Wrench In The System

Author : Harold Hambrose
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009-08-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780470413432

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Wrench in the System by Harold Hambrose Pdf

WRENCH IN THE SYSTEM Why business software doesn't work—and how to fix it Every year, businesses waste billions of dollars on information technology that doesn't communicate clearly with the people who use it. This fundamental flaw causes errors and delays, lowers profits, and can even endanger lives. In this groundbreaking book, technology designer Harold Hambrose shows executives and managers how to turn underperforming digital assets into powerhouse systems—how to specify small changes that dramatically boost productivity, how to reduce training costs, and how to ask vendors the right questions. Wrench in the System reveals: Why so many of our essential software systems are needlessly confusing How to make low-cost changes that provide direct, measurable benefits The hidden costs of forcing people to adapt to clumsy electronic tools The secrets of matching software to the needs of the company How to leverage the power of technology for innovation Information technology is still in its adolescence, and Hambrose explains that because the industry has grown so quickly, it's still in an awkward phase. Software manufacturers have been in such a rush to add new features that they haven't paid enough attention to the human beings who use their products. Most software systems are built to fulfill business requirements and technical specifications, but often they fail to meet expectations because they aren't designed to anticipate human needs. As a result, much of our most powerful business software is ineffective and underutilized. With compelling case histories and an engaging narrative, Hambrose exposes popular nonsense about software systems and shows how to evaluate them and measure their performance just as we do every other product. This timely book by an industry insider tells decision makers what they need to know to un-lock the full potential of one of their biggest business investments.

Author : I. C. Jong,B. G. Rogers
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0030263093

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Engineering Mechanics by I. C. Jong,B. G. Rogers Pdf

See preceding entry. This companion text for a fundamental course in statics, usually offered in the sophomore or junior year in engineering curricula, emphasizes the application of principles to the analysis and solution of problems. Assumes background in algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and basic differential and integral calculus; college physics would be helpful. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Xin-Jun Liu,Jinsong Wang
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783642369292

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Parallel Kinematics by Xin-Jun Liu,Jinsong Wang Pdf

Parallel Kinematics- Type, Kinematics, and Optimal Design presents the results of 15 year's research on parallel mechanisms and parallel kinematics machines. This book covers the systematic classification of parallel mechanisms (PMs) as well as providing a large number of mechanical architectures of PMs available for use in practical applications. It focuses on the kinematic design of parallel robots. One successful application of parallel mechanisms in the field of machine tools, which is also called parallel kinematics machines, has been the emerging trend in advanced machine tools. The book describes not only the main aspects and important topics in parallel kinematics, but also references novel concepts and approaches, i.e. type synthesis based on evolution, performance evaluation and optimization based on screw theory, singularity model taking into account motion and force transmissibility, and others. This book is intended for researchers, scientists, engineers and postgraduates or above with interests in robotics and advanced machine tools technology such as parallel kinematics machines (PKMs). Xinjun Liu and Jinsong Wang, professors, work at The Institute of Manufacturing Engineering, Department of Precision Instruments and Mechanology, Tsinghua University.

Author : Kazumi Nakamatsu,Roumen Kountchev,Srikanta Patnaik,Jair M. Abe
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789819952038

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Advanced Intelligent Technologies for Information and Communication by Kazumi Nakamatsu,Roumen Kountchev,Srikanta Patnaik,Jair M. Abe Pdf

The book includes new research results of scholars from the Third International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Technologies (ICAIT 2022) organized by IRNet International Academic Communication Center, held during October 28–30, 2022. The book covers research work from active researchers who are working on collaboration of industry and various intelligent technologies such as intelligent technologies applicable/applied to manufacturing and distribution of industrial products, factory automation, and business. The topics included are all computational intelligence techniques applicable/applied to industry, intelligent techniques in data science applicable/applied to business and management, intelligent network systems applicable/applied to industrial production, intelligent technologies applicable to smart agriculture, and intelligent information systems for agriculture.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1920
Category : Electronic
ISBN : COLUMBIA:CU55813593

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United States Navy Aviation Mechanics' Training System for Engine Maintenance Force by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jean-Paul Laumond,Mark Overmars
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1997-02-11
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781439864524

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Algorithms for Robotic Motion and Manipulation by Jean-Paul Laumond,Mark Overmars Pdf

This volume deals with core problems in robotics, like motion planning, sensor-based planning, manipulation, and assembly planning. It also discusses the application of robotics algorithms in other domains, such as molecular modeling, computer graphics, and image analysis. Topics Include: - Planning - Sensor Based Motion Planning - Control and Moti

Author : J. Kerley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Cables
ISBN : NASA:31769000445588

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Cable Compliance by J. Kerley Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Krishna Prakashan Media
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Mechanics by Anonim Pdf

Author : U. Briegel,Wen-Jiao Xiao
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2001-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 0080538363

