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October  2014, 10(4): 989-1000. doi: 10.3934/jimo.2014.10.989

A deteriorating inventory model for an intermediary firm under return on inventory investment maximization

Cheng-Kang Chen 1, and  Yi-Xiang Liao 1,

1. 

Department of Information Management, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, Taiwan

Received  April 2012 Revised  September 2013 Published  February 2014

This paper investigates how the intermediary firms can optimally determine the purchasing cycle length of a deteriorating product under return on inventory investment (ROII) maximization criterion. There are three key features differentiating this paper from the extant literature and being considered simultaneously in this paper, which are: 1) an alternative performance measurement (i.e., ROII) is proposed to formulate the inventory system; 2) the decision maker in this paper is an intermediary firm instead of a retailer; and 3) the deteriorating nature of products is considered. By incorporating the deteriorating nature of products and the special structure of the intermediary firm environments into the traditional economic order quantity model, the inventory problem encountered by the intermediary firm is mathematically formulated as a non-linear programming problem. Several interesting properties of the proposed inventory problem are developed and an efficient iterative algorithm is provided to search for the optimal solution. Also, the convergence of the iterative algorithm developed in this paper is proved. Finally, a numerical example is presented to illustrate the features of the proposed problem and the convergent search algorithm.
Keywords: Deteriorating product, inventory, ROII maximization, fixed-point iteration., intermediary firm.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 90B05; Secondary: 65H0.
Citation: Cheng-Kang Chen, Yi-Xiang Liao. A deteriorating inventory model for an intermediary firm under return on inventory investment maximization. Journal of Industrial & Management Optimization, 2014, 10 (4) : 989-1000. doi: 10.3934/jimo.2014.10.989
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C.-K. Chen and K. J. Min, Optimal selling quantity and purchasing price for intermediary firms,, International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 11 (1991), 64.  doi: 10.1108/EUM0000000001291.  Google Scholar

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C.-K. Chen, Optimal determination of quality level, selling quantity and purchasing price for intermediate firms,, Production Planning & Control, 11 (2000), 706.  doi: 10.1080/095372800432179.  Google Scholar

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C.-K. Chen and Y.-X. Liao, Optimal purchasing cycle length of a deteriorating product for intermediary firms,, Computational Optimization and Applications, 42 (2009), 289.  doi: 10.1007/s10589-007-9080-6.  Google Scholar

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K.-J. Chung, P. Chu and S.-P. Lan, A note on EOQ models for deteriorating items under stock dependent selling rate,, European Journal of Operational Research, 124 (2000), 550.  doi: 10.1016/S0377-2217(99)00203-9.  Google Scholar

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K. V. Geetha and R. Uthayakumar, Economic design of an inventory policy for non-instantaneous deteriorating items under permissible delay in payments,, Computational and Applied Mathematics, 233 (2010), 2492.  doi: 10.1016/j.cam.2009.10.031.  Google Scholar

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P. M. Ghare and G. F. Schrader, A model for an exponentially decaying inventory,, Journal of Industrial Engineering, 13 (1963), 238.   Google Scholar

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B. C. Giri and K. S. Chaudhuri, Deterministic models of perishable inventory with stock-dependent demand rate and nonlinear holding cost,, European Journal of Operational Research, 105 (1998), 467.  doi: 10.1016/S0377-2217(97)00086-6.  Google Scholar

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A. K. Jalan and K. S. Chaudhuri, Structural properties of an inventory system with deterioration and trended demand,, International Journal of Systems Science, 30 (1999), 627.  doi: 10.1080/002077299292137.  Google Scholar

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J. Li, K. J. Min, T. Otake and T. V. Voorhis, Inventory and investment in setup and quality operations under return on investment maximization,, European Journal of Operational Research, 185 (2008), 593.  doi: 10.1016/j.ejor.2006.11.045.  Google Scholar

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G. Padmanabhan and P. Vrat, EOQ models for perishable items under stock dependent selling rate,, European Journal of Operational Research, 86 (1995), 281.  doi: 10.1016/0377-2217(94)00103-J.  Google Scholar

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D. Rosenberg, Optimal price-inventory decisions: Profit vs. ROII,, IIE Transactions, 23 (1991), 17.  doi: 10.1080/07408179108963837.  Google Scholar

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W. M. Smith, An investigation of some quantitative relationships between breakeven point analysis and economic lot size theory,, AIIE Transactions, 9 (1958), 52.   Google Scholar

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B. R. Sarker, S. Mukherjee and C. V. Balan, An order-level lot size inventory model with inventory-level dependent demand and deterioration,, International Journal of Production Economics, 48 (1997), 227.  doi: 10.1016/S0925-5273(96)00107-7.  Google Scholar

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E. A. Silver, D. F. Pyke and R. Peterson, Inventory Management and Production Planning and Scheduling,, 3rd edition, (1998).   Google Scholar

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D. F. Spulber, Market Microstructure: Intermediaries and the Theory of the Firm,, Cambridge University Press, (1999).  doi: 10.1017/CBO9780511625930.  Google Scholar

