• DocumentCode
    2549828
  • Title

    Procurement-inventory control with fluctuating prices a special case of procurement policy

  • Author

    Wen, Hui ; Xia, Huosong ; Cao, Xiaogang

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Sci., Hubei Univ. of Technol., Wuhan, China
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-18 April 2010
  • Firstpage
    471
  • Lastpage
    472
  • Abstract
    We address the raw material procurement-inventory problem by using the deterministic-control approach. A company has to decide on rates at which raw-material procurement is carried out, while raw material prices and demand levels vary over time. Through the study of optimality control conditions, we derive insightful properties of the optimal procurement controls for a few special cases.
  • Keywords
    optimal control; pricing; procurement; raw materials inventory; stock control; deterministic control approach; fluctuating prices; optimality control conditions; procurement inventory control; procurement policy; raw material procurement inventory problem; Costs; Educational institutions; Engineering management; Lot sizing; Material storage; Optimal control; Procurement; Raw materials; Supply chains; Technology management; Inventory; Optimal Control; Optimal Policy; Procurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Information Management and Engineering (ICIME), 2010 The 2nd IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Chengdu
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5263-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5265-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICIME.2010.5477890
  • Filename
    5477890