A review of some issues and identification of some barriers in the implementation of FMS

International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-40

  Raj, Tilak ^a   Shankar, Ravi ^b   Suhaib, Mohammed ^c  

^a YMCA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^c JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Barriers; Flexible manufacturing systems; Implementation; Transition

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ADAPTATION; COMPETITIVE EDGE; GLOBAL COMPETITION; IMPLEMENTATION;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 34249669630     PISSN: 09206299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10696-007-9015-7     Document Type: Review

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