Assessing manufacturing performance: An advanced manufacturing technology portfolio perspective

Industrial Management & Data Systems

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 266-278

  Small, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced manufacturing technologies; Integration; Manufacturing; Performance; Technology

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; PERSONNEL; PRODUCTION CONTROL; QUALITY CONTROL; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY; AUTOMATED MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEMS; COMPUTER NUMERICAL CONTROL MACHINES; INTEGRATED INFORMATION; INTEGRATED PROCESS TECHNOLOGY;

MANUFACTURING DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 0033343596     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635579910289202     Document Type: Article

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