Article ID: | iaor1989471 |
Country: | United States |
Volume: | 35 |
Issue: | 9 |
Start Page Number: | 1079 |
End Page Number: | 1091 |
Publication Date: | Sep 1989 |
Journal: | Management Science |
Authors: | Deleersnyder Jean-Luc, Hodgson Thom J., Muller Henri, OGrady Peter J. |
Keywords: | inventory, markov processes |
Three problem areas exist in designing and implementing a kanban controlled JIT system: the identification of flow lines problem, the flow line loading problem and the operational control problem. This paper addresses the operational control problem. A general