Flexibility in manufacturing systems: A relational and a dynamic approach

Autor: Javier Pereira, Bernard Paulré
Rok vydání: 2001
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Zdroj: European Journal of Operational Research. 130:70-82
ISSN: 0377-2217
DOI: 10.1016/s0377-2217(00)00020-5
Popis: In this paper, we propose that flexibility in a manufacturing system is not independent of the environment with which it interacts. Furthermore, we propose that flexibility is a multidimensional concept relating the degree, effort and time of adaptation. In order to arrive at this approach, a dynamic perspective is adopted in which the flexibility dimensions are related. A number of examples are presented to point out some problems where this approach may be used.
Databáze: OpenAIRE