Facility layout overview: Towards competitive advantage

Facilities

Volumn 16, Issue 7-8, 1998, Pages 198-203

  Canen, Alberto G ^a   Williamson, Geoff H ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84986170667     PISSN: 02632772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02632779810221262     Document Type: Review

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