Production and Inventory Management in the Technological Age
Previously published by Prentice-Hall, now republished by the author, this book explains the area of material management for manufacturing companies in a clear, readily understandable way.
General background information on language of chemistry, basic concepts, symbols, starting a home laboratory, etc. Over 40 experiments include making a crystal garden, manufacturing oxygen, making a miniature volcano, home soap, toothpaste, etc.
The Global Manufacturing Revolution: Product-Process-Business Integration and Reconfigurable Systems
The concrete tools manufacturing enterprises need to thrive in today's global environment For a manufacturing enterprise to succeed in this current volatile economic environment, a revolution is needed in restructuring its three main components: product design, manufacturing, and business model.
Rapid Manufacturing: An Industrial Revolution for the Digital Age
Rapid Manufacturing: An Industrial Revolution for the Digital Age is a groundbreaking text that provides excellent coverage of this fast emerging industry. It will interest manufacturing industry practitioners in research and development, product design and materials science, as well as having a theoretical appeal to researchers and post-graduate students in manufacturing engineering, product design, CAD/CAM and CIFM.
This book provides an overview of the science and technology of chocolate manufacture from cocoa production, through the manufacturing processes, to the sensory, nutrition and health aspects of chocolate consumption. It covers cocoa cultivation and production with special attention paid to cocoa bean composition, genotypic variations in the bean, post-harvest pre-treatments, fermentation and drying processes, and the biochemical basis of these operations.
