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Quantifying the factors affecting the reconfigurable manufacturing system

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  • Vasdev Malhotra
  • Tilak Raj

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Market scenario is becoming more dynamic and more customers driven. The reconfigurable manufacturing system is a system that is designed for cost-effective response to changes in production requirements. The goal in implementing an RMS is to be able to cope with random changes in production requirements through reconfiguration. There are certain factors that inhibit the successful implementation of RMS. In the present, work an index factors of RMS is proposed which evaluates the inhibiting power of these factors.

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  • Vasdev Malhotra & Tilak Raj, 2012. "Quantifying the factors affecting the reconfigurable manufacturing system," International Journal of Services and Operations Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 13(2), pages 226-246.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijsoma:v:13:y:2012:i:2:p:226-246
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