Author: Tom Juravich Publisher: Temple University Press ISBN: 9780877225614 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 178
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Author note: Folksinger Tom Juravich has been a machine mechanic, and is currently Assistant Professor of Labor Studies at Pennsylvania State University.
Author: Eric Scherer Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 3642603130 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 393
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Shop floor control and namely the problem of job shop scheduling have been fields of research for a long time. However, until now no comprehensive framework on the various aspects exists. This book will provide a systems perspective towards shop floor control by stressing its sociotechnical and cybernetical nature. It focuses on the behavioral aspects of control activities and sees the shop floor as the center of value-adding manufacturing activities within an enterprise. The book enables the reader to understand the interaction of organization, information technology and human resources. This eventually allows to achieve holistic and agile solutions and facilitates profound organizational change. The book will therefore provide a welcome addition to several standard textbooks on the issue.
Author: Samer S. Shehata Publisher: State University of New York Press ISBN: 1438428561 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 279
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Ethnographic study of textile factory workers in Alexandria, Egypt. In Shop Floor Culture and Politics in Egypt, Samer S. Shehata provides us with a unique and detailed ethnographic portrait of life within two large textile factories in Alexandria, Egypt. Working for nearly a year as a winding machine operator provided Shehata with unprecedented access to workers at the point of production and the activities of the work hall. He argues that the social organization of production in the factoriesincluding company rules and procedures, hierarchy, and relations of authorityand shop floor culture profoundly shape what it means to be a worker and how this identity is understood. Shehata reveals how economic relations inside the factory are simultaneously relations of significance and meaning, and how the production of wool and cotton textiles is, at the same time, the production of categories of identity, patterns of human interaction, and understandings of the self and others.
Author: Philip J. Gisi Publisher: CRC Press ISBN: 1000836452 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 388
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Survival and thriving in today’s business environment require companies to continuously strive for operational excellence at all levels of the organization. Simply working to maintain existing operations is not an adequate or sustainable business strategy, especially when competing in a global market. To remain relevant, companies must adopt a process control and continuous improvement mentality as an integral part of their daily work activities. These two operational disciplines form the foundation and stepping stones for manufacturing excellence. Processes must be stable, capable, and controlled as a prerequisite for sustainable improvement. Sustainable improvements must be strategic, continuous, and focused on process optimization. Modern-day manufacturing is rapidly changing in the face of technological, geopolitical, social, and environmental developments. These challenges are altering the way we think and act to transform raw materials into finished goods. Meeting these challenges requires particular attention to how we develop and engage people and apply technology for long-term sustainability and competitive advantage. This book takes you on a journey to explore the fundamental elements, management practices, improvement methods, and future direction of shop floor management. Part 1 of this five-part book considers workplace culture, organizational structure, operational discipline, and employee accountability as the foundation for a robust manufacturing system. Part 2 studies the impact of process standardization, data analytics, information sharing, communication, and people on daily shop floor management. Once the management system has been adequately described, Part 3 concentrates on its effective execution, monitoring, and control with a deep look into the people, methods, machines, materials, and environment that make it possible. Like every good manufacturing text, efficiency and productivity are key topics. That’s why Part 4 explores various methods, tools, and techniques associated with product and process development, productivity improvement, agile methods, shop floor optimization, and manufacturing excellence. The final section, Part 5, shifts focus to emerging technologies, engaging the reader to contemplate technology’s impact on the digital transformation of the manufacturing industry.
