Optimal Policies for Deteriorating Items with Maximum Lifetime and Two-Level Trade Credits

Nita H. Shah, Dushyantkumar G. Patel and Digeshkumar B. Shah

International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences, 2014, vol. 2014, 1-5

Abstract:

The retailer’s optimal policies are developed when the product has fixed lifetime and also the units in inventory are subject to deterioration at a constant rate. This study will be mainly applicable to pharmaceuticals, drugs, beverages, and dairy products, and so forth. To boost the demand, offering a credit period is considered as the promotional tool. The retailer passes credit period to the buyers which is received from the supplier. The objective is to maximize the total profit per unit time of the retailer with respect to optimal retail price of an item and purchase quantity during the optimal cycle time. The concavity of the total profit per unit time is exhibited using inventory parametric values. The sensitivity analysis is carried out to advise the decision maker to keep an eye on critical inventory parameters.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1155/2014/365929

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