Quality improvement and setup reduction in the joint
economic lot size model.
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In other cases, flexibility means that the equipment will run
economic lot sizes of one product.
He said a 'centralized procurement system is appropriate and consistent with the objective of the government to adopt economies of scale in its operations by purchasing from legally, technically and financially capable sources in
economic lot sizes, by observing cost-efficient specifications and by making prompt payment.'
Often the rate of deterioration is low for many items and there is scarcely any need to consider the deterioration in the determination of
economic lot sizes. However, there are many products in the real world that are subject to a model under the conditions of permissible delay in payments.
With the trend to JIT and trying to get down to
economic lot sizes of one, having to batch parts and move them from one operation to another certainly creates longer lead times.