In this paper, we present an integrated version of the Ng model and Zhou and Fan model [W. L. Ng,A simple classifier for multiple criteria ABC analysis, European Journal of Operation Research, 177(2007) 344-353; P. Zhou & L. Fan, A note on multi-criteria ABC inventory classification usingweighted linear optimization, European Journal of Operation Research, 182 (2007) 1488-1491]. Themodel that N...

Abstract Objective: Many organizations use the ABC classification method to control their large amount of inventories. The most common way to classify inventories is the ABC method. In traditional ABC classification, items are only classified according to one criteria. But there are other criteria that need to be considered in the inventory classification. The purpose of this study is to prese...

Maintenance operations directly influence the performances of railway vehicles and play a crucial role in railway services to provide uninterrupted and high quality service to passengers. With the exception of preventive activities, the demand of spare parts for maintenance tasks is usually random; hence, the fast and secure management of the spare parts inventory is an important factor for the...

Inventory management requires thousands or millions of individual transactions each year. Classification the items influences results inventory management. Traditionally, this is usually classified with considering an annual dollar usage criterion but maybe other criteria such as lead time, criticality, perishability, cost, and demand type can be affected on that classification. have more than ...