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

John Geraghty and Cathal Heavey

International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management, 2010, vol. 20, issue 1/2/3/4, 94-119

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: lean production control; LPCS; kanban; constant work in progress control; CONWIP; hybrid kanban-CONWIP; HK-CONWIP; basestock; extended kanban control; coefficient of variation; demand distribution. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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