Raw material procurement with fluctuating prices

被引:27
作者
Arnold, Jan [1 ]
Minner, Stefan [1 ]
Eidam, Bjoern [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Mannheim, Dept Logist, D-6800 Mannheim 1, Germany
关键词
Raw material procurement; Inventory; Theory of optimal control; TIME-VARYING DEMAND; MODEL; POLICIES; COST;
D O I
10.1016/j.ijpe.2007.02.038
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
Increasing global competition and cost pressure force enterprises and supply chains to discover undetected cost-saving potentials. In particular, interfaces to the raw materials' market are a promising field for improvement. This paper presents a deterministic optimal control approach optimizing the procurement and inventory policy of all enterprise that is processing a raw material when the purchasing price, holding cost, and the demand rate fluctuate over time. Applying Pontryagin's maximum principle, the optimal policy turns Out to be of a bang-bang type involving impulse and just-in-time procurement. Numerical examples illustrate the solutions obtained and compare the optimal policy with simple replenishment strategies. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:353 / 364
页数:12
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