Abstract
In this chapter, three pull production control systems, Kanban, CONWIP, and Base-stock are analyzed in serial production lines using the theory of token transaction systems. We provide an analytical comparison among those three control systems in a serial production line having two or more workstations, followed by a set of numerical experiments.
Part of this chapter is adapted from Khojasteh and Sato (2015).
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See Chap. 4 for more details.
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Later, we will show how to calculate this system WIP.
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As defined in Chap. 4, the cycle mean of a circuit is the ratio of the sum of the processing times of the processes on the circuit divided by the number of tokens in the circuit.
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Khojasteh-Ghamari and Sato, 2011
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If a circuit contains different activities and queues (except the start and end), then it is called an elementary circuit.
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Khojasteh, Y., & Sato, R. (2015). Selection of a pull production control system in multi-stage production processes. International Journal of Production Research, 53(14), 4363–4379.
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Khojasteh, Y. (2016). Analysis of Control Systems in Serial Production Lines. In: Production Control Systems. Management for Professionals. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55197-3_5
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