| dc.creator | Koukoumialos, S. | en |
| dc.creator | Liberopoulos, G. | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-11-23T10:36:03Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-11-23T10:36:03Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
| dc.identifier | 10.1007/s00291-004-0188-0 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0171-6468 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11615/29758 | |
| dc.description.abstract | We develop a general purpose analytical approximation method for the performance evaluation of a multi-stage, serial, echelon kanban control system. The basic principle of the method is to decompose the original system into a set of nested subsystems, each subsystem being associated with a particular echelon of stages. Each subsystem is analyzed in isolation using a product-form approximation technique. An iterative procedure is used to determine the unknown parameters of each subsystem. Numerical results show that the method is fairly accurate. | en |
| dc.source | Or Spectrum | en |
| dc.source.uri | <Go to ISI>://WOS:000229688000009 | |
| dc.subject | production/inventory control | en |
| dc.subject | multi-stage system | en |
| dc.subject | echelon kanban | en |
| dc.subject | performance evaluation | en |
| dc.subject | CLOSED QUEUING-NETWORKS | en |
| dc.subject | GENERALIZED KANBAN | en |
| dc.subject | BASE STOCK | en |
| dc.subject | CUSTOMERS | en |
| dc.subject | POLICIES | en |
| dc.subject | Operations Research & Management Science | en |
| dc.title | An analytical method for the performance evaluation of echelon kanban control systems | en |
| dc.type | journalArticle | en |