A Fuzzy Based Two Warehouses Inventory Model for Deteriorating Items

: In real life situations, especially for new products, the probability is not known due to lack of historical data and adequate information. Then these parameters and variables are treated as fuzzy parameters. Fuzzy set theory is now applied to problems in engineering, business, medical and related health sciences and natural sciences. Over the years there have been successful applications and implementations of fuzzy set theory in production management. In this study, a fuzzy based two warehouses inventory model has been developed with exponential demand. Deterioration rates of two warehouses are considered to be different due to change in environment. The holding cost in RW is assumed to be higher than those in OW. To reduce the inventory costs, it will be economical for firms to store goods in OW before RW, but clear the stocks in RW before OW. The parameters such as holding costs, ordering cost and deteriorating cost for two warehouses are considered as fuzzy number. We considered the triangular fuzzy number to represents the fuzzy parameters. The total inventory cost is obtained in crisp environment as well as fuzzy sense with the help of Signed distance method.