This paper investigates the short-term robustness of production planning and control systems. This robustness is defined here as the system’s ability to maintain short-term service probabilities (i.e., the probability that the fill rate remains within a prespecified range), in a variety of environments (scenarios). For this investigation, the paper introduces a heuristic, stagewise methodology ...

Purpose – To present a case study of a hospital nursing unit that has evaluated and approved a 2bin “e-kanban” replenishment system based on passive HF RFID technology. Design/methodology/approach – The case study analysis is based on both qualitative and quantitative data that was collected using (i) semi-structured interviews, (ii) on-site observations and (iii) experience from previous imple...

In the recent years, Agile Kanban has emerged as an appropriate method used for managing projects in numerous fields and various settings. Despite getting increased popularity software organizations, still different challenges that need to be addressed. Therefore, this study aims concisely explore current state of art latest researches on through conducting extensive review literature. The resu...

20 In the summer of 2002 two articles [1,2] written by Lindsay Harding appeared in Control magazine. They described the Quick Response Manufacturing (QRM) approach developed by Rajan Suri at the University of Wisconsin in the USA. At the time, Trevor Turner was working on a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) in an SME, located near to Glasgow, making metal valves. The company, which manufactu...