| Author | Arulanantham, George C. |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. IE-92-5 |
| Subject(s) | Production management--Mathematical models
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of
Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. IE-92-05 |
| Abstract | In this paper, we analyze the performance measures (inventory and backorder) of the
Kanban discipline for a production line, consisting of serial production stages. There is a fixed
number of Kanban in each stages. A part produced at a stage must acquire one of these Kanbans
to enter the succeeding stage and must continue to hold it throughout it sojourn there. Any
unattached Kanbans that are present in the stage are to be found on the bulletin board and are
considered as the request for the parts produced at preceding stage. Thus intermediate-product
inventory is divided into two parts, inventory at the output buffer and inventory at the succeeding
stage's input queue. There is a finite pool for raw part preceding the first stage and finite buffer
for the demand following the final stage. We decompose each stage as a semi-autonomous
component and construct a stochastic model for each isolated stage. We explained the number of
parts in the output buffer and number of Kanbans in the bulletin board and number of parts in
the input queue as a Markov process and provided the scheme to analyze the performance
measures of the system. In addition to this, we introduced a stage with signal Kanban (produce
the product as a lot) and provide the method to analyze the system. |
| Year | 1992 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. IE-92-05 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Industrial Engineering (IE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Fujiwara, Okitsugu |
| Examination Committee(s) | Sharif, M. Nawaz ;Vilas Wuwongse |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | The Government of Finland; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1992 |