The growing industry of Network Marketing is clearly the rising star among home-based businesses, and in "The New Professionals, " the authors take a close look at current trends and offer success stories of industry leaders.
A new approach to wine connoisseurship. A big, beautiful serious wine book, in the tradition of Michael Broadbent's The Great Vintage Wine Book. Illustrated.
The Spanish conquest of Mexico was a remarkable military expedition that had a huge impact on the history of the world. Hernan Cortes led the expedition, the aim of which was the addition of Mexico to the Spanish Empire, and the extraction of Aztec riches. Following the appearance of portents, the Aztecs were expecting a catastrophe in 1519, and ...
The circumstances surrounding Abraham Lincoln's speech at Gettysburg in 1863. Watercolor illustrations accompany the text which includes both historical facts and personal anecdotes.
Here's the quickest and most inexpensive way to learn about the pioneering work of Shigeo Shingo, co-creator (with Taiichi Ohno) of just-in-time. It's an introductory book containing excerpts of five of his classic books as well as an excellent introduction by Professor Robinson.
Learn from these author's experiences tailoring TPM to the distinctive needs of North American plants, and how TPM fits into an overall manufacturing improvement strategy. A real-world view on what works and what doesn't, an excellent resource for strategic planning, and an educational tool for middle and upper management. Includes the seven ...
When a young pioneer girl smuggles a cat aboard the wagon train taking her family from Missouri to Oregon, it turns out to be the best thing she could have done.
This is the definitive survey of computational intelligence from luminaries in the field. Computational intelligence is a fast moving, multidisciplinary field the nexus of diverse technical interest areas that include neural networks, fuzzy logic, and evolutionary computation. Keeping up with computational intelligence means understanding how it ...
Access the world's most advanced thinking on JIT, kaizen, TEI, and TPM! A great resouce at a great price, this is an excellent and comprehensive book. If you are interested in continuous improvement, or even just considering what it might do for you this is the resource you need. Here in one volume is a compendium of materials from our best ...
Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) is an extremely effective strategy for increasing industrial competitiveness in today's global economy. Enlightened company leaders are recognizing that TPM is a "best of class" manufacturing improvement process. Yet some U.S. firms have been only partially successful in implementing a TPM program. Now, two ...
John Gregory Bourke kept a set of diaries beginning as a young cavalry lieutenant in Arizona in 1872 and ending the evening before his death in 1896. This work begins with Bourke's years as aide-de-camp to General Crook during the Apache campaigns and in dealings with Cochise.
This practical guide contains methodologically-grounded descriptions of how to successfully undertake individual assessment which is a professional practice important to Human Resource Managers, executives and anyone making decisions about employees. The guide includes case studies and applied examples showing "how to" conduct individual ...
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark ...
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