Production Economics of Rapid Manufacture

Rapid Manufacturing: An Industrial Revolution for the Digital Age

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 147-157

  Hopkinson, Neil ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conventional manufacturing processes; Cut off production volume; Economic implications of rapid manufacture; High volume production; Labour costs; Maintenance package; Melt flow index test

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866992580     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0470033991.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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