Determination of the number of kanbans and batch sizes in a JIT supply chain system

Scientia Iranica

Volumn 17, Issue 2 E, 2010, Pages 143-149

  Chaharsooghi, S K ^a   Sajedinejad, A ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Batch size; JIT; Kanban; Stochastic demand; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

JUST IN TIME PRODUCTION; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; SUPPLY CHAINS;

BATCH SIZES; KANBAN; OPTIMAL NUMBER; PRODUCTION ORDER; SERIAL CHAINS; STATIONARY DISTRIBUTION; STOCHASTIC DEMAND; SUPPLY CHAIN SYSTEMS;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

ALGORITHM; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 78951481949     PISSN: 10263098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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