Process flexibility under bill of material constraints: Part i - An effective measuring approach

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 745-761

  Hua, Zhongsheng ^a   He, Ping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Bill of material; Flexibility measures; Manufacturing system; Process flexibility

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY LINE; BILL OF MATERIALS; EFFECTIVE MEASURING; INTERNAL CHANGES; MANUFACTURING SYSTEM; PROCESS FLEXIBILITY; PRODUCT TYPES; SHIFT CAPACITY; SIMULATION EXPERIMENTS; SYSTEM LEVELS;

ASSEMBLY; ASSEMBLY MACHINES; MANUFACTURE;

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS;

EID: 74549123680     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540802534699     Document Type: Article

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