This is where the MINI is made: Quality Assurance & Control (DVD Video, and/or Optional 3D eBook)

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Title: Professor Ranky's DVD Video Factory Tour in the BMW (UK) Manufacturing Ltd., Oxford, England Plant: This is where the MINI is made: Quality Assurance & Control (DVD Video, and/or Optional 3D eBook)
Author(s) / Editor: By Professor Paul G. Ranky, PhD, NJIT, USA. This publication is dedicated with thanks to the following (in alphabetic order) Harry Briggs, Communications Manager, BMW (UK) Manufacturing Ltd., MINI, Oxford, UK, Robin Charlton, Manager, BMW (UK) Manufacturing Ltd., MINI, Oxford, UK, Andrew Cutler, MINI Press and Marketing Manager, BMW, USA, and Frank Ludwig, Technology Manager, Framing, BMW (UK) Manufacturing Ltd., MINI, Oxford, UK
Description: Level: Aimed at engineers, managers, IT experts, quality control engineers, factory designers, enthusiastic MINI friends, and customers. Several sections and cases could be ideal for quality marketing, for undergraduate and graduate education, and even for high school students and technicians learning/ exploring product / process design, teamwork, factory automation principles, and related automotive technology.

Industrial Sponsors/ Contributors
include with special thanks to BMW (UK and USA), CIMware Ltd. UK, CIMware USA, Inc., and others.

DVD Video Contents:
This electronic publication is a professional quality DVD video tour of the BMW MINI plant in Oxford, England, focusing on quality assurance & control, including manual and automated quality assurance and control processes, smart sensory-feedback tools, CMMs (Co-ordinate Measuring Machines), sensory inspection, robots, and other methods, tools and technologies, not missing out all those excellent people who work in this factory. Note, that the optional 3D eBook CD-ROM contains a browser readable, open source, 3D interactive multimedia Case / Problem / Context- Based eLearning & Marketing Program with text, images, interactive diagrams, animations, 2D and 3D videos, 3DVR objects, panoramas, templates, tutorials, active code so that you can calculate with your own data, research and industrial examples. (Also available as 3D eBook CD/DVD video combo pack. Other modules of this series cover further aspects of this modern factory.)

What you will learn: Having watched the DVD video, you will be able to understand the way a complex, modern automotive factory works. You will learn about some integrated product / process design, total quality, manufacturing, and assembly principles, methods, technologies, and tools.

DVD Video System Requirements:
DVD-ROM: NTSC standard definition (SD) DVD video player for TV, or computer. Approximate length 32 minutes, in 4:3 regular screen format, or any good computer screen (min. 800 x 600 resolution). Also available in PAL, as well as for the Video iPod. Please visit www.cimwareukandusa.com for available formats and further MINI, and other products.

Optional 3D eBook Contents: This electronic publication is a virtual factory tour of the BMW MINI plant in Oxford, England, focusing on quality assurance & control, including manual and automated quality assurance and control processes, smart sensory-feedback tools, CMMs (Co-ordinate Measuring Machines), sensory inspection, robots, and other methods, tools and technologies, not missing out all those excellent people who work in this factory. The CD-ROM contains a browser readable, open source, 3D interactive multimedia Case / Problem / Context- Based eLearning & Marketing Program with text, images, interactive diagrams, animations, 2D and 3D videos, 3DVR objects, panoramas, templates, tutorials, active code so that you can calculate with your own data, research and industrial examples. (Also available as 3D eBook CD/DVD video combo pack. The DVD contains a high quality factory video tour, professionally produced for large projected or regular TV screens, or for computers with a DVD drive.) Other modules of this series cover further aspects of this modern factory.

What you will learn: Having worked through the material in this eBook, you will be able to understand the way a complex, modern automotive factory works. You will learn about some integrated product / process design, total quality, manufacturing, and assembly principles, methods, technologies, and tools. You will also learn about requirements analysis, process failure risk analysis methods and other useful open source software tools. Furthermore, it covers Case-based learning and marketing methods; Major Review Questions & Problems; References; Case documentation guidelines; Useful spreadsheet templates for educators and students; A Major Glossary of Terms; Customizable, open-source process modeling templates, MS-Excel Tools & Templates to perform your own process modeling, requirements analysis and process failure risk analysis calculations. Furthermore we offer a large Gallery of images and objects of MINIs and the factory in Oxford, England.

3D eBook System Requirements: CD-ROM: Multimedia Mac, PC or Linux. Use a 500 MHz CPU or faster, and 16 bit, 800 x 600 dpi, or better screen resolution. Runs off-line and/ or on-line the web using a web-browser and QuickTime ver. 6 or later available FREE from: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download.

This product is available in the formats below:

DVD Video SD NTSC

UPC Code: 632568001115

Sample video clip (320x240 low-res)

Price: USD $ 128.95 + S&H

DVD Video Hi-Def NTSC

Available as soon as the standard hi-def DVD players are available in the USA

Video iPod Video Streamed

Ext. UPC Code: MINI-Quality-632568001115-ViPod

Coming soon! You'll need a FAST Cable Modem, or DSL Internet connection!

Sample video clip (in Video iPod size)

Price: USD $ 49.95

DVD Video SD PAL

Ext. UPC Code: PAL632568001115

Sample video clip (320x240 low-res)

Price: USD $ 148.95 + S&H

DVD Video Hi-Def PAL

Available as soon as the standard hi-def DVD players are available

3D eBook CD and SD NTSC DVD Video-combo

ISBN Code: 1-872631-64-9

Sample 3D eBook screen-print

Sample video clip (in Video iPod size)

Sample Inside Factory Panorama (You will need Apple's crossplatform Quicktime player to view and navigate this unique panorama object: whilst clicking on the poster image of the panorama, move the cursor left and right, and up and down to navigate)

Price: USD $ 168.95 + S&H

3D eBook CD and Hi-Def PAL DVD Video-combo

Available as soon as the standard hi-def DVD players are available

Video iPod Video Shipped on CD-ROM

Ext. UPC Code:

MINI-Quality-632568001115-ViPod-CDROM

Price: USD $ 69.95 + S&H

3D eBook CD and SD PAL DVD Video-combo

Ext. ISBN Code: PAL1-872631-64-9

Sample 3D eBook screen-print

Sample video clip (in Video iPod size)

Sample Inside Factory Panorama (You will need Apple's crossplatform Quicktime player to view and navigate this unique panorama object: whilst clicking on the poster image of the panorama, move the cursor left and right, and up and down to navigate)

Price: USD $ 188.95 + S&H

3D eBook CD and Hi-Def PAL DVD Video-combo

Available as soon as the standard hi-def DVD players are available

Full Color Printed Book and 3D eBook CD-combo

ISBN Code: 1-872631-78-9-90001

Price: USD $ 129.95 + S&H

Interactive 3D eBook on CD-ROM

ISBN Code: 1-872631-78-9

Sample 3D eBook screen-print

Sample video clip (in Video iPod size)

Sample Inside Factory Panorama (You will need Apple's crossplatform Quicktime player to view and navigate this unique panorama object: whilst clicking on the poster image of the panorama, move the cursor left and right, and up and down to navigate)

Price: USD $ 99.95 + S&H

Server-based License

This publication, in ALL listed formats, can run from your, or our server. Contact CIMware USA to discuss and purchase a server-based license.

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