Optimal production run length with imperfect production processes and backorder in fuzzy random environment

This article article considers the economic production run time problem with imperfect production processes and allowable shortages. The elapsed time until the production process shifts is assumed to be a fuzzy random variable, and fuzzy random total cost per unit time model is constructed. The expectation theory and signed distance are employed to transform the fuzzy random model into crisp model. An effective approximate algorithm is developed to search for the optimal production run length. Furthermore, numerical examples are provided to illustrate the results of proposed model. Crown Copyright (C) 2010 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.