Catering Service Problem. Appendix A Mathematical Proofs. Appendix B Linear Algebra. Appendix C Graph Theory. Appendix D Convexity. Appendix E Nonlinear Optimization. Appendix F Writing LO-Models in GNU MathProg (GMPL). List of Symbols. Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisUpdating the tools, principles, and methods presented in the bestselling first edition, this updated edition explains how to implement the authors' proven improvement methodology that unifies the Theory of Constraints with Lean and Six Sigma. The book uses a compelling novel format to demonstrate how to achieve superior on-time delivery along with unprecedented levels of profitability.Besides explaining how to implement the authors' unified improvement methodology, the book arms readers with a proven method for convincing management that using the improvement methodology outlined in the text will lead to significantly higher levels of profitability.This edition has been updated with an expanded appendix that includes more in-depth discussions of the tools covered in the first edition. This edition also sheds more light on the reasoning behind why the very best improvement results can be achieved by the unification of the Theory of Constraints, Lean, and Six SiTrade Review... a very important book for any organization sincerely interested in doing more with the same, or even fewer resources. ... The real value of this book is twofold. It provides the first comprehensive picture of what TOC is all about and does so in an eminently readable fashion. Secondly, the appendices provide much-needed detail for those who wish to understand and capitalize on these applications.This book provides a much-needed comprehensive view on how TOC can be used to help organizations greatly increase productivity and with it wealth and standard of living. It also provides important insights in how to effectively integrate the TOC, Lean, and Six Sigma approaches to produce even greater results.—Bob Fox, Founding Member of The Goldratt Institute, The TOC Center, Inc., and Viable Vision LLCTable of ContentsForeword, Preface, Chapter 1 Joe’s First Day, Chapter 2 Joe’s Second Day, Chapter 3 Joe’s Meeting with Connor, Chapter 4 Joe’s Meeting with the Vice President of Operations , Chapter 5 Sam and Connor Meet, Chapter 6 The Strategy Session at Jonah’s, Chapter 7 The Second Meeting with Connor, Chapter 8 The Interference Diagram, Chapter 9 The Meeting with Jerry, Chapter 10 Becky Meets Connor, Chapter 11 Another Meeting at Jonah’s , Chapter 12 The Parts Issue, Chapter 13 Fabrics-R-Us, Chapter 14 Training Fabrics and Greg, Chapter 15 Performance Metrics, Chapter 16 CCPM: Part 1, Chapter 17 CCPM: Part 2, Chapter 18 Joe and Sam’s Trip to Corporate, Chapter 19 The Corporate Purchasing Team, Chapter 20 Connor Goes to Simco, Chapter 21 The Finale, Appendix 1: TLS Overview, Appendix 2: The Systems Thinking Tools, Appendix 3: Performance Metrics Using Cost Accounting (CA) and Throughput Accounting (TA), Appendix 4: TOC Distribution and Replenish Model, Appendix 5: Drum–Buffer–Rope (DBR), Appendix 6: Critical Path Method (CPM) versus Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM), Appendix 7: The Interference Diagram (ID)/Intermediate Objectives (IO) Map, Appendix 8: Systems Analysis, Appendix 9: Supplemental Thinking Tools, About the Authors

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Book SynopsisMore and more the most traditional and typical applied ergonomics issues of the activities related to sea shipping, vehicle driving, and flying are required to deal with some emerging topics related to the growing automatism and manning reduction, the ICT's advances and pervasiveness, and the new demographic and social phenomena, such as aging or multiculturalism.With contributions from expert researchers, professionals, and doctoral students from a wide number of countries such as Australia, Austria, Canada, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, UK and USA, this multi-contributed book will explore traditional and emerging topics of Human Factors centered around the maritime, road, rail, and aviation transportation domains.Table of ContentsMaritime Workplaces and Safety in the Maritime Domain. Information and Human-Machine Interaction on Board. Human Diversity, Spatial Perception and Yacht Design. Introduction to the Rail Domain. Introduction to the Road Domain. Aviation Safety. Air Traffic Control Human Factors. Aircraft Human Factors.

