Volume and product flexibility: A case study for a refrigerators producing facility

IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA

Volumn 1 2 VOLS, Issue , 2005, Pages 891-897

  Alexopoulos, K ^a   Mamassioulas, A ^a   Mourtzis, D ^a   Chryssolouris, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NUMERICAL COMPUTATION MACHINES; LASER MACHINES; PUNCHING DEPARTMENTS;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; LASER APPLICATIONS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; REFRIGERATORS;

INDUSTRIAL PLANTS;

EID: 33847336548     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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