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DESIGNING AN OPTIMAL INVENTORY REPLENISHMENT STRATEGY IN A COMBINED MTS-MTO SUPPLY CHAIN

Title
DESIGNING AN OPTIMAL INVENTORY REPLENISHMENT STRATEGY IN A COMBINED MTS-MTO SUPPLY CHAIN
Authors
Kim, EungabMin, Daiki
Ewha Authors
김은갑민대기
SCOPUS Author ID
김은갑scopus; 민대기scopus
Issue Date
2018
Journal Title
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING-THEORY APPLICATIONS AND PRACTICE
ISSN
1943-670XJCR Link
Citation
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING-THEORY APPLICATIONS AND PRACTICE vol. 25, no. 5, pp. 620 - 633
Keywords
MTS-MTO supply chaininventory replenishment strategyMarkov Decision Processvolume flexibility
Publisher
UNIV CINCINNATI INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
Indexed
SCIE WOS
Document Type
Article

Proceedings Paper
Abstract
We consider a combined MTS-MTO supply chain in which an MTO manufacturer replenishes component inventory from contract suppliers on an MTS basis. Two types of component replenishment strategies are evaluated; multiple suppliers with a fixed order quantity and a single supplier with volume flexibility. For each strategy, we determine an optimal order size, when to place an order for inventory replenishment and an optimal number of suppliers when there are multiple suppliers. This paper formulates the problem as a discrete Markov Decision Process and proposes a solution procedure based on the value iteration algorithm for each strategy. Extensive numerical analysis provides interesting findings. First, the use of an optimal replenishment strategy is dependent not only on the lead-time but also on the traffic intensity and production rate at the MTO manufacturer. Second, the multiple-supplier strategy is likely to outperform the single supplier strategy under heavy traffic intensity, a high degree of lead-time uncertainty and small size of maximum allowable backorders. Third, the optimal policy for ordering inventory is of the control limit type. Furthermore, the multiple-supplier strategy generally has a lower reorder point than that of the single supplier strategy.
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