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POLCA and CONWIP performance in a divergent production line: an automotive case study

Farnoush, Alireza; Wiktorsson, Magnus - In: Metrika 24 (2013) 2, pp. 159-186

mechanism; three different variants of POLCA as well as one type of CONWIP control in an automotive production company with high …

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Production Quotas as Bounds on Interplant JIT Contracts

Duenyas, Izak; Hopp, Wallace J.; Bassok, Yehuda - In: Management Science 43 (1997) 10, pp. 1372-1386

We consider the situation of a supplier plant whose customer plants desire just-in-time (JIT) deliveries. Randomness in both the production and demand processes make satisfying every demand that might occur in true JIT fashion impossible. Therefore, supplier plants typically negotiate bounds on...

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Load-Based POLCA: An Integrated Material Control System for Multiproduct, Multimachine Job Shops

Vandaele, Nico; Nieuwenhuyse, Inneke Van; Claerhout, … - In: Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 10 (2008) 2, pp. 181-197

This article proposes a supporting framework for the implementation of the material control system POLCA (paired …-cell overlapping loops of cards with authorization). The POLCA system is particularly appropriate for environments that involve highly …-based version of the POLCA control system (LB-POLCA), which determines the POLCA parameters (release authorizations, allowed …

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The Impact of Uncertainty on a Production Line

Tang, Christopher S. - In: Management Science 36 (1990) 12, pp. 1518-1531

This paper presents a discrete time model of a multi-stage production system that faces two major types of uncertainties: the output rate at each production stage and the demand for the finished product. Our goal is to analyze the impact of these uncertainties on the production level and on the...

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