Process flexibility: Design, evaluation, and applications

Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 59-94

  Chou, Mabel C ^a   Teo, Chung Piaw ^a   Zheng, Huan ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

Author keywords

Manufacturing: process flexibility; Network: maximum flow; Optimization: stochasitic programming

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURERS; CROSS TRAINING; FLEXIBLE PROCESS; FLEXIBLE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS; FLEXIBLE SYSTEM; IMPLEMENTATION COST; IN-PROCESS; MAXIMUM FLOWS; OPERATIONAL COSTS; PROCESS FLEXIBILITY; SERVICE COMPANIES; SERVICE INDUSTRIES; SERVICE SYSTEMS;

MANUFACTURE; OPTIMIZATION;

OPERATING COSTS;

EID: 73449092850     PISSN: 19366582     EISSN: 19366590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10696-008-9053-9     Document Type: Article

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