Batch sizing with controllable production rates in a multi-stage production system

Christoph H. Glock (1)

1 Chair of Business Management and Industrial Management

In a recent paper, Glock [2010. Batch sizing with controllable production rates. International Journal of Production Research 20: 5925-5942] studied the impact of a variable production rate on the inventory build-up and the total costs in a two-stage production system. In this paper, we extend Glock's (2010) model to a multi-stage production system where the production rate at each producing stage may be varied within given limits. We compare our model to the classical case with a fixed production rate and show that treating the production rate as a variable is an appropriate measure to reduce excessive inventory in a production system.

Mots clés: Physical Sciences

Christoph H. Glock. Batch sizing with controllable production rates in a multi-stage production system. International Journal of Production Research, 2011, pp.1. ⟨10.1080/00207543.2010.528058⟩. ⟨hal-00660539⟩