Renewing warranty and preventive maintenance for products with failure penalty post-warranty

Quality and Reliability Engineering International

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 107-121

  Chen, Jih An ^a   Chien, Yu Hung ^b  

^a KAO YUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAICHUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Optimization; Preventive maintenance; Renewing warranty

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

CATASTROPHIC FAILURE; COST ANALYSIS; RENEWING WARRANTY;

PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE;

EID: 33847142829     PISSN: 07488017     EISSN: 10991638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qre.824     Document Type: Conference Paper

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