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Paradoxes in Geology by U. Briegel,Wen-Jiao Xiao Pdf

An interesting volume presenting the papers collected for the Festschrift "Paradoxes in Modern Geology" in honor of Professor Ken Jinghwa Hsu on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Paradox, as defined in a dictionary, is a statement contrary to accepted opinion. That a broad discussion of paradoxes is fruitful for the advancement of science in general, and geosciences in particular, has been amply demonstrated by Professor Hsu throughout his distinguished career. Not only has he propelled the geoscience community forward with his controversial statements, a number of his former students, who are currently in key positions at universities and in industry, are influencing in a similar open minded way the present day thinking. The wide scope this reasoning encompasses is demonstrated by the contributions to this book, delineating paradoxes and problems in the fields of tectonics, basic and applied geosciences, petrology, paleoceanography, paleoclimatology and paleogeography, kinematics and modelling.

Author : Jadran Lenarčič,Manfred L. Husty
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789401590648

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Advances in Robot Kinematics: Analysis and Control by Jadran Lenarčič,Manfred L. Husty Pdf

The contributions in this book were presented at the sixth international symposium on Advances in Robot Kinematics organised in June/July 1998 in Strobl/Salzburg in Austria. The preceding symposia of the series took place in Ljubljana (1988), Linz (1990), Ferrara (1992), Ljubljana (1994), and Piran (1996). Ever since its first event, ARK has attracted the most outstanding authors in the area and managed to create a perfect combination of professionalism and friendly athmosphere. We are glad to observe that, in spite of a strong competition of many international conferences and meetings, ARK is continuing to grow in terms of the number of participants and in terms of its scientific impact. In its ten years, ARK has contributed to develop a remarkable scientific community in the area of robot kinematics. The last four symposia were organised under the patronage of the International Federation for the Theory of Machines and Mechanisms -IFToMM. interest to researchers, doctoral students and teachers, The book is of engineers and mathematicians specialising in kinematics of robots and mechanisms, mathematical modelling, simulation, design, and control of robots. It is divided into sections that were found as the prevalent areas of the contemporary kinematics research. As it can easily be noticed, an important part of the book is dedicated to various aspects of the kinematics of parallel mechanisms that persist to be one of the most attractive areas of research in robot kinematics.

Author : United States. Department of the Army
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1004 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Airplanes, Military
ISBN : MINN:20000003186448

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General Aircraft Maintenance Manual by United States. Department of the Army Pdf

Author : Edward John Routh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108050289

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A Treatise on Analytical Statics by Edward John Routh Pdf

Edward John Routh (1831-1907) was a highly successful mathematics coach at Cambridge. He also contributed to the foundations of control theory and to the modern treatment of mechanics. Published between 1896 and 1902, this revised two-volume textbook offers extensive coverage of statics, with formulae and examples throughout.

Author : Edward Abbey
Publisher : Rosetta Books
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780795317361

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The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey Pdf

A motley crew of saboteurs wreaks havoc on the corporations destroying America’s Western wilderness in this “wildly funny, infinitely wise” classic (The Houston Chronicle). When George Washington Hayduke III returns home from war in the jungles of Southeast Asia, he finds the unspoiled West he once knew has been transformed. The pristine lands and waterways are being strip mined, dammed up, and paved over by greedy government hacks and their corrupt corporate coconspirators. And the manic, beer-guzzling, rabidly antisocial ex-Green Beret isn’t just getting mad. Hayduke plans to get even. Together with a radical feminist from the Bronx; a wealthy, billboard-torching libertarian MD; and a disgraced Mormon polygamist, Hayduke’s ready to stick it to the Man in the most creative ways imaginable. By the time they’re done, there won’t be a bridge left standing, a dam unblown, or a bulldozer unmolested from Arizona to Utah. Edward Abbey’s most popular novel, The Monkey Wrench Gang is an outrageous romp with ultra-serious undertones that is as relevant today as it was in the early days of the environmental movement. The author who Larry McMurtry (Lonesome Dove) once dubbed “The Thoreau of the American West” has written a true comedic classic with brains, heart, and soul that more than justifies the call from the Los Angeles Times Book Review that we should all “praise the earth for Edward Abbey!” “Mixes comedy and chaos with enough chase sequences to leave you hungering for more.”—The San Francisco Chronicle

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 828 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Geology
ISBN : UCSD:31822020625497

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Geological Survey Professional Papers by Anonim Pdf

Author : Goodnight,Kirk T. VanGelder
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Learning
Page : 706 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-30
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781284101980

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Automotive Engine Repair by Goodnight,Kirk T. VanGelder Pdf

Engine Repair, published as part of the CDX Master Automotive Technician Series, provides students with the technical background, diagnostic strategies, and repair procedures they need to successfully repair engines in the shop. Focused on a “strategy-based diagnostics” approach, this book helps students master diagnosis in order to properly resolve the customer concern on the first attempt.