Short delivery time and the efficient management of component inventories are two crucial elements that determine the competitiveness of many contract assembly manufacturers, especially in the electronics industry. In this paper, we develop and analyze an optimization model to determine the...

In this paper we study an unreliable bottleneck production/inventory system with a constant production and demand rate that is subject to random disruptions. We assume that the restoration times are constant, the time between breakdowns is exponential, the production setup cost and/or setup time...

This paper considers the replenishment and stocking decision for inventory systems in which price discounts, referred to as deals, are offered by the supplier (or the market place) at random points in time. Assuming that the demand is constant over time, the times between deal offerings are...