A periodic review policy with quality improvement, setup cost reduction, backorder price discount, and controllable lead time

This paper explores a periodic review inventory model under stochastic demand. The setup (or ordering) cost and the lead time are controllable. The model considers an imperfect production process, whose quality can be improved by means of an investment. A backorder price discount to motivate custome...

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Main Authors: Davide Castellano, Mosè Gallo, Liberatina Carmela Santillo, Dongping Song
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-01-01
Series:Production and Manufacturing Research: An Open Access Journal
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21693277.2017.1382397