Value Creation through Engineering Excellence

This book provides a systematic framework for effectively creating value through engineering in global business networks, and contributes to an increasingly important branch of engineering operations. By updating the traditional disciplines of engineering and operations management and addressing challenges and opportunities in building global network capabilities, this study offers a contemporary guide for developing effective industrial policies to enhance the global competitiveness of engineering sectors, which will be extremely useful to engineering companies and policy-makers. Themes discussed include main trends and driving forces, state-of-the-art knowledge in relevant subject areas, new technologies and leading practice. This timely book will help researchers, managers and students to gain an overall understanding of the pioneering research occurring in this field and it will enable companies to benefit from global engineering networks.

Yufeng Zhang is a Senior Lecturer in Operations Management at the Business School of the University of Birmingham, UK. He had an earlier industrial career with responsibilities for project management and new business development, and continues to work very closely with industry. He has researched and published in the areas of engineering management, network operations, international manufacturing, technology management and innovation. Mike Gregory is Emeritus Professor of Manufacturing at the University of Cambridge Engineering Department., UK. He chairs the UK Manufacturing Professors Forum, co-chairs the Manufacturing Advisory Group of the UK Government's Department of Business Innovation and Skills (BIS), and is a member of the supervisory board of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult. Mike is a Fellow of Churchill College Cambridge and of the Royal Academy of Engineering, UK, where he is a trustee.