Article ID: | iaor20043538 |
Country: | Netherlands |
Volume: | 87 |
Issue: | 1 |
Start Page Number: | 83 |
End Page Number: | 95 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2004 |
Journal: | International Journal of Production Economics |
Authors: | Schniederjans Marc J., Cao Qing |
Keywords: | economic order |
Production-runs are an important cost minimizing scheduling and production planning activity. Commonly used classic lot-sizing models (i.e., economic manufacturing quantity or EMQ models) do not reflect current just-in-time (JIT) lot-sizing cost realities. The purpose of this paper is to present a cost comparison of the classic EMQ model and a revised EMQ/JIT model to show efficacy of a more cost inclusive model.