Multi-level lot-sizing in a rayon yarn company: A case study

A. Gunasekaran; S. K. Goyal; T. Martikainen; P. Yli-Olli

doi:10.1016/0377-2217(93)90330-P

Multi-level lot-sizing in a rayon yarn company: A case study

A. Gunasekaran, S. K. Goyal, T. Martikainen, P. Yli-Olli

School of Business Administration (Harrisburg)

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This paper presents a case study conducted at a rayon-yarn plant. (For commercial reasons, the identity of the company is concealed.) This study deals with the economic lot-sizing problem in a multi-stage, multi-facility and multi-product production-inventory system. The multi-level lot-sizing model suggested by Gunasekaran et al. (1990a) is used for the application. The application of the model helped to reduce the set-up and in-process inventory carrying costs. The consequences of implementing economic batch sizes obtained from the model are presented and compared with present practice.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	159-174
Number of pages	16
Journal	European Journal of Operational Research
Volume	65
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0377-2217(93)90330-P
State	Published - Mar 12 1993

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General Computer Science
Modeling and Simulation
Management Science and Operations Research
Information Systems and Management

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