02840nas a2200385 4500 20260818085322.0 020798 th eng .b10174527 AIT Thesis no.IE-93-19 Kesavan, Sangaradas Cost optimization in serial kanban production systems using Markov models Bangkok : Asian Institute of Technology, 1993 43 leaves : ill. Thesis ; no. IE-93-19 A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology In this study we analyse the perfo1mance measures(inventory and back order) of the kanban discipline for a serial production system. There is a fixed number of kanbans in each stage. A part produced at preceding stage must acquire one of these kanbans to enter the stage and must contain to hold it throughout it sojourn there. Any unattached kanbans that are present in the stage are to be found on the bulletin board and are considered as requests for the parts produced at preceding stage. Inte1mediate-product inventory is divided into two parts, inventory at the output buffer and inventory at the succeeding stage's input queue. There are finite pools for raw parts preceding the first stage and finite demand following the final stage. We decompose each stage as a semi autonomous component and construct a stochastic model for each isolated stage. We explained the number of parts in the output buffer and the number of kanbans in the bulletin board as a Markov process and provide a scheme to analyse the performance measures of the system. In addition to this we introduce batch ordering policy with optimal re-ordering levels for raw parts. Production engineering Fujiwara, Okitsugu, Chairperson Pandey, P. C., Examination Committee Vilas Wuwongse, Examination Committee The Government of Belgium, Scholarship Donor Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. IE-93-19 Full-Text http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B16333 .b10174527 mnait s 240411 2 951012 m a s 0 mnait mnarc 22 40 Barcode : 30050120732622 CREATED : 2014-03-19 RECORD # : i12773827 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050160075106 CREATED : 2016-04-21 RECORD # : i12946102 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 23955 23955 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-18 50.00 0 AIT Thesis no.IE-93-19 30050120732622 2026-08-18 08:53:22 3 2026-08-18 22 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-18 0 AIT Thesis no.IE-93-19 30050160075106 2026-08-18 08:53:22 1 2026-08-18 40