Since publication of the first edition of this book, public concern for the well-being of animals has continued to increase throughout the world. In addition, advances in research over the past decade have yielded an enormous amount of knowledge about animal mental health and wellbeing. Studies on animal stress, distress, emotions, psychological trauma, and mental disorders have brought to light insights on how to care for and treat the animal mind. The second edition is: Fully revised, ex...

Emphasises advances in understanding pig behaviour as the foundation for understanding and improving welfareComprehensive coverable of welfare issues across the value chain, covering breeding and gestation, farrowing and lactation, weaning, growing and finishing as well as transport, lairage and slaughterParticular focus on ways of assessing and reducing pain in such areas as tail docking and castration

Business Process Management (BPM) is at a pivotal moment as new opportunities and demands emerge. On the one side, Artificial Intelligence and process mining facilitate entirely new process design and analysis options. On the other hand, organizations are tasked to ensure their business processes are also sustainable, responsible and explainable. In light of this fast moving context, insights into the actual practice of BPM have become indispensable points of reference.The BPM Case...

This book is a sequel and extension to the book “Business Process Management Cases", published in its first edition by Springer in 2018. It adds 22 new cases for practitioners and educators to showcase and study Business Process Management (BPM).The BPM cases collection is dedicated to providing a contemporary and comprehensive, industry-agnostic insight into the realities of BPM. In particular it focuses on the lessons that only authentic cases can provide. The experiences documen...