Article ID: | iaor19932112 |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Volume: | 43 |
Issue: | 10 |
Start Page Number: | 971 |
End Page Number: | 977 |
Publication Date: | Oct 1992 |
Journal: | Journal of the Operational Research Society |
Authors: | Bregman R.L. |
This paper looks at the effect that the timing of disbursements may have an order quantities. Traditional analyses for determining order quantities assume that all disbursements are made at the same point in time. In this paper it is shown that large timing differences may significantly affect order quantities. Firms operating in these environments may want to adjust their order quantities accordingly.