The life cycle of manufacturing cells

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1167-1182

  Marsh, Robert F ^a   Meredith, Jack R ^b   McCutcheon, David M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cellular manufacturing; Field research; Performance; Product lifecycle

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543049479     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443579710367607     Document Type: Review

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