Manufacturing cell formation using spreadsheets

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 60-73

  Kerr, Donald C ^a   Balakrishnan, Jaydeep ^b  

^a FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Cellular manufacturing; Spreadsheets

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030508565     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443579610125606     Document Type: Review

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