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Book SynopsisThis book describes how to effectively implement cell manufacturing. It covers the eight Wastes of Lean and the six Lean metrics that are recommended in each implementation and a description of what cell manufacturing is and its application to improving operational processes.Table of ContentsHow to Use This Playbook. Introduction. Data Collection. Work Cell Line Balancing. Work Cell Line Design. Implementation. Work Instructions and Production Control Boards. Conclusion. Definition of Terms. Index.

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Book SynopsisProcess industries have a particularly urgent need for collaborative equipment management systems, but until now have lacked for programs directed toward their specific needs. TPM in Process lndustries brings together top consultants from the Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance to modify the original TPM Development Program. In this volume, they demonstrate how to analyze process environments and equipment issues including process loss structure and calculation, autonomous maintenance, equipment and process improvement, and quality maintenance. For all organizations managing large equipment, facing low operator/machine ratios, or implementing extensive improvement, this text is an invaluable resource.Table of ContentsOverview of TPM in Process Industries, Maximizing Production Effectiveness, Focused Improvement, Autonomous Maintenance, Planned Maintenance, Early Management, Quality Maintenance, Operating and Maintenance Skills Training, TPM in Administrative and Support Departments, Building a Safe, Environmentally Friendly System, TPM Small-Group Activities, Measuring TPM Effectiveness

