An application of design space for assembly process reasoning to utilize current assembly plant resources for new product family members

Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 171-184

  Siddique, Zahed ^a   Wilmes, Lindsay ^a  

^a University of Oklahoma   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly space; Product family DFA

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; PRODUCT DESIGN; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CAPTURE EFFECTS; PROCESS REASONING; RESOURCE UTILIZATION;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 34547217848     PISSN: 09565515     EISSN: 15728145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10845-007-0013-0     Document Type: Article

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