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Value Engineering (Engineering Design Handbook)
Every body ought to be interested in Value Engineering (VE)! As wage-earners, the application of VE is helping American industry maintain its economic position in world markets, thereby protecting our jobs and careers. As taxpayers, the Department of Defense (DOD) VE program has come to the defense of the Defense dollar, with audited savings to us of over $1.1 billion for fiscal years 1963 through 1966. As consumers, we today purchase many products at not only lower prices, but with greater value as well, because the manufacturer of those products is applying VE as an effective management tool. And all of these VE economic benefits have come rapidly. As recently as 1960-the application of this cost saving technique is dated back to 1947-wherever the technique had been intelligently and open-mindedly applied, it had been successful. With this acceptance and practice of the methodology have come rapid developments in the state of the art, and in the point of its application to the product cycle. What was once considered second look, Value Analysis-whereby the methodology was applied only after the entity of the product was well established-began moving back in the product development cycle for a first look into the design aspects of the product. Thus what was originally christened Value Analysis, synonymously became known as Value Engineering (VE)-a confirmation that served to justifiably raise the status of (and respect for) the technique. Value Engineering is therefore no longer on trial. It has proved itself repeatedly. But in spite of its name, its success has not come as a technological technique, but as a potent economic tool for management. Why? Because the record shows, without reservation, that the technique must have the rigorous and unqualified backing of management. Where VE has received this kind of support, management has reaped a return on investment in the order of 15:l. This kind of performance, management understands!.
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Of Men and Materiel: The Crisis in Defense Spending
The U.S. defense budget has grown appreciably since 9/11. But too little of the increase has gone to purchase new equipment or to increase the size of the Army and Marine Corps. The result has been a hollow buildup that makes it increasingly difficult for the U.S. military to carry out its part of America's national security strategy. The global nature of the national security strategy requires significant amounts of defense expenditures and troop levels. In this book, Tom Donnelly and Gary Schmitt, along with experts of each military branch, discuss the necessity of maintaining a larger, better equipped military..
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Glossary of Environmental Terms
The purpose of this glossary is to provide definitions of environmental words or terms that may be unfamiliar to the average reader. Specifically excluded are definitions of both technical and nontechnical terms that are part of the common lexicon and for which the common definition applies. In many cases, only the appropriate uncommon definition of a term is provided. Cross-referencing is employed for definitions common to several terms or that are closely interrelated. .
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21st Century U.S. Army Correspondence Courses - Warfare, Materiel Control, Combined Arms Support (CD-ROM)
This electronic book on CD-ROM presents an incredible collection of U.S. Army correspondence courses, with 9 courses and 67 PDF files covering warfare, materiel control, combined arms support, and much more. Documents include lessons, student handouts, practice exercises, overviews, supplements, handbooks, reference documents, and field manuals. They provide a wealth of information on military training! Content categories and course titles include: IS3001 Introduction To Order Of Battle, IS7000 Operational Concepts, IS7033 Battle Analysis, IT0306 Border Coordinates, IT0426 Weather Support To Tactical Operations, IT0469 Us Army Doctrine, Combat Units, And Mi Organizations, IT0471 An Introduction To The Armed Forces Of China, Cuba, Syria, Libya And Angola, MP1028 Battlefield Circulation Control-Hasty Route Reconnaissance Appendix, MP1029 Battlefield Circulation Control-Msr Regulation And Enforcement, MP1030 River Crossing Operations Practice This incredible CD-ROM is packed with about 32,000 pages reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software - allowing direct viewing on Windows and Macintosh systems. The Acrobat cataloging technology adds enormous value and uncommon functionality to this impressive collection of government documents and material. Our news and educational discs are privately compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents - they are not produced by the federal government. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work, utilizing the benefits of the Adobe Acrobat format to uniformly present thousands of pages that can be rapidly reviewed, searched by finding specific words, or printed without untold hours of tedious research and downloading. Vast archives of important public domain government information that might otherwise remain inaccessible are available for instant review no matter where you are. This book-on-a-disc format makes a great reference work and educational tool. There is no other reference that is as fast, convenient, comprehensive, thoroughly researched, and portable - everything you need to know, from the federal sources you trust..
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MD 450 OURAGAN (Materiels de L'Armee de L'Air)
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