@inproceedings{421e8f8792e34e4ebb4910862b29bd71,
title = "Optimizing an integrated quality and production-inventory system with perishable seasonal products",
abstract = "The Integrated quality and production-inventory system so far considered in literature usually assumes that item produced by the system have a constant or unidirectional demand pattern. The demand pattern for perishable seasonal product, however, is often a mixture of increasing, steady and decreasing functions of time. This study develops an EPQ model for an imperfect production-inventory system with perishable seasonal products having three-phase ramp-type demand pattern. The system shifts randomly to an out-of-control state during a production run thereby producing some sub-quality items. Classical optimization and trust region methods are used to obtain optimal values of production run time and order quantity followed by numerical experiments and sensitivity analysis.",
keywords = "Optimization, manufacturing systems, seasonal goods, system integration",
author = "Ibraheem Abdul and Atsuo Murata",
year = "2011",
month = jan,
day = "1",
language = "English",
isbn = "9784907764395",
series = "Proceedings of the SICE Annual Conference",
publisher = "Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE)",
pages = "2637--2642",
booktitle = "SICE 2011 - SICE Annual Conference 2011, Final Program and Abstracts",
note = "50th Annual Conference on Society of Instrument and Control Engineers, SICE 2011 ; Conference date: 13-09-2011 Through 18-09-2011",
}