Maynard's Industrial Engineering Handbook Book

The Industrial Engineer's TQM Bible! Get ready to boost productivity and hone your entire operation with the Fourth Edition of the I.E. bible: Maynard's Industrial Engineering Handbook, by William K. Hodson. This hands-on arsenal of cutting-edge techniques from the U.S., Europe and Japan is your pathway to TQM... effective work-measurement... optimizing computer controls... flexible manufacturing systems... putting AI to work. . and much more. Example-and case-study packed, it gives you practical guidance on: Harnessing CAD/CAM, computer graphics, database management, computer simulation and expert systems to solve problems; The latest quality control tools, including TQM and reliabilty engineering; Efficient manufacturing engineering techniques, from Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) to Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS); Effective planning and control tools like Material Requirements Planning (MRP) and Just-in-Time (JIT).Read More