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Book SynopsisThe ability to bring new and innovative products to market rapidly is the prime critical competence for any successful consumer-driven company. All industries, especially automotive, are slashing product development lead times in the current hyper-competitive marketplace. This book is the first to thoroughly examine and analyze the truly effective product development methodology that has made Toyota the most forward-thinking company in the automotive industry. Winner of the 2007 Shingo Prize For Excellence In Manufacturing Research! In The Toyota Product Development System: Integrating People, Process, and Technology, James Morgan and Jeffrey Liker compare and contrast the world-class product development process of Toyota with that of a U.S. competitor. They use extensive examples from Toyota and the U.S. competitor to demonstrate value stream mapping as an extraordinarily powerful tool for continuous improvement. Through examples and case studies, this book illustrates specific techniques and proven practices for dealing with challenges associated with product development, such as synchronizing multiple disciplines, multiple function workload leveling, compound process variation, effective technology integration, and knowledge management. Readers of this book can focus on optimizing the entire product development value stream rather than focus on a specific tool or technology for local improvements.Trade Review"If you're among the many who have been waiting for a definitive book about Lean Product Development, your wait is over. The Toyota Production System has become extraordinarily famous as well as widely admired and copied in companies around the world. Yet, its product development system is unquestionably as important for Toyota's success as is its production practices, if not more so. The quality performance and broad product appeal among an ever-widening spectrum of customers are undeniable and directly attributable to the efficacy of the company's product development and engineering organization. This book provides both the big picture context and the detail you'll need to understand the fundamental differences between conventional approaches and thinking toward development and Toyota's lean approach. Place this book on an easy-to-reach shelf - you will refer to it over and over, for a long time to come." John Shook President, TWI Network, Inc.,, Author, Learning to See, February 23, 2006 "Absolutely brilliant. This is the most important breakthrough in understanding Toyota's runaway success since Lean Thinking. It has long been common knowledge that most of the cost, quality and attractiveness of a product are determined in the development process, and that Toyota engineers its designs for customer value and lean manufacturing. This insightful book finally gives away the secrets of Toyota's Product Development System, and will allow you to create your own lean development process: read it, and there's no turning back." Freddy Balle & Michael Balle, Authors, The Gold Mine, February 23, 2006 "By combining Jeff Liker's comprehensive insights into the whole Toyota system with Jim Morgan's experience in product development plus his fine-grained investigation of the Toyota development system, they have finally put the whole puzzle together. All that remains is for you to study this volume carefully - and it does demand careful study because it presents a complete system integrating people, process, tools, and technology - and then to transform your own development system." From The Foreword By James P. Womack, Co-Author, The Machine that Changed the World, February 28, 2006 "Product Development is one of the key frontiers of lean thinking in the coming years. Learn how to turn the tables on the competition by reading this book." Daniel T. Jones, Chairman, Lean Enterprise Academy, UK, Co-author, The Machine that Changed the World, February 28, 2006 "How does Toyota do it? This book explores how, presenting both the big picture and providing great details. It describes the "chief engineer system" Toyota employs and discusses product development value stream mapping. It speaks to culture change and design technology. It's also rife with examples and case studies" ReviewTable of ContentsForeword Acknowledgments Preface Section One: Introduction Chapter 1: The New Product Development Revolution Chapter 2: The Lean Product Development System Model Section Two: Process Subsystem Chapter 3: Establish Customer-Defined Value to Separate Value-Added From Waste Chapter 4: Front-Load the PD Process to Explore Alternatives Thoroughly Chapter 5: Create a Leveled Product Development Process Flow Chapter 6: Utilizing Rigorous Standardization to Reduce Variation and Create Flexibility and Predictable Outcomes Section Three: Subsystem People Chapter 7: Creating a Chief Engineer System to Lead Development From Start to Finish Chapter 8: Balancing Functional Expertise and Cross-Functional Integration through Organization Chapter 9: Develop Towering Technical Competence in All Engineers Chapter 10: Fully Integrate Suppliers into the Product Development System Chapter 11: Building in Learning and Continuous Improvement Chapter 12: Building a Culture to Support Excellence and Relentless Improvement Section Four: Subsystem Tools and Technology Chapter 13: Adapt Technology to Fit Your People and Process Chapter 14: Align Your Organization Through Simple, Visual Communication Chapter 15: Powerful Tools for Standardization and Organizational Learning Section Five: Creating a Coherent Lean PD System Chapter 16: A Coherent System Chapter 17: Eliminating Waste In The Product Development Value Stream Chapter 18: Getting to Culture Change: The Heart of Lean PPD Appendix Applying Value Stream Mapping to a Product Development Process: The PeopleFlo Manufacturing Inc. Case by Dr. John Drogosz Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisDemonstrates How To Perform FMEAs Step-by-StepOriginally designed to address safety concerns, Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) is now used throughout the industry to prevent a wide range of process and product problems. Useful in both product design and manufacturing, FMEA can identify improvements early when product and process changes are relatively easy and inexpensive to make. Updated to include changes reflected in ISO/TX-16949:2002 standards and 2008 AIAG guidelines, The Basics of FMEA, Second Edition continues to provide the expert advice needed to help shorten the learning curve for FMEA teams to conduct effective and efficient FMEAs, even if it is their very first one. Includes Ready-to-Use Worksheet TemplatesUsing a manufacturing case study, readers learn step-by-step how to use FMEAs to assess, evaluate, and prioritize areas of risk, and then to implement the actions needed to reduce risks to an acceptable level. It shows the steps needed to ferret out potential problems and prevent making inferior products that could endanger public and worker safety and compromise profits as well as the future of all stakeholders. Although engineers have typically analyzed processes and products for potential failures, the FMEA process standardizes the approach and establishes a common language that nontechnical as well as technical employees can use at all levels. Unlike other improvement tools, FMEA does not require complicated statistics. However, they require a full commitment to quality and a willingness to take a team approach that involves all stakeholders.Table of ContentsWhat Is an FMEA? What Is the Purpose of an FMEA? ISO 9000, ISO/TS 16949, and FMEAs. The FMEA Process. The FMEA Team. FMEA Boundaries of Freedom. Product/Design versus Process FMEAs. Ten Steps for an FMEA. FMEA Case Study. When and Where to Use FMEAs. Appendices. FMEA Glossary of Terms.

