Simulation-aided design of production and assembly cells in an automotive company

Integrated Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 276-283

  Chan, Felix T S ^a   Jiang, Bing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Operations management; Simulation; Systems design

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542711449     PISSN: 09576061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09576069910285256     Document Type: Article

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