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Step-by-Step QFD

Customer-Driven Product Design, Second Edition

Wouldn't it be great if you could design a product with the customer in mind - right from the very start? Well, now there's a way: Quality Function Development, or QFD, translates the needs of the consumer directly into the design and development of new products and services. By focusing on customer needs and incorporating them into every phase of the manufacturing process, it eliminates waste and improves customer satisfaction. And that means increased sales, greater profits, and a bigger share of the market. Step-by-Step QFD is a practical, hands-on guide to implementing QFD at any organization. Written by an expert in the field, it shoes how the intensive study of consumer needs can be used to help you dramatically outperform the competition. In fact, the strategies outlined in this book have already met with great success at a number of corporations both within and outside of the United States. This workbook includes a case study of QFD in action, 34 helpful workshops, and an analysis of the synergy between QFD, TRIZ, and Taguchi. So whether you're a QFD trainer, project manager, design engineer, or manufacturer, Step-by-Step QFD will show you how to let one voice drive your entire design process - the customer's!

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E-Commerce Operations Management

Second Edition

This updated edition of the book blends in new e-commerce technologies. Mobile commerce (M-commerce) and use of cloud computing are offering a new set of challenges and opportunities for those individuals who know what they are and how they are related to e-commerce. Their use opens up new markets, expanding the need for larger operations, which in turn requires greater knowledge of the operations management subjects presented in this book. The book is focused on issues, concepts, philosophies, procedures, methodologies, and practices of running e-commerce operations. It connects the basic operations management activities undertaken by every organization (e.g., inventory management, scheduling, etc.) and translates their application into issues and problems faced in the field of e-commerce. The book also provides current research findings, strategies, and practices that can help students in the field of operations management run and improve their e-commerce operations. It covers most of the basic operations management activities and functions and has been designed for an upper-level undergraduate business, a graduate business or engineering management course on e-commerce operations management for university students. Students interested in e-commerce operations will find this book a valuable guide to the important aspects of starting up and running an e-commerce operation. They can learn from reading this book how supply chains, products and processes, human resources and purchasing functions can supported and enhanced by the use of e-commerce. In addition, students can learn how to undertake forecasting and scheduling in e-commerce operations. Decision-makers and managers who have to reengineer e-commerce operations can also use this book as a guide to understanding e-commerce. The Instructor Manual and PowerPoint Slides for the book are available upon request for all instructors who adopt this book as a course text. Please send your request to sales@wspc.com.

This updated edition of the book blends in new e-commerce technologies.

Strategic Management for the Plastics Industry

Dealing with Globalization and Sustainability, Second Edition

Any general management book can give you the basics of quality assurance, strategic planning, logistics, and more. But how do you apply that knowledge to a company that requires not only sound business practices but also sound science to succeed? And how do you deal with the impact of globalized competition, a fluctuating world economy, and growing pressure from environmental groups and government regulators? Revised and updated throughout, Strategic Management for the Plastics Industry: Dealing with Globalization and Sustainability, Second Edition continues to combine coverage of management best practices with coverage of issues specific to the plastics industry. The author outlines the fundamentals of polymer manufacturing, compounding, distribution, processing, and auxiliary products that make this industry unique, and shows how these factors affect management decisions. Using case studies and examples, he demonstrates the thinking behind successful managerial choices and illustrates what errors to avoid. The book also explains the interrelationships between technologies, markets, business sectors, and strategies in the plastics industry. Topics include company culture, staffing, how to manage internal growth, the "dos and don’ts" of acquisitions, and much more. The material is based on the author’s more than 55 years of experience, extensive research, and interviews with managers throughout the industry. What’s New in This Edition A new chapter on globalization and sustainability All chapters revised and updated Updated case studies, and one new case study The book is written for a broad audience, including aspiring professionals who wish to become managers, managers who want to round out their skills, consultants to the industry, and university students and faculty in plastics engineering and polymer chemistry departments. The combination of experience-based insights and research-based strategies make this an essential resource to help you operate productively, manage effectively, and grow in the global marketplace. CRC Press Authors Speak Watch a video of Roger F. Jones speaking about his book.

