Distributed product and facility prototyping in extended manufacturing enterprises

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 38, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 4495-4506

  Ratchev, Svetan M ^a   Shiau, Joe ^a   Valtchanov, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; XML;

FACILITY PROTOTYPING;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0034694447     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540050205253     Document Type: Article

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