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CONWIP or constant work in process is an important manufacturing systems production discipline whereby within a CONWIP loop, there is a cap on the maximum amount of work in process that is permitted at any time. This allows for some mobile storage within the loop, albeit a bounded amount. Enforcement of the discipline is carried out at the entrance of the loop. The presence of a loop wide constraint...