​Academic research has identified several operational drivers in manufacturing companies that have an effect on either the physical production of goods or its distribution: working capital requirements, manufacturing performance, supply chain performance and supply chain risk. Despite the fact that these four operational drivers have...

SEE IT DONE. DO IT YOURSELF. It’s that Easy! Easy Microsoft Word 2010 teaches you all the fundamentals of working with Microsoft’s newest version of Word. Fully illustrated steps with simple instructions guide you through every task, building the skills you need to learn Word 2010 with ease. No need to...

The Instruction Set Architecture, or ISA, is defined as that part of the processor architecture related to programming, including the native data types, instructions, registers, addressing modes, memory architecture, interrupt and exception handling, and external IO. With the exception of some small deviations and differences in...

While most other titles on Sun Tzu emphasize the strategic or philosophical nature of Sun Tzu's writings, this guide will show readers how to implement The Art of War tactically and operationally. It promotes savvy strategic principles from Sun Tzu such as: share rewards, coordinate resources, and choose your timing. "Sun Tzu for...

The Apple Certified Way to Learn

In the only Apple certified guide to iLife, the authors have you working wonders with iLife ’11 within the first few pages. Featuring compelling footage and images, this book/DVD combo uses real-life material and practical lessons that you can apply immediately to enhance your own...

Communities have built collections of information in a collaborative manner for centuries. Around 250 years ago, more than 140 people wrote l’Encyclopedie in 28 volumes with 70,000 articles. More recently, Wikipedia has demonstrated how collaborative efforts can be a powerful method of building a massive data storage. It is...

Windows 8 represents the most radical change to Microsoft’s operating system since Windows 95 was released 17 years ago. With its new Start screen and interface, the latest version of Windows is an attempt to create a single operating system designed to run on both traditional PCs and tablets.

But no one likes change....