集中式供应链的生产与库存分配联合决策

考虑一个由单一制造商和多销售点构成的二级集中式供应链,制造商采用积欠订货策略生产和销售产品,因而面临生产、运输和积欠订货型库存分配与补货的联合决策问题.综合考虑了延迟交货成本、库存持有成本、运输成本和生产成本,建立了最大化总利润的非线性混合整数规划模型,以联合优化供应链的生产、运输及库存分配方案.证明了最优的产品生产分配方案应该具有的结构性质:各个销售网点在任意销售间隔期末同时出现缺货或者库存剩余.同时,提出了基于逐级求解策略的分层求解算法,保证了解的全局最优性.最后,敏感性分析表明:单位产品的库存持有成本与延迟交货成本对最优分配次数及生产量的影响作用相反,固定运输成本也会影响制造商的分配方案及生产计划,但三者均不会影响每个间隔期末的产品分配方案(分配量).     

考虑合同保质期的快速失效药品的二级供应链库存策略研究

医院药品对保质期和服务水平有非常高的要求,同时,药品的库存空间在医药库存中也有重要影响。首先针对快速失效的医药药品考虑了医药库存的合同保质期以及库存空间约束,同时考虑医院库存以及制造商库存,基于经济订货批量模型和经济生产批量模型建立了二级供应链的医药库存模型,然后用MATLAB软件求解了模型最优解,并对一些重要参数进行了敏感性分析。研究发现,合同保质期对医院订购批量、制造商生产批量和总库存成本有一定的影响,其中对于制造商的生产批量以及医院的库存成本影响较大。如果不考虑合同保质期的约束,将会对总库存成本带来更大损失。     

应对突发状况的装备备件供应网络虚拟库存策略研究

研究突发状况引起装备维修备件需求大增时,供应网络中维修站点备件库存策略问题.基于多维修站点的虚拟库构建应对突发状况的备件库存期望成本模型,考虑突发状况的发生概率和突发状况对维修站点的影响概率,比较分析了突发状况发生引起维修需求大增的情况下,维修站点独立应对和构建虚拟库横向联合应对的库存期望成本,通过算例对这两种库存期望成本模型进行了数值分析,验证了构建虚拟库应对突发状况的有效性.     

带批次和临时库存的越库配送车辆路径问题研究

从零售业供应链整合入手,构建供应商、配送中心和零售点构成的协同配送网络,研究带批次和临时库存的越库配送车辆路径问题.将越库过程分为取货、分拣和配货三个阶段,考虑配送中心分拣能力,分批次设置车辆协同到达配送中心的服务时刻,据此建立以最小化车辆运输成本、临时库存成本和固定成本为目标的数学模型.考虑问题特征,设计一种混合变邻域搜索粒子群算法求解,并将结果进行横纵向比较.结果表明,所提算法有效且可靠,能够为带批次和临时库存的越库配送问题提供解决方案.     

协作供应条件下成本优化模型及其算法

在保证供应不间断的前提下,讨论了多供应点、多时间需求的协作供应问题,建立了使包括运输成本、购货成本以及库存成本在内的总成本最小的数学模型.设计了一个求解该模型的算法,证明了该算法的可行性和最优性,并给出了该算法的算法复杂度.最后给出了一个算例,和相关算法相比较可知该算法更具有实际应用价值.     

应急物流中库存与运输集成决策模型研究

已有的研究表明,在物流管理中权衡库存与运输成本之间的关系,实现两者的集成决策,可改进系统的运作绩效。在给定的仓库布局条件下,针对应急物流的配送特点,构建了单周期物资的运输与库存集成决策的随机规划模型。考虑到模型求解的复杂性,首先通过对模型的分析,获得了最优解的性质和上界,然后设计了基于BP神经网络和遗传算法的混合智能算法。在算例分析部分,揭示了服务水平、运输、和库存成本在应急物流中之间的复杂关系,说明合理权衡三者之间的关系,可以提升应急物流的管理水平。     

树形供应链中断风险应急模型研究

基于战略应急库存与实物期权组合策略,设计了树形供应链中断风险应急模型,并通过求解模型得到系统最优策略.应急模型既考虑了风险防范与应急供应所引发的成本,同时考虑了供应链系统中断导致的损失收益.最后进行了仿真分析,结果表明应急模型能够显著降低树形供应链系统的中断风险成本与系统中断时间.     

