Title: A partial backlogging inventory model for deteriorating items with time-varying demand and holding cost

Authors: Debashis Dutta; Pavan Kumar

Addresses: Department of Mathematics, National Institute of Technology, Warangal – 506004, Andhra Pradesh, India ' Department of Mathematics, National Institute of Technology, Warangal – 506004, Andhra Pradesh, India

Abstract: In this paper, we propose a partial backlogging inventory model for deteriorating items with time-varying demand and holding cost. Deterioration rate is assumed to be constant. The demand rate varies with time until the shortage occurs; during shortages, demand rate becomes constant. Shortages are allowed and assumed to be partially backlogged. The backlogging rate is variable and is inversely proportional to the length of the waiting time for next replenishment. Taylor series is used for exponential terms approximating up to second degree terms. We solve the proposed model to obtain the optimal value of order quantity and total cost. The purpose of this paper is to minimise the total cost of inventory with optimal order quantity. The convexity of the cost function is shown graphically. Two numerical examples are given in order to show the applicability of the proposed model. Sensitivity analysis is also carried out to identify the most sensitive parameters in the system.

Keywords: inventory modelling; partial backlogging; demand rate; deteriorating items; time-varying demand; holding cost; optimal order quantity.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMOR.2015.069144

International Journal of Mathematics in Operational Research, 2015 Vol.7 No.3, pp.281 - 296

Received: 16 Jul 2013
Accepted: 05 Dec 2013

Published online: 30 Apr 2015 *

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