... of a machining facility[ 13 ]. The break‐up of the machining facility into resource elements is summarized by the following algorithm: Cellular manufacturing Component manufacture Machining cell Manufacturing systems A fundamental issue in cellular manufacturing is the determination...

... a company’s strategy towards vertical integration and are illustrated in Figure 2 . © MCB UP Limited 1996 Component manufacture Research Strategy Vertical integration In order to support the process of wealth creation, it is important for academics continually to review the relevance...