Managing variations in products, processes and manufacturing systems

CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 441-446

  ElMaraghy, H ^a   Azab, A ^a   Schuh, G ^b   Pulz, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Design; Process; Variation

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METRICS; BATCH SIZES; CUSTOMERS' SATISFACTIONS; DESIGN-TO-MANUFACTURING; LOT SIZES; MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS DESIGNS; PLANNING METHODOLOGIES; PROCESS; PRODUCT MIXES; PRODUCTION SCALE; UNIFIED APPROACHES; VARIATION;

DATA STRUCTURES; DESIGN;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 65549149195     PISSN: 00078506     EISSN: 17260604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cirp.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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