Design for manufacture: A strategy for successful application to buildings

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 493-502

  Fox, S ^a   Marsh, L ^a   Cockerham, G ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design for manufacture (DFM); Design metrics; Design rules; Methodology

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY CONTROL;

DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURE;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DESIGN; MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0035452552     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190110044861     Document Type: Article

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12. Digital builds a better mouse
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