Improving flow to achieve lean manufacturing in shipbuilding

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 127-137

  Storch, Richard Lee ^a   Lim, Sanggyu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Group technology; Large assembly manufacturing; Lean manufacturing; Process flow; Shipbuilding

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GROUP TECHNOLOGY; SHIPBUILDING;

LARGE ASSEMBLY MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; LEAN MANUFACTURING;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0033097214     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095372899233280     Document Type: Article

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