This paper studies the optimal producer′s replenishment policy for an economic production quantity (EPQ) model with rework and breakdown taking place in backorder replenishing time. A recent published article has studied the lot-sizing problem on an imperfect quality EPQ model. However, another reliability factor random machine breakdown is inevitable in most real-life production systems. To de...

Traditional survey methods, which are generally costly and time-consuming, usually provide information at the regional or national level only. The utilization of lot quality assurance sampling (LQAS) methodology, developed in industry for quality control, makes it possible to use small sample sizes when conducting surveys in small geographical or population-based areas (lots). This article desc...

This paper is concerned with joint determination of the optimal lot size and optimal number of shipments for an economic production quantity (EPQ) model with the reworking of random defective items produced. The classic EPQ model assumes a continuous issuing policy for satisfying product demand and perfect quality production for all items produced. However, in a real life vendor-buyer integrate...

Under the assumption that the replenishment lead time is dependent on both lot size of the buyer and production rate of the vendor, an integrated production inventory model is presented in this paper. The decision-making interaction of lead time between a buyer and a vendor in the integrated inventory model is analyzed. In terms of the model, a solution procedure has been developed to obtain th...

An extended economic production quantity (EPQ) model under stochastic demand is investigated in this paper, where a fixed lot sizing policy is implemented to reduce the complexity of production planning and inventory control, and outsourcing with a secondary facility is used to supplement the lot sizing policy and to cope with the random demand. The considered cost includes: setup cost for the ...

We consider the dynamic lot-sizing problem with finite capacity and possible lost sales for a process that could be kept warm at a unit variable cost for the next period t + 1 only if more than a threshold value Qt has been produced and would be cold, otherwise. Production with a cold process incurs a fixed positive setup cost, Kt and setup time, St, which may be positive. Setup costs and times...

INTRODUCTION Stress is an important factor in the educational process. Teaching and learning are stressful processes. This stress can affect one's ability and change his/her performance. The purpose of this study was to investigate stressors of clinical education from the perspective of medical students in Yazd University of Medical Sciences. METHODS This descriptive-analytic study was conduc...