Dann Anthony Maurno, Louis Sirico

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How Wireless Technology Supports Lean Initiatives

Beschreibung

This volume proposes practices and paradigms to help readers integrate lean's culture of continuous process improvement with wireless technology. It discusses the application of a wide range of wireless technologies, including Wi-Fi, RFID, wireless sensor networks, real-time location systems, and global positioning systems. It addresses the modernization of infrastructure, the elimination of costly hardware and redundant equipment, the facilitation of e-Kanban, and the provision of real-time visibility. Drawing on success stories from American Apparel, the US Postal Service, Ford, Boeing, and Motorola, the text includes access to a Lean Wireless ROI Calculator that readers can use to calculate estimated savings in labor and excess capacity.

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Autor

Dann Anthony Maurno's 25-year career in business and technology journalism began with a bachelor's degree in chemistry, progressed into engineering positions at Raytheon and Genetics Institute, took a turn into publishing and marketing with Factory Mutual and Lilly Software, and culminated in analysis for such groups as Decisions Resources, the Economist Intelligence Unit, and International Data Group (IDG). He continues to pursue field science as an amateur paleontologist, and his field experience includes digs at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania at sites developed by Dr. Louis Leakey. He lives in Salem, Massachusetts.

Louis Sirico is the founder of The RFID Network, a global community dedicated to RFID and related technologies with a distribution of over 100,000 professionals. He is most widely recognized as the host and Producer of The RFID Network video series and has authored over 200 published articles. During his 25-year career, he has developed RFID solutions for Fortune 100 companies both in North America and in Europe as well as the Department of Defense, and the Department of Homeland Security. He is credited with hundreds of professional speaking engagements as well as television and radio appearances and provides industry analysis and RFID subject matter expertise to CNN, CNBC/MSN, CBS News, The New York Times, Fox News, the MIT Enterprise Forum (mitef.org), SAP Information Magazine, Inbound Logistics Magazine, and many others.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 251
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781439804407
• Artikelnr.: 57533584