A systematic approach for product families formation in Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems

Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 489-502

  Galan, R ^a   Racero, J ^a   Eguia, I ^a   Garcia, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Product families; Reconfigurable manufacturing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; REUSABILITY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

MODULARITY; PRODUCT FAMILIES; RECONFIGURABLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS (RMS);

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 34247583277     PISSN: 07365845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcim.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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