The impact of AMT practices on firm performance in manufacturing SMEs

Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 303-313

  Koc, Tufan ^a   Bozdag, Erhan ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Advanced manufacturing technology; Manufacturing parameters; Small and medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESES; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; PLANNING; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCTION CONTROL; TECHNOLOGY;

ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY; AUTOMATED STORAGES; CAPACITY UTILIZATIONS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGNS; CURRENT SITUATIONS; DESIGN PERFORMANCE; FINISHED PRODUCTS; FIRM PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURING PARAMETERS; MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; PRODUCTION PLANNING; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES; WIDE AREAS;

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 63749118427     PISSN: 07365845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcim.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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