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O. Toshitsugu, K. J. Min and C.-K. Chen, Inventory and investmentin setup operations under return on investment maximization,, Computers & Operations Research, 26 (1999), 883.   Google Scholar

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H.-M. Wee and S.-T. Law, Economic production lot size for deteriorating items taking account of the time-value of money,, Computers & Operations Research, 26 (1999), 545.  doi: 10.1016/S0305-0548(98)00078-1.  Google Scholar

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References:
[1]

R. L. Burden and J. D. Faires, Numerical Analysis,, 3rd edition, (2001).   Google Scholar

[2]

C.-K. Chen and K. J. Min, Optimal selling quantity and purchasing price for intermediary firms,, International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 11 (1991), 64.  doi: 10.1108/EUM0000000001291.  Google Scholar

[3]

C.-K. Chen, Optimal determination of quality level, selling quantity and purchasing price for intermediate firms,, Production Planning & Control, 11 (2000), 706.  doi: 10.1080/095372800432179.  Google Scholar

[4]

C.-K. Chen and Y.-X. Liao, Optimal purchasing cycle length of a deteriorating product for intermediary firms,, Computational Optimization and Applications, 42 (2009), 289.  doi: 10.1007/s10589-007-9080-6.  Google Scholar

[5]

K.-J. Chung, P. Chu and S.-P. Lan, A note on EOQ models for deteriorating items under stock dependent selling rate,, European Journal of Operational Research, 124 (2000), 550.  doi: 10.1016/S0377-2217(99)00203-9.  Google Scholar

[6]

C.-Y. Dye and L.-Y. Ouyang, An EOQ model for perishable items under stock-dependent selling rate and time-dependent partial backlogging,, European Journal of Operational Research, 163 (2005), 776.  doi: 10.1016/j.ejor.2003.09.027.  Google Scholar

[7]

K. V. Geetha and R. Uthayakumar, Economic design of an inventory policy for non-instantaneous deteriorating items under permissible delay in payments,, Computational and Applied Mathematics, 233 (2010), 2492.  doi: 10.1016/j.cam.2009.10.031.  Google Scholar

[8]

P. M. Ghare and G. F. Schrader, A model for an exponentially decaying inventory,, Journal of Industrial Engineering, 13 (1963), 238.   Google Scholar

[9]

B. C. Giri and K. S. Chaudhuri, Deterministic models of perishable inventory with stock-dependent demand rate and nonlinear holding cost,, European Journal of Operational Research, 105 (1998), 467.  doi: 10.1016/S0377-2217(97)00086-6.  Google Scholar

[10]

A. K. Jalan and K. S. Chaudhuri, Structural properties of an inventory system with deterioration and trended demand,, International Journal of Systems Science, 30 (1999), 627.  doi: 10.1080/002077299292137.  Google Scholar

[11]

S. Ladany and A. Sternlieb, The interaction of economic ordering quantities and marketing policies,, AIIE Transactions, 6 (1974), 35.  doi: 10.1080/05695557408974930.  Google Scholar

[12]

J. Li, K. J. Min, T. Otake and T. V. Voorhis, Inventory and investment in setup and quality operations under return on investment maximization,, European Journal of Operational Research, 185 (2008), 593.  doi: 10.1016/j.ejor.2006.11.045.  Google Scholar

[13]

G. Padmanabhan and P. Vrat, EOQ models for perishable items under stock dependent selling rate,, European Journal of Operational Research, 86 (1995), 281.  doi: 10.1016/0377-2217(94)00103-J.  Google Scholar

[14]

D. Rosenberg, Optimal price-inventory decisions: Profit vs. ROII,, IIE Transactions, 23 (1991), 17.  doi: 10.1080/07408179108963837.  Google Scholar

[15]

W. M. Smith, An investigation of some quantitative relationships between breakeven point analysis and economic lot size theory,, AIIE Transactions, 9 (1958), 52.   Google Scholar

[16]

B. R. Sarker, S. Mukherjee and C. V. Balan, An order-level lot size inventory model with inventory-level dependent demand and deterioration,, International Journal of Production Economics, 48 (1997), 227.  doi: 10.1016/S0925-5273(96)00107-7.  Google Scholar

[17]

R. G. Schroeder and R. Krishnan, Return on investment as a criterion for inventory models,, Decision Sciences, 7 (1976), 697.  doi: 10.1111/j.1540-5915.1976.tb00713.x.  Google Scholar

[18]

E. A. Silver, D. F. Pyke and R. Peterson, Inventory Management and Production Planning and Scheduling,, 3rd edition, (1998).   Google Scholar

[19]

D. F. Spulber, Market Microstructure: Intermediaries and the Theory of the Firm,, Cambridge University Press, (1999).  doi: 10.1017/CBO9780511625930.  Google Scholar

[20]

O. Toshitsugu, K. J. Min and C.-K. Chen, Inventory and investmentin setup operations under return on investment maximization,, Computers & Operations Research, 26 (1999), 883.   Google Scholar

[21]

H.-M. Wee and S.-T. Law, Economic production lot size for deteriorating items taking account of the time-value of money,, Computers & Operations Research, 26 (1999), 545.  doi: 10.1016/S0305-0548(98)00078-1.  Google Scholar

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