Residential Review Project, Phase One
Residential Review Project, Phase One

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Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13:

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The Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) and the Federation of Community Social Services of BC (Federation) are undertaking a joint review of residential care services provided by MCFD. The desired outcome of hte Project is to improve the experience and outcomes for children and youth who must, for some reason, be placed in a residential care setting.

Diagnostics for Strategic Decision-Making
Diagnostics for Strategic Decision-Making

Author: Joyce Thompsen

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-10-14

Total Pages: 333

ISBN-13: 1315474476

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This book helps readers develop a comprehensive understanding of diagnostics for strategic decision-making, with a focus on a method called rapid due diligence. This method presents a compelling solution to the need for effective diagnostics, drawing on academic rigor, critical thinking, systems dynamics, and advanced practicum to enable sound strategic decision-making. Guiding the reader through the six stages of the process from discovery, through analysis, synthesis, and interpretation, Thompsen engages all typical postgraduate disciplines in producing insights for practical application. Drawing on similarities with applied social science research, the rapid due diligence method is supported with scores of techniques, tools, instructions, guidelines, practical advice, and examples. Detailed cases and abbreviated examples of a variety of real strategic situations are provided from organizations operating in North America, Europe, Asia, India, and Australia. Ideal for graduate students, organizational leaders, and decision makers, this book is designed to invite deeper understanding and practical application of a strategic diagnostic process that discovers insights for achieving positive results.

Smart and Sustainable Manufacturing Systems for Industry 4.0
Smart and Sustainable Manufacturing Systems for Industry 4.0

Author: Vijaya Kumar Manupati

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2022-08-04

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 1000622177

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The current perspectives of smart and sustainable manufacturing systems hold important implications for current practices and understanding these concepts for further implications. This comprehensive reference text discusses both centralized and decentralized production systems, using variety of new cutting-edge approaches to solve the problem. The text covers simulation-based approaches including social network-based approaches, discrete event-based approaches, and knowledge based for smart and sustainable systems. It further covers mathematical models such as single-objective, multi-objective, and many-objective. The text discusses important topics including energy efficiency, transportation constrains for efficient and effective production, meta-heuristic and hybrid algorithms, and real-time monitoring and analysis for smart and sustainable production. This book- • Presents approaches to improve the objectives of sustain-ability and smart production systems. • Discusses Internet of Things (IoT) and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) concepts and its implementation for production systems. • Covers social network analysis method in distributed manufacturing systems. • Examines reckoning prognostics and diagnostics to monitor the health of the systems in perspective of distributed manufacturing. • Discusses aspects of Industry 4.0 in specific production systems. The text will be useful for graduate students and professional in the fields of mechanical engineering, production engineering, industrial engineering, and manufacturing.