An interactive tool for designing manufacturing cells for an assembly job-shop

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 309-322

  Gravel, Marc ^a   Price, Wilson ^b   Gagné, Caroline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; INTERACTIVE DEVICES; MATERIALS HANDLING; QUALITY CONTROL;

JOB-SHOPS;

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0034688385     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002075400189428     Document Type: Article

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