Zhong Sheng
School of Business Administration, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang, 330013, Jiangxi province, People Republic of China
Shu Hui
School of Business Administration, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang, 330013, Jiangxi province, People Republic of China
ABSTRACT
This study is concerned with determination of the optimal batch size for a manufacturing system with multiple deliveries and random machine breakdown. The classic Economic Manufacturing Quantity (EMQ) model assumes a continuous issuing policy for satisfying customers demands and perfect quality production for all items produced during a production run. However, in a real-life vendor-buyer integrated system, multi-shipment policy is practically used in lieu of continuous issuing policy, while generation of nonconforming items and unexpected breakdown of production equipment are inevitable. The model is developed significantly, taking into account jointly multiple deliveries, machine breakdown and imperfect rework of random defective items.The renewal reward theorem is used to deal with the variable cycle length. An optimal manufacturing batch size that minimizes the long-run average costs for such an imperfect system is derived. An illustrating example is provided to show its practical usages.
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Zhong Sheng and Shu Hui, 2013. Determination of the Optimal Batch Size for a Manufacturing System with
Multiple Deliveries and Random Machine Breakdown. Journal of Applied Sciences, 13: 2000-2006.
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2013.2000.2006
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jas.2013.2000.2006
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2013.2000.2006
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jas.2013.2000.2006
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