Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- The Representative Firm -- Macroeconomics in Action: Henry Ford and Total Factor Productivity -- Theory Confronts the Data: Total Factor Productivity and the U.S. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Price Transparency -- A Look to the Future -- Lessons Learned from Enron -- Keep Your Eye on the Cash -- Manage All of Your Risks -- Get Auditors Back to Basics -- Lessons Learned from the BP Oil Spill -- Chapter 18 Non-Financial Corporations -- Risk Management Requirements -- Credit Risks -- Market Risks and Hedging -- Stock Price Risk -- Investment Risks -- Hedging Risks -- Secondary Risks -- Operational and Insurable Risks -- Catastrophic Failures -- Business Risk -- Cultural Risks -- Pension Risks -- Outsourcing -- Reputational Risks -- Best Practices in Corporate Risk Management -- Risk Identification and Assessment -- Quantification and Reporting -- Management And Control -- Case Study: Microsoft -- Case Study: Ford -- Case Study: Airbus and Boeing -- Section Four A Look to the Future -- Chapter 19 Predictions -- The Profession of Risk Management -- A Career In Risk Management -- Education and Evangelism -- Technology and the Convergence of Risk Management -- Ten Predictions -- 2013 Looking Back -- Chapter 20 Everlast Financial -- Section Five ERM Implementation -- Chapter 21 ERM Implementation -- Benefits of Corporate Governance and ERM Practices -- McKinsey &amp -- Company (2002) -- Brown and Caylor (2004), Cheng and Wu (2005) -- Hoyt and Liebenberg (2009) -- Standard &amp -- Poor's (2010) -- ERM Implementation Requirements -- Definitions of Risk and ERM -- Governance Structure and Policies -- Risk Assessment and Quantification -- Risk Management -- Reporting and Monitoring -- ERM Maturity Model -- Stage 1: Definition and Planning (White Belt) -- Stage 2: Early Development (Yellow Belt) -- Stage 3: Standard Practice (Green Belt) -- Stage 4: Business Integration (Brown Belt) -- Stage 5: Business Optimization (Black Belt) -- Other ERM Maturity Models -- Risk Culture -- Chapter 22 Role of the Board -- Board Oversight Requirements…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Product‐Process Matrix -- Manufacturing Process Structuring -- Production and Inventory Strategies -- Layout -- Process Strategy Decisions -- Customer Involvement -- Resource Flexibility -- Capital Intensity -- Strategic Fit -- Decision Patterns for Service Processes -- Decision Patterns for Manufacturing Processes -- Gaining Focus -- Managerial Practice 2.1 Plants‐within‐a‐Plant at Ford Camacari -- Strategies for Change -- Process Reengineering -- Process Improvement -- Process Analysis -- Defining, Measuring, and Analyzing the Process -- Flowcharts -- Work Measurement Techniques -- Process Charts -- Data Analysis Tools -- Redesigning and Managing Process Improvements -- Questioning and Brainstorming -- Benchmarking -- Implementing -- Learning Goals in Review -- MyLab Operations Management Resources -- Key Terms -- Solved Problems -- Discussion Questions -- Problems -- Active Model Exercise -- Video Case Process Analysis at Starwood -- Case Custom Molds, Inc. -- Case Jose's Authentic Mexican Restaurant -- 3 QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE -- QVC -- Costs of Quality -- Prevention Costs -- Appraisal Costs -- Internal Failure Costs -- External Failure Costs -- Ethical Failure Costs -- Total Quality Management and Six Sigma -- Total Quality Management -- Managerial Practice 3.1 Improving Quality Through Employee Involvement at Santa Cruz Guitar Company -- Six Sigma -- Acceptance Sampling -- Statistical Process Control -- Variation of Outputs -- Control Charts -- Control Charts for Variables -- Control Charts for Attributes -- Process Capability -- Defining Process Capability -- Using Continuous Improvement