Robert Bowden Inc.: A case study of cellular manufacturing and drum-buffer-rope implementation

Production and Inventory Management Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 15-18

  Chakravorty, Satya S ^a  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPROVEMENT; MANUFACTURE; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY CONTROL;

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING; DRUM BUFFER ROPE; ROBERT BOWDEN INC;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 0030235612     PISSN: 08978336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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