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Industrial engineering

levelling of production volume and product mix over time so that downstream demand on upstream processes stays even.

In industrial engineering, heijunka refers to levelling of production volume and product mix over time so that downstream demand on upstream processes stays even. This meaning comes from Monden (1983) in Toyota production system.[1]

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References

Monden, Y. (1983). Toyota production system. Productivity Press. ISBN 9780898060348

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