Reliability and operating environment-based spare parts estimation approach: A case study in Kiruna Mine, Sweden

Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 169-184

  Ghodrati, Behzad ^a   Kumar, Uday ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Distribution and inventory management; Operations management; Spare parts; Sweden; Systems and control theory

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CONTROL THEORY; FORECASTING; INVENTORY CONTROL; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE; PRODUCTIVITY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DISTRIBUTION AND INVENTORY MANAGEMENT; OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT; SPARE PARTS; SYSTEMS AND CONTROL THEORY;

RELIABILITY THEORY;

EID: 21144453962     PISSN: 13552511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552510510601366     Document Type: Article

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