A complement to “A comprehensive note on: An economic order quantity with imperfect quality and quantity discounts”

Abstract

Chang [1] [H.-C. Chang, A comprehensive note on: an economic order quantity with imperfect quality and quantity discounts, Appl. Math. Model. 35 (10) (2011) 5208-5216] corrects a flaw in Lin’s inventory model [T.Y. Lin, An economic order quantity with imperfect quality and quantity discounts, Appl. Math. Model. 34 (10) (2010) 3158–3165]. Then, he develops an algorithm to find the optimal solution for the corrected Lin’s inventory model and furthermore derives close form expressions to determining the optimal solution to an EOQ inventory model considering items with imperfect quality with different holding costs for good and defective items. In both models there is a discrete variable and he presents some inequalities in order to find the integer value. This paper provides some simple formulas to obtain, in an easy way, the integral value for the discrete variable.