| Author | Weerapun Ungsumalee |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. IE-91-27 |
| Subject(s) | Paper industry--Inventory control
|
| 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 |
| Abstract | This study concerns the development of multi-product multi-echelon
inventory control system of the kraft paper industry for a company in
Thailand . The main objective of this study is to minimize total inventory
costs such as the holding cost, the shortage cost, the ordering cost and
the transportation cost. This study will be guided by the desire to obtain
tractable results that are suited for using in practice.
In achieving this objective, a coordinated replenishment with
transshipments model is obtained. The organization of this study is as
follows :
Firstly, since the firm has many products, the ABC Analysis is applied
to classify them.
Secondly, safety stocks at each warehouse are obtained by using the
theory of Archibald et al.
Thirdly, a coordinated replenishment with transshipments model is
developed . A linear programming (LP) package is used to solve this model.
Results, inventory level at each warehouse, are obtained.
Finally, The comparison of the coordinated replenishment with
transshipments inventory model with the existing inventory control policy
and with a joint replenishment policy in term of total inventory costs is
discussed . After that, sensitivity analysis of the coordinated
replenishment with transshipments inventory model is reported. |
| Year | 1991 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Industrial Engineering (IE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Tabucanon, Mario T. |
| Examination Committee(s) | Oudheusden, Dirk L. van ;Pandey, P. C.
|
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Belgium; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1991 |