Iterative development and Kanban are not mutually exclusive competing methodologies; in essence they are complementary processes that when used together can facilitate higher performance in large development teams. This paper is a walkthrough of the Network Gaming team’s implementation of Iterative Agile alongside Lean Kanban here at WMS Gaming. The intent is to cover the processes created and ...

Present study compares performance of proposed model [Hybrid Extended Kanban Control System (HEKCS)], with Extended Kanban Control System (EKCS) and Constant Work In Process (CONWIP) in a single line and multi stage manufacturing system with or without effect of machine breakdown. It was observed that, when demand rate increases, throughput, average WIP and utilization% also gradually increases...

In this paper, we address a way to improve a classic kanban control system, by using kanban cards as an informational/decisional entity in order to enrich shop-floor information/decision. The realtime information collected and the simulation tool proposed enable to coordinate distributed decision according to a unique and global performance indicator. Our proposition consists in enabling any sh...

El proyecto que se presenta basa en el diseño y la capacitación para implementación de un sistema organización mejora denominado Kanban. En una empresa productos automotrices implementó Sistema Tarjetas Kanban con objetivo agilizar proceso facilitar tanto manejo del herramental como control las células producción. Dado uso es ampliamente conocido gestión materiales producción, este artículo mue...

The manufacturing of a product involves using several different kinds parts. Some of these parts are supplied by outside vendors. This adds a layer of complexity to the already challenging problem of managing the logistics of the production operation. It is important to efficiently control the ordering of parts from the outside vendors as their lead times tend to be relatively long (compared to...

The control policy affects performance of a manufacturing line and can be classified as push, pull, or combination of pull and push. A pull or just-in-time (JIT) production system is a philosophy or an approach of the manufacturing system in which order release occurs due to physical removal of finished inventory in response to the customer demand. In this paper, we review the behavior of a man...

Given the increased competitive pressures on manufacturing, many companies are interested in implementing Just-In-Time (JIT) manufacturing philosophies. At the shop floor level, one application of JIT is the introduction of kanbans in order to control in-process inventory. Traditionally, it has been argued that kanban systems work well when the shop floor environment is fairly stable. In this p...

The blockage/starvation patterns of known instability examples suggest using local demand information | which is precisely what is provided by the widely advocated kanban approach to ow control in manufacturing systems. Therefore, we have re-analyzed for stability the examples described in the 1990 Kumar{Seidman paper when modiied by introducing kanban control. It is found that this does not en...

In this paper, we propose a new approximate approach for analyzing queuing models of single stage kanban systems. The approach is based on parametric decomposition technique and two moment approximations. The main building block of our approach is a new two-moment approximation characterizing the performance of fork/join stations fed by general inputs. Using this approximation we develop analyt...