A REVIEW OF OPTIMIZATION MODELS OF KANBAN-BASED PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

This paper deals with the Kanban method of production control used ini tially by Toyota Motors to replace traditional reorder point and econo mic lot size techniques. The method has had considerable practical suc cess and various researchers have developed models to help production planners to choose various parameters associated with the method, prin cipally the number of Kanban cards at a workstation and the size of th e Kanban-lots. This paper reviews optimisation models of Kanban-based systems covering serial production lines, bottleneck workstations, ass embly job-shop production.