Title
Application of Online Learning for the Dynamic Configuration of Kanban Systems.
Abstract
Kanban systems constitute a widely used pull control for inventory management in production systems. As a result of an increasingly volatile and individualized customer demand, Kanban systems have to be reconfigured dynamically to achieve minimal inventory levels while maintaining a stable production. This paper investigates the application of an incremental online learning platform called XELOPRO to optimize inventory levels using the current state of the production system, while including contextual information, e.g., time-related information. As the platform uses an incremental support vector machine to update its models during runtime without the need to store and reevaluate large amounts of historical data, it constitutes a suitable tool for a decentralized inventory management. Results show a good performance with drastic decreases in inventory levels compared to static configurations and a higher reliability compared to a dynamic application of standard Kanban rules.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1109/WSC.2018.8632274
WSC
Field
DocType
ISSN
Kanban,Online learning,Contextual information,Systems engineering,Industrial engineering,Computer science,Support vector machine
Conference
0891-7736
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-5386-6570
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
D. Rippel111.37
Michael Lütjen222.16
Michael Thes300.34
michael freitag4118.33