Assessing and improving the responsiveness of manufacturing production systems

IEE Colloquium (Digest)

Volumn , Issue 166, 1999, Pages 9-15

  McFarlane, Duncan ^a   Matson, Jeremy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGILITY; HOLONIC MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS (HMS); RESPONSIVENESS; STANDARD OPERATING PRACTICES (SOP);

DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MANUFACTURE; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 6344244497     PISSN: 09633308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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