to Determine the Capability of a Process -- International Quality Documentation Standards and Awards -- The ISO 9001:2008 Documentation Standards -- Malcolm Baldrige Performance Excellence Program -- Systems Approach to Total Quality Management…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…El hombre nuevo, privado de su trabajo -- La logística: obreros en los servicios -- Un retorno violento a Taylor y Ford -- El fin del juego o la imposible apropiación del trabajo…”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Cover -- The Complete Business Process Handbook -- Copyright -- Contents -- Author Biographies -- Foreword -- Abbreviations -- Introduction to the Book -- 1: Process Concept Evolution -- INTRODUCTION -- PROCESS CONCEPT EVOLUTION -- Sun Tzu -- Adam Smith -- Taylorism13 -- Henry Ford18 -- End Notes -- 2: Process ConceptEvolution -- INTRODUCTION -- GANTT CHART -- FRANK B. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Michael Aust, Scott M. Barrett, W. Mark Ford, C. Andrew Dolloff, Erik B. Schilling, T. Bently Wigley and M. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Kahn, p. 138; Edificio del Economist, de Alison y Peter Smithson, p. 140; Casa Vanna Venturi, de Robert Venturi, p. 142; Casa-patio en Fredensborg, Jørn Utzon, p. 144; Iglesia de Sankt Petri, de Sigrud Lewerentz, p. 146; Biblioteca de Seinäjoki, de Alvar Aalto, p. 148; Edificio de la Ford Foundation, de Kevin Roche y John Dinkeloo, p. 150; Iglesia católica en La Haya, de Aldo van Eyck, p. 152; Sea Ranch, de MLTW, p. 154; Kimbell Art Museum, de Louis I. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…4.2.2 Liu et al. [48] -- 4.2.3 Zhang et al. [43] -- 4.2.4 Comparative overview -- 5 GPU Solutions for Sequence-Profile Comparison -- 5.1 GPU Solutions Using the Viterbi Algorithm -- 5.1.1 Horn et al. [32] -- 5.1.2 Du et al. [44] -- 5.1.3 Walters et al. [33] -- 5.1.4 Yao et al. [34] -- 5.1.5 Ganesan et al. [49] -- 5.1.6 Ferraz and Moreano [36] -- 5.2 GPU Solutions Using the MSV Algorithm -- 5.2.1 Li et al. [35] -- 5.2.2 Cheng and Butler [37] -- 5.2.3 Araújo Neto and Moreano [50] -- 5.3 Comparative Overview -- 6 Conclusion and Perspectives -- References -- Chapter 7: Graph algorithms on GPUs -- 1 Graph representation for GPUs -- 1.1 Adjacency Matrices -- 1.2 Adjacency Lists -- 1.3 Edge Lists -- 2 Graph traversal algorithms: the breadth first search (BFS) -- 2.1 The Frontier-Based Parallel Implementation of BFS -- 2.2 BFS-4K -- 3 The single-source shortest path (SSSP) problem -- 3.1 The SSSP Implementations for GPUs -- 3.2 H-BF: An Efficient Implementation of the Bellman-Ford Algorithm -- 4 The APSP problem -- 4.1 The APSP Implementations for GPUs -- 5 Load Balancing and Memory Accesses: Issuesand Management Techniques -- 5.1 Static Mapping Techniques -- 5.1.1 Work-items to threads -- 5.1.2 Virtual warps -- 5.2 Semidynamic Mapping Techniques -- 5.2.1 Dynamic virtual warps + dynamic parallelism -- 5.2.2 CTA + warp + scan -- 5.3 Dynamic Mapping Techniques -- 5.3.1 Direct search -- 5.3.2 Local warp search -- 5.3.3 Block search -- 5.3.4 Two-phase search -- 5.4 The Multiphase Search Technique -- 5.5 Coalesced Expansion -- 5.6 Iterated Searches -- References -- Chapter 8: GPU alignment of two and three sequences -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Pairwise alignment -- 1.2 Alignment of Three Sequences -- 2 GPU architecture -- 3 Pairwise alignment -- 3.1 Smith-Waterman Algorithm -- 3.2 Computing the Score of the Best Local Alignment…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Aim and Scope -- Preface -- About the Editors -- Contributors -- Acknowledgment -- Chapter 1 Digital Manufacturing: Artificial Intelligence in Industry 5.0 -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Transformative Journey: Industry 1.0 to 5.0 -- 1.3 Artificial Intelligence in Industry 