Article ID: | iaor20082347 |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Volume: | 45 |
Issue: | 14 |
Start Page Number: | 3191 |
End Page Number: | 3214 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2007 |
Journal: | International Journal of Production Research |
Authors: | Sarker B.R., Ojha D., Biswas P. |
Keywords: | batch size |
We consider a manufacturing system which receives raw material from a supplier, processes it, and delivers it to the customer periodically. The system considered is imperfect and produces defectives at a constant rate. The finished product can only be delivered if the whole lot is quality-certified. Hence, defectives have to be reworked, and the whole lot quality-checked within the cycle. Three different scenarios are considered, viz. (a) a single lot of raw material for multiple lot of finished product and delivery of the product in multiple instalments, (b) a single lot of raw material for a multiple lot of finished product and delivery of the product in a single instalment, and (c) lot-for-lot and delivery of finished product in single instalment. A total cost equation is developed for each model, and the optimal ordering quantities are evaluated. The results found are encouraging and quite simple to use for practical purposes.