Review of Facilities Design (Hardcover)

This book is the Bible for facility design, layout, relayout, analysis, and modeling.An essential book for anyone interested in these topics.

Product Description
FACILITIES DESIGN strikes a successful balance between quantitative modeling of facilities design and practical discussion of real-world facilities design, material handling, and storage and warehousing problems. Distinguishing this book is its excellent treatment of general-purpose solution techniques, including simulated annealing, genetic algorithms, and tabu search (in Chapter 7); its up-to-date presentation of group technology and cellular manufacturing systems; and its in-depth coverage of facility location (in Chapters 13 and 14). Many chapters have detailed case studies. For example, Chapters 11 and 12 describe material handling and automated storage and retrieval (AS/RS) systems in action, with copious illustrations of modern systems at work. A bound-in disk includes Fortran computer programs for two types of ABSMODELs (in Chapter 5), as well as BLOCPLAN software for demonstrating layout problem-solving concepts and problems.

About the Author
Sunderesh Heragu is the Mary Lee and George F. Duthie Chair in Engineering Logistics at the University of Louisville. Previously he was Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and has held tenure-track and visiting appointments at State University of New York, University of Twente, and Technical University of Eindhoven in the Netherlands.

The first edition of this book was published by PWS Publishing Company. Dr. Heragu has authored or co-authored over one hundred articles many of which have appeared in journals, magazines, books and conference proceedings. Dr. Heragu is a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE).--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Review of Managing with Microsoft Project 2002 (Miscellaneous) (Paperback)

I have a development background but I found this book hard going. It was a little bit like being given a map and some directions but never being able to reach your destination - there was always something lacking or paragraphs went off at a tangent.I found that there was little logical structurein this book. I had to look for things in the later chapters before everything made sense in the earlier ones. I can't say I will be using this one as a reference. I think there are better ones around.

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Manage Your Projects Effectively and Efficiently! With Project 2002, you've already purchased the most comprehensive project management software available. Now you've found the perfect resource to ensure that you get the most out of your investment! Managing with Microsof Project 2002, 4th Edition is a one-of-a-kind guide to successful project planning. From setting up a new project and making adjustments along the way to sharing and publishing your project information, this book has the tips you need to most effectively manage your project from start to finish.

About the Author
Lisa A. Bucki, currently residing in Fairview, North Carolina, has spent six years as a consultant, author, technical writer developer, and trainer.She has more than twelve years of experience with computer book publishing.She has developed over 100 computer book titles and has been an author, co-author, contributor to more then 35 books and multimedia titles, including "Keynote Fast & Easy" (Premier Press, 1592001297), "Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Fast & Easy Web Development" (Premier Press, 159200119X), Adobe Photoshop Digital Darkroom(1931841926, Premier Press), Mac OS X Version 10.2 Jaguar Fast & Easy" (1592000444, Premier Press), and "Managing Microsoft Project 98" (Premier Press, 0761519866).

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