Meet the editor

Gary Moynihan is a Professor and Associate Department Head for Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering at the University of Alabama, and was formerly with the Department of Industrial Engineering. He received BS (Chemistry) and MBA (Operations Management) degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and a Ph.D. (Industrial Engineering) from the University of Central Florida. Dr. Moynihan's primary areas of research

are project management, operations analysis, information systems development, and the application of industrial engineering techniques. Dr. Moynihan co-founded and served as Assistant Director for the U.S. Department of Energy-funded Alabama Industrial Assessment Center. He has published over 120 articles in books, journals, and conference proceedings, and has five software copyrights. Prior to joining The University of Alabama, Dr. Moynihan held positions in the aerospace, computer, and chemical processing industries.

Contents

**Section 1**

Engineering

**Section 2**

Furniture *by Susanto Sudiro*

*by Gary P. Moynihan*

Continuous Improvement

*by Siyuan Song and Ibukun Awolusi*

of the Manufacturing Industry

Performance Management Systems *by Diogo Ginjo Jantarada and Antonio Grilo*

*by Lokpriya M. Gaikwad and Vivek K. Sunnapwar*

*by Dinis Carvalho*

*by Robert G. Batson*

**Section 3**

**Preface XI**

Introduction **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

Continued Evolution of Manufacturing and Service Applications **9**

**Chapter 2 11**

**Chapter 3 31**

**Chapter 4 51**

**Chapter 5 65**

**Chapter 6 85**

Total Systems Approach to Operational Decision-Making **95**

**Chapter 7 97**

D Minus 1 Production Scenario: Production Model for Produced Hospital

A Service Management Metric with Origin in Plant Management

Industrial Safety Management Using Innovative and Proactive Strategies

Integrated Lean-Green-Six Sigma Practices to Improve the Performance

A Hybrid Human-Data Methodology for the Conception of Operational

Introductory Chapter: Background and Current Trends in Industrial
