Benchmarking for comparative evaluation of RP systems and processes

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 123-135

  Mahesh, M ^a   Wong, Y S ^a   Fuh, J Y H ^a   Loh, H T ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Advanced manufacturing technologies; Benchmarking; Rapid prototypes; Standardization

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; PLANNING; STANDARDIZATION; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES (AMT); MECHANICAL FEATURES;

RAPID PROTOTYPING;

EID: 1842534324     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552540410526999     Document Type: Review

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