Optimal configuration of a decentralized, market-driven production/inventory system

Cigdem Gurgur ()

Annals of Operations Research, 2013, vol. 209, issue 1, 139-157

Abstract: Pull systems are inherently easier to implement on the shop-floor; however, they are quite difficult to plan and design for optimal operation, leaving little guidelines to system designers and practitioners. In this paper we use an effective and relatively fast numerical method to understand the optimal configuration of a multi-stage, multi-product, decentralized, market-driven production/inventory system that minimizes average inventory holding subject to a service level constraint through selection of various production and procurement control parameters. We have also conducted a number of numerical experiments to understand how the control policies respond to changes in the system parameters, such as the number of stages, system workload, demand arrival rates of products, and inventory holding costs. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2013

Keywords: Capacity planning; System design; Inventory management; Multi-item/echelon/stage; Decentralized production/inventory; Pull type; Numerical optimization; Meta-modeling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/s10479-011-0977-1

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