The Impact of Flexible Manufacturing Systems on Productivity and Quality

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 33-45

  Chen, F Frank ^a   Adam, Everett E ^b  

^a CATERPILLAR INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; TECHNOLOGY--ECONOMIC AND SOCIOLOGICAL EFFECTS;

FLEXIBILITY; LABOR COSTS; MANUFACTURING COSTS; OUTPUT INCREASE; SCHEDULING;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0026107299     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: 15580040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/17.65758     Document Type: Article

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