SYNOPTIC ABSTRACT
The paper deals with a stock-dependent inventory model for perishable items in a supermarket. This type of items undergoes deterioration after a certain time that follows a probability distribution. The management of such business sector decides to stimulate the customer's demand by reducing the sales price. As a result, the demand function is an increasing function of reduction rate on sales price, in practice. The associated profit function is analyzed and maximized by calculus method. Finally, numerical examples with its sensitivity analysis are provided to test the model.
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