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Breaking down the OEE methodology from a historical perspective, this book explores the overall effectiveness of machines and unveils novel design improvement methods, including hazard analysis, rate of change of failure analysis, failure rate finite element analysis, and theory of inventive problem solving. Explains what OEE is and how it can be used to address capacity issues and achieve overall effectiveness of machines Examines the issues of OEE and breaks down the methodology from a hist...

Winner of a Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award

The new edition of this Shingo Prize-winning bestseller provides critical insights and approaches to make any Lean transformation an ongoing success. It shows you how to implement a sustainable, successful transformation by developing a culture that has your stakeholders throughout the organizational chart involved and invested in the outcome. It teaches you how to successfully navigate the politics in cross-functional process imp...

Adopting an international approach and offering a broader context to social marketing, this second edition presents social marketing principles in a strategic, critical and reflexive way, illustrating the value of applying marketing to solve social problems.

Looking beyond the usual colonial narrative of the subject, Amanda Earley encourages the reader to think reflectively and critically about overlooked aspects of International Marketing such as power relations, history, ethics, culture and politics.

An essential textbook on Contemporary Cross-Cultural Management covering theory, practice and skills.

What Do We Know and What Should We Do About The Future of Work? is part of a new book series offering short, up-to-date overviews of key issues often misrepresented or simplified in the mainstream media.

This unique book explores the sustainability practices that benefit companies, stakeholders and society, by drawing upon the latest research and industry examples. Dissecting the interplay between marketing and society, Peterson encourages us to critically assess the demand for businesses to engage with sustainability guidelines and environmental concerns while remaining profitable.

International and Comparative Employment Relations text is the Employment Relations text for any lecturer taking a comparative approach, and this seventh edition has been thoroughly updated with new examples and discussion questions to engage students and encourage critical thinking.