Production system selection for the agile manufacturing of modularly designed products

International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-58

  Hasan, Mohd Asif ^a   Shankar, Ravi ^b   Sarkis, Joseph ^c  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^c CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agile manufacturing; Analytical network process; ANP; Evaluation; Mass customisation; Modular design; Production systems

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; MANUFACTURE;

AGILE MANUFACTURING; ANALYTICAL NETWORK PROCESS; EVALUATION; MASS CUSTOMISATION; MODULAR DESIGNS; PRODUCTION SYSTEM;

AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 64549114637     PISSN: 13682148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMTM.2009.024619     Document Type: Article

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