Historically, the integration of manufacturing methodologies into the office environment has proven problematic. As a solution, Six Sigma guru James Martin presents proven modifications that can be properly deployed in offices, particularly those offices involved with global operations. Making use of kaizen and Six Sigma concepts, along with lean manufacturing principles, Lean Six Sigma for the Office instructs managers on how they can improve operational efficiency and increase customer satisfaction. Utilizing summarizing tables and operational roadmaps, he demonstrates how simple and standardized processes can be adopted to improve efficiency and eliminate costly mistakes.
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This volume offers a strategy for maximizing ease-of-use and ease-of-learning through an integrated performance support systems approach. The text provides how-to guidance throughout that developers can apply directly to the design of their performance support tools and products. Rather than cover a few specific topic areas, it examines the entire spectrum of performance support. The book explains how to match performance support methods to task requirements, gives an overview of important user characteristics, and provides general guidance for presentation, layout, formatting, media selection, the use of color and icons, and accessibility.
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¿Qué papel desempeña la voluntad en la formación de nuestras creencias? El filósofo y matemático W. K. Clifford (1845-1879) defiende en su famoso ensayo "La ética de la creencia" ?publicado por vez primera en español en este volumen? que "creer algo tomando como base una evidencia insuficiente es moralmente inaceptable siempre, en cualquier lugar y para todo el mundo". Entre las muchas respuestas que provocó este polémico escrito brilla con luz propia el célebre artículo de William James (1842-1910) "La voluntad de creer". En éste, el que fuera uno de los fundadores del pragmatismo y creador de la psicología científica americana reflexiona con la autoridad de quien ha experimentado en sus propias carnes el conflicto pascaliano entre las razones del corazón y del intelecto en contra de las pretensiones de vetar que "nuestra naturaleza pasional" intervenga en las decisiones de adoptar creencias filosóficas, religiosas o sentimentales a la vez que busca fundamentar científicamente "la legitimidad de la fe voluntariamente aceptada". El libro se completa con una introducción que ofrece una panorámica del contexto filosófico y social de Clifford y James, así como un análisis de los detalles menos conocidos de la polémica.

Written by three leading aeration experts, this book presents the state of the art in aeration, using examples from a variety of facilities in the USA and Europe. The authors investigate conventional and deep-tank aeration systems for BOD removal and nitrification, high-purity oxygen systems, operating and capital costs, and energy use data. They present design information on the adaptation of new aeration technologies to plants of diverse size. With the information in this book engineers and managers will be able to understand and monitor the efficiency of existing aeration systems and develop strategies for process improvement.
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This volume contains information about the automatic acquisition of biographic knowledge from encyclopedic texts, Web interaction and the navigation problem in hypertext.
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This supplement to the Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology looks at subjects ranging from algorithmic learning theory to statistical language modelling.
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Achieving Synergy Between Computer Power and Human Resources to Temporal and Modal Logic Programming Languages.
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This volume investigates automated scheduling and course scheduling at the University of Waikato to traffic control for real-time VBR services in ATM network.
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