Simulation Tests of Lot Size Programming

B. P. Dzielinski, C. T. Baker and Alan Manne
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B. P. Dzielinski: International Business Machines Corporation, Yorktown Heights, New York
C. T. Baker: International Business Machines Corporation, Yorktown Heights, New York

Management Science, 1963, vol. 9, issue 2, 229-258

Abstract: This paper presents the results of some digital computer simulation tests of a procedure for the economic planning of lot sizes, work force, and inventories. A dynamic, deterministic, linear programming model was used to obtain approximate solutions to the actual problem which is both dynamic and stochastic. The tests were made with data taken from an actual factory. An alternate procedure, based upon single-item inventory control, was also tested; its results were compared with those obtained from the linear programming model. On the basis of these tests, this linear programming method appears to offer a promising method for the practical economic planning of production activities.

Date: 1963
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