 
                                                                                | Article ID: | iaor1996403 | 
| Country: | Netherlands | 
| Volume: | 59 | 
| Issue: | 2 | 
| Start Page Number: | 313 | 
| End Page Number: | 318 | 
| Publication Date: | Jun 1992 | 
| Journal: | European Journal of Operational Research | 
| Authors: | Hong Jae-Dong, Hayya Jack C. | 
In this paper, the authors develop an exact solution procedure for finding the optimal inventory policies and for grouping the raw materials into a few groups. This is under the provision of a common order cycle for a single-product manufacturing system where the raw materials used for manufacturing it are procured from outside sources. The authors also present a numerical example.