1.1 Why a Management Book for the Plastics Industry There are a great many
excellent books on industrial management written from a very broad standpoint
but none appear to deal with the specific conditions of the plastics industry. The
plastics industry has become a major part of the world economy during the last
half of the 20th century. Although extensive industry restructuring taking place
since the 1990s has led some observers to believe that plastics is now a mature
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Nursing Student Retention

Understanding the Process and Making a Difference, Second Edition

This is the only book to offer an evidence-based model for retaining students and ensuring success across the nursing education spectrum. It is designed to assist faculty in creating, implementing, and evaluating student retention and academic success strategies. This model, Nursing Undergraduate Retention and Success (NURS), can be used effectively with all kinds of nursing programs, both traditional and nontraditional, including diploma, ADN, RN-BS, and accelerated BS. The book features the Nursing Student Retention Toolkit, an easy-to-use digital toolkit for assessment and planning that is thoroughly cross-referenced and integrated into the text. Together, these complementary resources offer a wide selection of educational activities and support strategies for diverse learners and settings. The text provides guidelines for maximizing educational strengths, identifying and assessing at-risk students, facilitating student retention, and revitalizing teaching methods. It examines the multidimensional factors that must be considered, including cultural values and beliefs, and describes proven strategies for promoting retention and academic success such as faculty advisement, promoting professional events and membership, peer partnerships, and enrichment programs. Nursing Student Retention, with its breadth of information and one-of-a-kind digital toolkit, will be of great value to nurse educators, administrators, and graduate students. This new edition features: An easy-to-use format that includes the Nursing Student Retention Toolkit,a digital adjunct containing assessment tools, and templates for designing, implementing, and evaluating retention strategies Chapters updated to provide a wealth of new information and evidence-based strategies Real-life scenarios featuring diverse learners and settings Vignettes to synthesize and demonstrate application of learning

Often students do not seek help until difficulty arises, and then it is often too late
to improve an academically precarious situation. (See Chapter 13 for details
concerning enrichment programs and study group strategies.) Early planned ...

Developing a Vision: Strategic Planning for the School Librarian in the 21st Century, 2nd Edition

Strategic Planning for the School Librarian in the 21st Century, Second Edition

This text shows teacher librarians how to become leaders in their schools and apply their unique skills and insight to develop a timely and meaningful vision for the school's library. • Presents two different approaches to strategic planning • Numerous figures are provided to clearly illustrate the strategic planning process

This text shows teacher librarians how to become leaders in their schools and apply their unique skills and insight to develop a timely and meaningful vision for the school's library. • Presents two different approaches to strategic ...

Trainer's Guide

Caring for Infants & Toddlers, Second Edition

The Trainer's Guide: Caring for Infants & Toddlers is the most comprehensive training program available to help teachers develop the skills and knowledge necessary to obtain a CDA credential. In this first new edition since 1991, the content from all 13 modules is now in the main text, while all of the self-assessments and learning activity forms are in the accompanying Skill-Building Journal. The Trainer's Guide offers specific suggestions for implementing the program and providing feedback to staff. It includes knowledge assessments, answer sheets, observation forms with checklists, and tracking forms.

The Trainer's Guide: Caring for Infants & Toddlers is the most comprehensive training program available to help teachers develop the skills and knowledge necessary to obtain a CDA credential.

Islamic Finance

Principles and Practice, Second Edition

¾Islamic Finance is essential reading for students of economics, finance and Islamic studies. Moreover, a detailed examination of both financial products and fiscal and monetary policies ensures that it will also appeal to banking staff, financial jour

Ahmad, Imad-ad-Dean (1998), 'The dinar: indispensability of hard money to the
Islamic monetary regime', paper presented to the American Muslim Social
Scientists, Chicago, 30 October, www.minaret.org/OLD/MONETARY.HTM and ...

Activity-Based Cost Management in Government

Second Edition

Be more confident in your decisions and have the ability to predict the type and level of resources you’ll need to meet future demands! Activity-Based Cost Management in Government, 2nd Edition makes it easy to understand the behavior and economics of your cost structure. Determine the true costs of your processes, outputs and outcomes so that you can achieve optimal performance. Written in easy-to-understand language and clearly illustrated, Gary Cokins’ Activity-Based Cost Management in Government, 2nd Edition provides the financial techniques to: Identify the advantages of Activity-Based Cost Management versus traditional costing methods to improve productivity and increase value. Understand why output costs are high and what drivers cause those levels. Learn what it truly costs to serve different types of internal and external end-users and citizens. Predict future expense levels with Activity-Based Planning and Activity-Based Budgeting. Learn how to design, construct, and implement an effective Activity-Based Cost Management system. Explore how and why managerial accounting is evolving into managerial economics. Bonus! Includes over 100 robust illustrations often described as “the best pictures that people have ever seen for communicating the concepts” behind Activity-Based Cost Management in government.

Collecting Cost Data This is where measuring and managing costs begins. As
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An Introduction to the Nature and Functions of Language

Second Edition

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Ten Steps to Positive Living

(Second Edition)

Written in a typically practical and straightforward style, this popular book shows how to develop a truly positive outlook. These ten steps outline skills to help people to take control, be flexible, accept reality, develop self-acceptance, accept change and improve relationships. Steps may be followed in order, or taken individually as required. The book has been updated in line with current therapeutic thinking, with particular emphasis on the concepts of resilience and mindfulness.

Written in a typically practical and straightforward style, this popular book shows how to develop a truly positive outlook.