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Book SynopsisThe U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics recently calculated nearly 60,000 musculoskeletal injuries to healthcare workers resulting from heavy lifting during attempts to move patients. Often the nurses, aides, orderlies, and attendants who suffered permanent injuries were forced out of the profession, straining an already inadequate pool of workers and wasting valuable knowledge and ability.Back Injury Among Healthcare Workers: Causes, Solutions, and Impacts presents the latest research on this topic from an epidemiological point of view. The book highlights case studies from actual injured workers, along with analysis of how this problem is being addressed around the world. This in-depth study also discusses the legal and rehabilitative obstacles to returning to work, and suggests new policies for the safe lifting and moving of patients. The editors compile recommended solutions from leading names in the field, detailing how healthcare facilities can create safe work environments to prevent disabling back injuries.Table of ContentsIntroduction: History and Vision for Work Injured Nurses Group USA. Magnitude of the Problem. A Word About the Stories. Biodynamics of Back Injury: Manual Lifting and Loads. How to Accomplish a Responsible Cost-Benefit Injury Analysis in the Health Care Industry. Striving for Zero-Lift in Healthcare Facilities. Introducing a Safer Patient Handling Policy. Prevention of Back Injury Using Lift Teams: 18 Hospital Data. Technology for Safe Patient Handling and Movement. Bariatrics: Considering Mobility, Patient Safety, and Caregiver Injury. Participatory Ergonomic Design in Healthcare Facilities. Designing Workplaces for Safer Handling of Patients/Residents. Worker Control: The Best Means to Reduce Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs). The Relationship Between the Nursing Shortage and Nursing Injury. Preventing Back Injuries to Healthcare Workers in British Columbia, Canada and The Ceiling Lift Experience and Data. Appendices.

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Book SynopsisFrom the Introduction This book is mostly structured around first-person interviews with nationally and locally recognized experts who have been in hazardous materials response for a number of years. To aid networking, the addresses and telephone numbers of all persons interviewed are listed at the end of each interview.The central narrative theme of the book has been to detail the actual methods, procedures, techniques, tactics, and "lessons learned" of specific hazardous materials response teams (HMRT) drawn from a number of different categories. The object is to have readers find a ready source to provide knowledge of what a teamed, trained, and equipped HMRT uses for methods, tactics, procedures, tools, vehicles, instruments, equipment, strategies, leak/fire/spill control, prevention, remedial actions, decision making, incidents, containment, or hazards. This book answers many questions for emergency responders that they may need to know tostay alive.Trade Review"Hazardous Materials Emergencies", first published in 1983, quickly became a standard guide to hazardous materials emergency response and control. It has been widely used in industry and government as a text, reference, and training aid.Now, a completely updated new edition has been published. Encyclopedic in scope, this big new edition contains current information on types of emergencies, response teams, equipment, planning and preparation, training, medical protection, strategies and techniques, liability and insurance, case histories, and information sources.This updated guide and reference has been prepared to serve the practical information needs of government and industrial personnel who are professionally concerned with dealing with hazardous materials emergencies."Stands out as a big book crammed full of vital information needed by anyone seriously concerned with reacting competently to the... hazardous materials incident... The book is worth many times over its price." -Journal of Civil Defense"A very useful introductory hazardous-materials book." -Chemical EngineeringTable of ContentsIntroductionDOWNTOWN NUCLEAR ALERTGeneral Discussion of Nuclear Waste Disposal Springfield's Hazardous Materials Incident Springfield's Preparedness Responding to the Nuclear Fuel Incident CleanupBACKGROUND TO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INCIDENTSCleanup Nuclear Energy Sites Cancer-Causing Pesticides Petroleum Polluters Water THE HAZARD OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESPONSEHazardous Materials Response Teams Hazardous Materials Incidents 1993 Annual Report of the Houston (Texas) Fire Department HMRTLOCAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESPONSE TEAMSThe Kenosha Fire Department HMRT, Kenosha, Wisconsin New Berlin Fire Department Special Units, New Berlin, Wisconsin The Hazardous Materials Response Team of the Charlotte, North Carolina, Fire Department Mount Prospect, Illinois, Fire Department Hazardous Materials Response Team Our World Begins at the Decontamination Reduction Zone; The Hazardous Materials Unit of the Orange County Fire Department, Irvine, California Elk Grove Village, Illinois, Hazardous Materials Response TeamHAZARDOUS MATERIALS TEAM FUNCTIONSThirteen Bogus Commandments of Hazardous Materials Response Background to Hazardous Materials Response Hazardous Materials Response May Be Different than Normal Fire Calls Incident Command Positions Hazardous Materials Operations Methods, Systems, and Strategies of Hazardous Materials ResponseGETTING THE JOB DONEResponse to a Mystery Gas or Toxin at Riverside General Hospital in California The Basic Aspects of Chemical Protective Clothing Use and Reuse of Protective Clothing in Haz Mat Response Chicago, Illinois Fire Department Guidelines and Procedures for Hazardous Materials Incidents Understanding a Hazardous Materials Response Team's Operation Getting Down to Business Computers and Software at Hazardous Materials IncidentsFEDERAL AND STATE RESPONSE TEAMSFort Detrick Haz Mat Team of Frederick, Maryland Turning an Emergency into a Routine Response Th

