| Author | Zhao, Xia |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.IE-94-32 |
| Subject(s) | Production planning
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| Note | A Thesis submitted in 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-94-32 |
| Abstract | The main task of production planning is to use limited resources efficiently to reach the
objectives of a company as close as possible. A lot of production planning models have been
presented, each of them is aimed in a specific production environment and has its own
assumptions.
Goal programming approach is used in this study in developing a production planning
model which is aimed at the application in a job shop system with bottleneck machines. The model
is formulated with two main functions: determine the bottleneck machines and find out a feasible
plan. In this study, the products fall into three categories, namely new product, export product and
general product. Seven goals were considered in the model. The model was solved using
Sequential Linear Goal Program Algorithm through XA package.ยท All variables were considered as
continuous variables. The data from the selected company is used to illustrate the application and
test the proposed model. The results show that the proposed model is efficient in such a
production system and the solution is very sensitive to the goal level and the goal structures. The
sensitivity analysis gives insights to decision makers the trade-off among conflicting goals. The
analysis of the results leads to the identification of the bottleneck machine that restrict
productivity; for getting the goals, the bottleneck should be properly managed.
The application of the proposed model will help in managing production with respect to
scheduling with a view to minimizing the number of bottleneck machines. |
| Year | 1994 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. IE-94-32 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Industrial Systems Engineering (DISE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Industrial Engineering (IE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Tabucanon, Mario T. |
| Examination Committee(s) | Pandey, P. C. ;Tang, John C.S.
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| Scholarship Donor(s) | Government of the Netherlands; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1994 |