| Author | Yue, Xiaohang |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.IE-94-37 |
| Subject(s) | Production control
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Master of
Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | We analyze the perfonnance measures(inventory level and back-order position) of a 3-stage
kanban controlled serial system, where the raw parts are acquired as a lot, lead time for parts
acquisition and stage l's production time are stochastic, and the demand for finished product is
stochastic. We consider the problem of finding the number of kanbans circulating in stage 1,
the common buffer size and re-order level (common reorder level or different reorder level) so
that the average total system cost per unit time, including inventory holding costs for mw parts,
in-process products and final product, setup costs for production and acquisition and backorder
costs, is minimized. We isolate operations of each stage and approximate them through a
Markov model for each isolated stage.The average total system cost per unit time for a given set
of decision variables is then estimated. Finally we use genetic algorithms to optimize the
system. |
| Year | 1994 |
| 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
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| Examination Committee(s) | Pastijn, Hugo ;Nagarur, Nagendra N.
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| Scholarship Donor(s) | The Government of Netherlands |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1994 |