Determination of the optimal number of kanbans and kanban allocation in a FMS: A simulation-based study

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 439-447

  Sengupta, S ^a   Sharief, F ^b   Dutta, S P ^b  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allocation rules; Flexibility; FMS; Kanban; Optimization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS CONTROL; PURCHASING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCHEDULING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

KANBAN ALLOCATION METHODS; SIMULATION-BASED DIRECT SEARCH METHOD;

JUST IN TIME PRODUCTION;

EID: 0032681337     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095372899232966     Document Type: Article

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