Towards measuring the effectiveness of a facilities layout

Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 191-203

  Raman, Dhamodharan ^a   Nagalingam, Sev V ^a   Lin, Grier C I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Area utilisation; Facilities layout; Layout flexibility; Performance evaluation

Indexed keywords

LIFE CYCLE; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; PLANNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCTION CONTROL;

AREA UTILISATION; DECISION MAKING PROBLEMS; EARLY STAGES; EFFECTIVENESS FACTORS; FACILITIES LAYOUT; FACILITIES LAYOUTS; GLOBAL COMPETITIONS; INFORMATION FLOWS; LAYOUT FLEXIBILITIES; LAYOUT FLEXIBILITY; MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES; MARKET DEMANDS; MATERIAL HANDLING COSTS; MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENTS; MEASUREMENT MODELS; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS; PERSONNEL FLOWS; PRODUCTION PLANNING; PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS; SIGNIFICANT FACTORS;

MATERIALS HANDLING;

EID: 56149124634     PISSN: 07365845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcim.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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