Controlling setup cost in (Q, r, L) inventory model with defective items

This study discusses a mixture inventory model with back orders and lost sales in which the order quantity, reorder point, lead time and setup cost are decision variables. It is assumed that an arrival order lot may contain some defective items and the number of defective items is a random variable. There are two inventory models proposed in this paper, one with normally distributed demand and another with distribution free demand. Finally we develop two computational algorithms to obtain the optimal ordering policy, A computer code using the software Matlab is developed to derive the optimal solution and present numerical examples to illustrate the models. Additionally, sensitivity analysis is conducted with respect to the various system parameters. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.