Restricted work-in-process: A study of differences between Kanban and CONWIP

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 199-207

  Pettersen, Jan Arne ^a   Segerstedt, Anders ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CONWIP; Kanban; Manufacturing; Supply chain management; Work in process

Indexed keywords

RANDOM PROCESSES; SUPPLY CHAINS;

BUFFER AREAS; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATIONS; CONWIP; KANBAN; LEAD-TIME; MANUFACTURING; OPERATION TIME; PRODUCTION FACILITIES; PRODUCTION LINES; SIMULATION STUDIES; STOCHASTIC OPERATIONS; TEST CASE; THROUGHPUT RATES; TIME UNITS; WORK-IN-PROCESS;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 61449145606     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2008.08.043     Document Type: Article

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