Effect of commonality on spare parts provisioning costs for capital goods

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 221-227

  Kranenburg, A A ^a   Van Houtum, G J ^b  

^a Centre for Quantitative Methods   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bounds; Commonality; Dantzig Wolfe decomposition; Inventory control; Service level constraints; Spare parts; System approach

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEURISTIC METHODS; INVENTORY CONTROL;

COMMONALITY; DANTZIG-WOLFE DECOMPOSITION; SERVICE LEVEL CONSTRAINTS; SPARE PARTS; SYSTEM APPROACH;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 34249950719     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2006.12.025     Document Type: Article

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