Feasibility study of the tactical design justification for reconfigurable manufacturing systems using the fuzzy analytical hierarchical process

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 42, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 3055-3076

  Abdi, M R ^a   Labib, A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; INVESTMENTS; MARKETING; PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCTIVITY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

SCALABILITY; STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 3142717012     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540410001696041     Document Type: Article

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