Machine cell formation for production management in cellular manufacturing systems

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 913-934

  Alhourani, Farouq ^a   Seifoddini, Hamid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Milwaukee   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular manufacturing; Group technology; Manufacturing management

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GROUP TECHNOLOGY; MATERIALS HANDLING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCTION CONTROL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; INTERCELLULAR MOVEMENTS; MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT; ORDINAL PRODUCTION DATA SIMILARITY COEFFICIENTS;

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING;

EID: 33847054816     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540600664144     Document Type: Article

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