The classic reference, completely updated to cover the latest issues and challenges!

Maynard's Industrial Engineering Handbook is the most complete, practical working guide to the principles, methods, materials, and systems of industrial engineering available. The Fifth Edition is a bold new reference for a vibrant profession.

Designed for industrial engineers who are challenged to do more, in more arenas, this new edition of an industry pillar gives you:

• Focus on practical applications of new methods and technologies
• Succinct articles and summaries with superb indexing that yield the information you want quickly
• Inclusive coverage of everything from the evolution of industrial engineering to useful developments in CAD/CAM, with the emphasis on productivity
• More than 20 full-scale case studies with detailed closeups of real-world application successes

Maynard's contains the newest, most efficient, and cost-effective methods and technologies:

• 133 solution-packed chapters--90 percent completely new--from 176 expert contributors from the United States, Canada, Europe, Central America, and Asia
• Comprehensive, applications-oriented coverage of traditional and up-to-date IE topics
• Tested, cost-cutting breakthroughs in information technology, computer simulation, statistical quality control, sensors and controls, economic analyses, robotics, planning, management, organization, and more

Contents

1. Industrial Engineering: Past, Present and Future
2. Productivity, Performance, and Ethics
3. Engineering Economics
4. Work Analysis and Design
5. Work Measurement and Time Standards
6. Ergonomics and Safety
7. Compensation Management and Labor Relations
8. Facilities Planning
9. Planning and Scheduling
10. Logistics and Distribution
11. Statistics, Operations Research, and Optimization
12. Information and Communication Management
13. Product Design and Quality Management
14. Manufacturing Technologies
15. Government and Service Industry Applications
16. Maintenance Management
17. Tools, Techniques, and Systems

Glossary
Index

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