In this paper, an approximate method for estimating the performance of the synchronization stations of an Extended Kanban production system is developed. The correct treatment of an Extended Kanban system requires the decomposition of the system into a set of subsystems and the coupling of the synchronization stations of each of these. Unlike other Kanban type systems, the analysis in isolation...

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We present a literature review and classi® cation of techniques to determine both the design parameters and kanban sequences for just-in-time manufacturing systems. We summarize the model structures, decision variables, performance measures and assumptions in a tabular format. It is important to state that there is a signi® cant relationship between the design parameters, such as the number of ...

This article presents a simulation study over a small supply chain, where the amount of work-in-process (WIP) is restricted. The supply chain consists of five linked machines, or production facilities, with stochastic operation times. A number of test cases are made where the number of jobs in the machines and the buffer areas are restricted. The restrictions are designed both in the Kanban way...

In today's globalization with the shift towards Agility. Agile practices highly evaluates communication to achieve improvement in the software development process and among development team members. Stable communication can be difficult and a challenge in distributed agile environment. Pointless communications and actions in software development projects do not decrease work in progress and may...

Kanban systems have been invented by the Japanese Toyota Motor Corporation in the 1950s. Meanwhile, this implementation of the Just-in-Time-principle gained worldwide popularity, reputation and success. At Chemnitz University of Technology, the professor-ship " Modelling and Simulation " investigates such systems and analyses their perfomance according to costs and all the classical performance...

In recent years, variants of Kanban mechanisms are proposed to deal with different levels of uncertainties commonly exist in a typical production system. Among them, generalized Kanban control (Buzacott [1989]) mechanism gained popularity as it is able to deal with uncertainties effectively while maintaining pull philosophy. In literature, many models are developed to gain insights on the desig...

this paper studies the multi-stage supply chain system (msscm) controlled by the kanban mechanism. in the kanban system, decision making is based on the number of kanbans as well as batch sizes. a kanban mechanism is employed to assist in linking different production processes in a supply chain system in order to implement the scope of just-in-time (jit) philosophy. for a msscm, a mixed-integer...

This paper studies the multi-stage supply chain system (MSSCM) controlled by the kanban mechanism. In the kanban system, decision making is based on the number of kanbans as well as batch sizes. A kanban mechanism is employed to assist in linking different production processes in a supply chain system in order to implement the scope of just-in-time (JIT) philosophy. For a MSSCM, a mixed-integer...