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Design of optimal sampling plans : a case study of the South Vietnam Beer Company

AuthorBui Nguyen Hung
Call NumberAIT Thesis no.IE-90-5
Subject(s)Brewing industry--Quality control

NoteA thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology
PublisherAsian Institute of Technology
AbstractA method is developed for determining economic acceptance sampling plans where the characteristics of interest are a mixture of variables and attributes. The method uses a model which developed to represent the total .expected cost per lot of exercising acceptance sampling. Primary costs considered are inspection costs, acceptance costs, and rejection costs. For some of the characteristic treated, inspection is destructive, while for other characteristics, inspection is nondestructive. When dejection of a lot occurs, the lot will be either scrapped or screened, depending upon the type of characteristic for which rejection occurred. An application of the model in South Vietnam Beer Company is made assuming that, for Variables, the lot means follow the normal distribution. The beta distribution is assumed for lot fraction defective for attributes. The economic acceptance sampling plan for a particular problem is found by the model with respect to the decision variables, which for variable characteristics are the sample sizes and are control limits for the sample mean . Decision variables for attribute characteristics are the sample sizes and acceptance numbers. Optimization of the model is accomplished by using the pattern search, which is a direct search technique. A computer program written in FORTRAN IV is developed for solving the optimization problem. Result show that the optimal plans will result in considerable amount of saving for the company.
Year1990
TypeThesis
SchoolSchool of Engineering and Technology (SET)
DepartmentOther Field of Studies (No Department)
Academic Program/FoSIndustrial Engineering (IE)
Chairperson(s)Nagarur, Nagendra N.
Examination Committee(s)Vrat, Prem ;Illangantileke, Sarath G.
Scholarship Donor(s)The government of Australia;
DegreeThesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1990


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