TITLE:
Optimal Policy for EOQ Model with Two Level of Trade Credits in One Replenishment Cycle
AUTHORS:
Amit Sharma, Ruchi Goel, Naresh Kumar Dua
KEYWORDS:
EOQ Model; Inventory; Two Levels of Trade Credit, Replenishment Cycle
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Operations Research,
Vol.2 No.1,
March
14,
2012
ABSTRACT: In general, a supplier/retailer frequently offer trade credit to stimulate their respective sales. The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the optimal supplier/retailer’s replenishment decisions under two levels of trade credit policy within the economic order quantity (EOQ) framework. This paper deals with the supplier/retailer’s inventory replenishment problem under two levels of trade credit in one replenishment cycle. A different approach of two levels of trade credit is used, which give more freedom to the supplier/retailer in business. In addition, the easy-to-use procedure is developed to efficiently find the optimal cycle time for the retailer under minimizing annual total relevant cost. Finally, a numerical example is given to illustrate these results.