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Book SynopsisThere are some very good books available that explain the Lean Manufacturing theory and touch on implementing its techniques. However, you cannot learn "how to be" lean from merely reading the theory. And to be successful in the real-work environment you need a clear comprehension of how lean techniques work, rather than just a remote understanding of what they are. You need to know what does and does not work in different situations. And you need the benefit of practical experience in their implementation.Lean Manufacturing: Tools, Techniques, and How to Use Them gives you the benefit of author and practitioner William Feld's 15 years of hands-on experience - and the lessons he's learned. Feld provides insight into the appropriate use of assessment, analysis, design, and, most importantly, deployment of a successful lean manufacturing program. Packed with practical advice and tips but not bogged down in theory, this book covers how, why, when, and what to do while implementing lean manufacturing. It equips you with the tools and techniques you need along with an understanding of how and why they work. Feld explores why an integrated approach is so much more beneficial in securing sustained improvement. He focuses on the interdependency of the Five Primary Elements: organization, metrics, logistics, manufacturing flow, and process control. He describes a proven, applied approach to creating a lean program using these elements. To keep up globally, and even locally, your manufacturing operation must be responsive, flexible, predictable, and consistent. You must continually improve manufacturing operations and cultivate a self directed work force driven by output based, customer performance criteria. By applying what you learn from Lean Manufacturing: Tools, Techniques, and How to Use Them you can build a workforce - and an organization - with the capacity to satisfy world class expectations now and into the future.Table of ContentsDescription of Lean Manufacturing. The Five Primary Elements. Putting it All Together. Case Studies of Lean Manufacturing Programs and Projects.

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Book SynopsisAs technologies for wireless communications, including 5G and Internet of Things (IoT), require more complex antennas, practitioners need more information on the best methods to perform measurements on these different types of antennas. This exciting resource provides guidance on the proper design of indoor ranges for RF antenna measurements. The important aspects of specifying the range or resources needed in a development program are explored. Analysis of existing ranges to determine their suitability for performing specific test that a user of the range may require is also introduced. Readers find in-depth coverage of the design of ranges and how to evaluate the error contributions of the range and the best approach to measure a system, antenna, or other radiating hardware. The book provides information on selecting the right range to make a specific type of measurement and understanding for an RF absorber. Matlab scripts are also included to help readers estimate the performance of an RF absorber. Readers will be able to estimate the required space for a given type of measurement, as well as identify what type of range is the better choice, based on physical limitations and economics. Simple rules for the design of an anechoic chamber, based on the required accuracy and parameters to be measured are described. Packed with examples and references, this book is a prime reference for any practitioner that uses or designs facilities for the measurement of electromagnetic energy.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Basic Electromagnetics; Antenna Measurments; RF Absorber; RF Shielding; Anechoic Ranges for Far Field Measurements; Anechoic Ranges for Near Field Measurements; Anechoic Ranges for Compact Range Measurements; Anechoic Ranges for RCS Measurements; Anechoic Ranges for Aircraft Weather Radar Radome; Anechoic Ranges for EMC Measurements; Specialty Ranges

