Developing a framework for performance analysis of a production process controlled by Kanban and CONWIP

Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-71

  Khojasteh Ghamari, Yaghoub ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CONWIP; Critical circuit; Kanban; Performance analysis; Pull production control systems

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; PRODUCTION CONTROL; THROUGHPUT;

CONWIP; CRITICAL CIRCUITS; KANBAN; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; PULL PRODUCTION;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 84856615488     PISSN: 09565515     EISSN: 15728145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10845-009-0338-y     Document Type: Article

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