TY - JOUR
T1 - MRP/sfx
T2 - A kanban-oriented shop floor extension to MRP
AU - Nagendra, Prashanth B.
AU - Das, Sanchoy K.
N1 - Funding Information:
Sanchoy Das isAssociate Professor in the Department of I ndustrial and M anufacturing Engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Operation R esearch from V irginia Tech in 1989. Dr Das’s research interests are in the areas of design for manufacturability, design for quality, exible manufacturing, and M R P scheduling. The National Science Foundation and several other federal and state agencies have funded his work. He has worked closely with industry on a wide variety of projects. I n 1990 he was awarded the Institute of I ndustrial Engineers Doctoral Dissertation award, and in 1997 was awarded the Society of M anufacturing Engineers Outstanding Young M anufacturing Engineer Award. His research work has been published in several journals including the International J ournal of Production Research, IIE T ransactions, International J ournal of Flexible M anufacturing, and the International J ournal of Production Economics.
PY - 1999/1/1
Y1 - 1999/1/1
N2 - Materials Requirement Planning (MRP) and JustIn-Time (JIT)/kanban are two widely used production scheduling and control (PS and C) methodologies in the manufacturing industry. MRP has better planning capabilities, while JIT has superior shop floor control capabilities. MRP is applicable to a wide range of manufacturing companies, while successful JIT/ kanban implementation is generally restricted to repetitive and serial manufacturing. Several hybrid MRP/JIT systems have been proposed by researchers and practitioners to combine the benefits from both methods, while eliminating some of their drawbacks. A few companies have successfully implemented customized hybrid systems. However, there are no 'generic' methods by which JIT/kanban can be combined with MRP. This paper introduces a generic and widely applicable JIT/ kanban-type shop floor extension to MRP. Further, it incorporates specific techniques that eliminate the drawbacks of JIT/kanban and enable it to be used with MRP in a broad range of manufacturing plants. The techniques include: (i) the Kanban Card Controller, which links the MRP output to the JIT/kanban input; (ii) the Kanban Prioritizer, an optimal scheduling methodology, which enables JIT to be used effectively in non-serial production facilities; and (iii) a dynamic lead time estimator which calculates lead time based on the most current shop floor parameters.
AB - Materials Requirement Planning (MRP) and JustIn-Time (JIT)/kanban are two widely used production scheduling and control (PS and C) methodologies in the manufacturing industry. MRP has better planning capabilities, while JIT has superior shop floor control capabilities. MRP is applicable to a wide range of manufacturing companies, while successful JIT/ kanban implementation is generally restricted to repetitive and serial manufacturing. Several hybrid MRP/JIT systems have been proposed by researchers and practitioners to combine the benefits from both methods, while eliminating some of their drawbacks. A few companies have successfully implemented customized hybrid systems. However, there are no 'generic' methods by which JIT/kanban can be combined with MRP. This paper introduces a generic and widely applicable JIT/ kanban-type shop floor extension to MRP. Further, it incorporates specific techniques that eliminate the drawbacks of JIT/kanban and enable it to be used with MRP in a broad range of manufacturing plants. The techniques include: (i) the Kanban Card Controller, which links the MRP output to the JIT/kanban input; (ii) the Kanban Prioritizer, an optimal scheduling methodology, which enables JIT to be used effectively in non-serial production facilities; and (iii) a dynamic lead time estimator which calculates lead time based on the most current shop floor parameters.
KW - Just-in-time
KW - Kanban
KW - Materials Requirement Planning Mrp
KW - Production Scheduling
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U2 - 10.1080/095372899233172
DO - 10.1080/095372899233172
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0032654764
SN - 0953-7287
VL - 10
SP - 207
EP - 218
JO - Production Planning and Control
JF - Production Planning and Control
IS - 3
ER -