Industrial resource utilization and productivity : understanding the linkages / Anil Mital, Arunkumar Pennathur [editors].

Format:

• Book
• Conference/Event

Contributor:

• Mital, Anil.
• Pennathur, Arunkumar.

Conference Name:

• International Conference on Enhancing Resources in the Workplace (1st : 2009 : Kathmandu, Nepal)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Resource allocation.
• Industrial productivity.
• Industrial management.
• Green technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[New York, N.Y.] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Momentum Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Discusses recent advances in the use of modern technology and management concepts--from distributed virtual manufacturing enterprises to integrating green technology in a cost-effective manner to materials and energy savings. Offers engineers and technical managers the needed insight to plan for future growth and success.

Contents:

• Part I. Energy
• 1. Sustainability and the challenge of going green / Shihab Asfour and Moataz Eltoukhy
• Part II. Materials
• 2. Enhancing resource utilization through the development of a disassembly algorithm / Anoop Desai and Anil Mital
• 3. Enhancing durability of concrete bridge decks by using industrial by-products as mineral admixtures / Sukhvarsh Jerath and Charles J. Moretti
• Part III. Equipment and maintenance
• 4. Resource utilization enhancement and optimization through designing equipment for ease of maintenance / Anoop Desai and Anil Mital
• 5. An optimization approach to maximize service quality subject to a given resource level for highway infrastructure maintenance / Manoj K. Jha, Bimal Devkota, and Bheem Kattel
• Part IV. Humans
• Chapter 6. Humans and technologies in symbiotic relationships: a joint optimization framework for enhancing effectiveness / Anil Mital, Arunkumar Pennathur, and Rajeev Senapati
• Chapter 7. Work system design using ISO standard and ecological approaches to enhancing effectiveness of human resources management / Yoshio T. Ikeda
• Chapter 8. Allocation of nursing workforce in hospital wards with mixed patient needs / Issachar Gilad and Ohad Khabia
• Part V. Techniques
• Chapter 9. Selection of the best model fitted by linear regression with a multiattribute focus / Jorge Luis García A. and Salvador A. Noriega M.
• Chapter 10. Using spline for demand forecasting / Jorge Luis García A. and Erwin Adán Martínez G.
• Chapter 11. Maintenance data management: acquiring and creating knowledge for maintenance activities / Masaya Hagiwara
• Chapter 12. Shelf management in apparel industry / Jung-Wook Lee, Yoon-Min Hwang, and Jae-Jeung Rho
• Chapter 13. Productivity improvements in resource-constrained environments: a systematic framework / Anil Mital, Arunkumar Pennathur, and Rajeev Senapati
• Chapter 14. Implementation of lean sigma methodology for minimizing waste of natural resources / Adan Valles-Chavez and Jaime Sanchez
• Index.

Notes:

• Based on presentations from the 1st International Conference on Enhancing Resources in the Workplace in Kathmandu, Nepal in August, 2009.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on July 16, 2010).

ISBN:

• 1-283-89575-7
• 1-60650-132-1

OCLC:

781538540