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Fixed Charge Unbalanced Transportation Problem in Inventory Pooling with Multiple Retailers

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  • Ramidayu Yousuk

    (Kasetsart University, Thailand)

  • Huynh Trung Luong

    (Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand)

Abstract

The paper presents the formulation of a mathematical model of a multi-retailer inventory system with preventive lateral transshipment. The fixed charge unbalanced transportation problem is employed to find the optimal transshipment policy. Each retailer employs base stock periodic review policy. The model assumes Poisson distributed demand and instantaneous transshipment. Unsatisfied demands are fully backlogged. Transshipment quantity is controlled by the hold-back inventory level. Numerical experiments are conducted to illustrate the applicability of the proposed mathematical model. A comparative study between small and large pooling groups is also investigated. The results exhibit that the benefits of preventive lateral transshipment are more significant when the number of retailers increases. Moreover, by employing fixed charged transportation problem, the proposed model is proved to be effective in solving the problem with fixed transshipment cost for both identical and nonidentical retailers.

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  • Ramidayu Yousuk & Huynh Trung Luong, 2015. "Fixed Charge Unbalanced Transportation Problem in Inventory Pooling with Multiple Retailers," Managing Intellectual Capital and Innovation for Sustainable and Inclusive Society: Managing Intellectual Capital and Innovation; Proceedings of the MakeLearn and TIIM Joint International Conference 2,, ToKnowPress.
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