Tool sharing in parallel part production

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 46-47, Issue , 1996, Pages 521-533

  Gaalman, G J C ^a   Nawijn, W M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Parallel production; Production situation; Tool sharing

Indexed keywords

FACTORY AUTOMATION; MACHINE TOOLS; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS ENGINEERING; SCHEDULING; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

PARALLEL PRODUCTION; TOOL SHARING;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 0030401651     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0925-5273(95)00051-8     Document Type: Article

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