Card-Based Control Systems for a Lean Work Design: The Fundamentals of Kanban, ConWIP, POLCA, and COBACABANA
- ISBN-10
- 1498788343
- ISBN-13
- 9781498788342
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 219
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-07-27
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- Authors
- Charles Protzman, Mark Stevenson, Matthias Thürer
Description
Many shops have simplified their production control by using card-based systems such as kanban and Constant Work-in-Process (ConWIP). Although these systems provide a simple and highly effective visual approach for controlling manufacturing and service operations, all too many shops struggle with failed implementations or achieve results that fall
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