Value creation through design for scalability of reconfigurable manufacturing systems

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1227-1242

  Koren, Yoram ^a   Wang, Wencai ^a   Gu, Xi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

capacity scalability; managerial insights; reconfigurable manufacturing systems

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DESIGN; DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURABILITY; RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE; SCALABILITY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; THROUGHPUT;

COST EFFECTIVE; CURRENT DEMANDS; MANAGERIAL INSIGHTS; MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISE; MATHEMATICAL METHOD; RECONFIGURABLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM; SYSTEM THROUGHPUT; VALUE CREATION;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 84958522729     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2016.1145821     Document Type: Article

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