A REORDERING POLICY WITH INSTANTANEOUS EMERGENCY DELIVERY,

Abstract

A reordering policy is envisaged in which two types of orders are possible. The first, a regular order, is such that the time to fill the order is a random variable. The second, an emergency order, is such that, effectively, the time to fill the order is zero. The cost of placing an emergency order should, of course, be greater than the cost of placing a regular order and under the circumstances an expression for per unit time cost is derived which when minimized will yield the optimal reorder policy. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0687301

Entities

People

  • E. L. Bradley Jr
  • J. G. Saw

Organizations

  • University of Florida

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Emergencies
  • Random Variables

Readers

  • Mathematical Modeling and Probability Theory.
  • Operations Research
  • Systems Analysis and Design