The rapid responsiveness of RMS

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 51, Issue 23-24, 2013, Pages 6817-6827

  Koren, Yoram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Reconfigurable manufacturing systems; RMS characteristics; System design

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED NUMERICALLY CONTROLLED MACHINES; GLOBAL COMPETITION; GLOBAL ENTERPRISES; MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISE; RECONFIGURABLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM; RMS CHARACTERISTICS; SYSTEM MODIFICATIONS; SYSTEMATIC DESIGNS;

COMMERCE; INDUSTRY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 84890569091     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2013.856528     Document Type: Article

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