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. 2021 Feb 9;18(4):1662. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18041662
Indices
j: The index used to indicate number of products, j = 1, 2, ... N
a: To indicate the parameters for first stage of manufacture
b: Used with the vendor parameters
c: To represent the final stage of manufacture
Decision variables
Tj: Cycle time to manufacture the j-th product (units)
Lja: Labors utilized at 1st stage to manufacture the j-th product (workers)
Ljc: Labors utilized to manufacture the j-th product at 1st during final stage (workers)
Kja: Number of machine units utilized at the 1st stage to manufacture the j-th product (workstations)
Kjc: Number of machine units utilized to manufacture the j-th product during the finishing stage (workstations)
Pja: Plant production rate of the j-th product in the 1st stage (units/year)
Pjc: Plant production rate of the j-th product in the 2nd stage of manufacture (units/year)
Manufacturer Parameters
Crm Raw material cost of the j-th product ($/unit)
TDmj Manufacturer total tool-die cost of the j-th product ($/unit)
TDmaj Tool-die cost of the j-th product in 1st stage of manufacture ($/unit)
TDmcj Tool-die cost of the the j-th product in final stage ($/unit)
gj Total indirect production cost of the j-th product ($/unit)
gmaj Indirect cost of the j-th product in first stage of manufacture ($/unit)
gmcj Indirect production cost of j-th product in the final stage of manufacture ($/unit)
Dj(Ω) Variable demand depending emergency level due to pandemic ($/unit)
Qj Production quantity (units)
lja Average labor utilized per machine in first stage of manufacture (labor/machine)
ljc Average labor utilized per machine in final stage of manufacture (labor/machine)
Wj Average wedge of labor to manufacture the j-th product ($/labor)
Aj Setup cost for j-th product ($/year)
hmj Manufacturer’s holding cost of each product per cycle ($/unit/year)
Gj Reworking cost of the j-th product ($/unit)
εja Production rate of each machine unit to manufacture the j-th product in the 1st stage (units/machine)
εjc Production rate of each machine unit at final stage to manufacture the j-th product (units/machine)
TCmj Total cost of manufacture ($/cycle)
Vendor Parameters
TDbj Vendor tool-die cost of the j-th product ($/unit)
Gbj Indirect part production cost of the j-th product with the vendor ($/unit)
θj Fixed inspection cost of the j-th product ($/year)
αj Proportion of scrap produced in a defective j-th product (%)
βj Defective rate for the j-th product (%)
ψj Variable inspection cost of the j-th product ($/unit)
Rj Reworking cost of the j-th product ($/unit)
γ1 Scrap disposal cost ($/unit)
ρ Efficiency of the labor (%)
Pjb Production rate of jth product manufactured by the vendor (units/year)
TCbj Total cost of the vendor ($/cycle) MR marginal rate of the vendor ($/cycle)
Other Parameters
2 The maximum possible value of the parameters ($)
1 The minimum possible value of the parameters ($)
TCj Total cost of supply chain management for the j-th product ($/cycle)
TI Total inventory
A Area