Communities Across Borders
Communities Across Borders

Author: Paul Kennedy

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003-08-27

Total Pages: 398

ISBN-13: 1134526997

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Communities across Borders examines the many ways in which national, ethnic or religious groups, professions, businesses and cultures are becoming increasingly tangled together. It show how this entanglement is the result of the vast flows of people, meanings, goods and money that now migrate between countries and world regions. Now the effectiveness and significance of electronic technologies for interpersonal communication (including cyber-communities and the interconnectedness of the global world economy) simultaneously empowers even the poorest people to forge effective cultures stretching national borders, and compels many to do so to escape injustice and deprivation.

Production Systems and Supply Chain Management in Emerging Countries: Best Practices
Production Systems and Supply Chain Management in Emerging Countries: Best Practices

Author: Gonzalo Mejía

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-05-31

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 3642260047

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The book presents several highly selected cases in emerging countries where the production-logistics systems have been optimized or improved with the support of mathematical models. The book contains a selection of papers from the 5th International Conference on Production Research (ICPR) Americas 2010 held on July 21-23 in Bogotá, Colombia. The main topic of the conference was “Technologies in Logistics and Manufacturing for Small and Medium Enterprises” which is perfectly aligned with the realities of emerging countries. The book presents methodologies and case studies related to a wide variety of production/logistics systems such as diary production, auto parts, steel and iron production, and financial services. It is focused but not limited to Small/Medium Enterprises.

Introducing Operations Management
Introducing Operations Management

Author: Scott M. Shafer

Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 524

ISBN-13:

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This series introduces the core areas of chemical science, covering important concepts in an easy, accessible style. Each title contains a number of experiments and demonstrations, approached through the process of problem, hypothesis, experiment and conclusion. All the books support the QCA schemes of work and contain: definitions of important terms and explanations of key concepts; formulae and word equations; and the periodic table with explanatory notes. This title explores the concepts of elements and compounds.

Operations Management
Operations Management

Author: Jay H. Heizer

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 920

ISBN-13:

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A text/CD-ROM introduction to operations management, organized around 10 critical decisions in practice. Part I introduces concepts, and Part II describes designing operations. Part III describes managing operations in terms of performance, and Part IV outlines analytical techniques for decision making. Pedagogical features include margin notes, worked examples, critical thinking exercises, and database application problems. Also includes 46 case studies, global company profiles, boxed readings from newspapers, and video cases. The CD-ROM contains slides of main points, quizes, and simulation software. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.