An Ordering Policy for Repairable Stock Items
- 1 June 1968
- journal article
- Published by Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) in Operations Research
- Vol. 16 (3) , 669-674
- https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.16.3.669
Abstract
When a stock item fails, it is assumed to be repairable with a known positive probability less than one. In this case stock must be replenished on occasion with new supplies. An ordering policy of the familiar reorder point-order quantity type is considered, and expressions developed for expected shortages, inventory, and number of orders per unit of time. Because shortages within a replenishment cycle can decrease because of returns from repair, the derivation of expected shortages is of particular interest.Keywords
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