| Article ID: | iaor1991949 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 29 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 1 |
| End Page Number: | 16 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1991 |
| Journal: | International Journal of Production Research |
| Authors: | Li Anlong, Co Henry C. |
| Keywords: | programming: dynamic |
The ‘kanban’, which literally means ‘cards’, is an information aid to harmonious control production and inventory in a ‘just-in-time’ (JIT) system. This paper addresses the problem of determining the number of kanbans at each stage of production.