An inventory model of deteriorating items with lot-size dependent replenishment cost and a linear trend in demand

This paper presents an inventory model for deteriorating items over a finite time horizon where the demand increases linearly with time. The method is developed by assuming that the successive replenishment cycle lengths are the same. Many O.R. scientists/researchers obtained an optimal replenishment schedule where the replenishment cost is constant in each cycle length over the finite time horizon. In this paper, we relax the assumption of fixed replenishment cost. The replenishment cost per replenishment is taken to be linearly dependent on the lot-size of that replenishment. Shortages are allowed and are fully backlogged. As a special case, the results for the model without shortages are derived. Finally, two numerical examples are presented to illustrate the model. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.