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Book SynopsisLinear systems have all the necessary elements (modeling, identification, analysis and control), from an educational point of view, to help us understand the discipline of automation and apply it efficiently. This book is progressive and organized in such a way that different levels of readership are possible. It is addressed both to beginners and those with a good understanding of automation wishing to enhance their knowledge on the subject. The theory is rigorously developed and illustrated by numerous examples which can be reproduced with the help of appropriate computation software. 60 exercises and their solutions are included to enable the readers to test and enhance their knowledge.Table of ContentsPreface xi Introduction xvii Chapter 1. Reminders and General Points 1 1.1. Lines 1 1.2. Adaptation and stationary waves 4 1.3. Smith chart 6 1.4. Power in a line 6 1.5. Line sections 7 1.6. Lines with losses 9 Chapter 2. Measurements in HF 11 2.1. Material 11 2.2. The power bench11 2.3. Measurements on the network analyzer 14 Chapter 3. Resonant Cavities 25 3.1. Resonance 25 3.2. Coaxial cavities 28 3.3. Quarter-wave cavities 29 Chapter 4. Fabrication and Tuning of Cavities 47 4.1. Standard structures 47 4.2. Materials 53 4.3. Assembly 56 4.4. Temperature stability 58 4.5. Cavity tuning 70 Chapter 5. The Band-pass Filter 83 5.1. The band-pass function 83 5.2. Calculation of a Tchebycheff band-pass 85 5.3. Technologies 87 Chapter 6. The Combline Filter 97 6.1. Architecture 97 6.2. Dimension calculations. Dishal’s Method 105 6.3. Tuning of filters 114 Chapter 7. Channel Multiplexing 129 7.1. Definitions 129 7.2. The duplexer 129 7.3. The combiner 140 Chapter 8. Auxiliary Devices 157 8.1. Introduction 157 8.2. Circulators 157 8.3. The antenna alarms 165 8.4. Loads and attenuators 170 8.5. Reception amplifiers 177 8.6. The impedance adaptor 186 8.7. The 2nd harmonic rejecter 186 Chapter 9. Directive Couplers 189 9.1. Introduction 189 9.2. Technologies 191 9.3. The hybrid transformer 194 9.4. The 180° hybrid ring 196 9.5. The wireline 198 9.6. The “groundless” coupler 199 9.7. The “catnose” coupler 201 9.8. Discrete-elements coupler 202 9.9. Numerical data 204 9.10. Applications 210 Chapter 10. Helical Resonators 213 10.1. Introduction 213 10.2. Functioning 214 10.3. Structures 215 10.4. Tapping and coupling 219 10.5. Quality coefficient 220 10.6. Set-up rules 223 10.7. Applications 224 Chapter 11. Multicouplers 225 11.1. Transmitter multicouplers (TX) 225 11.2. Receiver multicouplers (RX) 235 11.3. TX/RX multicouplers 236 11.4. TMA 240 11.5. Power and intermodulations 243 11.6. Multiband coupling 254 Chapter 12. Utilities 257 12.1. BASIC programs 257 12.2. Varia 264 Chapter 13. Various Questions and Exploratory Ways 271 13.1. The coupler without intrinsic loss 271 13.2. Infinite rejection band-pass 275 13.3. Helix TX multicoupler 276 13.4. Conclusion 278 Bibliography 281 Index 283

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Book SynopsisEDE 99 (Engineering Design Education Conference 99) is an important international event bringing together a range of experts from engineering design education to showcase the latest ideas and innovations.Table of ContentsThe continuum of design education; learning to design or designing to learn?; teaching design in secondary schools; developing observation and spatial skills; IT in design; international comparisons; poster papers - projects; poster papers - courses and models; poster papers -student admission and training.

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Book SynopsisMost control systems and process analyzer systems engineers have encountered communications breakdowns, task difficulties, and other obstacles on at least one project. The primary goal of this book is to help minimize or eliminate such occurrences. Many of the methods presented can be modified to meet specific project needs and applied to any discipline or type of equipment.

