Lead time optimization and review of planning criteria for a food packaging company
An opportunity for reduction in WIP and lead time of the Singapore operations of a multi-national food products packaging company was identified during a study of the system in accordance with the World Class Manufacturing philosophy. Changes in planning policy were proposed to remedy the problem an...
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| author | Sudhir, Priyanka |
| author2 | Rajesh Piplani |
| author_facet | Rajesh Piplani Sudhir, Priyanka |
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| description | An opportunity for reduction in WIP and lead time of the Singapore operations of a multi-national food products packaging company was identified during a study of the system in accordance with the World Class Manufacturing philosophy. Changes in planning policy were proposed to remedy the problem and simulation models were used, on the make- to-order, serial production system to test three potential solutions to the problem. The models used showed great promise for reduction in WIP and the lead time for both the priority and ordinary products. The role of design as a sorting criterion on the printer was also investigated by a fundamental integer programming model using the Traveling Salesman approach. Results confirming the significance of design in the printer setup process were obtained in the trial run. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/605542020-11-01T11:32:46Z Lead time optimization and review of planning criteria for a food packaging company Sudhir, Priyanka Rajesh Piplani School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Singapore-MIT Alliance Programme DRNTU::Engineering::Manufacturing An opportunity for reduction in WIP and lead time of the Singapore operations of a multi-national food products packaging company was identified during a study of the system in accordance with the World Class Manufacturing philosophy. Changes in planning policy were proposed to remedy the problem and simulation models were used, on the make- to-order, serial production system to test three potential solutions to the problem. The models used showed great promise for reduction in WIP and the lead time for both the priority and ordinary products. The role of design as a sorting criterion on the printer was also investigated by a fundamental integer programming model using the Traveling Salesman approach. Results confirming the significance of design in the printer setup process were obtained in the trial run. Master of Science (IMST) 2014-05-28T06:20:34Z 2014-05-28T06:20:34Z 2008 2008 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10356/60554 en 49 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Engineering::Manufacturing Sudhir, Priyanka Lead time optimization and review of planning criteria for a food packaging company |
| title | Lead time optimization and review of planning criteria for a food packaging company |
| title_full | Lead time optimization and review of planning criteria for a food packaging company |
| title_fullStr | Lead time optimization and review of planning criteria for a food packaging company |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lead time optimization and review of planning criteria for a food packaging company |
| title_short | Lead time optimization and review of planning criteria for a food packaging company |
| title_sort | lead time optimization and review of planning criteria for a food packaging company |
| topic | DRNTU::Engineering::Manufacturing |
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