Integrated group technology, cell formation, process planning, and production planning with application to the emergency room

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1769-1786

  Malakooti, Behnam ^a   Malakooti, Nima R ^b   Yang, Ziyong ^a  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CELLULAR MANUFACTURING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY ROOMS; GROUP TECHNOLOGY; HEURISTIC METHODS; HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INVESTMENTS; PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCTION CONTROL; QUALITY CONTROL; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CELL FORMATION; CLUSTERING APPROACH; SHORTER LEAD-TIME;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 1942472550     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540310001652851     Document Type: Article

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