Performance evaluation of reconfigurable manufacturing

36th International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering, ICC and IE 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 2479-2491

  Abdi, M Reza ^a  

^a BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analytical hierarchical process (ahp); Performance measurement; Reconfigurable manufacturing

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHICAL PROCESS; INVESTMENT DECISIONS; MANUFACTURING FACILITY; PERFORMANCE CRITERION; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS; RECONFIGURABLE MANUFACTURING; RECONFIGURATION COSTS; RECONFIGURATION TIME;

COMMERCE; COSTS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; INDUSTRY; INVESTMENTS;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 84886878231     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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