%0 Journal Article
%T EPQ Model for Trended Demand with Rework and Random Preventive Machine Time
%A Nita H. Shah
%A Dushyantkumar G. Patel
%A Digeshkumar B. Shah
%J ISRN Operations Research
%D 2013
%R 10.1155/2013/485172
%X Economic production quantity (EPQ) inventory model for trended demand has been analyzed with rework facility and stochastic preventive machine time. Due to the complexity of the model, search method is proposed to determine the best optimal solution. A numerical example and sensitivity analysis are carried out to validate the proposed model. From the sensitivity analysis, it is observed that the rate of change of demand has significant impact on the optimal inventory cost. The model is very sensitive to the production and demand rate. 1. Introduction An item that does not satisfy quality standards but can be attained after reprocess is termed as a recoverable item and the process is known as rework. It is observed that in an industrial sector, the rework reduced production cost and maintained quality standard of the item. Schrady [1] debated rework process. Khouja [2] formulated an economic lot-size and shipment policy by incorporating a fraction of defective items and direct rework. Koh et al. [3] and Dobos and Richter [4] discussed two production policies with options to order new products externally or recover old products. Chiu et al. [5] analyzed an imperfect rework process for EPQ model with repairable and scrapped items. Jamal et al. [6] advocated the policy for rework of defective items in the same cycle which was extended by C¨¢rdenas-Barr¨®n [7]. Widyadana and Wee [8] gave an analysis of these problems using an algebraic approach. Chiu [9] and Chiu et al. [10] discussed EPQ model by allowing shortages and considering service level constraint. Yoo et al. [11] discussed an EPQ model with imperfect production quality, imperfect inspection, and rework. Meller and Kim [12], Sheu and Chen [13] and Tsou and Chen [14] studied Variants of EPQ model with preventive maintenance. Abboud et al. [15] analyzed an economic order quantity model by considering machine unavailability owing to preventive maintenance and shortage. Chung et al. [16] extended the previous model to compute an economic production quantity for deteriorating inventory model with stochastic machine unavailable time and shortage. Wee and Widyadana [17] revisited the previous model incorporating rework. In this paper, we analyze an economic production quantity (EPQ) model with rework and random preventive maintenance time together when demand is increasing function of time. The consideration of random preventive maintenance time, rework, and trended demand in the model increases its applicability in the electronic and automobile industries. In this production system, produced items are
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