Stochastic analysis of TPS: Expose and eliminate variability by highly specifying WCP

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 751-775

  Gong, Qiguo ^a   Wang, Shouyang ^b   Lai, K K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE   (China)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Autonomation; Information entropy; Just in time; Resource pooling; Stochastic models; Toyota

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHIELDING; LIGHT WEIGHT ROLLING STOCK; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

AUTONOMATION; INFORMATION ENTROPY; JUST IN TIME; RESOURCE POOLING; TOYOTA;

JUST IN TIME PRODUCTION;

EID: 56749173747     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540701452167     Document Type: Article

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