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The Limits of Japanese Production Systems

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  • Subhashish Samaddar

    (Department of Information Management and Decision Sciences, Western Illinois University, College of Business and Technology, Macomb, Illinois 61455)

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Zangwill [Zangwill, W. I. 1992. The limits of Japanese production theory. Interfaces 22 (5) 14–25.] claims that reductions in setup coat and time can paradoxically increase inventory levels and holding costs without bound and, thereby, blow up total costs. One limitation of this claim is that inventory does not grow without bound for a system with more than one item. Inventory increases conditionally. I offer such a condition. Use of this condition can ensure, wherever possible, that setup time reductions do not back-fire through longer waiting times and higher inventory levels.

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  • Subhashish Samaddar, 1996. "The Limits of Japanese Production Systems," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 26(4), pages 66-68, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:orinte:v:26:y:1996:i:4:p:66-68
    DOI: 10.1287/inte.26.4.66
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    1. Samaddar, Subhashish, 2001. "The effect of setup time reduction on its variance," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 29(3), pages 243-247, June.
    2. Subhashish Samaddar & Thomas Whalen, 2008. "Improving Performance in Cyclic Production Systems by Using Forced Variable Idle Setup Time," Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, INFORMS, vol. 10(2), pages 173-180, August.
    3. Samaddar, Subhashish & Hill, Craig A., 2007. "Controlling adverse effect on work in process inventory while reducing machine setup time," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 180(1), pages 249-261, July.

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