Dynamic lot sizing with minimum order size and lost sales

Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Background 1 1.2 Research scope 2Chapter 2 Literature Review 4 2.1 Characteristics of lot sizing models 4 2.2 Classification of the uncapacitated lot sizing problem 6 2.3 Classification of the capacitated lot sizing problem 8Chapter 3 Dynamic Lot Sizing with Minimum Order Size and Lost Sales 11 3.1 Problem description 11 3.2 Assumptions 12 3.3 Notations 13 3.4 Integer programming model 14Chapter 4 Methodology 16 4.1 Solution algorithm 16 4.2 Example problem 23Chapter 5 Computational Experiments 27 5.1 The effect of setup costs 27 5.2 The effect of minimum order sizes 30 5.3 The effect of planning periods 32Chapter 6 Conclusions 34References 35