Experimental results.(A Comparison of Alternative Kanban Control Mechanisms, part 2): An article from: IIE Transactions

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From the author: This paper continues our study of the design of inventory control policies for serial systems. Using simulation, we compare alternate control policies where a target of mean throughput has to be met under three different objectives - minimize the maximum inventory, minimize the average inventory and minimize the variance of the output - for balanced lines and lines with one bottleneck. The main objectives of this paper are: (1) to study several objectives not amenable to sample path analysis and (2) to show some sets of conditions and objectives under which Constant-Work-in Progress (CONWIP) is preferred over the traditional kanban mechanism, and vice-versa.

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Title: Experimental results.(A Comparison of Alternative Kanban Control Mechanisms, part 2)
Author: John A. Muckstadt
Publication:IIE Transactions (Refereed)
Date: April 1, 1995
Publisher: Institute of Industrial Engineers, Inc. (IIE)
Volume: v27 Issue: n2 Page: p151(11)

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