Fehlmengenkosten in der Produktion

Up to the present day literature has already dealt with sto- ckout-costs, but methods to quantify these costs have not been developed until now. The absence of these kinds of methods prevents an efficient logistical positioning between stockout- costs and the costs for holding safety-stocks. The costs for safety-stocks in a warehouse to provide a desired service-level can already be determined, but the stockout-costs connected with a desired service-level cannot be quantified yet. This article introduces a mathematical function to quantify the costs in a company's production caused by missing material, depending on the amount of missing material and its missing time.