A cost model for the evaluation of alternative cellular manufacturing configurations

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 119-134

  Needy, Kim LaScola ^a   Billo, Richard E ^a   Warner, Rona Colosimo ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; MACHINE DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

MACHINE INVESTMENT COSTS; MACHINE SETUP COSTS; MATERIAL MOVE COSTS;

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0031634944     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0360-8352(97)00155-1     Document Type: Article

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