“…In practice, some or all defective items can be reworked; hence the overall inventory costs can be reduced significantly. In order to minimize total inventory costs, there have been a number of studies by researchers, including Rosenblatt and Lee (1986), Porteus (1986), Zhang and Gerchak (1990), Paknejad et al (1995), Liu and Yang (1996), Urban (1998), Salameh and Jaber (2000), Hayek and Salameh (2001), Jamal et al (2004), Maddah and Jaber (2008), Chen et al (2008), Maddah et al (2009), Cárdenas-Barrón (2009), Jaber et al (2014), Öztürk et al (2015), Nobil et al (2016), Moussawi-Haidar et al (2016), Manna et al (2017), among others. These studies investigated the effects on inventory control of inspection, the presence of defective items in a lot ordered or produced, and rework of defective items.…”