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A simple method to compute economic order quantities

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In this note, a simple method by using the arithmetic-geometric-mean-inequality theorem is proposed to computer the global minimum economic order quantities without taking complex differential calculus or using tedious algebraic manipulations. In contrast to (Minner, S., 2007. A note on how to compute economic order quantity without derivatives by cost comparisons. International Journal of Production Economics 105, 293-296; Wee, H.M., Wang, W.T., Chung, C.J., 2009. A modified method to computer economic order quantities without derivatives by cost-difference comparisons. European Journal of Operational Research) based on a local cost minimum initially to derive the solution and then proven it's the global minimum, the proposed method yields the global minimum cost immediately and explicitly without using the cost comparisons and letting the time horizon to infinity.

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  • Teng, Jinn-Tsair, 2009. "A simple method to compute economic order quantities," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 198(1), pages 351-353, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ejores:v:198:y:2009:i:1:p:351-353
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