• DocumentCode
    1296512
  • Title

    How flexible is your FMS?

  • Author

    Lee, Bill

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Manage., Sheffield Univ., UK
  • Volume
    78
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    12/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    245
  • Lastpage
    248
  • Abstract
    Although flexible manufacturing systems (FMSs) are often presented as capable of machining a wide range of products, there are many intrinsic constraints that limit their use. The author explains the limitations and describes a number of steps FMS users could take to prevent constraints in the initial design precluding good performance
  • Keywords
    flexible manufacturing systems; management; planning; production control; FMS; constraints; flexible manufacturing systems; machining; planning; production control; productivity;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Manufacturing Engineer
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0956-9944
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/me:19990607
  • Filename
    820262