Evolvability and the intangibles

Assembly Automation

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 194-199

  Hanisch, Christoph ^a   Munz, Gebhard ^a  

^a FESTO AG AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assembly lines; Intangible assets; Manufacturing systems; Production costs; Target pricing

Indexed keywords

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ASSEMBLY LINES; ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; EVOLVABILITY; EVOLVABLE SYSTEMS; INTANGIBLE ASSETS; KNOW-HOW; MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; PRODUCTION COSTS; PRODUCTION LINES; PRODUCTION SYSTEMS; TARGET PRICING;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 48349126825     PISSN: 01445154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01445150810889448     Document Type: Article

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