Article ID: | iaor1992504 |
Country: | United States |
Volume: | 21 |
Issue: | 5 |
Start Page Number: | 22 |
End Page Number: | 23 |
Publication Date: | Sep 1991 |
Journal: | Interfaces |
Authors: | Price Wilson L., Gravel Marc |
Keywords: | scheduling, inventory |
Visual simulation was used to show the managers of a small clothing plant how the Kanban method could help them, to persuade them to accept it, and to support its implementation. A nonvisual simulation on a minicomputer did not convince managers that the potential benefits of the Kanban method could be obtained in the shop. A series of three visual simulations on microcomputers effectively demonstrated the method and its performance advantages. Managers better understood the nature of the model and its workings. As a result, a pilot project was set up, leading in turn to the adoption of the method in the plant.