Year: 2012
Type: book
Abstract: In this study, we focus on a real life problem that involves a single item which is used in military operations.The items in use fail according to a Poisson process and lead times are deterministic.Four alternative inventory control models are developed.Among these models, a two-echelon system consisting of a depot in the upper and several bases in the lower echelon is operated currently.This system is compared to a single-echelon system that consists of several bases.The comparison reveals the importance of the holding cost incurred for the items intransit between the depot and the base which is ignored in most of the studies in literature.Both the two and single-echelon models are also extended to have repair ability.A continuous-review base-stock policy is used for all models.Exact models are formulated.The results are obtained under various lead time, unit costs and demand parameters.Results of four different settings are compared and the findings are reported.
Source: IGI Global eBooks
Author: Information Resources Management Association
Language: English
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4301887339