Revised edition: 20 additional methods and a new chapter to introduce humanity-centred design

This handbook documents 80 methods used in design innovation projects leading to the design of new products or services. It is the first publication to bring together methods, tools and case studies that involve multiple disciplines and perspectives – from product and service design to interaction and user experience design. In this revised edition, the authors look beyond the human-centred design ...

Managing to Learn beschrijft het A3 Management proces voor probleemoplossing, mentoring, ontwikkeling van mensen en Lean leiderschap. Managing to Learn toont hoe een echte leider in actie eruit ziet, gemakkelijk te begrijpen en vertaalbaar naar echte gedragsverandering.

Managing to Learn is geschreven door Toyota-veteraan John Shook. Shook was de eerste westerse manager bij Toyota in Japan, voordat Toyota internationaal ging uitbreiden. Eén van zijn belangrijkste opdrachten was het ‘vertal...

Het langverwachte vervolg op de internationale bestsellers 'Business Model Generatie' en 'Waarde Propositie Ontwerp'.

'Het onoverwinnelijke bedrijf' is het nieuwste boek van Alex Osterwalder en Yves Pigneur, auteurs van de internationale bestseller 'Business Model Generatie' (in Nederland al ruim 50.000 verkocht), waarmee zij de manier hebben veranderd waarop bedrijven nieuwe producten creëren.

'Het onoverwinnelijke bedrijf' laat zien hoe sommige van ’s werelds meest succesvolle bedrijven ...

In 2014 verscheen het eerste boek in de serie 'Climbing the Mountain' en in 2017 verscheen de vertaling naar het Nederlands. Inmiddels zijn in deze serie meer dan 35.000 exemplaren verkocht en heeft het velen geholpen bij het ontwikkelen van een continue verbeterorganisatie en het oplossen van problemen. Voor u ligt de geheel herziene druk van de Green Belt, opgebouwd volgens de laatste versie van het CIMM-raamwerk en de LSSA skill set (v3.2).

Green Belts werken enerzijds aan het verbeteren v...

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...

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...

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.

For introductory courses in managerial finance. Using financial concepts to solve real-world problems with a proven teaching and learning framework The Teaching and Learning System - a hallmark feature of Principles of Managerial Finance - weaves pedagogy into concepts and practice, giving students a roadmap to follow through the text and supplementary tools. The 16th Edition concentrates on the material students need to know in order to make effective financial decisions in an increasingly c...