Production planning and scheduling in the kraft paper industry | |
| Author | Nakorn Manomayanggoon |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. IE-89-09 |
| Subject(s) | Production planning Paper industry |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | This study concerns the development and implementation of a production model for a set of facilities in a kraft paper manufacturing company. The problem is formulated in a multi- items, single-level, multi-machines, multi-periods, capacitated production planning. Demand is considered deterministic. The objective is to select production quantities of products which minimize the total production costs. A Hierarchical Production Planning (HPP) with three recognized levels is formulated. In the first level, a linear programming model is advised for total production costs minimization which can provide additional managerial information. For the second and third level, heuristic algorithms are considered to minimize total setup costs and runout times, respectively. All these models can be run on a microcomputer and give the optimal solutions within ten minutes. The results obtained by the models are compared with the existing intuitive way of planning and scheduling. The comparison reveals that it will be fruitful to use these developed models to fulfil the company objectives. |
| Year | 1989 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Industrial Systems Engineering (DISE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Industrial Engineering (IE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Nagarur, Nagendra N.; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Van Oudheusden, D.L.;Fujiwara, Okitsugu; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | US-ASEAN; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1989 |