An empirical study of manufacturing flexibility in printed circuit board assembly

Operations Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 223-240

  Suarez, Fernando F ^a   Cusumano, Michael A ^b   Fine, Charles H ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ADOLFO IBÁÑEZ   (Chile)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; AUTOMATION; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PRINTED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

MANUFACTURING FLEXIBILITY; NEW PRODUCT FLEXIBILITY; NONTECHNOLOGY FACTORS; VOLUME FLEXIBILITY;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0029776287     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.44.1.223     Document Type: Article

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