Kanban-Controlled Manufacturing Systems
Author | : Georg Krieg |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 2005-01-13 |
ISBN-10 | : 354022999X |
ISBN-13 | : 9783540229995 |
Rating | : 4/5 (9X Downloads) |
Book excerpt: 5th Werner Kern Award for Productivity Research 2005 Kanban control systems bear a great potential to significantly improve operations. A company may reap the full benefits of kanban control only after determining an optimal or near-optimal system configuration. To do that, methods are needed to evaluate the performance and operating costs of individual system configurations. We propose an innovative construction-kit approach that enables us to build stochastic analytical models of a large class of single- and multi-product kanban systems. The presented construction-kit approach may be extended and augmented in various directions.