Abstract
It is well known that the performance of the JIT production system is optimum in a deterministic environment. However, real-world situations contain uncertainties in processing times, with which traditional JIT does not deal well. In this paper, we present a newly developed Kanban system that systematically manipulates the number of Kanbans to cope with the discrepancies introduced by the uncertainty in processing times. We illustrate that the performance of this new system is superior to the traditional JIT system in such an environment.
Keywords
Kanban system, Just in time systems
Subject Categories
Recycling (Waste (etc.))
Disciplines
Engineering
Publisher
Omnipress
Publication Date
1995
Rights Information
Copyright 1995, Surendra M. Gupta
Rights Holder
Gupta M. Surendra
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Recommended Citation
Gupta, Surendra M.; Al-Turki, Yousef A. Y.; and Perry, Ronald F., "Coping with processing time variation in a JIT environment" (1995). . Paper 32. http://hdl.handle.net/2047/d10013982
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Notes
Originally published in the Proceedings of the 1995 Northeast Decision Sciences Institute Conference, pp. 419-421, 1995