A socio-technical systems approach to cell design: Case study and analysis

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 179-203

  Hyer, Nancy Lea ^a   Brown, Karen A ^b   Zimmerman, Sharon ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cell design; Socio technical systems; Technical design

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

SOCIO-TECHNICAL SYSTEMS METHOD;

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0032754860     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-6963(98)00034-5     Document Type: Article

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