Breakthrough Improvement with QI Macros and Excel: Finding the Invisible Low-Hanging Fruit Author: Jay Arthur ISBN-13: 9780071822831

Pub Date: MARCH 2014 Price: $ 58.00 AUD $ 63.00 NZD Edition: 1 Previous ISBN: Subject: Technology & Engineering - Quality Control Trim Height: 23 cm Trim Width: 16 cm Pages: 208 Format: Softcover

INTRODUCTION Reveals how to achieve breakthrough improvements in speed, quality, productivity, and profitability using Excel and QI Macros

• Proven techniques for finding the low-hanging fruit of quality improvement • Based on the author’s 15 years of experience during which he has found million-dollar

improvement opportunities with Excel and saved companies more than $50 million • Bonus features include training videos and downloadable Excel QI Macros and add-ins • Applicable to any industry--manufacturing, healthcare, finance, retail, and beyond

DESCRIPTION

Best practices for using Excel and QI Macros to achieve breakthrough improvements in speed, quality, productivity, and profitability

Breakthrough Improvement with QI Macros and Excel: Finding the Invisible Low-Hanging Fruit reveals proven techniques for identifying and analyzing data that will lead to immediate results in improvement. Video training and software are included:

• EZ Chart XL—an Excel addin to simplify Excel charts • QI Macros for Excel—extends the capabilities in EZ Chart to include control charts, pareto

charts, histograms, process mapping, and much more. 90-day trial version available for download.

• YouTube training videos for EZChartXL, QI Macros and "Money Belt" improvement linked to each chapter

This practical guide focuses on one of the most widely used software packages (Excel) to drive improvement—there’s no need to rely on expensive training in a new methodology. The combination of the book, software, and video training will provide you with the skills you need to solve the three key problems facing every business: delay, defects and deviation. Coverage includes:

• Spreadsheets: Spreadsheet Design for Breakthrough Improvement * Data Collection for Breakthrough Improvement * Mistake-Proof Data Collection

• Data Analysis: Filtering Data for Breakthrough * Excel Tools For Data Analysis Magnificent Seven Tools for Breakthrough Improvement: Value Stream Map & Spaghetti Diagram * PivotTables * Control Chart * Pareto Chart * Histogram * Fishbone Diagram * Matrix Diagrams

• Follow the Money for Breakthrough Improvement: Faster + Better = Cheaper and More Profitable! * Reducing Denied Claims In Five Days * Reducing Reject Claims in Five Days * Reducing Appealed Claims in Five Days * How to Get a Cheaper Hospital in Five Days

• Where's the Pain: Delay, Defects and Deviation * Defects, Mistakes and Errors * Deviation from Perfection

• A Picture is Worth 1,000 Words: Excel Charts * Time Series Charts * Category Charts * Dot Charts

• Excel Power Tools for Breakthrough Improvement: EZ Chart Introduction * QI Macro Introduction * Power Tools for Lean Six Sigma * Analyzing Customer Service Data Hidden in Trouble Reporting Systems * Chartjunk

• Finding the Invisible Low Hanging Fruit: PivotTables * Data Mining with Microsoft Excel and The QI Macros PivotTable Wizard * Word Count * PivotTable Wizard * Using the QI Macros to Analyze Your Data

• Sustaining Improvement: Process Flow Chart * Control Charts for Sustaining Improvement Control Plan

• Excel Drawing Tools for Breakthrough Improvement Lean Tools • Statistical Tools for Breakthrough Improvement: Hypothesis Testing * Hypothesis Testing

for Variation * Hypothesis Testing for Means * Analysis of Variance * Is Your Data Normal? * Tests of Proportion * Chi Square Tests in Excel * Determining Sample Sizes * Regression Analysis

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jay Arthur, The KnowWare Man, works with companies that want to fire up their profits using Lean Six Sigma. He is the author of Lean Six Sigma Demystified and the QI Macros SPC software for Excel which is used by over 3,000 hospitals to meet the accreditation needs of the Joint Commission. Jay has worked with Tenet Healthcare, Kindred Healthcare, Centura Healthcare, and

Christus Healthcare on projects to improve patient flow and to reduce clinical and operational errors. Besides consulting with healthcare companies, Jay has been researching what works and what doesn't work in healthcare for over a decade.

