Effectiveness measurement of Facilities Layout

Proceedings of the 35th International MATADOR 2007 Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 165-168

  Raman, D ^a   Nagalingam, S V ^a   Gurd, B W ^a   Lin, G C I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Closeness gap; Effectiveness; Facilities layout flexibility; Facility layout; Productive area utilisation

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; PRODUCTIVITY;

CLOSENESS GAP; EFFECTIVENESS; FACILITIES LAYOUT; FACILITY LAYOUT; PRODUCTIVE AREA UTILISATION;

MATERIALS HANDLING;

EID: 84900246252     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84628-988-0_36     Document Type: Conference Paper

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