| Article ID: | iaor1989472 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 40 |
| Issue: | 9 |
| Start Page Number: | 789 |
| End Page Number: | 796 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1989 |
| Journal: | Journal of the Operational Research Society |
| Authors: | Arizono Ikuo, Yokoi Seiichi, Oha Hiroshi |
| Keywords: | inventory |
In production activities, the control of production quantity and inventory is very important. The locus of the fluctuations of inventory can be represented by the minimal lattice paths on the two-dimensional planes. In this paper the effects of varying production rates on inventory control are discussed based on the minimal lattice paths.