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An investigation of the influence of coefficient of variation in the demand distribution on the performance of several lean production control strategies

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  • John Geraghty
  • Cathal Heavey

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This paper presents a comparison of five lean production control strategies, namely Kanban control strategy, CONWIP, Hybrid Kanban-CONWIP, basestock control strategy and extended Kanban control strategy. The strategies were examined under a light-to-medium demand load with increasing coefficient of variation. Discrete event simulation was used to compare the performances of strategies under the criteria of obtaining a given service level with minimal WIP. The results show that under a light-to-medium variable demand load Hybrid Kanban-CONWIP is the best strategy with KCS consistently the worst performer.

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  • John Geraghty & Cathal Heavey, 2010. "An investigation of the influence of coefficient of variation in the demand distribution on the performance of several lean production control strategies," International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 20(1/2/3/4), pages 94-119.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijmtma:v:20:y:2010:i:1/2/3/4:p:94-119
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