Are we facing the death of reliability?  Some believe this is the case, particularly when it comes to reliability leadership.  Without qualified leaders, there can be no true reliability, and as such, companies are losing out on the one real competitive advantage available to them today.About thirty years ago, organizations would invest time and money in their employees to develop craftspeople.  Nowadays, many companie ...
The BeginningAutoCAD® 2018 Exercise Workbook is designed for classroom instruction and self-study alike, and is now suitable for both inch and metric users to accommodate readers around the world.  Each lesson starts with step-by-step instructions on how to master a particular task, followed by exercises designed for practicing the commands readers learned within that lesson.       Th ...
In the 1950s, a planning method was conceived called “Material Requirements Planning (or MRP).” MRP changed the world of manufacturing forever. But times have changed—customer tolerance times are much shorter, product variety and complexity has increased, and supply chains have spread around the world. MRP is dramatically failing in this “New Normal.”  Demand Driven Material Requirements ...
Handy, Invaluable AutoCAD Pocket Reference. The AutoCAD Pocket Reference, Seventh Edition, at 360 pages in softcover, is indispensable and handy. Authors Cheryl R. Schrock's and Steve Heather'sAutoCAD series at Industrial Press is on our top seller's list for good reason. In the AutoCAD Pocket Reference, the authors provide easy access to the important fundamental comm ...
This unique text presents a thorough introduction to Mastercam X8 Lathe for anyone with little or no prior experience with the software. It can be used in virtually any educational setting – from four-year engineering schools to community colleges and voc/tech schools to industrial training centers – and will also serve as a reliable reference for on-the-job use or as a self-study manual. The award-winning author has c ...
OverviewFleet Purchasing and Maintenance is a concise, easy to understand guide on vehicle purchasing and fleet maintenance for the benefit of business and maintenance managers at all levels, plus students and academics. Not a textbook full of formulas but a guide containing both detail and insights for the practicing fleet and financial manager.The book first covers all aspects of the vehicle and fleet purchasing process from the persp ...
A pocket-size reference that has all the fundamental data that engineers need in their daily work. Taping and drilling charts, hole coordinate charts with common sizes already worked out, speeds/feeds, material specs, drawing symbols and standards, CNC machine codes, plus much more. This book is also a very useful reference for students in engineering and drafting programs.   ...
