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Note---An Early Classic Misplaced: Ford W. Harris's Economic Order Quantity Model of 1915

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  • Donald Erlenkotter

    (John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024)

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The familiar square-root formula for the optimal economic order quantity was derived originally by Harris in 1915 (Harris, F. W. 1915. What quantity to make at once. The Library of Factory Management, Vol. V. Operation and Costs. A. W. Shaw Company, Chicago, 47--52.). Since all citations found to Harris's paper over the past 35 years are incorrect, it seems that no one has been able to locate the paper during this period. The paper's apparent misplacement probably stems from an inaccurate citation given by Raymond in 1931 (Raymond, F. E. 1931. Quantity and Economy in Manufacture. McGraw-Hill, New York.). Harris's paper exemplifies skillful presentation of the concepts of management science, and still merits reading. Today's researcher can learn much from Harris's modeling approach, and would do well to emulate his expositional clarity and motivational effectiveness.

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  • Donald Erlenkotter, 1989. "Note---An Early Classic Misplaced: Ford W. Harris's Economic Order Quantity Model of 1915," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 35(7), pages 898-900, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ormnsc:v:35:y:1989:i:7:p:898-900
    DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.35.7.898
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    1. Andriolo, Alessandro & Battini, Daria & Grubbström, Robert W. & Persona, Alessandro & Sgarbossa, Fabio, 2014. "A century of evolution from Harris׳s basic lot size model: Survey and research agenda," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 155(C), pages 16-38.
    2. Luca Bertazzi & Maria Grazia Speranza & Walter Ukovich, 2000. "Exact and Heuristic Solutions for a Shipment Problem with Given Frequencies," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 46(7), pages 973-988, July.
    3. Lin, Gary C. & Kroll, Dennis E. & Lin, C.J., 2006. "Determining a common production cycle time for an economic lot scheduling problem with deteriorating items," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 173(2), pages 669-682, September.
    4. Amir Hossein Nobil & Amir Hosein Afshar Sedigh & Leopoldo Eduardo Cárdenas-Barrón, 2020. "A multiproduct single machine economic production quantity (EPQ) inventory model with discrete delivery order, joint production policy and budget constraints," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 286(1), pages 265-301, March.
    5. Grubbström, Robert W., 2014. "Dynamic lotsizing with a finite production rate," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 149(C), pages 68-79.
    6. Sarker, Bhaba R., 2014. "Consignment stocking policy models for supply chain systems: A critical review and comparative perspectives," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 155(C), pages 52-67.
    7. Glock, Christoph H. & Grosse, Eric H., 2021. "The impact of controllable production rates on the performance of inventory systems: A systematic review of the literature," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 288(3), pages 703-720.
    8. Erlenkotter, Donald, 2014. "Ford Whitman Harris's economical lot size model," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 155(C), pages 12-15.

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