1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910798266203321

Autore

Fredendall Lawrence D.

Titolo

An introduction to lean work design . Volume I Fundamentals of lean operations / / Lawrence D. Fredendall and Matthias Thùˆrer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : , : Business Expert Press, , 2016

ISBN

1-60649-323-X

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 122 pages)

Collana

Supply and operations management collection, , 2156-8200

Disciplina

658.5

Soggetti

Lean manufacturing

Work design

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Lean work design -- 2. Customers drive the lean company -- 3. Process flow -- 4. Little's law -- 5. The effects of variance in the system -- 6. Buffer management -- 7. People -- 8. Organizational structure -- 9. Why communication is important? -- 10. Summary -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Lean Work Design comes directly from our view that lean operations results from the work design. This book uses three existing work design theories to study lean operations and to identify the principles of lean operations. First, systems theory is used to conceptualize how lean operations differ from other work designs. Second, buffer theory, which views lean as a set of buffers to protect throughput from variance, is used to more effectively manage buffers. Third, organizational information processing theory is used to understand how the lean work design processes different types of information. So, lean work design is a work design that maximizes system productivity and effectiveness while minimizing the system's buffer costs. Lean does this by achieving tighter integration of its system components by using work design methods that incorporate a systems view of the organization. Appropriate work design methods consciously seek to incorporate a systems view and coordination into the design of a production or service process. This book is not about the many tools in lean. Rather, it focuses on understanding the lean concepts and how to



actively use these concepts to create structure and facilitate communication. The book introduces the fundamentals of Lean operations that are a key to creating a Lean Work Design. It provides a knowledge structure that can be adapted to the day- to-day problems encountered by managers of many different types of work systems.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910830474603321

Titolo

Energy autonomous micro and nano systems [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Marc Belleville, Cyril Condemine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : ISTE

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2012

ISBN

1-118-56183-X

1-118-58750-2

1-118-58782-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (394 p.)

Collana

ISTE

Altri autori (Persone)

BellevilleMarc

CondemineCyril

Disciplina

620.5

620/.5

Soggetti

Electric power supplies to apparatus

Low voltage systems

Direct energy conversion

Energy conservation - Equipment and supplies

Nanoelectromechanical systems

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Sensors at the core of building control -- Towards energy-autonomous medical implants -- Energy autonomous systems in aeronautic applications -- Energy harvesting by photovoltaic effect -- Mechanical energy harvesting -- Thermal energy harvesting -- Lithium micro-batteries -- Ultra-low power sensors -- Ultra-low power signal processing in autonomous systems -- Ultra-low power radio frequency communications and protocols -- Energy management in an



autonomous microsystem -- Optimizing energy efficiency of sensor networks.

Sommario/riassunto

Providing a detailed overview of the fundamentals and latest developments in the field of energy autonomous microsystems, this book delivers an in-depth study of the applications in the fields of health and usage monitoring in aeronautics, medical implants, and home automation, drawing out the main specifications on such systems. Introductory information on photovoltaic, thermal and mechanical energy harvesting, and conversion, is given, along with the latest results in these fields. This book also provides a state of the art of ultra-low power sensor interfaces, digital signal processing a