Review Article

Exploring the Potential Use of the Birnbaum-Saunders Distribution in Inventory Management

Table 1

Range of the mentioned uniformly distributed indicator for simulations.

Indicator Minimum Maximum

DPUT mean (units/day) 80 120
DPUT SD (units/day) 3 30
LT mean (in days) 1 5
LT SD (in days) 0.50 2.00
Holding cost ($/unit/day) 0.00 0.68
Ordering cost ($/order) 17 60
Shortage cost ($/shortage) 0 100