安全庫存放置問題一直都是營運管理的熱門議題，但是很少有研究探討在逆向供應鏈中，不確定性與延遲差異化如何影響安全庫存放置。本研究針對兩種延遲差異化程度不同的回收再製造產品建構具有回收來源及市場需求不確定性的動態規劃模型。本研究建構延遲差異化及無延遲差異化兩個多階段逆向供應鏈模型。在延遲差異化模型中有四個倉庫可以放置共用元件、在製品以及完成品的安全庫存，在無延遲差異化模型則有五個倉庫。本研究以產品規劃周期內利潤最大化為目標，參照當期庫存數量以決定回收、製造及銷售數量以維持最佳的安全庫存。根據穩態最佳解，本研究分析回收來源不確定性及市場需求不確定性與此安全庫存放置的關係，並探討延遲差異化對安全庫存配置的影響。

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