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Book SynopsisIn this book, a general frequency domain numerical method similar to the finite difference frequency domain (FDFD) technique is presented. The proposed method, called the multiresolution frequency domain (MRFD) technique, is based on orthogonal Battle-Lemarie and biorthogonal Cohen-Daubechies-Feauveau (CDF) wavelets. The objective of developing this new technique is to achieve a frequency domain scheme which exhibits improved computational efficiency figures compared to the traditional FDFD method: reduced memory and simulation time requirements while retaining numerical accuracy. The newly introduced MRFD scheme is successfully applied to the analysis of a number of electromagnetic problems, such as computation of resonance frequencies of one and three dimensional resonators, analysis of propagation characteristics of general guided wave structures, and electromagnetic scattering from two dimensional dielectric objects. The efficiency characteristics of MRFD techniques based on different wavelets are compared to each other and that of the FDFD method. Results indicate that the MRFD techniques provide substantial savings in terms of execution time and memory requirements, compared to the traditional FDFD method. Table of Contents: Introduction / Basics of the Finite Difference Method and Multiresolution Analysis / Formulation of the Multiresolution Frequency Domain Schemes / Application of MRFD Formulation to Closed Space Structures / Application of MRFD Formulation to Open Space Structures / A Multiresolution Frequency Domain Formulation for Inhomogeneous Media / ConclusionTable of ContentsIntroduction.- Basics of the Finite Difference Method and Multiresolution Analysis.- Formulation of the Multiresolution Frequency Domain Schemes.- Application of MRFD Formulation to Closed Space Structures.- Application of MRFD Formulation to Open Space Structures.- A Multiresolution Frequency Domain Formulation for Inhomogeneous Media.- Conclusion.

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Book Synopsis Even though the number of working women has steadily increased over the last few years, women are still significantly under-represented in STEM activities (i.e. mathematics, informatics, science and technology). In order to eliminate this under-representation, numerous education policies and corporate initiatives, particularly in the recent past, have been aimed at increasing women's enthusiasm for STEM activities and professions. According to the latest surveys, however, it is clear that these efforts have not yet led to the desired success. Compared to their male counterparts, women continue to do fewer STEM activities. One possible reason for this is that relatively little is yet known about the concrete impact of the above education policies on working with innovation and technology: What are the gender differences between women and men? Is it enough to recognize these differences, or should these differences ideally not only be recognized, but also treated appropriately or even encouraged? This anthology deals with current topics in technology and innovation management against the background of these and other gender-relevant aspects. Empirical analyses and experiments in collaboration with companies from various sectors provide a sound scientific basis on which new results and findings are presented: How do women and men deal with creativity and competition? How are technologies applied and how can differences in access to technology be deduced? Answers to these and other questions help decision-makers in politics and business to proactively use the differences between women and men to motivate women to work in the STEM field and to strengthen them by acknowledging existing differences.

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Book SynopsisThis book teaches readers the fundamentals of innovation and reduces them to practice in the context of entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship. It is a new, fresh look at learning and practicing innovation at the individual level, based on scientific knowledge and in the context of the 21st Century. The first chapter introduces the topic and describes the author’s perspective. Next, an overview of the 21st Century landscape and innovation is presented, as well as a discussion of positioning oneself to stay relevant and fulfilled during the course of one’s career. The third chapter teaches how to think creatively by learning the basics of creative thinking processes. The next chapter builds on creative thinking and describes innovation methods, including design, lateral, and systems thinking, and blue ocean strategies. Examples of organizations with a long history of innovation are presented, followed by ideas on measuring and tracking the innovativeness of organizations. The fifth chapter brings the concepts together to teach about launching an innovation project, particularly in the context of startups. The conclusion summarizes the takeaways. This book is written for engineering students and professionals, but can also be used by those in other disciplines by adapting the engineering analogies.Table of ContentsChap1: Introduction.- Chap2: Innovation and Entrepreneurship.- Chap3: The Innovative Mind.- Chap4: Innovation Methods.- Chap5: Identifying, Qualifying and Financing Opportunities.- Chap6: Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisChemicals often have a negative Image among the general public. But there is no material world or indeed human beings without chemicals. The material world is operated by chemicals. The title ‘Chemicals for Life and Living’ implies that the material world is staged and played by chemicals. The book consists of five parts and an appendix. Part 1 – Essentials for life; Part 2 – Enhancing health; Part 3 – For the fun of life; Part 4 – Chemistry of the universe and earth, and Part 5 - Some negative effects of chemicals. The appendix gives a brief summary of what chemistry is all about, including a short chapter of chemical principles. No quantitative calculations are included in this book so that it is appealing for everyone – not just chemists.Trade ReviewFrom the reviews:“The information is presented as a collection of mostly unconnected essays, and the majority are very good. … The eclectic collection of chemicals (many depicted with full stereochemistry) is accompanied by informative and colourful illustrations. Finally, the book concludes with a 60 page introduction to chemistry … . the book does represent a brave and largely successful attempt to describe the importance of chemistry and chemicals.” (John Mann, Chemistry World, December, 2011)“This most welcome book, intended for general readers, investigates the chemistry behind many everyday processes in the marketplace, at home, etc., and such various substances as poisons and pharmaceuticals. … The seven-part volume includes essays about remarkable chemicals and compounds that most people have heard of. … Each chapter can be read independently, and an in-depth appendix, ‘Essentials of Chemistry,’ is incorporated as a resource for readers seeking further details. … Summing Up: Recommended. Students of all levels and general audiences.” (M. Rossi, Choice, Vol. 49 (8), April, 2012)Table of ContentsWs preferableter.- Air.- Life itself (A): How can we get energy to live with?.- Life itself (B): Why are we like our parents?.- Clothing and Shelters – Polymer Material.- Mineral nutrition.- Stories of Drug Development.- Fireworks – A Carnival of Chemicals.- Light Sticks, Fireflies and Color TV.- Ceramics.- Diamond, Graphite, Bucky Ball and Nanotubes (Fun with Carbon).- Perfumes.- Chemistry of the Universe.- Chemistry of the Earth.- Environmental Issues – Inorganic Pollutants.- Environmental Issues – Organic Pollutants.- Use, Abuse and Misuse of Chemicals.- Domain of Chemistry.- Chemistry’s View of the Material World.- Chemicals and Light.- Are Atoms and Molecules for Real? Can we see them?

