The purpose of this paper is to present an inventory balance model including an order-up-to
IntroductionEvery organization, whether profitable or non-profitable one, manage certain assets. Managing and exploiting these assets for corporate purposes is an inseparable part of managerial work at all levels of management. The most significant component of current assets is inventory, which is typical for its perishability.The purpose of this paper is to introduce a model of inventory balance equation extended by an order up to replenishment policy with partial backlogging, described by means of an ordinary differential equation with delayed argument in a situation when goods are not replenished constantly, but only at pre-specified times.The economic theory that forms the essential basis for the model is explained in the introductory section and serves as a basis for the designing of the model. Methods of analysis, synthesis and differential calculus are also used. The equation of the model is then solved using the modern theory of so-called functional differential equations, a highly special part of which is the theory of linear differential equations with delayed arguments.The scientific aim is a solvability verification of such a problem using the theory of functional differential equations. The solution is demonstrated on a specific example in the application part. Computer simulations help to present the behaviour of the model in different situations. The graphical presentation was created in Maple system.Our findings are that due to the exact expression of the model and the availability of suitable software, it is possible to assess the effect of any changes in parameters.