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Ordering Policy in a Two-Warehouse Environment for Deteriorating Items under Inflationary Conditions

Ordering Policy in a Two-Warehouse Environment for Deteriorating Items under Inflationary Conditions

Chandra K. Jaggi, Sarla Pareek, Aditi Khanna, Ritu Sharma
Copyright: © 2014 |Pages: 19
ISBN13: 9781466659582|ISBN10: 1466659580|EISBN13: 9781466659599
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5958-2.ch016
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Jaggi, Chandra K., et al. "Ordering Policy in a Two-Warehouse Environment for Deteriorating Items under Inflationary Conditions." Analytical Approaches to Strategic Decision-Making: Interdisciplinary Considerations, edited by Madjid Tavana, IGI Global, 2014, pp. 320-338. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-5958-2.ch016

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Jaggi, C. K., Pareek, S., Khanna, A., & Sharma, R. (2014). Ordering Policy in a Two-Warehouse Environment for Deteriorating Items under Inflationary Conditions. In M. Tavana (Ed.), Analytical Approaches to Strategic Decision-Making: Interdisciplinary Considerations (pp. 320-338). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-5958-2.ch016

Chicago

Jaggi, Chandra K., et al. "Ordering Policy in a Two-Warehouse Environment for Deteriorating Items under Inflationary Conditions." In Analytical Approaches to Strategic Decision-Making: Interdisciplinary Considerations, edited by Madjid Tavana, 320-338. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2014. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-5958-2.ch016

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Abstract

In this chapter, the two-warehouse inventory problem is considered for deteriorating items with constant demand rate and shortages under inflationary conditions. In today’s unstable global economy, the effects of inflation and time value of money cannot be ignored as it increases the cost of goods. To safeguard from the rising prices, during the inflation regime, the organization prefers to keep a higher inventory, thereby increasing the aggregate demand. This additional inventory needs additional storage space that is facilitated by a rented warehouse. Further ahead, in the real business world, to retain the freshness of the commodity, most of the organizations adopt the First-In-First-Out (FIFO) dispatching policy. FIFO policy yields fresh and good conditioned stock thereby resulting in customer satisfaction, especially when items are deteriorating in nature. However, the two warehousing systems usually assume that the holding cost of items is more in Rental Warehouse (RW) than the Owned Warehouse (OW) due to modern preserving techniques. Therefore, to reduce the inventory costs, it is economical to consume the goods of RW at the earliest. This approach is termed the Last-In-First-Out (LIFO) approach. The objective of the present chapter is to develop a two warehouse inventory model with FIFO and LIFO dispatching policies under inflationary conditions. Further, comparison between FIFO and LIFO policies has been exhibited with the help of a numerical example. Sensitivity analysis has also been performed to study the impact of various parameters on the optimal solution.

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