基于排队的两类顾客易逝品库存控制策略研究

本文采用排队理论在面向两类顾客需求的环境下讨论易逝品库存排队系统控制策略问题。首先刻画面向两类顾客服务且具有马尔科夫结构的易逝品库存系统排队模型,获得库存水平状态的稳态概率分布以及作为库存成本控制的系统稳态性能指标。接下来,构建库存控制成本函数及考虑服务水平约束的库存控制优化模型,设计了改进的遗传算法。最后,数值算例揭示出系统参数的敏感性和相应的管理启示。     

多周期报童模型在煤炭物资库存管理中的应用

为了降低煤炭企业物资库存管理成本,本文结合郑州煤电物资供销公司的实际情况,提出了考虑供过于求时,剩余物资对库存以及订货量影响的多周期库存模型。不同于经典报童模型中以订货量为自变量,本模型以期望利润为目标函数,以初始库存为自变量,在期望利润最大的情况下,得出每个周期的初始库存水平。通过郑州煤电物资供销公司的物资库存管理实例计算,结果表明可降低库存成本50%左右,说明该模型合理可行。     

顾客搜索强度影响下短生命周期产品订货决策

根据短生命周期产品的特点,考虑与需求相关的顾客搜索强度,在假设溢出需求为顾客搜索强度函数的情况下,建立了考虑顾客搜索强度因素的斜坡型需求模型,分两种情形对模型最优解进行了存在性证明和求解.然后通过数值算例分析了主要参数变化对缺货时间、订货量、库存成本的影响,发现订货量与顾客搜索强度同方向变动,缺货时间与需求变化临界点出现先后的不同,缺货成本、持有成本和变质成本对库存总成本的影响不同.     

An Inventory-Location Model: Formulation, Solution Algorithm and Computational Results

We introduce a distribution center (DC) location model that incorporates working inventory and safety stock inventory costs at the distribution centers. In addition, the model incorporates transport costs from the suppliers to the DCs that explicitly reflect economies of scale through the use of a fixed cost term. The model is formulated as a non-linear integer-programming problem. Model properties are outlined. A Lagrangian relaxation solution algorithm is proposed. By exploiting the structure of the problem we can find a low-order polynomial algorithm for the non-linear integer programming problem that must be solved in solving the Lagrangian relaxation subproblems. A number of heuristics are outlined for finding good feasible solutions. In addition, we describe two variable forcing rules that prove to be very effective at forcing candidate sites into and out of the solution. The algorithms are tested on problems with 88 and 150 retailers. Computation times are consistently below one minute and compare favorably with those of an earlier proposed set partitioning approach for this model (Shen, 2000; Shen, Coullard and Daskin, 2000). Finally, we discuss the sensitivity of the results to changes in key parameters including the fixed cost of placing orders. Significant reductions in these costs might be expected from e-commerce technologies. The model suggests that as these costs decrease it is optimal to locate additional facilities.     

Integrated location and two-echelon inventory network design under uncertainty

In this paper, we propose a two-stage stochastic model to address the design of an integrated location and two-echelon inventory network under uncertainty. The central issue in this problem is to design and operate an effective and efficient multi-echelon supply chain distribution network and to minimize the expected system-wide cost of warehouse location, the allocation of warehouses to retailers, transportation, and two-echelon inventory over an infinite planning horizon. We structure this problem as a two-stage nonlinear discrete optimization problem. The first stage decides the warehouses to open and the second decides the warehouse-retailer assignments and two-echelon inventory replenishment strategies. Our modeling strategy incorporates various probable scenarios in the integrated multi-echelon supply chain distribution network design to identify solutions that minimize the first stage costs plus the expected second stage costs. The two-echelon inventory cost considerations result in a nonlinear objective which we linearize with an exponential number of variables. We solve the problem using column generation. Our computational study indicates that our approach can solve practical problems of moderate-size with up to twenty warehouse candidate locations, eighty retailers, and ten scenarios efficiently.     

Location of a distribution center for a perishable product

A model that combines an inventory and location decision is presented, analyzed and solved. In particular, we consider a single distribution center location that serves a finite number of sales outlets for a perishable product. The total cost to be minimized, consists of the transportation costs from the distribution center to the sales outlets as well as the inventory related costs at the sales outlets. The location of the distribution center affects the inventory policy. Very efficient solution approaches for the location problem in a planar environment are developed. Computational experiments demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed solution approaches.     

On inventory problems with arbitrary cost pattern,demand pattern and demand distribution

A detailed analysis of inventory models without setup costs, arbitrary demand distribution and arbitrary demand and cost pattern is given. First it is shown that the corresponding one-period model without ordering costs may be reduced to another simpler one with appropriately modified demand distribution. Several representations are given for the modified demand distribution. As one of the main results this reduction turns out to be robust in most cases. In a final chapter the results are applied to the determination of an optimal policy for a class of N-period inventory models with convex holding-and shortage costs and without setup costs.     

A multi-stage and multi-supplier inventory model allowing different order quantities

This paper addresses a multi-stage inventory model that allows different order quantities among the selected suppliers to obtain the optimal solutions. To achieve the objective of the study, the single-objective and multi-objective methods are adopted for suitable real-world applications. With respect to a single-objective method, this paper aims to minimize the total ordering costs, holding costs, and purchasing costs, subject to the price, quality, and capacity. With respect to a multi-objective method, it focuses on cost minimization, as well as quality and capacity maximization. The proposed model not only considers the allocation of different order quantities among the selected suppliers, but also incorporates the multi-stage inventory problem. Furthermore, a numerical example is provided to illustrate the usefulness of the proposed model and a comparative understanding of various methods. In addition, a simulation test is performed to effectively validate the proposed model which outperforms the previous works. Finally, a sensitivity analysis is carried out to investigate the impact of supply chain cost.     

