the primary tool to compare performance of CONWIP and POLCA controls for the same WIP level with respect to lead time … case study, including order arrival patterns, a POLCA control can outperform a CONWIP parameter in terms of average lead … time for a given level of WIP. At higher levels of WIP, the performance of POLCA and CONWIP is equivalent. Practical …

breakdown are compared. The production control mechanisms in consideration are push, shared constant WIP (CONWIP), and parallel … CONWIP. A full-factorial simulation experiment was conducted. ANOVA was performed to determine the significant effects of … significant input factors. The results prove that parallel CONWIP is superior over shared CONWIP in terms of the average flow time …