Development of an n-working stages lot size model considering several productive and logistics issues and its resolution by nonlinear programming

Since the Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) model was proposed by Taft almost a century ago, different authors have developed new models to obtain optimal lot size values closer to real ones. Even so, there is still much research to do in this field, mainly in taking into account not only productiv...

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Authors: JAVIER ERNESTO VALENCIA MENDEZ, ANGEL ISRAEL ESCAMILLA SANCHEZ, MIGUEL ANGEL CAN EK
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2016
Country:México
Institution:Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán
Repository:Repositorio Digital Institucional de la Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:redi.uady.mx:123456789/488
Online Access:http://redi.uady.mx:8080/handle/123456789/488
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:info:eu-repo/classification/cti/1
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/7
Supply chain
Logistics
Lot size
Lotsizing problems
Nonlinear programming
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Summary:Since the Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) model was proposed by Taft almost a century ago, different authors have developed new models to obtain optimal lot size values closer to real ones. Even so, there is still much research to do in this field, mainly in taking into account not only productive but logistics costs when determining the optimal lot size. To fill this gap, the model proposed in this work considers several logistics and productive issues, while goes further by incorporating the possibility of working in n stages, idea almost not taken into account in previous works. Even more, the possibility of working with constraints – a main characteristic of real productive processes – is also considered. Finally, and as an additional contribution, a nonlinear programming that solves the proposed model – and how to face such programming with MS Excel® – is also detailed.