SMED: For quick changeovers in foundry SMEs

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 98-116

  Singh, Bikram Jit ^a   Khanduja, Dinesh ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Foundry engineering; Lead times; Productivity rate; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 73649111056     PISSN: 17410401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410401011006130     Document Type: Article

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