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"The epic history of the AR-15 rifle, America's most controversial weapon"-- Provided by publisher.

• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Chapter 1. Product Development the Gap
• Chapter 2. Learning
• Chapter 3. More Than Engineering
• Chapter 4. Front Loading
• Chapter 5. Readiness Level
• Chapter 6. The Right Solution
• Chapter 7. Benefits of Multiuse and Reuse
• Chapter 8. System of Systems
• Index
• About the Authors.

• Two Basic Models
• The EOQ Model
• The Newsvendor Model
• Recursion
• Solving a Triangular System of Equations
• Probabilistic Analysis of Models
• Proof by Mathematical Induction
• Shortest-Route Problems
• Stochastic Shortest-Route Problems
• Deterministic Production Planning
• Knapsack Problems
• Finite-Horizon Markov Decision Processes
• Example: e-Rite-Way
• General Vocabulary and Basic Results
• Characterizing the Optimal Policy
• Example: The Parking Problem
• Dynamic Inventory Management
• Preservation and Attainment
• Finite-Horizon Theory
• Finite-State and -Action Theory
• Proofs for the Finite-State and -Action Case
• Generalizations
• Optimality of Structured Policies
• Myopic Policies
• General Approaches to Finding Solutions
• Development
• Application to Inventory Theory
• Application to Reservoir Management
• Extensions
• Dynamic Inventory Models
• Optimality of (s, S) Inventory Policies
• Linear-Quadratic Model
• Monotone Optimal Policies
• Intuition
• Lattices and Submodular Functions
• A Dynamic Case
• Capacitated Inventory Management
• Structured Probability Distributions
• Some Interesting Distributions
• Quasi-K-Convexity
• A Variation of the (s, S) Inventory Model
• Generalized (s, S) Policies
• Empirical Bayesian Inventory Models
• Model Formulation
• Conjugate Priors
• Scalable Problems
• Dimensionality Reduction
• Infinite-Horizon Theory
• Problem Formulation
• Mathematical Preparations
• Finite State and Action Theory
• Generalizations.

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Overview on textile and fashion industry in Tanzania: a need to realize its potential in poverty alleviation
• 3. Transformation of Higher Education in Kenya in the Context of Collaboration with China on Textile and Fashion
• 4. Textiles Engineering and Fashion Designing Pedagogies: Sudanese Higher Institutes for Textiles and Fashion Educations, Rural Development, Enterprises Investments, and their internationalization Perspectives
• 5. The Uganda Textile Higher Education: The Current Status
• 6. Overview Of Textile And Fashion Higher Education In Burundi
• 7. Education and Investment Opportunities in the Textile and Apparel Sector in Ethiopia - An Overview
• 8. Conclusions.

• A backward-facing foreword
• Facing the sun
• Ingenious devices
• Tempus fugit
• The Golden Age
• Forging time
• Revolution time
• Working to the clock
• The watch of action
• Accelerated time
• Man and machine
• Eleventh hour
• How to repair a watch.

An award-winning British watchmaker takes readers on a journey through the history of time-keeping, from the earliest attempts to keep track of the passing of days to the engineering breakthrough that created the first watch.
Timepieces have accompanied human society from the depths of the oceans to the summit of Everest; the ice of the Arctic to the surface of the moon. Struthers provides a history of watchmaking, describing our earliest attempts at timekeeping and the ways in which it has shaped our attitudes to work, leisure, trade, politic, exploration, and mortality. -- adapted from jacket

• Workshops
• Production Lines
• Manufacturing Procedures
• Clean Rooms
• High Manufacturing Technology
• Fiber Optic Cable Types and Installations
• Manufacturing of Passive Fiber Optic Devices
• Manufacturing of Active Fiber Optic Devices
• Continuous Improvement in a Production Line
• Types of Waste
• Application of the 5Ss in Manufacturing Lines
• Management and Employee Responsibilities
• Lean Manufacturing
• Product Improvement
• Time Management in a Professional Environment
• Internal, External, and ISO Auditing
• High-Tech Manufacturing Safety

Advanced Manufacturing for Optical Fibers and Integrated Photonic Devices explores the theoretical principles and industrial practices of high-technology manufacturing. Focusing on fiber optic, semiconductor, and laser products, this book: Explains the fundamentals of standard, high-tech, rapid, and additive manufacturing workshops. Examines the production lines, processes, and clean rooms needed for the manufacturing of products. Discusses the high-technology manufacturing and installation of fiber optic cables, connectors, and active/passive devices. Describes continuous improvement, waste reduction through 5S application, and management's responsibilities in supporting production. Covers Lean Manufacturing processes, product improvement, and workplace safety, as well as internal/external and ISO auditing. Offers a step-by-step approach complete with numerous figures and tables, detailed references, and a glossary of terms. Employs the international system of units (SI) throughout the text. Advanced Manufacturing for Optical Fibers and Integrated Photonic Devices presents the latest manufacturing achievements and their applications in the high-tech sector. Inspired by the author's extensive industrial experience, the book provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary manufacturing technologies

