Effect of reconfiguration costs on planning for capacity scalability in reconfigurable manufacturing systems

International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 225-238

  Deif, Ahmed M ^a   Elmaraghy, Waguih ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capacity scalability; Reconfigurable manufacturing system; Regeneration point

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

CAPACITY SCALABILITY; RECONFIGURABLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS (RMS); REGENERATION POINT;

AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 33947198952     PISSN: 09206299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10696-006-9006-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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