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	การจัดการเส้นทางการขนส่งพร้อมสินค้าคงคลัง	Kanban
สาขาวิชา	การจัดการการดำเนินงาน	การจัดการการดำเนินงาน
ตระกูล	Machine learning	Machine learning
ปีกำเนิด	2014	1950
ผู้ริเริ่ม	Coelho, L. C., Cordeau, J. F., & Laporte, G.	Taiichi Ohno
ประเภท	Optimization problem	Production control system
แหล่งต้นตำรับ	Coelho, L. C., Cordeau, J. F., & Laporte, G. (2014). Thirty years of inventory routing. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 55, 28-67.	Ohno, T. (1988). Toyota production system: Beyond large-scale production. Cambridge, MA: Productivity Press.
ชื่อเรียกอื่น	IRP, vendor-managed logistics	visual management, pull system
ที่เกี่ยวข้อง	5	5
สรุป	The Inventory Routing Problem (IRP) is an optimization problem that jointly determines inventory levels at customer locations, delivery routes, and shipment quantities to minimize total logistics and inventory holding costs. Rather than treating inventory management and vehicle routing as separate decisions, IRP recognizes that they are interdependent: larger shipments reduce routing costs but increase inventory holding costs, and vice versa. IRP is solved using mixed-integer programming, heuristics, and metaheuristics, and is a cornerstone of vendor-managed inventory (VMI) programs.	Kanban is a pull-based production control system developed by Taiichi Ohno at Toyota in the 1950s that uses visual signals (traditionally cards or bins) to trigger production and movement of materials based on actual demand rather than forecasts. The Japanese word 'kanban' means 'visual card' or 'sign,' and the system operates on the principle that work should flow in response to downstream requirements. Kanban is a foundational element of the Toyota Production System and lean manufacturing, enabling just-in-time production, reduced inventory, and improved flow efficiency.