TY - JOUR
T1 - An investigation of the influence of coefficient of variation in the demand distribution on the performance of several lean production control strategies
AU - Geraghty, John
AU - Heavey, Cathal
PY - 2010/5
Y1 - 2010/5
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Basestock
KW - CONWIP
KW - Constant work in progress control strategy
KW - Extended Kanban control
KW - HK-CONWIP
KW - Hybrid Kanban-CONWIP
KW - Kanban
KW - LPCS
KW - Lean production control strategies
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77953862190&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1504/ijmtm.2010.032894
DO - 10.1504/ijmtm.2010.032894
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77953862190
SN - 1368-2148
VL - 20
SP - 94
EP - 119
JO - International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management
JF - International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management
IS - 1-4
ER -
