Redesigning jobshops to cellular manufacturing systems

Integrated Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 377-382

  Onwubolu, Godfrey C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; GROUP TECHNOLOGY; JUST IN TIME PRODUCTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SCHEDULING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; VALUE ENGINEERING;

ORDER CLUSTERING METHODS; REDESIGNING JOBSHOPS;

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0032291721     PISSN: 09576061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09576069810238763     Document Type: Article

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