Article ID: | iaor20003306 |
Country: | United States |
Volume: | 45 |
Issue: | 6 |
Start Page Number: | 974 |
End Page Number: | 986 |
Publication Date: | Nov 1997 |
Journal: | Operations Research |
Authors: | Nahmias S., Moinzadeh K. |
Keywords: | lot sizing, economic order |
We consider a single inventory item that is graded into one of two quality levels after production. The proportion of grade one units produced in a lot is a random variable assumed to follow the lognormal distribution. Demands for grade 2 may be filled with grade 1 product, but not vice versa. Assuming that demands for the two grades are known and constant, we develop a continuous review model in which cycles are defined as times when total inventory equals zero. Since grade 1 inventory may be depicted before total stock and shortages are not permitted, cycles may consist of multiple set-ups. We show that the optimal order-to-point, S, has a form similar to the economic order quantity. Tables of the cdf of an appropriately defined unit normal multivariate distribution are incorporated into a spreadsheet to facilitate calculations for any parameter setting.