“…On the other hand, regarding JIT/Kanban-based M&M-MP and systems, materials are not normally planned in advance; instead, their necessities are considered just-intime, according to their use or need, typically considering a smaller amount and/or variety of materials, and even unitary lot sizes, associated to a more stable or even certain demand. Moreover, under this production paradigm, mainly the production to order or make-to-order philosophy is carried out (Rabbani et al, 2017), to satisfy customers' orders, instead of production to stock or make-to-stock (Rabbani et al, 2017), unless bigger lot sizes or mass production is considered. Moreover, this kind of manufacturing scenario is frequently associated to the pull production philosophy (Salgado and Varela, 2010), and to product-oriented manufacturing environments, such as traditional flow shops, as, for instance, manufacturing cells based on the JIT, namely in the case of single unit lot sizes.…”