Next generation factory layouts: Research challenges and recent progress

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Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 58-76

  Benjaafar, Saif ^a   Heragu, Sunderesh S ^b   Irani, Shahrukh A ^c  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Facilities equipment planning: layout; Manufacturing: performance productivity, strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036876155     PISSN: 00922102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/inte.32.6.58.6473     Document Type: Article

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