The effect of sudden material handling system breakdown on the performance of a JIT system

Recovery of sensor embedded washing machines using a multi-kanban controlled disassembly line

“…Extending Gupta and Al-Turki [28], Gupta et al [29] presented a novel system called flexible kanban system (FKS), which adjusts the number of kanbans in response to variations in demand and lead times. Gupta and Al-Turki [30,31] showed that FKS is superior to traditional kanban system by considering the interruptions caused by the preventive maintenance or breakdown of the material handling system. Tardif and Maaseidvaag [32] suggested an adaptive kanban system, which adjusts the number of kanbans considering inventory and backorder levels.…”

Managing Preventive Maintenance on a Disassembly Line Using Multi-Kanban Mechanism

“…Several modified kanban methodologies were developed to deal with demand variability while preserving the advantages of traditional kanban system. Gupta and Al-Turki [19,20,21] and Gupta et al [22] proposed the concept of the flexible kanban system (FKS) in various environments involving uncertainties and interruptions. They demonstrated that in such environments, FKS outperforms the traditional kanban system.…”

Bibliographic Information

“…generating demand t 2 starting production t 3 processing t 4 production capacity variability t 5 ordering of part 2 t 6 delivery of part 2 t 7 delivery of parts 1 p 1 maximum backlogged demand p 2 backlogged demand p 3 processing p 4 available production capacity p 5 production capacity p 6 number of order for vendor 2 p 7 delivery for parts 2 p 8 available parts 2 p 9 number of order for vendor 1 p 10 available parts 1…”

“…While analytic methods provide closed-form solutions, they make limiting assumptions for processing times and demands, and are subject to statespace explosion. As a result, simulation is often the methodology of choice for modeling JIT systems [5,6,7,8,9,10]. While simulation can be used to model the system precisely, it does not, by itself, allow the determination of any qualitative properties regarding the system design (such as deadlock).…”