| dc.description.abstract | Lean manufacturing has been a recent focus for manufacturing enterprises because of its
ability to create a streamlined and continuous flow of materials. This operation concept
prioritizes removing waste – what does not contribute to a product’s value and is thus not
worth paying for by the customer – and reducing blockages in the production process. As
part of Lean, Just-in-time looks to keep a stable source of materials by placing small but
frequent orders so that parts arrive in a punctual manner. This thesis studies the supply
allocation of materials from a supermarket – a term for inhouse warehouses that store
materials inside a production site – to the assembly lines using a fleet of vehicles. From
the given demand, it is this thesis’s interest to allocate certain amounts of stock to all cells
that minimize wasteful stock-keeping as much as possible. Furthermore, all cells with the
same layout structure will bear the maximum amounts of surplus stock that are as similar
as within computational capacity. | en_US |
