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Performance evaluation of a push--pull merge system with multiple suppliers, an intermediate buffer and a distribution centre with parallel machines/channels

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  • A.C. Diamantidis
  • S.I. Koukoumialos
  • M.I. Vidalis

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This paper examines a push--pull merge system with external demand. Multiple reliable non-identical suppliers feed a buffer that is located immediately upstream a distribution centre (DC) with parallel identical reliable machines. The DC performs another operation on the items stored in the preceding buffer and the finished products are stored in another buffer (the finished products buffer) immediately downstream the DC. Customers arrive to the system according to a Poisson process with given intensity λ and remove a finished product from the buffer of finished products. The size of a customer demand is equal to one. Both suppliers and the identical machines at DC have exponential service rates. The considered system is modelled as a continuous-time Markov process with discrete states. An algorithm that generates the transition matrix for any value of the parameters of the system is developed and all possible transition equations are derived and solved analytically. Once the transition matrix is known the performance measures of the model under consideration can be easily evaluated.

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  • A.C. Diamantidis & S.I. Koukoumialos & M.I. Vidalis, 2016. "Performance evaluation of a push--pull merge system with multiple suppliers, an intermediate buffer and a distribution centre with parallel machines/channels," International Journal of Production Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 54(9), pages 2628-2652, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:tprsxx:v:54:y:2016:i:9:p:2628-2652
    DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2015.1113325
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    1. Michael Vidalis & Stelios Koukoumialos & Alexandros Diamantidis & George Blanas, 2022. "Analysis of a two echelon supply chain with merging suppliers, a storage area and a distribution center with parallel channels," Operational Research, Springer, vol. 22(1), pages 703-740, March.
    2. Angelos Kourepis & Alexandros Diamantidis & Stylianos Koukoumialos, 2022. "Exact analysis of a push–pull system with multiple non identical retailers, a distribution center and multiple non identical unreliable suppliers with supply disruptions," Operational Research, Springer, vol. 22(5), pages 4801-4827, November.
    3. George Varlas & Michael Vidalis & Stelios Koukoumialos & Alexandros Diamantidis, 2021. "Optimal inventory control policies of a two-stage push–pull production inventory system with lost sales under stochastic production, transportation, and external demand," TOP: An Official Journal of the Spanish Society of Statistics and Operations Research, Springer;Sociedad de Estadística e Investigación Operativa, vol. 29(3), pages 799-832, October.

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