Towards Web-enabled design of modular assembly systems

Assembly Automation

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 270-279

  Lohse, Niels ^a   Ratchev, Svetan ^a   Valtchanov, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assembly; Design of work; Manufacturing systems; Work stations

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; SERVERS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED DESIGNS; MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; WED ENABLED DESIGN;

ASSEMBLY;

EID: 4143091479     PISSN: 01445154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01445150410549764     Document Type: Article

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