Industrial and Systems Engineering Series
About the Book Series
Industrial Engineering has evolved as a major engineering and management discipline, the effective utilization of which has contributed to our increased standard of living through increased productivity, quality of work, and quality of services and improvements in the working environments. The Industrial and Systems Engineering book series provides timely and useful methodologies for achieving increased productivity and quality, competitiveness, globalization of business and for increasing the quality of working life in manufacturing and service industries. This book series should be of value to all industrial engineers and managers, whether they are in profit motivated operations or in other nonprofit fields of activity.
If you are interested in writing or editing a book for the series or would like more information, please contact Cindy Carelli, [email protected].
Sustainable Innovations and Performance of Organizations in the Age of Digitalization
1st Edition
Edited
By Sonia Umair, Umair Waqas, Beata Mrugalska
April 10, 2026
The digital era leverages blockchain and IoT technologies to revolutionize sustainability by enabling real-time resource monitoring, reducing waste, and providing transparent supply chain verification. This book examines sustainability and organizational transformation through comprehensive ...
Industry 4.0 and Intelligent Manufacturing Technologies
1st Edition
Edited
By Beata Mrugalska, Waldemar Karwowski, Tareq Z. Ahram
September 10, 2025
The world is undergoing a transformation driven by Industry 4.0 and intelligent manufacturing technologies. This book explores aspects of well-being and collaboration in industrial systems which were underscored by automation and security focus. Industry 4.0 and Intelligent Manufacturing ...
Production Management, Manufacturing, and Process Control
1st Edition
Edited
By Beata Mrugalska, Waldemar Karwowski, Tareq Z. Ahram
October 09, 2024
Drawing on contributions from various manufacturing fields, this book offers a comprehensive perspective by combining theoretical concepts with practical applications. It emphasizes future developments, the integration of technologies, and the crucial role of humans in manufacturing companies. ...
Global Advances in Engineering Education
1st Edition
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By J.P. Mohsen, Mohamed Y. Ismail, Hamid R. Parsaei, Waldemar Karwowski
March 31, 2021
The engineering profession is at a critical juncture that requires reforming engineering education. The supply of engineers is declining whereas the nature of the demand is changing. Formulating a response to these challenges demands the adoption of new and innovative tools and methods for ...
Manufacturing Productivity in China
1st Edition
Edited
By Li Zheng, Simin Huang, Zhihai Zhang
March 31, 2021
Chinese manufacturing industries continue to impact the world economy. It is important to understand what is happening in China and the uniqueness of Chinese manufacturing industries. Manufacturing Productivity in China brings together a group of authors from academia and industry to give an ...
Ergonomics and Human Factors in Safety Management
1st Edition
Edited
By Pedro Miguel Ferreira Martins Arezes, Paulo Victor Rodrigues de Carvalho
December 10, 2019
Accident prevention is a common thread throughout every aspect of our society. However, even with the most current technological developments, keeping people safe and healthy, both at workplaces and at other daily activities, is still a continual challenge. When it comes to work environments, ...
Human Factors in Transportation: Social and Technological Evolution Across Maritime, Road, Rail, and Aviation Domains
1st Edition
Edited
By Giuseppe Di Bucchianico, Andrea Vallicelli, Neville A. Stanton, Steven J. Landry
December 10, 2019
More and more the most traditional and typical applied ergonomics issues of the activities related to sea shipping, vehicle driving, and flying are required to deal with some emerging topics related to the growing automatism and manning reduction, the ICT’s advances and pervasiveness, and the new ...
Supply Chain Management and Logistics: Innovative Strategies and Practical Solutions
1st Edition
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By Zhe Liang, Wanpracha Art Chaovalitwongse, Leyuan Shi
August 30, 2017
Designed by practitioners for practitioners, Supply Chain Management and Logistics: Innovative Strategies and Practical Solutions provides a wide-spectrum resource on many different aspects involved in supply chain management, including contemporary applications. With contributions from leading ...
Laser and Photonic Systems: Design and Integration
1st Edition
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By Shimon Y. Nof, Andrew M. Weiner, Gary J. Cheng
March 29, 2017
New, significant scientific discoveries in laser and photonic technologies, systems perspectives, and integrated design approaches can improve even further the impact in critical areas of challenge. Yet this knowledge is dispersed across several disciplines and research arenas. Laser and Photonic ...
Managing Professional Service Delivery: 9 Rules for Success
1st Edition
By Barry M. Mundt, Francis J. Smith, Stephen D. Egan Jr.
June 05, 2014
Although the nature of service delivery varies significantly from profession to profession, the way the service is delivered tends to be fairly consistent among professions—or, at least, it should be. A step-by-step guide, Managing Professional Service Delivery—9 Rules for Success describes in ...
Cultural Factors in Systems Design: Decision Making and Action
1st Edition
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By Robert W. Proctor, Shimon Y. Nof, Yuehwern Yih
October 25, 2011
Cultural factors, in both the narrow sense of different national, racial, and ethnic groups, and in the broader sense of different groups of any type, play major roles in individual and group decisions. Written by an international, interdisciplinary group of experts, Cultural Factors in Systems ...
Handbook of Healthcare Delivery Systems
1st Edition
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By Yuehwern Yih, Vincent Duffy, Denny Yu
December 13, 2010
With rapidly rising healthcare costs directly impacting the economy and quality of life, resolving improvement challenges in areas such as safety, effectiveness, patient-centeredness, timeliness, efficiency, and equity has become paramount. Using a system engineering perspective, Handbook of ...