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

Table 2

The critical cycle times of Example 1.

𝑗	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
𝑇^𝑠1,𝑗	0.0516	0.0298	—	—	—	—	—
𝑇^𝑠2,𝑗	0.0775	0.0447	—	—	—	—	—
𝑇^𝑠3,𝑗	0.1035	0.0598	0.0423	—	—	—	—
𝑇^𝑠4,𝑗	0.1398	0.0807	0.0571	0.0442	—	—	—
𝑇^𝑠5,𝑗	0.1519	0.0877	0.0620	0.0480	—	—	—
𝑇^𝑠6,𝑗	0.2160	0.1247	0.0882	0.0683	0.0558	0.0471	—
𝑇^𝑠7,𝑗	0.2517	0.1453	0.1027	0.0796	0.0650	0.0549	0.0476