Strategic warranty management: A life-cycle approach

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 40-54

  Murthy, D N P ^a   Blischke, Wallace R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Product warranty; Strategic management; Technical commercial issues; Warranty strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010311039     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/17.820724     Document Type: Article

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