Analysing the trade-off between efficiency and flexibility in cellular manufacturing systems

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 572-579

  Kannan, Vijay R ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular Manufacturing; Group Technology; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; GROUP TECHNOLOGY; MATERIALS HANDLING;

VIRTUAL CELLULAR MANUFACTURING;

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0032162529     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095372898233821     Document Type: Article

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