Open AccessKANBAN allocation in a serial suply chain
Author(s) -
Guillermo Andrés Sánchez C,
Juan Manuel Sanchez C,
Oscar Huberto Patiño H
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
tecnura
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2248-7638
pISSN - 0123-921X
DOI - 10.14483/udistrital.jour.tecnura.2012.2.a05
Subject(s) - kanban , throughput , computer science , operations management , production (economics) , process (computing) , distribution (mathematics) , reliability engineering , operations research , engineering , mathematics , economics , microeconomics , wireless , operating system , telecommunications , mathematical analysis
The aim of this project is to simulate a Kanban system using N stages with the objective of maintaining an acceptable throughput and mean system time. The document shows the production systems where Kanban is applicable and what the potential benefi ts are. A serial of simulations will be done using a demand given by a poison distribution with rate λ ^ ext. The simulation aimed to fi nd the best number of withdrawal Kanban on all N stages when the values of μ (for exponential distribution of the process) and λ ^ ext increase and decrease. At the end of this simulation, the best way to allocate the withdrawal Kanban over N stages with the objective of maintaining acceptable throughput and mean system time will be clearer thus the conclusions of this work will be done.