A multi-stage Kanban based production system (MKPS) with variable production rates is considered. This paper is to study and analyse the process of designing an effective flexible Kanban pull system and to design and develop a method for MKPS with varying production rate at different work-stage. Raw materials are replenished at the first work-stage and they are processed through MKPS to generat...

Campbell Soup’s Continuous Replenishment (CR) program is a novel innovation designed to improve the e¢ciency of inventory management throughout the supply chain. With CR: (1) retailers pay a constant wholesale price but continue to participate in consumer promotions; (2) retailers transmit to the supplier daily inventory information, via Electronic Data Interchange (EDI); and (3) the supplier a...

This paper provides a simple dynamic optimization model of durable goods inventories. Closed-form solutions are derived in a general equilibrium environment with imperfect information and serially correlated shocks. The model is then applied to scrutinize some popular conjectures regarding the causes of the volatility reduction of GDP since 1984. JEL Classification: E22, E23, E32.

BACKGROUND Cervical cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death among women in sub-Saharan Africa. In Malawi, very few women have undergone screening and the incidence of cervical cancer is on the increase as is the case in most developing countries. We aimed at exploring and documenting health system gaps responsible for the poor performance of the cervical cancer prevention program in Ma...

tant Abt Associates Inc, showed that 90% do not have a consistent water supply and 50% do not have electrical generators. “We never have a day without the electricity cutting off for 12 hours or longer, and half of these centers have no generator,” said Alwan. The same survey showed that 95% of those centers do not have gynecologic tables or electrocardiogram machines. “When we say there’s a sc...

The ship electrification process is the of installing or providing electric power to supply all electrical needs for ships. In general, main electricity will be provided, and emergency supplies in form batteries generators that are able survive supplying loads such as navigation equipment, lights, lighting about 3 hours. Another consideration on fishing vessels also aimed at reducing dependence...

Indian Public Health Standards (IPHS) provides standards and guidance quality health rendered by public system components such as infrastructure, human resource, drugs, diagnostics, equipment, governance requirements for delivering services at facilities all levels. Setting up a protocol care levels is dynamic process needs to update with the introduction of new existing National Programmes per...