The pull evolution: From kanban to customised token-based systems

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 276-287

  Gonzalez R, Pedro L ^a   Framinan, Jose M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conwip; Cross entropy method; Customised token based systems; Kanban; Production control systems

Indexed keywords

CONTROL MECHANISM; CONWIP; CROSS ENTROPY; CROSS-ENTROPY METHOD; CUSTOMISED TOKEN-BASED SYSTEMS; FLOW OF MATERIAL; GENERALISATION; KANBAN; MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENTS; MATERIAL FLOW CONTROL; NATURAL EVOLUTION; NEW APPROACHES; OPTIMISATION; PULL SYSTEMS;

CONTROL; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; ENTROPY; PRODUCTION CONTROL;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 67651227010     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537280902875393     Document Type: Article

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