Productos y servicios inteligentes y sostenibles

Productos y servicios inteligentes y sostenibles
Author: Llorenç Guilera
Publisher: MARGE BOOKS
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2021-02-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 8418532394

Se abre paso un nuevo modelo productivo, basado en la tecnología y la Industria 4.0 y en el que la innovación se pone al servicio de la sostenibilidad. Mantener la competitividad de las empresas exige la innovación continua de sus productos y servicios, que han de integrar las tecnologías y metodologías necesarias para incorporar inteligencia y durabilidad. Diseñar de un modo inteligente (smart design) e innovar en la fabricación de productos y los servicios asociados son la clave para lograrlo y garantizar el progreso social. Este libro explica por qué la innovación debe basarse en la creatividad, alma de la innovación, qué estrategias mentales contribuyen a inducir la inspiración (si esta no llega sola), por qué (y cómo) se debe medir la innovación y la creatividad, y por qué un producto no es inteligente si ignora la sostenibilidad del planeta. Desde hace más de una década, los autores impulsan el diseño de productos y servicios inteligentes y sostenibles en la prestigiosa escuela universitaria de diseño ESDI, de la Universidad Ramon Llull. A través de numerosos ejemplos y técnicas, la obra detalla cómo trabajar para mejorar la vida de las personas a escala global y contribuir a que la sociedad digital sea un lugar más ético y sostenible. Está dirigida tanto a profesionales de la gestión, como a docentes y a quienes quieran dedicar su actividad en el ámbito de la innovación y la creatividad.

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. Certification manual

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. Certification manual
Author: Luis Socconini
Publisher: MARGE BOOKS
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2024-02-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 841910969X

Black belts are experts in Lean and Six Sigma methodologies, and spend 80% of their time implementing improvements, leading projects and certifying other personnel. With the Black Belt Certification you will acquire the capacity to lead Lean Six Sigma projects in any type of organization. Some of its benefits are: • Significant reduction of internal costs with customers and suppliers. • Design of new job parameters. • Coordinate the supply chain to achieve comprehensive flexibility. • Instill a long-term and high impact organizational culture. • Reduction of variability, risks and failures in processes. • Substantial improvement in quality.

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt. Certification Manual

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt. Certification Manual
Author: Luis Socconini
Publisher: MARGE BOOKS
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2022-03-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 8418532920

Green Belts are agents of change trained in Lean Six Sigma methodologies and as such, can implement high-impact projects. After completing this certification course, participants will be able to apply Lean Six Sigma to any type or organization. Benefits: • Improvement in the quality of products and services. • Development of high-impact projects. • Focus on solving highly-complex problems. • Redesign of process parameters to reduce costs. • Reduction of variation in processes.

Creating Smart Cities

Creating Smart Cities
Author: Claudio Coletta
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2018-10-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1351182390

In cities around the world, digital technologies are utilized to manage city services and infrastructures, to govern urban life, to solve urban issues and to drive local and regional economies. While "smart city" advocates are keen to promote the benefits of smart urbanism – increased efficiency, sustainability, resilience, competitiveness, safety and security – critics point to the negative effects, such as the production of technocratic governance, the corporatization of urban services, technological lock-ins, privacy harms and vulnerability to cyberattack. This book, through a range of international case studies, suggests social, political and practical interventions that would enable more equitable and just smart cities, reaping the benefits of smart city initiatives while minimizing some of their perils. Included are case studies from Ireland, the United States of America, Colombia, the Netherlands, Singapore, India and the United Kingdom. These chapters discuss a range of issues including political economy, citizenship, standards, testbedding, urban regeneration, ethics, surveillance, privacy and cybersecurity. This book will be of interest to urban policymakers, as well as researchers in Regional Studies and Urban Planning.

Cities of Tomorrow

Cities of Tomorrow
Author: Peter Hall
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Total Pages: 502
Release: 1997-02-18
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780631199434

Cities of Tomorrow is a critical history of planning in theory and practice in the twentieth century, as well as of the social and economic problems and opportunities that gave rise to it. Trenchant, perceptive, global in coverage, this book is an unrivalled account of its crucial subject. The third edition of Cities of Tomorrow is comprehensively revised to take account of abundant new literature published since its original appearance, and to view the 1990s in historical perspective. This is the definitive edition, reviewing the development of the modern planning movement over the entire span of the twentieth century.

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Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 132
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ISBN: 925138875X

The OECD Innovation Strategy Getting a Head Start on Tomorrow

The OECD Innovation Strategy Getting a Head Start on Tomorrow
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2010-05-28
Genre:
ISBN: 9264083472

This book provides a set of principles for fostering innovation in people (workers and consumers), in firms and in government, taking an in-depth look at the scope of innovation and how it is changing, as well as where and how it is occurring.

Design and Spirituality

Design and Spirituality
Author: Stuart Walker
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 319
Release: 2020-12-30
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1000245950

Design and Spirituality examines the philosophical context of our current situation and its implications for design. It explores how modernity and our constricted notions of progress have contributed to today’s crisis of values, and argues for a re-establishment and re-affirmation of self-transcending priorities, together with an ethos of moderation and sufficiency. A wide range of topics are covered, including material culture and spiritual teachings; sustainability and the spiritual perspective; traditional and indigenous knowledge; technology and spirituality; notions of meaningful design; and how particular material things can have deeper, symbolic significance. There are also reflections on areas such as the language of design; busyness and its relationship to wisdom; design and social disparity; and traditional sacred practices. While not avoiding issues that are controversial, and sometimes hard-hitting, Design and Spirituality gets to the heart of the key issues affecting us today and presents them in a highly readable and accessible format. The author is a leading thinker in the field and he presents his arguments in a manner that invites the reader to reflect and think about where we are going, why we are going there and what really matters. Podcasts https://www.jesuit.ie/podcasts/the-spiritual-dimension-of-design/ https://newbooksnetwork.com/design-and-spirituality

Intelligent Cities

Intelligent Cities
Author: Nicos Komninos
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2013-05-13
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1135159297

At the turn of the century some cities and regions in Europe, Japan and the USA, displayed an exceptional capacity to incubate and develop new knowledge and innovations. The favourable environment for research, technology and innovation created in these areas was not immediately obvious, yet it was of great significance for a development based on knowledge, learning, and innovation. Intelligent Cities focuses on these environments of innovation, and the major models (technopoles, innovating regions, intelligent cities) for creating an environment-supporting technology, innovation, learning, and knowledge-based development. The introduction and the first chapter deal with innovation as an environmental condition, and with the geography and typology of islands of innovation. The next three parts focus on the theoretical paradigms and the planning models of the 'industrial district', the innovating region', and the 'intelligent city', which offer three alternative ways to create an environment of innovation.

Hemp Lime Construction

Hemp Lime Construction
Author: Rachel Bevan
Publisher: Building Research Establishment
Total Pages: 111
Release: 2008
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9781848060333

Comprehensive guidance on using hemp lime for housing and low-rise buildings is given for the first time in this book, which is full of practical information on materials, design and construction.