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Volume 17 Issue 2 pp. 627-644, 2026

Authors: Yuan-Shyi P. Chiu, Victoria Chiu, Singa Wang Chiu, Fan-Yun Pai, Tiffany Chi

📋 Author Affiliations:
Yuan-Shyi P. Chiu1, Victoria Chiu2, Singa Wang Chiu3, Fan-Yun Pai4, Tiffany Chiu5
1 Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Chaoyang Univ. of Technology, Taiwan, N/A
2 Department of Accounting, Finance, and Law, State Univ. of New York at Oswego, Oswego, 13126, NY, United States, N/A
3 Department of Business Administration, Chaoyang Univ. of Technology, Taiwan, N/A
4 Department of Business Administration, National Changhua Univ. of Education, Changhua, Taiwan, N/A
5 School of Business, The State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, 12561, NY, United States, N/A
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🔑 Keywords: Producer–retailer coordination, Hybrid manufacturing system, Quality-surety, Breakdowns, Multi-delivery, Subcontracting, Adjustable-rate

Abstract: Minimizing the internal supply chains’ operating expenses is a crucial management goal in current transnational enterprises, where manufacturing and retailing often operate independently. Still, managers must periodically evaluate the consolidated operating expenses and performance. The operational goals in the manufacturing units consist of lowering quality- and reliability-relevant costs, avoiding manufacturing delays due to random breakdowns, and meeting order due dates through expediting strategies, such as partial subcontracting and accelerating the fabrication plan. Inspired by efforts to optimize batch runtime for the mentioned intra-supply chains, this study investigates the combined impact of quality-surety actions (including defect removal and rework), correction of breakdowns, multi-delivery, adjustable-rate, and outsourcing on a coordinated producer–retailer system. This study presents a research scheme comprising: (1) model development for the mentioned internal supply-chain features; and (2) optimization approaches for determining the cycle time decision that minimizes the overall system operating expenses. To conclude our work, we validate the research scheme, procedure, and results through numerical demonstration and show that it can effectively support management’s decision-making with various exploratory and crucial information.

How to cite this paper
APA: Chiu, Y., Chiu, V., Chiu, S., Pai, F & Chi, T. (2026). The collective impact of breakdowns, quality-surety actions, and adjustable-rate on a hybrid producer–retailer coordinated system. International Journal of Industrial Engineering Computations, 17(2), 627-644.
Chicago/Turabian: Chiu, Y., Chiu, V., Chiu, S., Pai, F & Chi, T. 2026. "The collective impact of breakdowns, quality-surety actions, and adjustable-rate on a hybrid producer–retailer coordinated system." International Journal of Industrial Engineering Computations 17, no. 2 (2026): 627-644.
AMA: Chiu, Y., Chiu, V., Chiu, S., Pai, F & Chi, T. The collective impact of breakdowns, quality-surety actions, and adjustable-rate on a hybrid producer–retailer coordinated system. International Journal of Industrial Engineering Computations. 2026;17(2):627-644.

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