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Book SynopsisWind Turbines addresses all those professionally involved in research, development, manufacture and operation of wind turbines. It provides a cross-disciplinary overview of modern wind turbine technology and an orientation in the associated technical, economic and environmental fields. It is based on the author's experience gained over decades designing wind energy converters with a major industrial manufacturer and, more recently, in technical consulting and in the planning of large wind park installations, with special attention to economics. The second edition accounts for the emerging concerns over increasing numbers of installed wind turbines. In particular, an important new chapter has been added which deals with offshore wind utilisation. All advanced chapters have been extensively revised and in some cases considerably extendedTrade ReviewFrom the reviews of the third edition:“It is a complete yet concise overview and study of the field, its history and all aspects of modern wind turbine technology. Aimed more at scientists and engineers … Hau starts with a list of commonly-used symbols and ends with a detailed chapter on the various facets of turbine economics. … this is a truly comprehensive sourcebook of value to anyone involved in the research, development, manufacture and operation of on- or offshore wind turbines.” (Real Power, Issue 2, 2013)From the reviews of the second edition:"This wide-ranging book, the product of over a quarter century’s experience, will be of use to any physicist with an interest in wind power electricity generation … . Some of its sections could well act as a source for solution by physics undergraduates and for more extended project work in a number of areas … . It would seem an excellent work of reference … to university and college libraries." (Dr D.G.C Jones, Contemporary Physics, Vol. 48 (4), 2007)"Erich Hau’s Wind Turbines attempts to provide a complete but brief overview and study of the field and its history. The book begins with a list of commonly used symbols, a delight for engineering scientists. … In conclusion, this book is well put together … . If one wants a summary introduction to wind turbine issues, this book would suffice." (Ramani Ramakrishnan, International Journal of Acoustics and Vibration, Vol. 12 (1), 2007)Table of ContentsWindmills and Windwheels.- Electrical Power from the Wind – The First Attempts.- Basic Concepts of Wind Energy Converters.- Physical Principles of Wind Energy Conversion.- Rotor Aerodynamics.- Loads and Structural Stresses.- Vibrational Characteristics.- Rotor Blades.- Mechanical Drive Train and Nacelle.- Electrical System.- Control Systems and Operational Sequence.- The Tower.- The Wind Resource.- Power Output and Energy Yield.- Environmental Impact.- Commercial Applications of Wind Turbines.- Offshore Wind Energy Utilisation.- Wind Turbine Installation and Operation.- Wind Turbine Costs.- Wind Turbine Economics.

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