| Author | Suchart Tachaplalert |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. IE-94-07 |
| Subject(s) | Motorcycle supplies industry
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| Note | A thesis submitted m a partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of
Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. IE-94-07 |
| Abstract | Motor cycle manufacturing is becoming a large and growing industry, especially in
Thailand and the south-east Asian countries such as Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. Almost I 00%
of the market share in this region belong to the Japanese manufacturers and that is why the motor
cycle assemblers and parts manufacturers in Thailand has to develope to the Japanese production
philosophy, the Just-In-Time system.
For the motor cycle rubber parts manufacturing system, the orders from the assemblers are
usually in small but frequent lot sizes and the objective of the company is to meet the due
dates.The problem of the company under study is to find out whether the existing system can cope
with future increase in demand. The system is simulated using the SIMPLE++ simulation
package. To increase productivity, the concept of machine utilization is used to investigate the
bottleneck of the system. The results obtained from simulattion model agree with the existing
system that the 20" press machines are the bottleneck of the system.
Alternative plans developed by the company and the author are tested on SIMPLE++ and
it is found that Plan 1 (redesigning of molds) is a better choice in term of machine utilization,
overall output and meeting the increasing market demand and customer's service. |
| Year | 1994 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. IE-94-07 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Industrial Systems Engineering (DISE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Industrial Engineering (IE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Pastijn, Hugo |
| Examination Committee(s) | Pandey, Indra M. ;Bohez, Erik L.J. ;Kuehn, Wolfgang
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| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1994 |