| Author | Wandee Arunrungseewej |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. IE-91-5 |
| Subject(s) | Scheduling (Management)--Mathematical models
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| Note | A thesis summited in partial fulfillment of the requirement for
the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | A case study was conducted in a multi-product, multi-stage flow shop of a paper box plant.
The objective of the study was to develop an efficient procedure to assign attainable due dates to
every job in order to satisfy the customers. The study procedures were computerized through database
and Pascal programs, which consist of three major steps. First, a workload characteristics database
was developed. Second, the determination of the optimal job sequence was processed to find the
ready time of jobs. Third, three due dates assignment methods were examined to assign due dates
for new incoming job orders. These three approaches are: the total work content method (TWK),
the total work content combined with the number of operations method (TWK+NOP), and the
deterministic simulation method. Three tardiness and three earliness measurements were used as
measures of shop performance to compare the due date rules. The computational experiments
indicated that the efficiency of the three proposed procedures is greater than that of the existing
systems. It was concluded that the TWK+NOP method is the most effective approach for obtaining
a near optimal solution for this company. |
| Year | 1991 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Industrial Engineering (IE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Oudheusden, Dirk L. van
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| Examination Committee(s) | Tabucanon, Mario T. ;Nagarur, Nagendra N.
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| Scholarship Donor(s) | The Royal Government of Netherlands |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1991 |