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A review and comparison of hybrid and pull-type production control strategies

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Stochastic Modeling of Manufacturing Systems

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In order to overcome the disadvantages of Kanban Control Strategy (KCS) in non-repetitive manufacturing environments, two research approaches have been followed in the literature in past two decades. The first approach has been concerned with developing new, or combining existing, pull-type production control strategies in order to maximise the benefits of pull control while increasing the ability of a production system to satisfy demand. The second approach has focused on how best to combine Just-In-Time (JIT) and Material-Requirements-Planning (MRP) philosophies in order to maximise the benefits of pull control in non-repetitive manufacturing environments. This paper provides a review of the research activities in these two approaches, presents a comparison between a Production Control Strategy (PCS) from each approach, and presents a comparison of the performance of several pull-type production control strategies in addressing the Service Level vs. WIP trade-off in an environment with low variability and a light-to-medium demand load.

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  1. School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Dublin City University, Glasnevin, Dublin 9, Ireland

    John Geraghty

  2. Department of Manufacturing and Operations Engineering, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

    Cathal Heavey

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  1. Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Thessaly, 38334, Volos, Greece

    George Liberopoulos

  2. Department of Economic Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Chrissoleon T. Papadopoulos

  3. Graduate School of Business, Koç University, 80910, Sariyer, Istanbul, Turkey

    Barış Tan

  4. Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, 01003, USA

    J. M. Smith

  5. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139-4307, USA

    Stanley B. Gershwin

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Geraghty, J., Heavey, C. (2006). A review and comparison of hybrid and pull-type production control strategies. In: Liberopoulos, G., Papadopoulos, C.T., Tan, B., Smith, J.M., Gershwin, S.B. (eds) Stochastic Modeling of Manufacturing Systems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-29057-5_13

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