Evaluating functional and cellular manufacturing systems: a model and case analysis

International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 528-549

  Agarwal, Atul ^a   Sarkis, Joseph ^b  

^a KETTERING UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular manufacturing; comparative performance; functional layout; set up time reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746575131     PISSN: 13682148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMTM.2001.001428     Document Type: Article

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