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      Computer Integration Engineering Design and Production: A National Opportunity

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Committee on the CAD/CAM Interface

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      Surviving Supply Chain Integration: Strategies for Small Manufacturers

      Committee on Supply Chain Integration,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The managed flow of goods and information from raw material to final sale also known as a supply chain affects everything - from the US gross domestic product to where…

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      Toward a New Era in U.S. Manufacturing: The Need for a National Vision

      Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

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      Visionary Manufacturing Challenges for 2020

      Committee on Visionary Manufacturing Challenges,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Presents a picture of the profitable and productive potential of manufacturing. This book takes an international view of manufacturing that considers the leaps and bounds of technological innovation and the…

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      Human Resource Practices for Implementing Advanced Manufacturing Technology

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Committee on the Effective Implementation of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

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      Breaking the Mold: Forging a Common Defense Manufacturing Vision

      Committee on Defense Manufacturing Strategy,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Given the changes in the environment for national defense, concurrent with improvements in commercial manufacturing capabilities, the Department of Defense (DOD) requires a fresh approach to designing, engineering, manufacturing, and…

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      Improving Engineering Design: Designing for Competitive Advantage

      Committee on Engineering Design Theory and Methodology,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Effective design and manufacturing, both of which are necessary to produce high-quality products, are closely related. This book explores the status of engineering design practice, education, and research in the…

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      Unit Manufacturing Processes: Issues and Opportunities in Research

      Unit Manufacturing Process Research Committee,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      A report of the National Research Council that helps define national priorities for research in unit processes. It contains an organizing framework for unit process families, criteria for determining the…

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      Research Directions in Computational Mechanics

      U.S. National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,National Research Council,Board on Telecommunication and Computer Applications

      Computational mechanics is a scientific discipline that allows scientists to study and predict the performance of various products - important for research and development in the industrialized world. This book…

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      The Internationalization of U.S. Manufacturing: Causes and Consequences

      Committee for the Study of the Causes and Consequences of the Internationalization of U.S. Manufacturing,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,National Research Council

      On the basis of discussions and analysis of the contemporary environment for international competition, this book aims to dispel misconceptions regarding the motivating forces behind internationalization. It seeks to improve…

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      Manufacturing Technology: Cornerstone of a Renewed Defense Industrial Base

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Committee on the Role of the Manufacturing Technology Program in the Defense Industrial Base

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      The Competitive Edge: Research Priorities for U.S.Manufacturing

      Committee on Analysis of Research Directions and Needs in U.S. Manufacturing,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      To maintain competitiveness in the emerging global economy, US manufacturing must rise to various standards of product quality, responsiveness to customers, and process flexibility. This volume presents a concise analysis…

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      Manufacturing Process Controls for the Industries of the Future

      Panel on Manufacturing Process Controls,Committee on Industrial Technology Assessments,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,National Materials Advisory Board,Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design

      Manufacturing process controls include all systems and software that exert control over production processes. Control systems include process sensors, data processing equipment, actuators, networks to connect equipment, and algorithms to…

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      Tanker Spills: Prevention by Design

      Committee on Tank Vessel Design Alternatives

      Evaluates and ranks a variety of tank ship hull designs proposed by experts around the world. This book explores the implications of the demand for petroleum and increase in tanker…

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      Fostering Industry-Initiated Environmental Protection Efforts

      Committee on Industrial Competitiveness and Environmental Protection,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,National Research Council,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology

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      Learning to Change: Opportunities to Improve the Performance of Smaller Manufacturers

      Committee to Assess the Barriers and Opportunities to Improve Manufacturing at Small and Medium-Sized Companies,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Manufacturing firms - large and small - face massive change and adjustment as they move from a stable, fault-tolerant environment of long production runs to a volatile world in which…

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      Space Station Engineering Design Issues: Report of a Workshop

      Workshop Committee on Space Station Engineering Design Issues,Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council

      The Space Station Freedom program is a major US manned space initiative. This book summarizes the findings and recommendations of a workshop that examined the space station program with a…

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      Improving the Design Quality of Federal Buildings

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Building Research Board,Committee on Improving the Design Quality of Federal Buildings

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      Design in the New Millennium: Advanced Engineering Environments: Phase 2

      Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board,Committee on Advanced Engineering Environments,National Research Council,National Academy of Engineering

      America is changing. Many of the most noticeable changes in day-to-day life are associated with the advancing capabilities of computer systems, the growing variety of tasks they can accomplish, and…

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      The Fourth Dimension in Building: Strategies for Avoiding Obsolescence

      Committee on Facility Design to Minimize Premature Obsolescence,Building Research Board,National Research Council

      Explores the meaning of obsolescence as the term applies to buildings. This book discusses the functional, economic, technological, social, legal, political, and cultural factors that can influence when obsolescence occurs…

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      Shiphandling Simulation: Application to Waterway Design

      Committee on Assessment of Shiphandling Simulation,Marine Board,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Addresses how computer-based simulation can be used to improve the cost-effectiveness of waterway design, while satisfying safety objectives. This book examines the role of computer simulation in improving waterway design…

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      Computer-Aided Materials Selection During Structural Design

      Committee on Application of Expert Systems to Materials Selection During Structural Design,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Reviews the structural design process and determines the elements, and capabilities required for a materials selection expert system to assist design engineers. This book also recommends the areas of expert…

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      Integrated Design of Alternative Technologies for Bulk-Only Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Board on Army Science and Technology,Committee on Review and Evaluation of the Army Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program

      The US Army is pilot testing chemical hydrolysis as a method for destroying the chemical agents stockpiled at Aberdeen, Maryland, and Newport, Indiana. This title focuses on the overarching issues…

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      Use of Building Codes in Federal Agency Construction

      National Research Council,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Building Research Board,Committee on Assessing the Impact on Federal Agencies of the Use of Building Codes as Design Criteria,National Academy of Sciences

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      Outsourcing Management Functions for the Acquisition of Federal Facilities

      Committee on Outsourcing Design and Construction-Related Management Services for Federal Facilities,Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      In this study outsourcing is defined as the organizational practice of contracting for services from an external entity while retaining control over assets and oversight of the services being outsourced…

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