Design of Low-Noise Amplifiers for Ultra-Wideband Communications Author: Roberto Diaz Ortega, Sunil Khemchandani, Hugo Garcia Vazquez, Javier del Pino ISBN-13: 9780071823128

Pub Date: FEBRUARY 2014 Price: $ 145.00 AUD $ 160.00 NZD Edition: 1 Previous ISBN: Subject: Technology & Engineering - Electronics / Circuits / Integrated Trim Height: 23 cm Trim Width: 16 cm Pages: 128 Format: Hardcover

INTRODUCTION A concise, practical tutorial to classic design methodologies for wideband low-noise amplifier technologies

Wireless personal area network (WPAN) technologies have revolutionized the world of consumer electronics and applications. Written specifically for RFIC designers and researchers working on wireless communications and UWB standards, Design of Low-Noise Amplifiers for Ultra-Wideband Communications provides the specific guidance engineers need to design wideband low-noise amplifiers using standard CMOS technologies for any wide- and narrow-band wireless communication standard. The techniques presented in this practical guide help to improve next-generation WPAN data rates and lower power transmission.

• Presents bandwidth-extending, flatness-improving, and inductorless techniques • Includes design methodologies for distributed and feedback amplifiers

• Discusses embedded Butterworth filters for wideband matching

DESCRIPTION

Cutting-edge techniques for ultra-wideband, low-noise amplifier design

This pioneering resource presents alternatives for implementing power- and area-efficient integrated low-noise amplifiers for ultra-wideband communications. Design methodologies for distributed amplifiers, feedback amplifiers, inductor structures with reduced area, and inductorless techniques are discussed. Cowritten by international experts in industry and academia, this book addresses the state of the art in integrated circuit design in the context of emerging systems. Design of Low-Noise Amplifiers for Ultra-Wideband Communications covers:

• Ultra-wideband overview and system approach • Distributed amplifiers • Wideband low-noise amplifiers • Feedback wideband low-noise amplifiers • Inductorless techniques

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Roberto Díaz Ortega was a researcher at the Institute for Applied Microelectronics at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.

Sunil L. Khemchandani is a senior researcher at the Institute for Applied Microelectronics and Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering in the Department of Electronic and Automatic Engineering at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.. Hugo García Vázquez is a researcher at the Institute for Applied Microelectronics at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. Francisco Javier del Pino Suárez is a senior researcher at the Institute for Applied Microelectronics and Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering in the Department of Electronic and Automatic Engineering at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.

Applied Fluid Mechanics for Engineers Author: Meinhard Schobeiri ISBN-13: 9780071800044

Pub Date: MARCH 2014 Price: $ 180.00 AUD $ 199.00 NZD Edition: 1 Previous ISBN: Subject: Technology & Engineering - Mechanical Trim Height: 24 cm Trim Width: 19 cm Pages: 560 Format: Hardcover

INTRODUCTION In-depth coverage of fluid mechanics for mechanical, aerospace, and civil engineers

• Serves as both a fundamentals textbook and professional user’s guide • Problems and projects in each chapter with a focus on applied, real-world engineering

applications

DESCRIPTION

This comprehensive volume serves as both a fundamentals textbook and professional user’s guide to fluid mechanics for mechanical, aerospace, and civil engineers.

Applied Fluid Mechanics for Engineers comprehensively addresses the particular needs of graduate engineering fluid mechanics courses. It is equally suitable for aerospace engineering, civil engineering, other engineering disciplines, and especially those practicing professionals who

perform simulation on a routine basis and would like to know more about the underlying physics of the commercial codes they use. The book also serves as an invaluable self-study tool. The contents of this book cover the material required in fluid mechanics graduate core courses and in advanced fluid mechanics, both of which the author has taught at Texas A&M University for the past two decades.

