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Economic order quantity for substitutable growing items

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Ali Fallahi
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Erfan Amani Bani
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Hadi Mokhtari *
DOI:10.1080/17509653.2024.2363778delete
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Abstract

Abstract

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In the realm of inventory management, the role of substitution in managing growing items is crucial. While several studies have examined growing and substitutable items separately, none have addressed replenishment policies for inventory systems with substitutable growing items. This paper introduces a multi-item inventory management problem for growing items with potential demand substitution. Two cases are defined and mathematically modeled. Due to the nonlinearity of the constrained models, a grid search heuristic algorithm is proposed as the solution methodology. The algorithm's performance is compared with genetic and simulated annealing algorithms, two state-of-the-art metaheuristics. The models and solution approach are evaluated through numerous numerical examples, demonstrating the grid search heuristic algorithm's superiority in quality and computational time. Sensitivity analyses are conducted to assess the impact of variations in input parameters on the objective function. Managerial insights are derived from the results, and the paper concludes with directions for future research on both the problem and solution methodology.
Keywords:
Inventory management
livestock
product substitution
joint replenishment policy
heuristics
C61
D12
L60

Journal

International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Management cover
International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Management
IF:
2.6
Papers:
237
Citations:
739

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Sharif University of Technology
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Citations: 9.5K
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University Kashan
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3.2K
Papers: 3.2K
Citations: 16