A new flow diagramming scheme for mapping and analysis of multi-product flows in a facility

Journal of Integrated Design and Process Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-58

  Zhou, Jin ^a   Irani, Shahrukh A ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cascading flowlines; Cluster analysis; Facility layout; Material flow analysis; Modified multi product process chart (MM PPC); String alignment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013597843     PISSN: 10920617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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