Impacts of inventory shortage policies on transportation requirements in two-stage distribution systems

This paper investigates the impacts inventory shortage policies have on transportation costs in base-stock distribution systems under uncertain demand. The model proposed demonstrates how backlogging arrangements can serve to decrease the variability of transportation capacity requirements, and hence the magnitude of transportation costs, when compared with policies that expedite demand shortages. The model shows how inventory policy decisions directly impact expected transportation costs and provides a new method for setting stock levels that jointly minimizes inventory and transportation costs. The model and solution method provide insights into the relationship between inventory decisions and transportation costs and can serve to support delivery policy negotiations between a supplier and customer that must choose between expediting and backlogging demand shortages.     

A Model of the Perishable Inventory System With Reference to Consumer-Realized Product Expiration

A new model of the perishable inventory system is presented, which recognizes and incorporates the effects of consumer-realized product expiration. Such expiration has not been explicitly treated within the perishable inventory literature, and occurs when units are expired at the time of sale or expire within some short period of time subsequent to purchase. The model treats the age at which the vendor outdates units as a decision variable, and allows for analysis of the interaction between inventory ordering and outdate policy for a perishable item with random lifetime. As such, the model represents a synthesis of the fixed versus random lifetime perishable inventory literatures. Sensitivity analysis conducted with respect to the new model provides insight into the trade-offs between the costs of carrying, shortage, outdating, and consumer-realized product expiration.     

Characterization of facility assignment costs for a location-inventory model under truckload distribution

We consider a two-stage distribution system, where the first stage consists of potential distribution centres (DCs) and the second stage consists of geographically dispersed existing retailers. Our goal is to determine the set of open DCs and assignment of open DCs to retailers simultaneously with inventory decisions of retailers. In addition to the DC-specific fixed facility location costs, we explicitly model the inventory replenishment and holding costs at the retailers and truckload transportation costs between the DCs and the retailers. The transportation costs are subject to truck/cargo capacity, leading to an integrated location-inventory problem with explicit cargo costs. We develop a mixed-integer nonlinear model and analyse its structural properties leading to exact expressions for the so-called implied facility assignment costs and imputed per-unit per-mile transportation costs. These expressions analytically demonstrate the interplay between strategic location and tactical inventory/transportation decisions in terms of resulting operational costs. Although both the theory and practice of integrated logistics have recognized the fact that strategic and tactical decisions are interrelated, to the best of our knowledge, our paper is the first to offer closed-form results demonstrating the relationship explicitly. We propose an efficient solution approach utilizing the implied facility assignment costs and we demonstrate that significant savings are realizable when the inventory decisions and cargo costs are modelled explicitly for facility location purposes.     

A multi-product continuous review inventory system in stochastic environment with budget constraint

Common characteristics of inventory systems include uncertain demand and restrictions such as budgetary and storage space constraints. Several authors have examined budget constrained multi-item stochastic inventory systems controlled by continuous review policies without considering marginal review shortage costs. Existing models assume that purchasing costs are paid at the time an order is placed, which is not always the case since in some systems purchasing costs are paid when order arrive. In the latter case the maximum investment in inventory is random since the inventory level when an order arrives is a random variable. Hence payment of purchasing costs on delivery yields a stochastic budget constraint for inventory. In this paper with mixture of back orders and lost sales, we assume that mean and variance of lead time demand are known but their probability distributions are unknown. After that, we apply the minimax distribution free procedure to find the minimum expected value of the random objective function with budget constraint. The random budget constraint is transformed to crisp budget constraint by chance-constraint technique. Finally, the model is illustrated by a numerical example.     

Using bid data for the management of sequential,multi-unit,online auctions with uniformly distributed bidder valuations

Internet auctions for consumers’ goods are an increasingly popular selling venue. We have observed that many sellers, instead of offering their entire inventory in a single auction, split it into sequential auctions of smaller lots, thereby reducing the negative market impact of larger lots. Information technology also makes it possible to collect and analyze detailed bid data from online auctions. In this paper, we develop and test a new model of sequential online auctions to explore the potential benefits of using real bid data from earlier auctions to improve the management of future auctions. Assuming a typical truth-revealing auction model, we quantify the effect of the lot size on the closing price and derive a closed-form solution for the problem of allocating inventory across multiple auctions when bidder valuation distributions are known. We also develop a decision methodology for allocating inventory across multiple auctions that dynamically incorporates the results of previous auctions as feedback into the management of subsequent auctions, and updating the lot size and number of auctions. We demonstrate how information signals from previous auctions can be used to update the auctioneer’s beliefs about the customers’ valuation distribution, and then to significantly increase the seller’s profit potential. We use several examples to reveal the benefits of using detailed transaction data for the management of sequential, multi-unit, online auctions and we demonstrate how these benefits are influenced by the inventory holding costs, the number of bidders, and the dispersion of consumers’ valuations.