Dr. Yacob Khojasteh is an associate professor of operations management at the Graduate School of Global Studies, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan. He received his PhD in engineering from the University of Tsukuba, Japan. He also received his MSc in policy and planning sciences, and in industrial engineering from the University of Tsukuba and Tarbiat Modares University, respectively. He has several years of professional experience in industry and consulting. His recent books, entitled Production Control Systems: A Guide to Enhance Performance of Pull Systems and Supply Chain Risk Management were published by Springer in 2016 and 2017, respectively. His research interests include production and operations management, supply chain management, systems modeling and optimization, and lean production systems.

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• Part I: Design, Implementation, and Performance EvaluationChapter 1: Pull Production Control Systems: Selection and Implementation IssuesYacob KhojastehChapter 2: Kanban Allocation Policies of Multiproduct Production Control StrategiesOladipupo Olaitan, Paul Young, and john GeraghtyChapter 3: BK-CONWIP Adaptive Control Strategies in a Multi-Product Manufacturing SystemPaolo RennaChapter 4: Impact of Reworking in Job-Shop Environments Controlled by Kanban SystemPedro L. González-R, and Marcos CalleChapter 5: Takt Time Grouping: A New Approach to Flow ManufacturingMitchell A. Millstein and Joseph S. MartinichChapter 6: A Framework for Performance Evaluation of Pull SystemsVinodh S, Ben Ruben, and Asokan PPart II: Review on Pull SystemsChapter 7: CONWIP and Hybrid CONWIP Production Control Systems: A Literature ReviewMehmet B. Durmusoglu and Canan AglanPart III: Pull Systems Implementation – Case StudiesChapter 8: Making CONWIP Scheme in One-of-a-kind Production: A Case StudyGuodong Huang and Jie ChenChapter 9: Setting Push-Pull Boundaries – A Case of Textile ManufacturerMd Sarder, Jubaer Ahmed, and Md. Salahuddin AyubyChapter 10: Balancing Flexibility and Lean in Manufacturing EnvironmentsGwendolyn Holowecky and Ratna Babu ChinnamChapter 11: A Lean Approach to Selecting a Proper Measure of Supply Chain StrategyMohammad D. AL-Tahat, Ibrahim A. AL-Rawabdeh, and Malek A. AL-Bakri

Dr. Yacob Khojasteh is an associate professor of operations management at the Graduate School of Global Studies, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan. He received his PhD in engineering from the University of Tsukuba, Japan. He also received his MSc in policy and planning sciences, and in industrial engineering from the University of Tsukuba and Tarbiat Modares University, respectively. He has several years of professional experience in industry and consulting. His recent books, entitled Production Control Systems: A Guide to Enhance Performance of Pull Systems and Supply Chain Risk Management were published by Springer in 2016 and 2017, respectively. His research interests include production and operations management, supply chain management, systems modeling and optimization, and lean production systems.

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• Part I: Design, Implementation, and Performance EvaluationChapter 1: Pull Production Control Systems: Selection and Implementation IssuesYacob KhojastehChapter 2: Kanban Allocation Policies of Multiproduct Production Control StrategiesOladipupo Olaitan, Paul Young, and john GeraghtyChapter 3: BK-CONWIP Adaptive Control Strategies in a Multi-Product Manufacturing SystemPaolo RennaChapter 4: Impact of Reworking in Job-Shop Environments Controlled by Kanban SystemPedro L. González-R, and Marcos CalleChapter 5: Takt Time Grouping: A New Approach to Flow ManufacturingMitchell A. Millstein and Joseph S. MartinichChapter 6: A Framework for Performance Evaluation of Pull SystemsVinodh S, Ben Ruben, and Asokan PPart II: Review on Pull SystemsChapter 7: CONWIP and Hybrid CONWIP Production Control Systems: A Literature ReviewMehmet B. Durmusoglu and Canan AglanPart III: Pull Systems Implementation – Case StudiesChapter 8: Making CONWIP Scheme in One-of-a-kind Production: A Case StudyGuodong Huang and Jie ChenChapter 9: Setting Push-Pull Boundaries – A Case of Textile ManufacturerMd Sarder, Jubaer Ahmed, and Md. Salahuddin AyubyChapter 10: Balancing Flexibility and Lean in Manufacturing EnvironmentsGwendolyn Holowecky and Ratna Babu ChinnamChapter 11: A Lean Approach to Selecting a Proper Measure of Supply Chain StrategyMohammad D. AL-Tahat, Ibrahim A. AL-Rawabdeh, and Malek A. AL-Bakri

Dr. Yacob Khojasteh is an associate professor of operations management at the Graduate School of Global Studies, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan. He received his PhD in engineering from the University of Tsukuba, Japan. He also received his MSc in policy and planning sciences, and in industrial engineering from the University of Tsukuba and Tarbiat Modares University, respectively. He has several years of professional experience in industry and consulting. His recent books, entitled Production Control Systems: A Guide to Enhance Performance of Pull Systems and Supply Chain Risk Management were published by Springer in 2016 and 2017, respectively. His research interests include production and operations management, supply chain management, systems modeling and optimization, and lean production systems.

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• Part I: Design, Implementation, and Performance EvaluationChapter 1: Pull Production Control Systems: Selection and Implementation IssuesYacob KhojastehChapter 2: Kanban Allocation Policies of Multiproduct Production Control StrategiesOladipupo Olaitan, Paul Young, and john GeraghtyChapter 3: BK-CONWIP Adaptive Control Strategies in a Multi-Product Manufacturing SystemPaolo RennaChapter 4: Impact of Reworking in Job-Shop Environments Controlled by Kanban SystemPedro L. González-R, and Marcos CalleChapter 5: Takt Time Grouping: A New Approach to Flow ManufacturingMitchell A. Millstein and Joseph S. MartinichChapter 6: A Framework for Performance Evaluation of Pull SystemsVinodh S, Ben Ruben, and Asokan PPart II: Review on Pull SystemsChapter 7: CONWIP and Hybrid CONWIP Production Control Systems: A Literature ReviewMehmet B. Durmusoglu and Canan AglanPart III: Pull Systems Implementation – Case StudiesChapter 8: Making CONWIP Scheme in One-of-a-kind Production: A Case StudyGuodong Huang and Jie ChenChapter 9: Setting Push-Pull Boundaries – A Case of Textile ManufacturerMd Sarder, Jubaer Ahmed, and Md. Salahuddin AyubyChapter 10: Balancing Flexibility and Lean in Manufacturing EnvironmentsGwendolyn Holowecky and Ratna Babu ChinnamChapter 11: A Lean Approach to Selecting a Proper Measure of Supply Chain StrategyMohammad D. AL-Tahat, Ibrahim A. AL-Rawabdeh, and Malek A. AL-Bakri