Local rules: Their application in a kanban system

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1078-1092

  Haslett, Tim ^a   Osborne, Charles ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Kanban; Simulation; Stockout; Systems management

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543071205     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570010339163     Document Type: Article

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