Om te voorkomen dat de productiebedrijven vertrekken naar de goedkopere landen, moeten de Nederlandse bedrijven alles op alles zetten om efficiënt en effectief te produceren. Standaardiseren, mechaniseren en automatiseren zijn hoogst noodzakelijk.

Dit praktische handboek legt stap voor stap uit hoe het automatiseren van productieprocessen succesvol opgezet wordt. De theorie is gebaseerd op de internationale standaard ISA-95. Praktijkvoorbeelden van British American Tobacco, Corus, Friesland...

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Wie ben je en wil je zijn als leraar?

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Het boek wil je – als (aanstaand) leraar – helpen om je persoonlijk meesterschap te ontwikkelen. Dat begint met het ontdekken van je eigen stem. Persoon, professional en praktijk worden aan elkaar verbonden via de uitwerking van de begrippen luisteren, leren en leid...

Agile softwareontwikkeling lijkt tegenwoordig de standaard aanpak. Maar in de praktijk blijken elementen van traditionele en agile requirements op grote schaal vermengd te worden. Bewust en vaker nog onbewust. Dat heeft grote impact op het werk van requirementsanalisten.

Business en IT bij elkaar brengen deden we altijd al. Laveren tussen de vaak botsende zienswijzen van traditionele en agile requirements is daar nu bijgekomen.

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Every year a considerable number of vessels is detained by Port State Control because of deficiency code 10127: Insuffience voyage or passage plan! Hence issues with voyage plans are counted among the top 5 claims. Just to have 'some' voyage plan turns out to be insufficient - the demand is to have a proper plan, compliant to rules. To compose a comprehensive voyage plan, however, a wide range of aspects has to be taken into account. Not only for a young graduate this might become a challenge...

All the basic principles of this important topic are clearly presented here in an account which takes as examples many compounds of industrial and biological significance. Consideration is given to the structure, reactions, and properties of benzene and classes of aromatic compounds derived from it, and topics such as thermodynamic versus kinetic control and pericyclic reactions are introduced. The text also covers polycyclic arenes and the small and large ring systems which are embraced by t...

Ship Stability for Masters and Mates explores all aspects of ship stability and ship strength, squat, and interaction and trim, as well as materials stresses and forces. Organized into 56 chapters, the book looks at the relationship between ship stability and ship motion, with emphasis on group weights in a ship. It also explains how TPCs are calculated for a range of drafts extending beyond the light and loaded drafts, along with form coefficients, including the coefficient of fineness of th...

Professional English in Use Medicine contains 60 units covering a wide variety of medical vocabulary. Topics include diseases and symptoms, investigations, treatment, examining and prevention. The book also introduces general medical vocabulary related to parts and functions of the body, medical and para-medical personnel, education and training, research, and presentations.

Professional English in Use Medicine has been carefully researched using the Institute for Applied Language Studies med...

Callister's Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction, 10th Edition promotes student understanding of the three primary types of materials (metals, ceramics, and polymers) and composites, as well as the relationships that exist between the structural elements of materials and their properties.

A practical guide to effective business model testing 7 out of 10 new products fail to deliver on expectations. Testing Business Ideas aims to reverse that statistic. In the tradition of Alex Osterwalder's global bestseller Business Model Generation, this practical guide contains a library of hands-on techniques for rapidly testing new business ideas.

Testing Business Ideas explains how systematically testing business ideas dramatically reduces the risk and increases the likelihood of success...

Cengel's Thermodynamics is known to be student friendly, self-instructive, and easy to read and understand even for the most challenging topics with the help of attractive illustrations, examples, and real-world applications. The authors' philosophy is that the best way to learn is by practice. Special effort is made throughout the book to reinforce material that was presented earlier and to appeal to students' natural curiosity and intuition. For instructors looking to engage students and en...