Off setting lower routeing flexibility incellular manufacturing due to machine dedication

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 551-567

  Shafer, S M ^a   Charnes, J M ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INVENTORY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCTION CONTROL; QUEUEING THEORY; RANDOM PROCESSES;

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING; WORK IN PROCESS LEVELS;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031076009     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002075497195902     Document Type: Article

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