A fresh approach to cyclic manufacturing

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 220, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1729-1733

  Sharma, S ^a   Goyal, S ^b  

^a NETAJI SUBHAS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Common cycle time; Cyclic manufacturing; Flexible production rate

Indexed keywords

CYCLE TIME; FLEXIBLE PRODUCTION; JOB SHOP; NON-PRODUCTIVE TIME; PRODUCTION RATES;

COST REDUCTION;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 77950590815     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544054JEM573     Document Type: Article

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