Three ways of obtaining the average cost expression in a problem related to joint replenishment inventory control

Edward A. Silver

Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, 1973, vol. 20, issue 2, 241-254

Abstract: This paper does not present a new result, rather it is meant to illustrate the choice of modelling procedures available to an analyst in a typical inventory control problem. The same “average cost per unit time” expression is developed by three quite different procedures. This variety of approaches, as well as the recounting of the author's chronological efforts to solve the problem, should be of interest to the reader. The specific inventory problem studied is one where the controller of an item is faced with random opportunities for replenishment at a reduced setup cost; the problem is an integral component of the broader problem of inventory control of a group of items whose replenishments are coordinated to reduce the costs of production, procurement, and/or transportation.

Date: 1973
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