Modelling the effect of product variations on the design of Economy of Scope Manufacturing Systems

International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-86

  Cui, Zihua ^a   Weston, Richard ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economy of Scope and Scale (EoSS); Enterprise modelling; Manufacturing systems design; Product dynamics; Reconfiguration; Simulation modelling

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PRODUCT DESIGN;

BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS; ECONOMY OF SCOPE AND SCALE (EOSS); ENTERPRISE MODELLING; KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES (MES); MANUFACTURING PARADIGM; PRODUCT DYNAMICS; RECONFIGURATION;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 74949112535     PISSN: 0951192X     EISSN: 13623052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09511920903225276     Document Type: Article

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