Article ID: | iaor1997505 |
Country: | Netherlands |
Volume: | 43 |
Issue: | 2/3 |
Start Page Number: | 149 |
End Page Number: | 154 |
Publication Date: | Jun 1996 |
Journal: | International Journal of Production Economics |
Authors: | Hill Roger M. |
Keywords: | lot sizing |
Batching policies for time-varying deterministic demand processes, with linear set-up and stockholding costs, have been fairly thoroughly explored in the literature. This paper considers how batching policies may be determined when we have a finite production (input) rate instead of the infinite input rate which is usually (implicitly) assumed. The particular case of linearly increasing demand is considered in more detail.