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