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The Handbook of Industrial Engineering, Third Edition contains a vast array of timely and useful methodologies for achieving increased productivity, quality, and competitiveness and improving the quality of working life in manufacturing and service industries. This astoundingly comprehensive resource also provides a cohesive structure to the discipline ofindustrial engineering with four major classifications: technology performance improvement management management, planning, and design control and decision-making methods.
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HANDBOOK OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
Handbook of Industrial Engineering: Technology and Operations Management, Third Edition. Edited by Gavriel Salvendy Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
HANDBOOK OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING Technology and Operations Management Third Edition Edited by GAVRIEL SALVENDY Purdue University
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