Production flow analysis and simplification toolkit (PFAST)

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1855-1874

  Irani, S A ^a   Zhang, H ^a   Zhou, J ^a   Huang, H ^a   Udai, T K ^a   Subramanian, S ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FACTORY AUTOMATION; MACHINE COMPONENTS; PRODUCTION CONTROL; SET THEORY;

MATERIAL FLOW NETWORKS;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 0034690568     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002075400188636     Document Type: Article

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