The cost of flexibility

Assembly Automation

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-64

  Van Biesebroeck, Johannes ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Automotive industry; North America; Productivity rate; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCTION CONTROL; PRODUCTIVITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

PRODUCTIVITY PENALTY; PRODUCTIVITY RATE; SCALE-SCOPE TRADE-OFF;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 33847325806     PISSN: 01445154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01445150710724711     Document Type: Article

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