This issue is a collection of selected, peer-reviewed papers in the area of materials science and technologies of materials synthesis and processing. Selected papers were presented at the 6th International Conference on Advanced Materials Research and Manufacturing Technologies and 4th International Conference on Materials Science and Manufacturing Engineering (AMRMT and MSME 2021, November 5, 2021, virtual form) and the 4th International Conference on Metal Material Processes and Manufacturing (ICMMPM 2021, September 25-26, 2021). Alloy, Steel, Coating, Additive Manufacturing, Graphene, Composite, Synthesis, Grain Growth, Electrical Properties, Mechanical Properties, Photocatalysis, Tribological Properties, Polymer, Nanomaterials Materials Science, Manufacturing, Electronics.

• Cover
• Table of Contents
• List of Figures and Tables
• Preface to the Fourth Edition
• Preface to the Third Edition
• Preface to the Second Edition
• Preface to the First Edition
• Acknowledgments
• About the Editor
• Acronym Glossary
• ASQ Six Sigma Black Belt Certification Body of Knowledge (2022)
• Part I: Organization-Wide Planning and Deployment
• Chapter 1: Organization-Wide Considerations
• Fundamentals of Six Sigma and Lean Methodologies
• Six Sigma
• Philosophy
• Methodology
• Statistical Standard
• Lean
• Lean and Six Sigma
• Lean Six Sigma Maturity Model

• Six Sigma, Lean, and Continuous Improvement Methodologies
• Using Lean Six Sigma
• Screening Criteria
• Relationships Among Business Systems and Processes
• Business Systems
• Processes
• Internal and External Stakeholders
• Strategic Planning and Deployment for Initiatives
• Return on Investment
• Measured Intangibles
• SWOT Analysis
• Contingency and Continuity Planning
• Chapter 2: Leadership
• Roles and Responsibilities
• Executive Leadership
• Champion or Sponsor
• Process Owner
• Master Black Belts
• Black Belts
• Green Belts
• Yellow Belts
• White Belts
• Finance

• Coaches
• Organizational Barriers
• Organization Structure
• Organization Culture
• Causes for Six Sigma Failures
• Training Programs
• Arbitrary Requirements
• Lack of Resources
• Poor Project Selection
• Critical Success Factors
• Change Management
• Stakeholder Analysis
• Readiness Assessment
• Proactive Change Management
• Communication Plans
• Part II: Organizational Process Management and Measures
• Chapter 3: Impact on Stakeholders
• Identifying Stakeholders
• Stakeholder Analysis
• Chapter 4: Benchmarking
• Types of Benchmarking
• Benchmarking Methodologies

• Dangers of Benchmarking
• Selecting Measures and Performance Goals
• Chapter 5: Business Measures
• Performance Measures
• Balanced Scorecard
• Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Features of Good KPIs
• Choosing KPIs
• Suboptimized Systems
• Key Behavior Indicators (KBIs)
• Objectives and Key Results (OKRs)
• Common Customer Loyalty Metrics
• Leading and Lagging Indicators
• Creating Line of Sight from Measures to Strategies
• Financial Measures
• Revenue Growth
• Market Share
• Margin
• Simple ROI
• Net Present Value
• Discounted ROI
• Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA)

• Defining Hard versus Soft Dollars
• False Savings
• Identifying Project Savings
• Part III: Team Management
• Chapter 6: Team Formation
• Team Types and Constraints
• Team Roles and Responsibilities
• Team Member Selection Criteria
• Other Considerations
• Team Success Factors
• Chapter 7: Team Facilitation
• Motivation Techniques
• Recognition
• Rewards
• Relationships Within the Team
• Demotivating Factors
• The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
• Team Stages of Development
• Team Communication
• Communicating Within the Team
• Communication Outside the Team

• Risk
• Reliability and FMEA
• Prerequisites of FMEA
• What is an FMEA
• Robustness
• The FMEA form and rankings
• Types of FMEA
• The common types of FMEAs
• Failure mode effects and criticality analysis (FMECA)
• Health FMEA
• Control plans
• Linkages of fmea
• Tools
• Trouble shooting an fmea
• Typical concerns when conducting an FMEA
• FMEAs used in selected specific industries
• ISO, six sigma, lean and FMEA.