Computing the non-stationary replenishment cycle inventory policy under stochastic supplier lead-times
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS, cilt.127, sa.1, ss.180-189, 2010 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 127 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 2010
- Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2010.05.011
- Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.180-189
- Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
- Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
In this paper we address the general multi-period production/inventory problem with non-stationary stochastic demand and supplier lead-time under service level constraints. A replenishment cycle policy (R"S") is modeled, where R" is the nth replenishment cycle length and S" is the respective order-up-to-level. We propose a stochastic constraint programming approach for computing the optimal policy parameters. In order to do so, a dedicated global chance-constraint and the respective filtering algorithm that enforce the required service level are presented. Our numerical examples show that a stochastic supplier lead-time significantly affects policy parameters with respect to the case in which the lead-time is assumed to be deterministic or absent. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.