An evaluation of maintenance policies for flexible manufacturing systems: A case study

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 409-426

  Vineyard, Michael ^a   Amoako Gyampah, Kwasi ^b   Meredith, Jack R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexible manufacturing systems; Operations management; Preventive maintenance

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543107809     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570010319156     Document Type: Article

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