Shop performance implications of using cells, partial cells, and remainder cells

Decision Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 161-190

  Kher, Hemant V ^a   Jensen, John B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular Manufacturing; Process Choice Design; Repetitive Manufacturing; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036054551     PISSN: 00117315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5915.2002.tb01641.x     Document Type: Article

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