%0 Journal Article %T KAnBAN allocation in a serial suply chain %A S¨¢nchez C %A Guillermo Andr¨¦s %A Sanchez C %A Juan Manuel %A Pati£¿o H %A Oscar Huberto %J Tecnura %D 2012 %I Distrital Francisco Jose de Caldas University %X the aim of this project is to simulate a kanban system using n stages with the objective of maintaining an acceptable throughput and mean system time. the document shows the production systems where kanban is applicable and what the potential benefits are. a serial of simulations will be done using a demand given by a poison distribution with rate ¦Ë ¡Ä ext. the simulation aimed to find the best number of withdrawal kanban on all n stages when the values of ¦Ì (for exponential distribution of the process) and ¦Ë ¡Ä ext increase and decrease. at the end of this simulation, the best way to allocate the withdrawal kanban over n stages with the objective of maintaining acceptable throughput and mean system time will be clearer thus the conclusions of this work will be done. %K discrete systems %K just in time %K kanban %K lean production %K queue systems. %U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0123-921X2012000200006&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en