Journal of the Korean Operations Research and Management Science Society (한국경영과학회지)
- Volume 18 Issue 3
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- Pages.159-177
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- 1993
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- 1225-1119(pISSN)
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- 2733-4759(eISSN)
The Effects of the Scope of Plant Layout Conversion on Manufacturing Cell Design Processes and Outcomes
Abstract
One of major research issues in cellular manufacturing is studing factors that are fovorable or detrimental to the conversion of traditional functional layouts to GT cellular layouts. Among many factors, this paper explored plausible relationships between the scope of plant conversion and the manufacturing cell design processes and outcomes. The cell design practices of 28 U. S. plants were surveyed through a mail questionaire. While most relationships were not statistically significant, some interesting findings and insights could be drawn. With this researhc, we can better understand a part of relationships between the company's conversion strategy and the cell design strategies and outcomes.
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