Determining the Optimum Ordering Policy in Multi-Item Joint Replenishment Problem Using a Novel Method

Table 3

The cycle time ranges and associated replenishment frequency vectors for Example 1.

𝑖	𝑟𝑖	𝐌𝑖	𝑖	𝑟𝑖	𝐌𝑖
1	0.2517	1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2	12	0.0796	1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5
2	0.2160	1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2	13	0.0775	1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5
3	0.1519	1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2	14	0.0683	1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 5, 5
4	0.1453	1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3	15	0.0650	1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 5, 6
5	0.1398	1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3	16	0.0620	1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
6	0.1247	1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3	17	0.0598	1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 6
7	0.1035	1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3	18	0.0571	1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5, 6
8	0.1027	1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 4	19	0.0558	1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 6, 6
9	0.0882	1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 4, 4	20	0.0549	1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 6, 7
10	0.0877	1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4	21	0.0516	2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 6, 7
11	0.0807	1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4	22	0.0480	2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7