Title
A partial backorder control for continuous review (r,Q) inventory system with Poisson demand and constant lead time
Abstract
In this paper, we consider the partial backorder policy used in conjunction with the traditional stochastic ( r , Q ) inventory system. The partial backorder control is modeled using a control variable, b , which limits the maximum number of backorders allowed to be accumulated in any given cycle. In traditional inventory control policies, the unsatisfied demands are either completely backordered or completely lost. The new control variable b provides an alternative to dealing with shortages, which is different from the two extremes policies: the pure backorder policy (which corresponds to b =∞) and the lost sales policy ( b =0). We obtain the expected annual cost of the model and give a procedure to compute the optimal parameters, r ∗ , b ∗ and Q ∗ . Numerical examples which demonstrate the advantage of implementing the partial backorder policy are presented and the percentage of cost savings depends on the fill rate.
Year
DOI
Venue
1995
10.1016/0305-0548(94)00062-D
Computers & OR
Keywords
DocType
Volume
constant lead time,inventory system,partial backorder control,Poisson demand,continuous review
Journal
22
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
7
Computers and Operations Research
12
PageRank 
References 
Authors
1.20
2
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Gad Rabinowitz1456.90
Abraham Mehrez211023.82
Ching-Wu Chu31187.72
B. Eddy Patuwo426119.98