Flexibility of manufacturing systems: Concepts and measurements

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 119-135

  Gupta, Yash P ^a   Goyal, Sameer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

classification; Flexible manufacturing systems; manufacturing flexibility

Indexed keywords

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

MANUFACTURING FLEXIBILITY; PROCESS SEQUENCE FLEXIBILITY; PRODUCT FLEXIBILITY;

INDUSTRIAL PLANTS;

EID: 0024765077     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-2217(89)90206-3     Document Type: Article

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