An empirical study towards a definition of production complexity

21st International Conference on Production Research: Innovation in Product and Production, ICPR 2011 - Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Fassberg T ^a   Harlin, U ^a,c   Garmer, K ^c   Gullander, P ^c   Fasth, A ^a   Mattsson, S ^a   Dencker, K ^c   Davidsson, A ^b   Stahre, J ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b VOLVO CAR CORPORATION   (Sweden)

^c SWEREA IVF   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Complexity; Management; Manufacturing; Parameters; Roles; Subjective

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT;

COMPLEX PRODUCTION SYSTEMS; COMPLEXITY; EMPIRICAL FINDINGS; INTERNAL LOGISTICS; MANUFACTURING COMPANIES; PARAMETERS; ROLES; SUBJECTIVE;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 84923389271     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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