• Problems and projects in each chapter with a focus on applied, real-world engineering applications

• Instructor's manual with solutions and exam questions • Student solutions guide • Advanced applied topics in current fluid mechanics practices • Computational techniques for modern computer simulation and modeling of fluid flow • Chapter projects focus on practical applications, problem solving, development, and

management

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Taher Schobeiri, Ph.D., is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University in College Station, where he studies fluid flow within turbomachinery components, behavior of turbomachinery systems, turbine performance, aerodynamics, heat transfer, and thermodynamics. Dr. Schobeiri is received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from the Technical University Darmstadt in Germany, later joining the Department of Mechanical Engineering to establish two gas turbine research areas at Texas A&M University. He also worked for the Brown Boveri Gas Turbine Division in Switzerland, where he headed R&D for high efficiency gas turbine engines. Dr. Schobeiri holds a number of external grants and contracts, has won the Alexander von Humboldt Research Award (2000), and is a TAMU Faculty Fellow (2001) and TEES Fellow (1998).

Power Integrity for Nanoscale Integrated Systems Author: Masanori Hashimoto, Raj Nair ISBN-13: 9780071787765

Pub Date: MARCH 2014 Price: $ 180.00 AUD $ 199.00 NZD Edition: 1 Previous ISBN: Subject: Technology & Engineering - Electronics / Circuits / Integrated Trim Height: 23 cm Trim Width: 16 cm Pages: 480 Format: Hardcover

INTRODUCTION Complete coverage of the procedures necessary to minimize noise emission in high-voltage circuitry design

• Provides hands-on training in advanced power integrity analysis for circuits, facilitating optimal, noise-free nanoscale integrated circuit design

• Emphasizes the impact of power integrity degradation on various analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuits in nanoscale fabrication

DESCRIPTION

A comprehensive examination of the procedures necessary to mitigate the emission of noise in high-voltage circuitry design

Power Integrity for Nanoscale Integrated Systems provides a thorough understanding of the impact of power integrity and noise margins on nanoscale integrated circuit design. This practical,

professional guide emphasizes the impact of power integrity degradation on various analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuits in nanoscale fabrication.

• Explores the impact of power integrity (PI) degradation on circuits and systems of critical importance to nanoscale chips

• Includes detailed examples of robust circuit design with PI • Provides hands-on training in advanced PI analysis for circuits, facilitating optimal, noise-

free nanoscale integrated circuit design

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Masanori Hashimoto is an Associate Professor in the department of Information Systems and Engineering, Graduate School of Information Science Technology, Osaka University. He has been working on modeling and measurement of on-chip power supply noise and signal coupling noise. Professor Hashimoto’s research interests include timing, power, and signal integrity analysis, ultra-low power design, design for reliability, performance optimization in physical design, and on-chip high-speed signaling. He has co-authored several journal articles. Raj Nair, a consultant in IC power delivery and power integrity, is co-founder of Anasim Corporation, which commercializes power integrity and energy aware SoC (System on Chip) design tools.

McGraw-Hills NEC 2014 Grounding and Earthing Handbook Author: David Stockin ISBN-13: 9780071800655

Pub Date: MARCH 2014 Price: $ 130.00 AUD $ 140.00 NZD Edition: 1 Previous ISBN: Subject: Technology & Engineering - Engineering / Electrical Trim Height: 23 cm Trim Width: 16 cm Pages: 480 Format: Hardcover

INTRODUCTION A one-stop resource on above- and below-grade grounding and earthing issues

• Covers the latest National Electric Code (NEC), IEEE standards, and international (European) electrical codes

• A must-have guide for engineers and electricians, written by a full-time grounding engineer • Includes real-world examples and answers to frequently asked questions

DESCRIPTION

Complete coverage of above-grade grounding and below-grade earthing that follows the 2011 National Electrical Code

