Workload balance of cells in designing of multiple cellular manufacturing systems

Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 178-196

  Kattan, Ibrahim Al ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Cellular manufacturing; Operations; Production management; Resource management

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; LOGISTICS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCTION CONTROL;

FLEXIBLE SYSTEMS; MULTIPLE CELLULAR MANUFACTURING (MCM); OPERATIONS AND PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING;

EID: 13844280945     PISSN: 1741038X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410380510576822     Document Type: Article

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