Tag: conwip Constant WIP - CONWIP March 10, 2014 CONWIP stands for constant work in progress which means that the overall number of work items in the system is limited, not just a single phase or column. For example, with a CONWIP of 6 we can have at most 6 work items between 'todo' and 'done'. Like throughtput, takt time, and flow efficiency CONWIP comes from the car manufacturing world and it was designed for a system that produces the same kind of work item over and over.more...
Constant WIP - CONWIP March 10, 2014 CONWIP stands for constant work in progress which means that the overall number of work items in the system is limited, not just a single phase or column. For example, with a CONWIP of 6 we can have at most 6 work items between 'todo' and 'done'. Like throughtput, takt time, and flow efficiency CONWIP comes from the car manufacturing world and it was designed for a system that produces the same kind of work item over and over.more...