在供應鏈系統中，批量大小的決定，對於企業的存貨狀況、營運成本與服務水準有著決定性的影響。本研究以最小化供應鏈系統總成本為目標，建立一套決定供應鏈系統成員批量大小的方法，並探討在多階層情況下供應鏈系統批量大小分析與決策的方法。本研究在假設原料製造商與產品製造商在有限的生產速率與配送速率，同時固定產品需求速率之下，利用數學模式求解出供應鏈系統中成員廠商的（1）採購運輸批量；（2）製造生產批量；（3）配送運輸批量。在系統模擬的執行上，將數學模式求解出的數據輸入系統中，加入系統內的生產時間、運送時間與顧客需求等等的各項變異。目標在取得供應鏈成員與系統，在求解的批量大小情況下，其批量大小的修正與相關企業決策的訂定，同時觀察成本、服務水準的狀況，以提供企業執行供應鏈管理決策。本研究實例驗證上針對紡織成衣產業供應鏈系統，建置出一個包含上述參數的模擬系統模型，利用模型的建立與不同情境模式的模擬，能夠快速簡單的尋找到成本低、效益高且近似現實情況的分析結果與參考決策。

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