Author: Vaneet Kaur Publisher: Goyal Brothers Prakashan ISBN: 9392530781 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 168
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Score Plus CBSE Question Bank and Sample Question Paper with Model Test Papers in Business Studies (Subject Code 054) CBSE Term II Exam 2021-22 for Class XII As per the latest CBSE Reduced Syllabus, Design of the Question Paper and the latest CBSE Sample Question Paper for the Board Examinations to be held in 2021. • The latest CBSE Sample Question Paper 2020-21 {Solved) along with marking scheme, released by the CBSE in October 2020 for the Board Examinations to be held in 2021. • 10 Sample Papers {Solved) based on the latest Reduced Syllabus, Design of the Question Paper , and the latest CBSE Sample Question Paper for the Board Examinations to be held in 2021. • 10 Model Test Papers {Unsolved) based on the latest Reduced Syllabus, Design of the Question Paper and the latest CBSE Sample Question Paper for the Board Examinations to be held in 2021. Goyal Brothers Prakashan
Author: Stefan Trzcielinski Publisher: Springer ISBN: 3319604740 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 450
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This book discusses the latest advances in people-centered design, operation, and management of broadly defined advanced manufacturing systems and processes. It reports on human factors issues related to various research areas such as intelligent manufacturing technologies, web-based manufacturing services, digital manufacturing worlds, and manufacturing knowledge support systems, as well as other contemporary manufacturing environments. The book covers an extensive range of applications of human factors in the manufacturing industry: from work design, supply chains, evaluation of work systems, and social and organization design, to manufacturing systems, simulation and visualization, automation in manufacturing, and many others. Special emphasis is given to computer aided manufacturing technologies supporting enterprises, both in general and in the manufacturing industry in particular, such as knowledge-based systems, virtual reality, artificial intelligence methods, and many more. Based on the AHFE 2017 International Conference on Human Aspects of Advanced Manufacturing, held on July 17-21, 2017, in Los Angeles, California, USA, the book provides readers with a timely snapshot of the enterprises of the future and a set of cutting-edge technologies and methods for building innovative, human-centered, and computer-integrated manufacturing systems.
Author: Sizwe Timothy Phakathi Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing ISBN: 1787145638 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 280
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The book highlights the day-to-day lived experience of miners’ work and organisational practices that shape the day-to-day running of the production process in a deep-level mining workplace.
Author: James Lamprecht Publisher: Elsevier ISBN: 9780080515496 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 232
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Quality and Power in the Supply Chain reconciles two divergent worlds for the beleaguered quality manager. The first is that of quality and managerial fads, promoted by quality professionals and the quality 'industry' - with its seminars, certification programs and the pressures of an ever increasing number of international standards, state and national legislation and powerful corporations. The second is a virtual antithesis to this world of mission statements, quality policies, procedures and statistical techniques, and is embodied in the international phenomenon that is the Dilbert (TM) cartoon strip. Across America and Europe millions of ordinary employees revel in the truths that are exposed concerning corporate absurdities and a blind reliance upon acronym-laden quick-fixes. Here you will find the gap bridged between the vast literature of quality fads (including the recent tranche of international standards) and that more humorous portrayal of these worlds. The origins of today's quality ideology and industry is traced, followed by a description of how the quality profession popularizes, promotes and ultimately benefits from the fads that come and go. Finally it is shown that despite the propaganda of the profession, there is a separate reality to "quality" and that management principles in this field can only ever be a small limiting factor in corporate success. Addresses a vital aspect of Supply-chain Management, one of todays hottest management topics From a widely and internationally published quality author and professional The "Emperors Clothes" for the Quality profession
Author: Larry Hirschhorn Publisher: MIT Press ISBN: 9780262581011 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 284
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In this revealing study, Larry Hirschhorn examines the rituals, or social defenses, organizations develop to cope with change. Using extended ease studies from offices, factories, and social services, he describes why these often irrational practices that fragment and injure individuals within the workplace exist, how they operate, and how they can be reshaped to enhance people's work experience.
Author: Tom Juravich
Author: Tom Juravich
Author: Eric Scherer
Author: Samer S. Shehata
Author: Philip J. Gisi
Author: Vaneet Kaur
Author: Stefan Trzcielinski
Author: Sizwe Timothy Phakathi
Author: James Lamprecht
Author: Larry Hirschhorn