Kanban controlled pull systems: An analytic approach

Kanban controlled pull systems: An analytic approach

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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: , , ,
Keywords: inventory, markov processes
Abstract:

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 N-stage serial production system is modeled as a discrete time Markov process. Capacity constraints, stochastic machine reliability and demand variability are included. The model is illustrated by a 3-stage system, describing the effects of the number of kanbans, the machine reliability, the demand variability and safety stock requirements on the performance of a kanban controlled pull system.

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