Exact analysis of a two‐echelon inventory system for recoverable items under batch inspection policy

Kripa Shanker

Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, 1981, vol. 28, issue 4, 579-601

Abstract: We investigate a two‐echelon (base‐depot) inventory system of recoverable (repairable) items. The arrivals of demand at the bases are in a Poisson manner and the order sizes are random. The failed units can be repaired either at the base or at the depot, and the units beyond economic repair are condemned. Inspection of the failed units is carried out in the batches they arrive, that is, arrival batches are not broken up. The exact expressions for stationary distribution of depot inventory position, and of the number of backorders, onhand inventory, in‐repair inventory at all locations are derived under the assumptions of constant repair and lead times. Special cases of complete recoverability, nonrecoverability, and of the unit order size are also discussed.

Date: 1981
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