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Production Control Systems: A Guide to Enhance Performance of Pull Systems (Management for Professionals)
Yacob Khojasteh
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Description for Production Control Systems: A Guide to Enhance Performance of Pull Systems (Management for Professionals)
Hardcover. Series: Management for Professionals. Num Pages: 105 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, 32 black & white tables, biograph. BIC Classification: KJMV5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 245 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
Selecting a suitable production control policy is a challenging task for managers because the superiority of one control over the other is controversial. This book analyzes pull production systems and provides a guideline to choose and implement a proper control policy in production processes. By employing a proper control policy the maximum possible throughput of the production system can be achieved with the minimum work-in-process inventory. Kanban, CONWIP, and base-stock as wellknown pull control policies are analyzed and analytical comparisons among them in multistage serial and assembly production processes are presented. Illustrated by carefully chosen examples and supported by analytical solutions, discussions provided in the book clarify the complexity ... Read more
Selecting a suitable production control policy is a challenging task for managers because the superiority of one control over the other is controversial. This book analyzes pull production systems and provides a guideline to choose and implement a proper control policy in production processes. By employing a proper control policy the maximum possible throughput of the production system can be achieved with the minimum work-in-process inventory. Kanban, CONWIP, and base-stock as wellknown pull control policies are analyzed and analytical comparisons among them in multistage serial and assembly production processes are presented. Illustrated by carefully chosen examples and supported by analytical solutions, discussions provided in the book clarify the complexity ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
Series
Management for Professionals
Number of Pages
105
Place of Publication
Tokyo, Japan
ISBN
9784431551966
SKU
V9784431551966
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99-15
About Yacob Khojasteh
Dr. Yacob Khojasteh is an associate professor at the Graduate School of Global Studies, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan. He received his Ph.D. in engineering from the University of Tsukuba, Japan. He also received his M.Sc. in policy and planning sciences, and in industrial engineering from the University of Tsukuba, and Tarbiat Modares University, respectively. He has over six years of ... Read more
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