Model driven engineering of economy of scope systems

Advanced Design and Manufacture to Gain a Competitive Edge: New Manufacturing Techniques and their Role in Improving Enterprise Performance

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 697-706

  Cui, Z ^a   Weston, R H ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economy of scope and scale; Enterprise modelling; Flexible manufacturing systems; Simulation modelling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; MODEL STRUCTURES; PRODUCT DESIGN; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

ALTERNATIVE CONFIGURATIONS; CONTEXT DEPENDENT; ECONOMIES OF SCOPE; ECONOMY OF SCOPE AND SCALE; ENTERPRISE MODELLING; FURNITURE INDUSTRY; MODEL-DRIVEN ENGINEERING; PRODUCTION SYSTEM;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 68349163449     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84800-241-8_70     Document Type: Conference Paper

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