A study on the measurement of comprehensive flexibility in manufacturing systems

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 103-118

  Choi, Sung Ho ^a   Kim, Ji Soo ^b  

^a Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; GROUP TECHNOLOGY; JUST IN TIME PRODUCTION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

COMPREHENSIVE FLEXIBILITY MEASUREMENT;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031621882     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0360-8352(97)00154-x     Document Type: Article

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