Analysis of a fuzzy economic order quantity model for deteriorating items under retailer partial trade credit financing in a supply chain

Authors:
Gour Chandra Mahata;Puspita Mahata
Affiliations:
Department of Mathematics, Sitananda College, P. O. + P. S. - Nandigram, Dist. - Purba Medinipur, PIN - 721631, West Bengal, India;Department of Commerce, Srikrishna College, P.O. + P.S. - Bagula, Dist. - Nadia, PIN - 741502, West Bengal, India
Venue:
Mathematical and Computer Modelling: An International Journal
Year:
2011

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Abstract

This paper investigates the economic order quantity (EOQ) - based inventory model for a retailer under two levels of trade credit to reflect the supply chain management situation in the fuzzy sense. It is assumed that the retailer maintains a powerful position and can obtain the full trade credit offered by the supplier yet the retailer just offers a partial trade credit to customers. The demand rate, holding cost, ordering cost, purchasing cost and selling price are taken as fuzzy numbers. Under these conditions, the retailer can obtain the most benefits. Study also investigates the retailer's inventory policy for deteriorating items in a supply chain management situation as a cost minimization problem in the fuzzy sense. The annual total variable cost for the retailer in fuzzy sense is defuzzified using Graded Mean Integration Representation method. Then the present study shows that the defuzzified annual total variable cost for the retailer is convex, that is, a unique solution exists. Mathematical theorems and algorithms are developed to efficiently determine the optimal inventory policy for the retailer. Numerical examples are given to illustrate the theorems and the algorithms. Finally, the results in this paper generalize some already published results in the crisp sense.