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"Authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars: same year at Yale, same debut year in publishing. But Athena's a cross-genre literary darling, and June didn't even get a paperback release. Nobody wants stories about basic white girls, June thinks. So when June witnesses Athena's death in a freak accident, she acts on impulse: she steals Athena's just-finished masterpiece, an experimental novel about the unsung contributions...
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Book Apart volume no. 47
Publisher
A Book Apart
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
[First edition].
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1 online resource (159 pages) : illustrations
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English
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There's a resurgent labor movement in the tech industry. Tech workers--designers, engineers, writers, and many others--have learned that when they stand together, they're poised to build a better version of the tech industry. They haven't stopped there: at companies from Kickstarter to Google, workers have formed unions. And you should, too. But what are unions? And why do they matter? Ethan Marcotte answers these questions through extensive research...
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English
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"Transform your corner of the world with strategies from a social change visionary In The Toolbox: Methods and Mindsets for Social Impact, celebrated nonprofit executive Jacob Harold delivers an expert guide to doing good in the 21st century. In the book, you'll explore nine tools that have driven world-shaking social movements and billion-dollar businesses--tools that can work just as well for a farmers market or fire department or small business....
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MIT Sloan Management Review
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
[First edition].
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1 online resource (5 pages)
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English
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Supply chain bottlenecks, labor and transportation costs, tariffs, geopolitical tensions, and industrial policies are driving a resurgence in U.S.-based manufacturing. The authors discuss six key factors that business leaders should consider as they decide whether to reshore their manufacturing operations to the United States.
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
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1 online resource.
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English
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FACTORIES OF THE FUTURE The book provides insight into various technologies adopted and to be adopted in the future by industries and measures the impact of these technologies on manufacturing performance and their sustainability. Businesses and manufacturers face a slew of demands beyond the usual issues of staying agile and surviving in a competitive landscape within a rapidly changing world. Factories of the Future deftly takes the reader through...
6) Munitions industry: minutes of the War Industries Board from August 1, 1917, to December 19, 1918
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U.S. Government Printing Office
Pub. Date
1935.
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1 online resource (x, 625 pages) : illustrations, forms.
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English
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Dez Limerick novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Dez travels to Portland to help his friend Riziah Swann uncover the truth after her business journalist sister was attacked and seriously injured and her apartment was ransacked, in the second novel of the series following The Gatekeeper.
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Productivity Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (203 p.)
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English
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Business Automation and Its Effect on the Labor Force informs business managers on new technologies that can make their industries more efficient. This book provides a primer on quantum computing, artificial intelligence, robotics, and sensors. As a business management book, managers can start planning for the future. The author predicts when the advanced systems would be ready to use. Getting a clearer picture of what is on the horizon, business...
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Routledge
Pub. Date
2022.
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1 online resource (338 p.).
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English
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Lean is about building and improving stable and predictable systems and processes to deliver to customers high-quality products/services on time by engaging everyone in the organization. Combined with this, organizations need to create an environment of respect for people and continuous learning. It's all about people. People create the product or service, drive innovation, and create systems and processes, and with leadership buy-in and accountability...
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Publisher
Productivity Press
Pub. Date
2022
Physical Desc
1 online resource (262 p.).
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English
Description
Lean is about building and improving stable and predictable systems and processes to deliver to customers high-quality products/services on time by engaging everyone in the organization. Combined with this, organizations need to create an environment of respect for people and continuous learning. It's all about people. People create the product or service, drive innovation, and create systems and processes, and with leadership buy-in and accountability...
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CRC Press
Pub. Date
Ã2013
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2nd ed.
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1 online resource (xxvii, 432 pages)
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English
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In the past ten years, brazing technology has undergone sweeping changes. Yet because there are so few practitioners who understand the finer points of the technology, many of the companies that use brazing as their preferred metal-joining procedure are failing to use it to best effect. Fully updated to reflect the latest practices, this second edition of Industrial Brazing Practice helps you develop the most effective brazing procedure for your particular...
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Productivity Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (black and white).
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English
Description
While innovation can be defined in many ways, the author sees it as a process. It is not the sudden eureka moment in the middle of the night, nor is it a clear and linear path towards a final destination. Instead, it involves a strong sense of creativity and curiosity. An innovative mind has a natural inclination towards out-of-the-box thinking. It involves a willingness to try something new, without fear or judgment, to develop something no one else...
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Publisher
Productivity Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations (colour).
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English
Description
This book is aimed at manufacturing and planning managers who struggle to bring a greater degree of stability and more effective use of assets to their operations, not realizing the degree to which production scheduling affects those objectives. It has been reported that 75% of the problems on the manufacturing floor are caused by activities outside the plant floor. Poor production scheduling strategies and systems are often the biggest contributors...
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Publisher
Productivity Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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1 online resource (388 pages) : illustrations
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English
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Product design is becoming increasingly challenging as product complexity increases dramatically with the advent of autonomous control and the need to achieve zero emissions. Companies continue to have poor product launches with significant numbers of recall campaigns and high after-sales warranties. It is important that potential product failures are identified and fixed during the design of a product. Failure modes found after the design has matured...
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