5.0 -- 1.3.1 AI-Powered Digital Manufacturing Processes -- 1.3.2 AI-Powered Smart Automation and Robotics -- 1.3.3 AI-Powered Supply Chain Optimization -- 1.3.4 AI-Powered Product Quality and Inspection -- 1.3.5 Human-Machine Collaboration in Industry 5.0 -- 1.3.6 AI-Powered Digital Twins -- 1.3.6.1 Digital Twins Applications -- 1.4 Success Stories in AI-Powered Manufacturing -- 1.4.1 Case 1: Ford Motors-Predictive Maintenance With AI -- 1.4.2 Case 2: Boeing-AI-Powered Defect Detection in Aircraft Manufacturing -- 1.4.3 Case 3: Adidas-AI-Driven Demand Forecasting and Customization -- 1.4.4 Case 4: Siemens-AI-Powered Optimization of Production Lines -- 1.4.5 Case 5: Schneider Electric-AI-Powered Supply Chain Management -- 1.5 Challenges and Opportunities -- 1.6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 The Rise of Industry 5.0: How Artificial Intelligence Is Shaping the Future of Manufacturing -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.1.1 First Industrial Revolution (Eighteenth to Nineteenth Century) -- 2.1.2 Second Industrial Revolution (After Nineteenth to Before Twentieth Century) -- 2.1.3 Third Industrial Revolution (Late Twentieth Century) -- 2.1.4 Fourth Industrial Revolution (Twenty-First Century) -- 2.2 Characteristics of Industry 5.0 -- 2.3 Importance of AI in Industry 5.0 -- 2.3.1 Techniques and Approaches -- 2.3.2 Challenges and Considerations -- 2.4 Importance of AI in Industrial Transformation -- 2.5 Key Drivers for AI Adoption in Industry 5.0 -- 2.6 Applications of AI in Industry 5.0.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…9.4 Continuity of the Moroccan Merchant Colony -- 9.4.1 Arráez Tuffe (1796-1800) -- 9.4.2 Haslem el Rubio (1797) -- 9.4.3 Absalem el Jedit (1798-1800) -- 9.4.4 Hamet Ford (El Sordo) (1798-1803) -- 9.4.5 Mahamet Chandri (1799) -- 9.4.6 Hamet Bohelen (1799) -- 9.4.7 Ataib (1799) -- 9.4.8 Alhach Malamud Almasaid (1799) -- 9.4.9 Hamet Yngles Salazar (1799-1800) -- 9.4.10 Hach Ali Elfucay (1799-1800) -- 9.4.11 Caddur Ben Gileli (1799-1804) -- 9.4.12 Mohamet Valenciano (1800) -- 9.4.13 Haljach Abdalá (1800) -- 9.4.14 Haljach Candur (1800) -- 9.4.15 Algache Abdarrajaman Acatam (1800) -- 9.4.16 Hamet Bujalel (1800) -- 9.4.17 Abdasalem Buasa (1800) -- 9.4.18 Hach Hamet Absalem (1800-1801) -- 9.4.19 Hach Mekki (1800-1801) -- 9.4.20 Achijamet and Jamet (1800-1801) -- 9.4.21 Ibrahim Lubaris (1801) -- 9.4.22 Mahomed Ben El Fach Ahmed Mogtal El Tarbelsi (1801) -- 9.4.23 Taibe Menaiza and Meliro Açabel (1801) -- 9.4.24 Ali Turqui (1801-1803) -- 9.4.25 Sidi Abdala Carcet (1801-1807) -- 9.4.26 Staibesel (1802) -- 9.4.27 Mahomet Bencherif (1807) -- 9.4.28 Tajar Ben Majamet (1808) -- 9.4.29 Achay Candor Abbo (1810) -- 9.4.30 Majamet Boali (1814-1815) -- 9.5 Algerian, Tunisian, and Tripolitan Captains, Pursers, and Merchants -- 9.5.1 Ben Talb (1786) -- 9.5.2 Youssef el Tripolino (1786) -- 9.5.3 Mahamet Ben Seitun (1790) -- 9.5.4 Aggi Yunis Ben Yunis (1799-1804) -- 9.5.5 Mahamet Arrizzi (1800) -- 9.5.6 Captain Hadgi Zayton (1800) -- 9.5.7 Soliman Ben Yunis (1801) -- 9.5.8 Caddur Ben Massus and Abdalá Karsis (1802) -- 9.5.9 Haggi Hamet Arcandi (1802) -- 9.5.10 Captain Aggi Abdallah (1806) -- 9.5.11 Captain Mahamet Ben Mocessa (1806-1807) -- 9.5.12 Captain Amet Ben Mustafa (1807-1808) -- 9.5.13 Hassan Haltay (1811) -- Epilogue The First Moroccan Agent on Spanish Soil (1798) -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index of Personal and Place Names…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Sorting Data Using Merge Sort and Quick Sort -- Understanding why sorting data is important -- Employing better sort techniques -- Using Search Trees and the Heap -- Considering the need to search effectively -- Building a binary search tree -- Performing specialized searches using a binary heap -- Relying on Hashing -- Putting everything into buckets -- Avoiding collisions -- Creating your own hash function -- Part 3 Exploring the World of Graphs -- Chapter 8 Understanding Graph Basics -- Explaining the Importance of Networks -- Considering the essence of a graph -- Finding graphs everywhere -- Showing the social side of graphs -- Understanding subgraphs -- Defining How to Draw a Graph -- Distinguishing the key attributes -- Drawing the graph -- Measuring Graph Functionality -- Counting edges and vertexes -- Computing centrality -- Putting a Graph in Numeric Format -- Adding a graph to a matrix -- Using sparse representations -- Using a list to hold a graph -- Chapter 9 Reconnecting the Dots -- Traversing a Graph Efficiently -- Creating the graph -- Applying breadth-first search -- Applying depth-first search -- Determining which application to use -- Sorting the Graph Elements -- Working on Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGs) -- Relying on topological sorting -- Reducing to a Minimum Spanning Tree -- Getting the minimum spanning tree historical context -- Working with unweighted versus weighted graphs -- Creating a minimum spanning tree example -- Discovering the correct algorithms to use -- Introducing priority queues -- Leveraging Prim's algorithm -- Testing Kruskal's algorithm -- Determining which algorithm works best -- Finding the Shortest Route -- Defining what it means to find the shortest path -- Adding a negative edge -- Explaining Dijkstra's algorithm -- Explaining the Bellman-Ford algorithm -- Explaining the Floyd-Warshall algorithm…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Bureau of Applied Social Research, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences und das Institut für Höhere Studien -- 1 Einleitung -- 2 Die Situation der 1950er Jahre -- 3 Gründung des IHS -- 4 Vorläufer, die keine Vorbilder wurden -- 5 Ford Foundation und die Förderung der Behavioral Sciences -- 6 Von einer Brauerei in Newark in die Wiener Stumpergasse -- Literatur…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Chinese lamps with "rubber dip" blackout paint on top -- More tricks -- Bus roof mount (key grip: Rocky Ford) -- Plumber's putty -- Cutting rope…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…10.4 Transaction Exposure Management: The Case of Aidan -- GLOBAL FINANCE IN PRACTICE 10.2 Currency Losses at Greenpeace -- GLOBAL FINANCE IN PRACTICE 10.3 Forward Rates and the Cost of Hedging -- 10.5 Risk Management in Practice -- GLOBAL FINANCE IN PRACTICE 10.4 The Credit Crisis and Option Volatilities in 2009 -- Summary Points -- MINI-CASE: China Noah Corporation -- Questions -- Problems -- Internet Exercises -- Chapter 11 Translation Exposure -- 11.1 Overview of Translation -- 11.2 Translation Methods -- 11.3 Aidan Corporation's Translation Exposure -- GLOBAL FINANCE IN PRACTICE 11.1 When the Hedge Becomes the Problem -- GLOBAL FINANCE IN PRACTICE 11.2 Foreign Subsidiary Valuation -- 11.4 Managing Translation Exposure -- GLOBAL FINANCE IN PRACTICE 11.3 Foreign Currency Hedge Accounting -- Summary Points -- MINI-CASE: McDonald's, Hoover Hedges, and Cross-Currency Swaps -- Questions -- Problems -- Internet Exercises -- Chapter 12 Operating Exposure -- 12.1 A Multinational's Operating Exposure -- GLOBAL FINANCE IN PRACTICE 12.1 Expecting the Devaluation-Ford and Venezuela -- 12.2 Measuring Operating Exposure: Aidan Turkey -- 12.3 Strategic Management of Operating Exposure -- GLOBAL FINANCE IN PRACTICE 12.2 Do Fixed Exchange Rates Increase Corporate Currency Risk in Emerging Markets? …”

“…--Chris Anderson, CEO, 3D Robotics, and former Editor-in-Chief, Wired "He (Henry Ford) probably would have started in TechShop." --Bill Ford, Executive Chairman, Ford Motor Company, and great-grandson of Henry Ford "We are heading into a new age of manufacturing . . . …”