1994 Volume 45 Issue 1 Pages 48-55
In the part I, we proposed a model formulation to decide the number of Kanbans by the goal programming and then considered the following JIT factors : demand, in process inventory, inventory and labor costs, subcontractor's supply capacity, and work load. In this paper, we propose a mixed integer goal programming model taking into account the factors stated above. This model decides the number of kanbans while considering both the container size in each process and also the flow of different types of processes (corresponding to different items) in a multi-stage manufacturing system. Finally, we present a numerical example in order to verify our model.
