Category Archives: Quality Control

Supply Chain Management: Models, Applications, and Research Directions (Applied Optimization)

This work brings together some of the most up to date research in the application of operations research and mathematical modeling techniques to supply chain management problems. The book’s chapters place a heavy emphasis on the application of modeling techniques … Continue reading

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Spies, Inc.

Innovation is the lynchpin of business success. And so it is for national and international security as well. This book looks at the most highly successful innovation machine in the world; a little known classified high tech unit in Israeli … Continue reading

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Production Planning by Mixed Integer Programming (Springer Series in Operations Research and Financial Engineering)

This textbook provides a comprehensive modeling, reformulation and optimization approach for solving production planning and supply chain planning problems, covering topics from a basic introduction to planning systems, mixed integer programming (MIP) models and algorithms through the advanced description of … Continue reading

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Linear Programming: Foundations and Extensions (International Series in Operations Research & Management Science)

This Third Edition introduces the latest theory and applications in optimization. It emphasizes constrained optimization, beginning with linear programming and then proceeding to convex analysis, network flows, integer programming, quadratic programming, and convex optimization. You’ll discover a host of practical … Continue reading

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Stochastic Processes, Optimization, and Control Theory: Applications in Financial Engineering, Queueing Networks, and Manufacturing Systems: A Volume in … in Operations Research & Management Science)

This edited volume contains 16 research articles. It presents recent and pressing issues in stochastic processes, control theory, differential games, optimization, and their applications in finance, manufacturing, queueing networks, and climate control. One of the salient features is that the … Continue reading

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Introduction to Engineering Statistics and Lean Sigma: Statistical Quality Control and Design of Experiments and Systems

The Toyota Production System, or lean production, has long been regarded as critical to business success in many industries. Over the last ten years, instruction in six sigma has been increasingly linked with learning about the elements of lean production. … Continue reading

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The RSpec Book: Behaviour Driven Development with Rspec, Cucumber, and Friends

Behaviour Driven Development is about writing software that matters. It is an approach to agile software development that takes cues from Test Driven Development, Domain Driven Design, and Acceptance Test Driven Planning. RSpec and Cucumber are the leading Behaviour Driven … Continue reading

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Essential Guide to Operations Management: Concepts and Case Notes (Wiley)

This book is a novel treatment of Operations Management. It takes a fresh insight to this increasingly important topic, exploring fundamental principles equally applicable to service and manufacturing situations. The book adapts a strategic stance by providing a framework for … Continue reading

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Lean Six Sigma Secrets for the CIO

Going beyond the usual how-to guide, Lean Six Sigma Secrets for the CIO supplies proven tips and valuable case studies that illustrate how to combine Six Sigma’s rigorous quality principles with Lean methods for uncovering and eliminating waste inIT processes. … Continue reading

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A Guide to Lean Six Sigma Management Skills

In summary, the purpose of Six Sigma management is to “promote joy in work” for all employees so that they have the energy to participate in the improvement and innovation projects identified from the organizational dashboard! —Howard S Gitlow Authored … Continue reading

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