Article ID: | iaor1998643 |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Volume: | 35 |
Issue: | 1 |
Start Page Number: | 201 |
End Page Number: | 223 |
Publication Date: | Jan 1997 |
Journal: | International Journal of Production Research |
Authors: | Altiok T., Amin M. |
Keywords: | inventory |
We investigate the behaviour of a multi-product, multi-stage pull-type production inventory system operating under a variety of manufacturing control policies. The system consists of multiple stages in series with finite interstage buffer space and a single processor. The first stage has always sufficient amount of raw material to work on and the last stage is followed by a finite-capacity warehouse. Demand for a product follows a compound Poisson distribution. Any unsatisfied portion of the demand is backordered. The inventory level as well as the production process of each product at each stage are controlled through the use of an (