Istrazivanja i projektovanja za privreduJournal of Applied Engineering Science

Optimization of an economic production quantity-based system with random scrap and adjustable production rate


DOI: 10.5937/jaes16-15458
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Volume 16 article 491 pages: 11 - 18

Yuan-Shyi Peter Chiu
Chaoyang University of Technology, Taichung City, Taiwan

Han-Ying Chen1 Singa Wang Chiu
Chaoyang University of Technology, Taichung City, Taiwan

Victoria Chiu
State University of New York at Oswego, Oswego, New York, United States of America

With the aim of increasing capacity to smooth production planning and coping with existence of random scrap in real fabrication processes, this paper explores an economic production quantity (EPQ)-based inventory system with randomscrap and adjustable production rate. Mathematical modeling is used to carefully portray and analyze the problem, and the expected system cost function is derived and proved to be a convex function. Then, differential calculus is employed to help determine the optimal batch size for the proposed system. Numerical example along with sensitivity analysis is provided to demonstrate applicability of the obtained results. Analytical outcomes pointed out thatthis in-depth exploration to the problem reveals diverse important managerial decision-making required information.

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This study was supported by Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan under grant number: MOST-104-2410-H-324-008-MY2.

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