A review and analysis of comparative performance studies on functional and cellular manufacturing layouts

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 77-89

  Agarwal, Atul ^a   Sarkis, Joseph ^b  

^a KETTERING UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUP TECHNOLOGY; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

FUNCTIONAL LAYOUT (FL) MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0031622580     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0360-8352(97)00152-6     Document Type: Review

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