Telemanufacturing: A flexible manufacturing solution

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 56-57, Issue , 1998, Pages 1-12

  Abdel Malek, Layek L ^a   Wolf, Carl ^a   Guyot, Patrice D ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexibility measurement; Flexible solutions; Telemanufacturing; Telework

Indexed keywords

DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; OUTSOURCING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; VIRTUAL CORPORATION;

TELEMANUFACTURING;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032156987     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5273(96)00103-X     Document Type: Article

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