Selecting a suitable production control policy is a challenging task for managers becausethe superiority of one control over the other is controversial. This book analyzespull production systems and provides a guideline to choose and implement a propercontrol policy in production processes. By employing a proper control policy themaximum possible throughput of the production system can be achieved with theminimum work-in-process inventory. Kanban, CONWIP, and base-stock as wellknownpull control policies are analyzed and analytical comparisons among themin multistage serial and assembly...