In the manufacturing practice, cycle time is usually optimized in order to plan the batch size, and production time among other parameters. In certain situations, the production rate is decreased in order to have lower inventory levels or to deal with a shelf life constraint. This technical note...

In the previous researches, various parameters have been exchanged in the context of multi-item manufacturing system. These parameters include the demand/production rate and the carrying/shortage cost. One parameter has been exchanged at a time and the corresponding conditions are developed that...

In the previous researches, a generalised production-inventory model is considered along with partial backordering, i.e., the situation when a fraction of shortage quantity is not backordered. The work is extended for the case where any supplier offers a short-term price discount. An optimum...

In a production environment, quality levels vary owing to various operational constraints. In an operational environment, the total relevant cost includes (i) production time cost, (ii) manufacturing facility setup cost and (iii) inventory carrying cost. Production time cost relates to the time...

In the previous researches, various parameters have been exchanged in the context of multi-item manufacturing system. These parameters include the demand/production rate and the carrying/shortage cost. One parameter has been exchanged at a time and the corresponding conditions are developed that...

Because of globalisation and an associated global manufacturing environment, cost competitiveness has become necessary. In order to survive, the manufacturing firms have to provide a high level of service to the customers and a high level of throughput with the lowest Work-In-Process (WIP)...

Traditionally, the inventory across value chain has been linked to customer service level (CSL), i.e., the service level provided by any company between distribution centre (DC) and cash distributor (CD). In order to get closer to the consumer, we need to relook at the traditional approach. With...

This paper aims to find out the various types of effort levels in upstream and downstream supply chain. For this purpose, whole supply chain effort is divided into two major parts, viz., supplier effort level (upstream supply chain) and manufacturer effort level (downstream supply chain)....

In the previous researches, a generalised production-inventory model is considered along with partial backordering, i.e., the situation when a fraction of shortage quantity is not backordered. The work is extended for the case where any supplier offers a short-term price discount. An optimum...