From the end of Chapter 13, answer Discussion Question 4: The chapter notesthat kanban is not a planning tool but a control mechanism. What does this mean? How does the Marsica MRP-kanban example in Example 13.4 in Chapter 13 of the textbook illustrate the point?
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Bozarth, C. C., & Handfield, R. B. (2016). Introduction to operations and supply chain management (4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
- Chapter 12S: Supply chain information systems
- Chapter 13: JIT/Lean production
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- This website provides information on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems for various industries. It supports the ERP solutions discussion for this week.
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