Since its introduction more than a decade ago, the CONstant Work In Process (CONWIP)
production control system has received a great deal of attention from practitioners and …

Authored by a team of experts, the new edition of this bestseller presents practical
techniques for managing inventory and production throughout supply chains. It covers the …

This paper describes efficient algorithms for determining how buffer space should be
allocated in a flow line. We analyze two problems: a primal problem, which minimizes total …

In order to overcome the disadvantages of Kanban Control Strategy (KCS) in non-repetitive
manufacturing environments, two research approaches have been followed in the literature …

In this paper we describe and classify different pull production systems. The production
control systems kanban and CONWIP are then analysed with respect to production rate and …

This paper presents a unified framework for pull production control mechanisms in multi‐
stage manufacturing systems. A pull production control mechanism in a multi‐stage …

Setting kanban sizes is one of the first decisions that users of kanban system must address,
yet researchers have largely assumed kanban sizes to be given. This paper investigates the …

This research addresses a system of flexible worker assignments in a setting where there
are more workers than machines. When organized using this system, a production line …

Three types of JIT ordering systems used for supply chain management were quality tested,
the Kanban, the original constant work-in-process (CONWIP), and a synchronized CONWIP …

This article presents a simulation study over a small supply chain, where the amount of work-
in-process (WIP) is restricted. The supply chain consists of five linked machines, or …