Productivity Improvement of Assembly Lines by Lean Methods
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عنوان ژورنال: Manufacturing Technology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1213-2489,1213-2489
DOI: 10.21062/ujep/x.2017/a/1213-2489/mt/17/2/192