A Mathematical Programming Approach to a Deterministic Kanban System

Gabriel R. Bitran and Li Chang
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Gabriel R. Bitran: Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
Li Chang: IBM Corporation, Poughkeepsie, New York 12602

Management Science, 1987, vol. 33, issue 4, 427-441

Abstract: In this paper we present a mathematical programming model for the Kanban system in a deterministic multi-stage capacitated assembly-tree-structure production setting. We discuss solution procedures to the problem and address three special cases of practical interest.

Keywords: just-in-time manufacturing: Kanban; inventory/production: deterministic models; programming (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1987
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