A longitudinal study of a flexible manufacturing cell operation

Integrated Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 236-245

  Sohal, Amrik S ^a   Fitzpatrick, Paul ^a   Power, Damien ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Case studies; Cellular manufacturing; Human resource management

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; JUST IN TIME PRODUCTION; PERSONNEL; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING CELLS;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0034769420     PISSN: 09576061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09576060110392533     Document Type: Article

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