McGraw-Hill’s NEC 2014 Grounding and Earthing Handbook fully discusses above-grade wiring issues and below-grade earthing issues related to electrical grounding in conjunction with Article 250 of the 2011 National Electrical Code. This practical guide features easy-to-understand

language and real-world examples throughout. Coverage includes: Above-grade grounding

• Grounding definitions and terminology • Grounded vs. ungrounded systems • Service equipment grounding connections • Separately derived systems and generators • Grounding branch circuits • Connections and selection of grounding conductors • Pipe and structural steel connections • Equipment grounding conductors vs. grounding • Isolated ground systems • Grounding for swimming pools • Grounding for communications systems

Below-grade earthing

• Sphere of influence • Earthing electrodes • Earthing system design • Earthing calculations • Soil resistivity measurement • Testing of existing earthing systems • Ground potential rise and human safety • Effects of lightning on an earthing system • Earthing codes and regulations

ABOUT THE AUTHOR David Stockin is Manager of Engineering, E&S Grounding Solutions. A full-time grounding engineer for over 10 years, he has been the lead electrical grounding/earthing engineer for all of the massive Google Data Centers located from American to Asia and Europe. Stockin was the lead grounding engineer for both the U.S. Navy’s Data Center upgrades and the U.S. Coast Guard’s Alaska Radio Towers upgrades. He has authored numerous publications on electrical grounding and earthing.

McGraw-Hill's National Electrical Code 2014 Handbook, 28E Author: Frederic Hartwell, Joseph McPartland, Brian McPartland ISBN-13: 9780071834780

Pub Date: MARCH 2014 Price: $ 150.00 AUD $ 160.00 NZD Edition: 28 Previous ISBN: 9780071745703 Subject: Technology & Engineering - Electrical Trim Height: 23 cm Trim Width: 16 cm Pages: 1664 Format: Hardcover

INTRODUCTION The most comprehensive source of unbiased material covering the latest NEC standards on electrical wiring and equipment installation

Featuring up-to-date coverage of all the current code provisions, the 28th edition of the McGraw-Hill’s National Electrical Code 2014 Handbook focuses entirely on explaining the topics in the NEC that cause trouble with inspectional authorities. What sets this work apart from the competition is that it is completely unaffiliated with the NEC and the NFPA – the authors of the Code. Therefore, it is free to describe problems in the Code language and provide workarounds.

• Covers the entire 2014 NEC, including all-new articles: Low-Voltage Direct Current Distribution Systems; Modular Data Centers; Fire Resistive Cable Systems; Energy Management Systems

• Arranged in Code order, so the explanation for any topic lines up exactly with the

applicable section in the NEC

DESCRIPTION

Featuring up-to-date coverage of all the current code provisions, the 28th edition of the McGraw-Hill’s National Electrical Code 2014 Handbook provides the authoritative guidance and analysis you need to accurately interpret 2014 NEC rules. The text is arranged in Code order, so the explanation for any topic lines up exactly with the applicable section in the NEC. The book focuses on explaining the topics in the NEC that cause trouble with inspectional authorities. It describes problems in the Code language and provides proven workarounds. Details on the background and rationale for specific code rules facilitate an in-depth understanding of the meaning and application of those rules. This must-have on-the-job reference helps your work pass inspection the first time. Covers new and updated provisions of the 2014 National Electrical Code, including:

• Four all-new articles: 1: Low-Voltage Direct Current Distribution Systems; 2: Modular Data Centers; 3: Fire Resistive Cable Systems; 4: Energy Management Systems

• AFCI and GFCI protection in homes • New methods to distribute low voltage power • New approaches for ensuring the safety of photovoltaic (PV) systems • Changes to the long-standing voltage thresholds used in the Code • Telecommunications, cable television wiring, and optical fiber cabling

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Frederic P. Hartwell (Amherst, MA) is President of Hartwell Electrical Services, Inc., and is a Certified Master Electrical Inspector.

Joseph F. McPartland was an electrical contracting consultant and co-author of McGraw-Hill’s National Electrical Code Handbook for many decades.