Pull production is a key element for a lean manufacturing system. In pull production, buffer inventories between two processes can be implemented either through a FIFO lane as part of a kanban loop, or through a supermarket, in which case the value stream is split into two different kanban loops. This paper compares the usage of FIFO lanes and supermarkets with respect to the work-in-process inventory needed to achieve a similar delivery performance. The results clearly show that there is only a minor difference in inventory between the usage of FIFO lanes and supermarkets.
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Wiesse, D., & Roser, C. (2016). Supermarkets vs. FIFO lanes: A comparison of work-in-process inventories and delivery performance. In IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology (Vol. 488, pp. 651–658). Springer New York LLC. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51133-7_77
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