Review:
Microfactories -A New Methodology for Sustainable Manufacturing-
Yuichi Okazaki
Fine Manufacturing Systems Research Group, Advanced Manufacturing Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Namiki 1-2-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8564, Japan
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