Two-stage model for cost effective part family and machine cell formation

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 759-776

  Taboun, S M ^a   Merchawi, N S ^a   Ulger, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; GROUP TECHNOLOGY; HEURISTIC METHODS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

INTER-CELL MOVEMENT; PART GROUPING; SUBCONTRACTING;

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0032156375     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-8352(98)00103-X     Document Type: Article

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