Widely used across industrial and manufacturing automation, Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) perform a broad range of electromechanical tasks with multiple input and output arrangements, designed specifically to cope in severe environmental conditions such as automotive and chemical plants. Programmable Logic Controllers: A Practical Approach using CoDeSys is a hands-on guide to rapidly gain proficiency in the development and operation of PLCs based on the IEC 61131-3 standard. Using the...

POWER ELECTRONICS A FIRST COURSE Enables students to understand power electronics systems, as one course, in an integrated electric energy systems curriculum Power Electronics A First Course provides instruction on fundamental concepts related to power electronics to undergraduate electrical engineering students, beginning with an introductory chapter and moving on to discussing topics such as switching power-poles, switch-mode dc-dc converters, and feedback controllers. The authors also cove...

We're building more products today than ever before, but most of them fail--not because we can't complete what we want to build but because we waste time, money, and effort building the wrong product. What we need is a systematic process for quickly vetting product ideas and raising our odds of success. That's the promise of Running Lean.

In this inspiring book, Ash Maurya takes you through an exacting strategy for achieving product/market fit for your fledgling venture. You'll learn ideas an...

Innovation principles to bring about meaningful and sustainable growth in your organization Using a list of more than 2,000 successful innovations, including Cirque du Soleil, early IBM mainframes, the Ford Model-T, and many more, the authors applied a proprietary algorithm and determined ten meaningful groupings the Ten Types of Innovation that provided insight into innovation. The Ten Types of Innovation explores these insights to diagnose patterns of innovation within industries, to identi...

Addresses the main systems necessary for the successful operation of a maintenance organization, such as performance control, work control and documentation. This work shows how they can be modelled, their function and operating principles, and the main problems encountered in operation.

What will you learn from this book? Ready to learn Java? This book combines puzzles, strong visuals, mysteries, and soul-searching interviews with famous Java objects to engage you in many different ways. It's fast, it's fun, and it's effective. And despite its playful appearance, Head First Java is serious stuff: a complete introduction to object-oriented programming and Java.

You'll learn everything from the fundamentals to advanced topics. The new third edition brings the book up-to-date f...

L'atelier niveau B1 : l'action et la médiation au coeur de l'unité ! Envie de participer à une dynamique collective, bienveillante et rassurante ? Cultivez la coopération et partagez une expérience collective du faire ensemble Notre conviction : Un apprenant autonome progresse mieux ! Comme dans un atelier de fabrication, nos outils occupent une place de choix NOUVEAU ! La Fabrique des mots, de la grammaire, des verbes et des sons : une double page de réflexion collective et d'applicati...

This textbook covers the entire Business Process Management (BPM) lifecycle, from process identification to process monitoring, covering along the way process modelling, analysis, redesign and automation. Concepts, methods and tools from business management, computer science and industrial engineering are blended into one comprehensive and inter-disciplinary approach. The presentation is illustrated using the BPMN industry standard defined by the Object Management Group and widely endorsed by...

- Standaardwerk op het gebied van bedrijfseconomie;

- zeer toegankelijk door de praktische opzet;

- nadruk op het bijbrengen van bedrijfseconomisch inzicht.

Bedrijfseconomie voor het besturen van organisaties behandelt verschillende bedrijfseconomische vraagstukken – zoals het maken van een balans- en liquiditeitsbegroting – aan de hand van werkelijke gegevens van bestaande ondernemingen. Daarbij wordt niet alleen rekening gehouden met bedrijfseconomische argumenten, maar ook met commerci...

- Combineert traditionele kennis van business marketing met nieuwe trends en ontwikkelingen in o.a. online marketing;

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- met veel extra online ondersteuning.

Business marketing combineert op overzichtelijke wijze de meer traditionele en praktische kennis van business marketing, over het koopgedrag van organisaties, marktonderzoek en segmentatie, met de nieuwste inzichten op het gebied van online marketing. Thema’s die daarbij worden behandeld ...