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Letter to the Editor—An Ordering Policy for Stock Items when Delivery Can be Expedited

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  • S. G. Allen

    (Stanford Research Institute, Menlo Park, California)

  • D. A. D'Esopo

    (Stanford Research Institute, Menlo Park, California)

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The ordering policy considered for a stock item is of the familiar reorder-point-order-quantity type, except that an additional quantity called an expediting level may be specified. When stock on hand is reduced to this level, then an outstanding order will be expedited and received in a time period R , called the expedited leadtime, which is less than the normal procurement leadtime L . Even though R and L are assumed constant, the effective leadtime becomes a random variable distributed over the interval ( R , L ). Expressions are given for the expected inventory, shortages, number of orders, number of expedited orders, and number of expedited units ordered, all per unit of time.

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  • S. G. Allen & D. A. D'Esopo, 1968. "Letter to the Editor—An Ordering Policy for Stock Items when Delivery Can be Expedited," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 16(4), pages 880-883, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:oropre:v:16:y:1968:i:4:p:880-883
    DOI: 10.1287/opre.16.4.880
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    1. Svoboda, Josef & Minner, Stefan & Yao, Man, 2021. "Typology and literature review on multiple supplier inventory control models," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 293(1), pages 1-23.
    2. Höller, Simon J. & Özsen, Raik & Thonemann, Ulrich W., 2020. "Determining optimal parameters for expediting policies under service level constraints," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 281(2), pages 274-285.
    3. Raik Özsen & Ulrich W. Thonemann, 2015. "Determining Optimal Parameters for Expediting Policies," Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, INFORMS, vol. 17(1), pages 120-133, February.

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