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Kanban policy improvement thanks to a (max,+)-algebra analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This article deals with a possible improvement of a Kanban policy due to a (max,+)-algebra analysis. We show that for a given Kanban system, it is possible to change the original feedback loop by a (max,+)-linear controller which keeps the same quality ...
B. Cottenceau, I. Ouerghi, L. Hardouin
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An Agile Approach to Sourcing Solutions: Embracing Uncertainty for Strategic Relevance

open access: yesJournal of Supply Chain Management, Volume 62, Issue 1, Page 37-58, January 2026.
ABSTRACT This study examines agile sourcing, an emerging approach to procurement that deliberately incorporates uncertainty to address business challenges. Guided by a critical realist ontology and framing agile sourcing as an information‐processing issue, this study explores the generative mechanisms that enable organizations to manage the deliberate ...
Anna Aminoff   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A comparative study and a proposal of a decision support system for the pull systems

open access: yesGazi Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi, 2019
Pull system is a production approach that material movement is triggered by a signal. Although the pull system is usually used as a synonym of kanban system, it has been seen that kanban does not work well in some production environments, and some pull ...
İhsan EROZAN
doaj   +1 more source

Identifying Agile Requirements Engineering Patterns in Industry [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Agile Software Development (ASD) is gaining in popularity in today´s business world. Industry is adopting agile methodologies both to accelerate value delivery and to enhance the ability to deal with changing requirements. However, ASD has a great impact
Bertholdo A. P. O.   +5 more
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In Pursuit of Agility: How to Transform Your Organisation's IT Project Selection Process

open access: yesInformation Systems Journal, Volume 35, Issue 6, Page 1582-1602, November 2025.
ABSTRACT To remain competitive, many organisations are undertaking agile transformations in pursuit of agility. Information technology (IT) plays a pivotal role in supporting organisational agility; thus, it is essential that organisations select the right IT projects in a timely manner to deliver. In practice, though, organisations have struggled with
Adrian van Raay   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

DESIGNING AN E-KANBAN SYSTEM TO IMPROVE DRUG AVAILABILITY AND MINIMISE INVENTORY WASTE AT THE HOSPITAL PHARMACY INSTALLATION

open access: yesJ@ti Undip: Jurnal Teknik Industri
In an effort to provide a high level of service to hospitals, pharmaceutical installations are often faced with problems in monitoring and determining adequate drug supply levels to respond to demand, both from outpatient and inpatient units.
Sriyanto Sriyanto, Rinawati Dyah Ika
doaj   +1 more source

PRODUCTION SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT THROUGH KANBAN APPLICATION IN LABOR INTENSIVE COMPANY

open access: yesJurnal Ilmiah SINERGI, 2019
Delivery performance is essential for a manufacturer to meet customer requirement. The only manufacturer with fast, accurate and on time delivery could survive in global competition as a sports shoe manufacturer with the labor-intensive production ...
Novera Elisa Triana, Meike Elsye Beatrix
doaj   +1 more source

Optimizing milk-run system and IT-based Kanban with artificial intelligence: an empirical study on multi-lines assembly shop floor

open access: yesProduction and Manufacturing Research: An Open Access Journal, 2023
In this research, a dynamic optimization of milk-run system (MRS) managed with an IT-based Kanban (ITK) is performed. The main tasks are to i) explore how artificial intelligence may allow MRS to choose the most efficient path and ii) measure the impact ...
Menanno Marialuisa   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Influential factors of aligning Spotify squads in mission-critical and offshore projects – a longitudinal embedded case study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Changing the development process of an organization is one of the toughest and riskiest decisions. This is particularly true if the known experiences and practices of the new considered ways of working are relative and subject to contextual assumptions ...
A Sutharshan   +23 more
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Managing Assembly Production Processes with KANBAN and CONWIP [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
To control the production of parts in a production process, managers can choose aproper production control policy. This paper provides a performance analysis ofproduction control systems in a business process, which is modeled as adiscrete-event system ...
Khojasteh-Ghamari Yaghoub, Sato Ryo
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